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State guidelines for when Mass. schools reopen this fall: masks, meals in classrooms, no temperature checks

The guidelines leave perhaps the biggest question unanswered: the exact date when students will actually return to in-class instruction. The state education commissioner in an open letter that precedes the guidelines tells school leaders they will need to prepare three possible approaches for this fall: a full-scale return to school, a mix of in-person and remote learning, or just remote learning.

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Black minor leaguers in Red Sox? system face a particularly daunting challenge with racism

Josh Ockimey and Josh Tobias have to exist and thrive in a space that doesn?t embrace them the way it does most of their teammates.

Alex Speier: What a 60-game baseball season might look like Chew your gum, but don?t share your pine tar: MLB issues 101-page guide on safety rules Red Sox president Sam Kennedy hopes to see fans back at Fenway this season

?The avatar of cop violence in Boston?: Police captain routinely crosses line, activists say

Outside of Boston?s police commissioner, there may be no officer more widely recognized than Captain John ?Jack? Danilecki. To some, he is ?the avatar of cop violence in Boston.? To others, he's a tough-love cop in a difficult job.

?We are in deep trouble?: US records highest one-day total of new COVID-19 cases since late April

In Texas, which began lifting its shutdowns early on, hospitalizations have doubled and new cases have tripled in two weeks. The Houston area?s intensive care units are nearly full, with coronavirus patients filling about 1 in 4 beds, and two local public hospitals are running at capacity.

Rhode Island may require visitors from coronavirus hotspots to quarantine Travelers to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut are told to isolate

Mass. reports 172 new coronavirus cases, 48 new deaths; key metrics remain low relative to springtime surge

See the latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts Key outbreak metrics in Mass. Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Mass.

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Poor information, leadership flaws exacerbated Soldiers? Home crisis

The house of cards that was the COVID-19 plan at the Holyoke Soldiers? Home began toppling with the very first case of the deadly virus, according to a damning state report released Wednesday.

Independent report slams handling of coronavirus outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers? Home 5 key takeaways from the report The most heartbreaking stories from frontline caregivers at Holyoke Soldiers' Home

Opinion

Tearing down Christopher Columbus won?t raise up the Mashpee Wampanoag

Nicole Triplett

Coronavirus contact tracing apps aren?t worth the health risk to Black and Latinx people

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Trump?s latest virus treatment: A taste of his own medicine

Mitt Romney among the Republican Lilliputians

Amid calls for police reform and fierce debate, Boston City Council passes $3.61 billion budget

Some councilors have said that the budget does not do enough to fight economic and racial inequalities, and help communities of color.

Boston City Council unanimously votes to ban use of face surveillance technology by city government

City officials to do random inspections in North End after numerous complaints about outdoor dining

The complaints have mostly centered on people bringing pets to the outdoor spaces, smoking, loud music, restaurants extending beyond their allotted space, and a general lack of social distancing.

Here?s a list of what North End restaurants can and can?t do on their temporary patios

DA, ex-head of State Police probably violated the law by ordering arrest report altered, panel says

The episode, dubbed Troopergate, led to the abrupt retirements of Colonel Richard and his second-in-command. Several months later, two other top State Police officials also retired. It was the first in a series of scandals that have roiled the force since 2017.

With few properties on the market, Greater Boston home prices rise again

Data from the Greater Boston Association of Realtors showed a continuation of a pattern that emerged in April for single-family homes: Demand dramatically outpaced supply.

Former Red Sox manager Eddie Kasko dead at 88

Kasko managed the Red Sox from 1970-73 and is in the team's Hall of Fame.

Fitness trackers may help in detecting COVID-19

Testing for COVID-19 is time-consuming and uncomfortable. But what if there was a convenient device that could alert you to signs of infection and is so comfortable you forget you have it on?

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3 things we learned about American politics from Tuesday?s primaries in Kentucky, New York, and North Carolina

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State guidelines for when Mass. schools reopen this fall: masks, meals in classrooms, no temperature checks

The guidelines leave perhaps the biggest question unanswered: the exact date when students will actually return to in-class instruction. The state education commissioner in an open letter that precedes the guidelines tells school leaders they will need to prepare three possible approaches for this fall: a full-scale return to school, a mix of in-person and remote learning, or just remote learning.

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Former Red Sox manager Eddie Kasko dead at 88

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Liverpool moves closer to Premier League title

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Red Sox president Sam Kennedy hopes to see fans back at Fenway this season

?It would be a possibility,? Kennedy said on a Zoom call Wednesday afternoon.

Red Sox sign third-round pick Blaze Jordan

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?We are in deep trouble?: US records highest one-day total of new COVID-19 cases since late April

In Texas, which began lifting its shutdowns early on, hospitalizations have doubled and new cases have tripled in two weeks. The Houston area?s intensive care units are nearly full, with coronavirus patients filling about 1 in 4 beds, and two local public hospitals are running at capacity.

BPDA chief demands Faneuil Hall Marketplace operator defer tenants? rent

Brian P. Golden, director of the Boston Planning & Development Agency, which owns Faneuil Hall, asked Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation of New York in a letter to allow tenants until the end of next year to get up to date on rent rather than demanding they become current by the end of 2020.

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Elegies: Roxbury mother, paraplegic son die of coronavirus one day apart. ?They were always tied to the hip?

State guidelines for when Mass. schools reopen this fall: masks, meals in classrooms, no temperature checks

Good thing he doesn?t live in California: Rhode Islander plans to run the entire length of his state

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Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

City officials to do random inspections in North End after numerous complaints about outdoor dining

Mass. reports 172 new coronavirus cases, 48 new deaths; key metrics remain low relative to springtime surge

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China, Korea report new infections; Trump wants less testing

China may enact Hong Kong security law at end of June

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Democrats confirm plans for a nearly all-virtual presidential nominating convention in August

Trump ally Roger Stone was given special treatment by DOJ, prosecutor says

Senate GOP police reform bill hits roadblock as Democrats seek changes

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?We are in deep trouble?: US records highest one-day total of new COVID-19 cases since late April

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The North East Motor Sports Museum is a winner

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Bernie Sanders calls for marijuana legalization in Senate floor speech on policing reform

Kansas City mayor wants to stop penalizing marijuana possession

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Gerard Doherty, a last link to all three Kennedy presidential campaigns, dies at 92

Messias Kokama, indigenous leader in the Amazon, dies at 53