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Morning Digest: Look who's back for one last hike

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WBUR TODAY: World Cup train tickets

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  ❤️  Donate Tuesday, March 31, 2026 ☂️  Rainy, with a high of 67 before a cold front drops in. The National Weather Service has more on the precipitation and temperature  here . Good Morning Boston, It's Tuesday, and I'm still reckoning with the weekend revelation that we've been  mispronouncing Henry David Thoreau's name . In the meantime, let's go confidently in the direction of today's news: Fare game:   MBTA General Manager Phil Eng confirmed yesterday that tickets for the agency's 2026 World Cup trains will be more expensive than its usual event trains to Gillette Stadium. But by how much? The T has been conspicuously — perhaps ominously — tight-lipped. " We have not finalized the price yet," Eng told reporters at a press conference at North Station to highlight how the T was otherwise  cutting fares for regular commuter rail riders  this summer. The backstory: Roundtrip train tickets from Boston to Foxborough for Patriots games and concerts...