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State reports 805 new coronavirus cases, 80 new deaths

The state on Friday reported 805 newly confirmed coronavirus cases in Massachusetts, pushing the total reported since the beginning of the pandemic to 90,889, as the death toll rose by 80, for a total of 6,228 lives lost in Massachusetts. an hour ago

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts The metrics that determine how fast the state can reopen

Biden addresses ?ain?t Black? comment, says he was too ?cavalier?

Joe Biden said he ?should not have been so cavalier? in comments earlier Friday in which he suggested Black voters who back President Trump ?ain?t Black." 2 hours ago

Since her campaign ended, Warren has plunged into the coronavirus response ? just as Biden is searching for a VP

Rather than letting her failed presidential bid push her to the background, Elizabeth Warren remains highly visible on the biggest issue of the moment, just as Joe Biden is mulling who to pick as his running mate.

The Elizabeth Warren VP talk isn?t going away

Doubts raised about the value of state?s testing and tracing plan

Charlie Baker's goal to more than triple the current number of daily tests by the end of July and increase it at least five-fold by December may come too late to make a significant difference in containing the virus?s spread, some epidemiologists say. an hour ago

With holiday weekend approaching, Baker and Walsh urge people to keep taking coronavirus precautions

Governor Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Friday both urged people to continue complying with safety protocols on the eve of Memorial Day weekend. 2:49 p.m.

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Here are the odd couples, ensembles, cranks, and fictional vice presidents who made us laugh the most.

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Post-coronavirus pandemic, we need a National Commission to Restore the American Dream

A Memorial Day steeped in death, enveloped in grief

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Read all the available chapters for the fictional thriller that entwines a card shark, the legacy of Paul Revere, and the Gardner art heist.

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When The Boston Globe first approached me with the idea of writing a serialized novella that would run for 15 days in the paper and online, I was both excited and terrified.

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Bill Clinton and James Patterson team up again for political thriller, ?The President?s Daughter?

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The release of TB12's latest "immunity supplement" borders on wartime profiteering.

Fauci ?cautiously optimistic? about Moderna?s experimental coronavirus vaccine

In interviews on CNN and NPR, he said the results from an early-stage trial by the Cambridge biotech are "promising."

Are you going out?

Coronavirus restrictions are slowly being lifted ? but some people still aren?t going anywhere

Many people say they?re not eager to resume ?normal? activities, even if the state says it?s OK to start doing so with parameters in place.

Kripalu Center to lay off 450 employees in latest blow to Berkshires economy

The cuts at Kripalu are yet another hit to the Berkshires, home to dozens of arts and cultural institutions that draw thousands of visitors each year, especially during the summer months.

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Here?s your Memorial Day weekend forecast

With the exception of some early showers Saturday, it?s going to remain very dry.

?There are a lot of tensions and people are acting out.? Four murdered in Boston in six days

Four people have been murdered in the past six days in Boston, a spike in violence that comes as the city lifts some cornoravirus restrictions and as the Memorial Day weekend beckons with the nicest weather in months.

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With laid-off workers making more money collecting unemployment, businesses struggle to hire for the summer

While some workers are turning down jobs because they?re worried about getting sick or infecting family members or because they don?t have child care, others are flat-out telling employers they?re making more money safe at home collecting unemployment.

Massachusetts jobless rate hit 15.1% in April amid coronavirus shutdowns

Lori Loughlin pleads guilty in ?Varsity Blues? college admissions scandal

Hollywood star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy charges for paying bribes totaling $500,000 to get their daughters into the University of Southern California as phony crew recruits in the ?Varsity Blues? college admissions scandal.

Celebrating Eid al-Fitr in Massachusetts while social distancing

Muslims in Massachusetts are getting creative on the ways they will celebrate Eid al-Fitr, a major Islamic holiday, while still adhering to social distancing measures.

A life altered by mental illness taken by COVID-19

She had good spells, and she had bad spells. The good spells could last for years, more than a decade. But a bad spell could veer into the unthinkable.

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Mass. beaches reopening in the age of coronavirus

Come Memorial Day, new rules and regulations hit Massachusetts beaches, promising to dramatically change sun-worshiping at the unofficial start of the first coronavirus summer.

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I?m a restaurant critic ? and I?m not ready to eat in a restaurant right now

Let me be clear: I want to, badly. But there are simply too many practical and moral sticking points right now.

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Raimondo: R.I. restaurants, hair salons, gyms can reopen June 1; coronavirus deaths hit 579

The further easing of restrictions marks the biggest leap forward to date in Governor Raimondo?s plan for reopening Rhode Island?s economy, which has largely been shuttered since the coronavirus struck the state in March.

Five key questions about phase two of Rhode Island?s reopening

R.I. unemployment rate shoots up to 17 percent

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Suzanne M. Bump and Jeffrey Simon

State should apply programs from Great Recession to the coronavirus economy

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All the (other) ways Trump imperils our health

The public should know how many nursing home residents are dying of coronavirus ? and where

Postcards from the pandemic

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Patriots defensive end Chase Winovich may be confined, but he?s hardly at a standstill

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A funeral home copes with the surge during the coronavirus pandemic

Boston Globe staff photographer Erin Clark named Feature Photography Pulitzer finalist for 2020

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A life altered by mental illness taken by COVID-19

She had good spells, and she had bad spells. The good spells could last for years, more than a decade. But a bad spell could veer into the unthinkable.

Doubts raised about the value of state?s testing and tracing plan

Charlie Baker's goal to more than triple the current number of daily tests by the end of July and increase it at least five-fold by December may come too late to make a significant difference in containing the virus?s spread, some epidemiologists say.

Lori Loughlin pleads guilty in ?Varsity Blues? college admissions scandal

Hollywood star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy charges for paying bribes totaling $500,000 to get their daughters into the University of Southern California as phony crew recruits in the ?Varsity Blues? college admissions scandal.

State reports 805 new coronavirus cases, 80 new deaths

?There are a lot of tensions and people are acting out.? Four murdered in Boston in six days

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