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CoronavirusMass. now has five deaths and 646 confirmed coronavirus cases

Governor Charlie Baker said Sunday that he believes expanded coronavirus testing will be a key factor in limiting the spread of the illness, even as harder-hit parts of the country are pulling back on testing for the general public amid fears that it may no longer be possible to contain the virus in some places.

Nantucket issues ?stay at home? order as island reports first coronavirus case

The island is the first community in Massachusetts to issue a stay at home order amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

See where and how the coronavirus pandemic has hit Massachusetts

Congressional rescue deal teeters; Italy reports an additional 651 coronavirus-related fatalities

Here are recent updates on what?s happening in New England, the United States, and around the world.

Rand Paul is 1st senator to report positive test for coronavirus

Cuomo chides New Yorkers for ignoring social distancing as statewide cases hit 15,000

New York?s governor said Sunday that he was exasperated that people are still ignoring his social distancing orders, saying he spent part of the previous day watching people clustering in groups and acting like it was just another nice spring day.

Ohio, Louisiana are latest states to issue stay-at-home orders

Those with weakened immune systems take social distancing to an extreme

COVID-19 could be lethal to millions of Americans with compromised immune systems. To protect themselves, some of them are practicing extreme social distancing.

Mask-making projects are popping all over as crafters mobilize against coronavirus

As doctors, nurses and other front-line medical workers say they?re desperately short of crucial protective gear to protect them against the highly contagious coronavirus, the crafting community is stepping into the breach.

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Paying for child care while you provide it at home

With public and private schools already shut down, the news that daycare centers would close Monday because of the coronavirus did not surprise Tom Kelly. What stung was the final line of his daycare provider?s email, which told him where he should mail his next check.

How will Massachusetts? emergency child-care centers work?

What coronavirus has wrought in a single Boston neighborhood

Life in the time of coronavirus in Fields Corner.

Video: Field's Corner residents and businesses try and navigate life during a pandemic

Construction has screeched to a halt, but not everywhere

Construction is going on ? or not ? in a patchwork nature after some shutdowns across the Boston area.

When will the coronavirus pandemic end? What scientists can say about life returning to normal

What milestones will experts look to as a way to measure advances, however incremental, and to ever-so-warily hypothesize when we might return to some semblance of normalcy?

Boston PR pro and Biden confidante Larry Rasky has died

Larry Rasky, a longtime confidante of former vice president Joe Biden and chairman and chief executive of Boston-based public relations firm Rasky Partners, died Sunday morning, according to a company statement.

Here?s what reportedly happened when Tom Brady spoke with the Buccaneers

A pivotal phone call with Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians and general manager Jason Licht may have been what convinced Brady to sign with Tampa Bay.

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Patriots agree to terms with Brian Hoyer

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McConnell: ?Very close? on rescue package topping $1t

Top-level negotiations between Congress and the White House are pushing toward resolution on a ballooning $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package, as President Donald Trump urged a deal to steady a nation shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic.

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A temperate governor, an unbridled virus: Health crisis tests Baker?s technocratic approach

The unprecedented threat of COVID-19 is challenging not just the bandwidth of Baker?s administration. It?s testing the very way the methodical state executive ? who?s long embraced details and incremental progress over sweeping action ? approaches solving problems.

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Raimondo to Rhode Islanders: Get serious about the coronavirus or I?ll lock down the state

Governor Gina Raimondo announced Sunday that 17 more Rhode Island residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the state?s total to 83.

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The coronavirus report that shocked the world

It recommends drastic measures to avoid the trauma of more than two million deaths in the United States alone due to COVID-19.

Lawsuit filed by lawyer?s Facebook friends challenges New Hampshire?s emergency ban on gatherings

"When ZERO people have died, and only 17 people have been diagnosed, there is no emergency, as a matter of law,? lawsuit says.

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On any other weekday, Boston is bustling. Drone footage captures how the streets are now nearly bare.

Drone footage captures the nearly bare streets of Boston

Watch aerial video of some of the city?s busiest spots, in the middle of a weekday, almost completely devoid of people. (Footage: Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

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If you use discretion, you can relieve your cabin fever and grab some fresh air at these locales.

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Lamenting the suspended animation of spring training

Spring is officially here, but as we are too keenly aware because of COVID-19, baseball is not.

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Stranded abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic, Americans struggle to get home

All over the world, thousands of Americans are stranded as countries close their borders to mitigate the explosive spread of the new coronavirus. They have booked countless flights back to the US only to see them canceled.

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Raimondo to Rhode Islanders: Get serious about the coronavirus or I?ll lock down the state

Governor Gina Raimondo announced Sunday that 17 more Rhode Island residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the state?s total to 83. She also said she will shut down recreation and entertainment facilities, barbershops, hair and nail salons, and spas Monday evening.

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Spring is officially here, but as we are too keenly aware because of COVID-19, baseball is not.

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Key New York lawmaker says coronavirus may spell doom for marijuana legalization in budget

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Top U.S. intelligence official taps new counterterrorism chief

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Virus rebels from France to Florida flout lockdown practices

Ask the Gardener: Why some trees didn?t drop their leaves

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Key New York lawmaker says coronavirus may spell doom for marijuana legalization in budget

A pot shop at your door: Home delivery surges amid outbreak

Connecticut residents strongly support legalizing marijuana, poll shows

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Courts should not deny due process during coronavirus pandemic

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?War Fever? recalls pandemic and pandemonium in 1918 Boston

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The ReelAbilities Film Festival creates access online

Something familiar, something peculiar: Stephen Sondheim at the movies

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?Stolen Kids? story is coming to Amazon

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The duo behind ?Blow the Man Down? didn?t need a map to find New England

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?Stay at Home Festival? unites roots musicians from across the Atlantic on livestream

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A Boston theater director?s essays embrace optimism in a world that can feel unhinged

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Dana Zatopkova, champion javelin thrower

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