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Illustration: Sarah Grillo/AxiosThe Sports Bra, a franchise dedicated to women's sports, is expanding to Boston, the company announced this week. The big picture: The Sports Bra is will be the third Boston-area bar to show predominantly women's sports — a space that's on the rise in the U.S. What's happening: The Sports Bra didn't say when or where the Boston franchise would open, but noted that it would air games from the Boston Fleet hockey team, Boston Legacy FC and other women's sports teams.

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Illustration: Allie Carl/AxiosPresident Trump issued a proclamation yesterday banning the entry of people from a dozen countries: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. (Axios)He also ordered a partial restriction of nationals from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

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Chicago-based poet Kimberly Brown, AKA Boots, has descended upon the streets of Somerville, spray painting words of wisdom. "My main goal would be to help people heal," she told Spectrum News 1 Ohio in April. Boots, who started spray painting poetry nationwide in 2016, aims to reach all 50 states by the end of the year.

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Illustration: Tiffany Herring/AxiosBoston's tax revenue from office buildings could fall further in the next five years than previous estimates predicted, a report released Thursday says. Why it matters: The tax revenue drop would leave just two options for city leaders to cover the shortfall — raise property taxes or reduce spending, per the report by the Tufts University Center for State Policy Analysis and the Boston Policy Institute.

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Photo illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty ImagesPresident Trump suspended the entry of international students to attend Harvard University through an executive order. The big picture: While Harvard and federal attorneys are fighting over his administration's efforts to restrict international student enrollment, Trump halted global student entry with the stroke of a pen. His order came shortly after he issued a proclamation banning the entry of people from a dozen countries.