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Why are we paying billions to tech companies for data to enforce immigration laws and policies

The government has always collected immigration data. But now a data empire ruled by CEOs is grabbing onto more of that power. Five years ago, at the Social Security office in Salem, I discovered that ...
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Trump’s vaccine order hands some MAHA voters a win. It also gives Democrats an attack line.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump pivoted the nation’s attention back to vaccines this week with an executive order that aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots ...

Hub for underserved entrepreneurs to open in downtown Boston

BizGrow Central is aiming to provide free legal trainings, co-working space, and other resources to hundreds of entrepreneurs ...

Suno agrees to give record label BMG a cut of AI revenue in exchange for not bringing copyright claims

Under the deal, Suno will pay musicians who agree to participate in its AI song creation app and BMG agreed to drop claims challenging Suno’s earlier use of copyrighted music to train its AI models.
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Clark University just unveiled an exhibit about the music legends who performed there. A rock star funded it.

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Aug. 14-20. WORCESTER – When architect Nancy Mack and Red Hot Chili Peppers ...
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At the PRC, ‘Exposure 2026′ offers mysteries courtesy of the camera

CAMBRIDGE — “A photograph,” Diane Arbus once said, “is a secret about a secret.” In “Exposure 2026,” the 30th iteration of the Photographic Resource Center’s annual members’ juried exhibition, there ...

A Cooper Flagg card worth millions was pulled from a Rhode Island card shop. And it was streamed live.

The one-of-one autographed card was found at Baseball Cards of Rhode Island by a group of friends who turned their love of ...
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Any honest conversation about R.I.’s rising energy bills must include the profits utility companies are making

Our utilities need a new incentive to use their capital spending in the most efficient way possible, a state senator writes In a recent commentary, Rhode Island Energy President Greg Cornett calls for ...

When candidates quit

Hi, I’m David Beard, and we’re seeing more and more calls to candidates and officeholders to quit — and some are. After years of criticism that it had become a tourist gift shop, the store is testing ...

Ukraine’s Zelensky says a nighttime blitz damages Russia’s Black Sea naval stronghold

Cutting-edge drones developed by Kyiv since Russia invaded more than four years ago have repeatedly targeted Russian ships in the Black Sea, including warships and oil tankers.

The Harvard COOP lost its way. Can it make a comeback?

After years of criticism that it had become a tourist gift shop, the store is testing a new model in Allston as it prepares for bigger transformations in Harvard Square and Kendall Square.

Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and the risky business of second acts

The Patriots’ former QB and coach have mutated in ways that are starting to obscure — maybe even tarnish — their twin legacies as the greatest of all time at their respective positions.