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Mass. reports 192 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 18 new deaths

The state reported Wednesday that the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Massachusetts among confirmed cases climbed by 18 to 8,249. The number of confirmed cases climbed by 192, bringing the total to 107,413, as key metrics the state is using to monitor the reopening remained generally steady.
The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts Key pandemic metrics in Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Baker on fed push in Portland, Ore.: Locals know what?s best for their city

Baker stressed that he?s a former local official ? he served on Swampscott?s board of selectmen ? and said those on the ground in their cities know what the ?best thing and the best policy is for their communities.?
Trump, Barr to expand anti-crime surge to more US cities Opposition grows to federal agents in cities

Greater Boston house prices are up again amid the coronavirus pandemic

Real estate agents say more people have been looking to move to the suburbs in the age of COVID-19.

Opinion

Joan Vennochi

Mayor Walsh, give Brenda Cassellius a chance to lead Boston Public Schools
Larry Moulter

The sorcerer?s assistants need to debunk Trump?s illusions
LETTERS

Influx of donations to bail fund viewed with pride ? and alarm
John R. Kasich

Enough is enough. There?s a better path forward for America

Coronavirus

California surpasses New York state in confirmed COVID-19 cases; worldwide cases near 15 million

Elegies for those lost to coronavirus

Baker expects to see quicker time for COVID-19 test results

Mass. reports 192 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 18 new deaths

The long road from hardship to Harvard Law
Sanitation work helped him get through college. This year, Rehan Staton got the acceptance letter his dad and brother always knew he deserved.

A Black 14-year-old offered a stranger a doughnut. He was bombarded with racial slurs
Newburyport police are investigating after a white man yelled profanity and racial slurs at a Black 14-year-old as a crowd gathered around them in the city?s downtown last Thursday, according to city officials and video of the incident.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejects GOP colleague?s apology in verbal spat
Republican Representative Ted Yoho apologized for his ?abrupt manner? in confronting Ocasio-Cortez, who rejected Yoho?s remarks, saying he hadn?t mentioned her name or specified what he was apologizing for.

?You don?t have a ?right? to coordinate attacks': Chrissy Teigen blocks 1 million QAnon accounts, backs Twitter crackdown
As QAnon conspiracy theorists bombarded Chrissy Teigen with false claims and threats last week, the model and author blocked more than 1 million accounts and threatened to abandon the platform and her 13 million followers.

Kim Kardashian asks public to show compassion, empathy to Kanye West

chad finn | sports media
For NESN team, calling the Red Sox game from the studio wasn?t remotely awkward
Dave O'Brien, Jerry Remy, and Dennis Eckersley all agree that the unusual approach is the best alternative, and they made it work Tuesday night.

Shaughnessy: Thoughts on the upcoming baseball season Mookie Betts agrees to sign 12-year, $365 million contract extension with Dodgers, per reports

Mass. wedding industry tries to fend off out-of-state competition by lobbying Baker
Massachusetts wedding venue operators say they're losing business to rivals in New Hampshire, where the rules on gatherings are more flexible.

As legislative session nears end, Baker gains a stronger veto pen

Love Letters
A toxic ex-boyfriend got in touch to ?apologize? during the pandemic
What's the best way to deal with such unwanted attention in these times?

Advice from Miss Conduct: A guy yelled at me for petting his unleashed dog

Worcester City Council declines to remove Christopher Columbus statue
The council voted 8-2 to ?file,? or effectively table the proposal, according to city officials.

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On StatNews.com

Confusion spreads over system to determine priority access to Covid-19 vaccines

Pharma promises lawmakers industry won?t cut corners with Covid-19 vaccines

Coronavirus

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

11 coronavirus vaccines to keep an eye on

Have a tip about wrongdoing or injustice for the Globe?s Spotlight Team? We want to hear from you

Comfort Zone

Missing live music at the ballpark? Stream the ?Fenway Sessions? on Facebook

Ellen Goodman and Lynn Sherr team up for a podcast about women voters and the power of persistence

Seeking the light: A coastal drive to north-of-Boston lighthouses

Review: ?Jeopardy!? host Alex Trebek searches for answers in new book

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?We were never told about it?: Maine brewery to close for the day after owners say they were misinformed about Trump campaign event

The brewery said the logistics around the dinner were not fully divulged, and as a result the company decided to close on Wednesday.

What happens when a student or staffer gets sick at school this fall?
As schools face reopening in the fall, previously common and insignificant situations will carry new prospects of danger. To guide districts? responses, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education this week released protocols for when students, staffers, or families experience symptoms or test positive for COVID-19.

Larry Edelman
The economy is awful. It?ll get worse if states have to slash and burn
Democrats want $1 trillion to help local governments preserve essential services. Trump and the Republicans don't. Taking no action would be a disaster.

Rhode Island

As R.I. nears 1,000 deaths from COVID-19, Raimondo says schools reopening will be guided by science

With the beginning of the school year just weeks away, the governor said that the science about the coronavirus pandemic will guide the state's reopening plans.

R.I. political operative rejects deal, heading to trial in money-laundering case

Pens? Check. Laptops? Check. Proton packs? Uh ... R.I. schools face unusual buying decisions
Newton

Special report

The virus?s tale

Track the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts to its roots and you find a story driven by heroics, ingenuity, error, pain, and a hard question: How could a state famous for health care excellence have suffered such a vast loss of human life?
Seven takeaways from ?The virus?s tale,? an inside look at the spread of coronavirus in Massachusetts The first victims of coronavirus coped with an unexpected feeling: shame The virus's tale: a live discussion

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

MICHAEL A. COHEN

If you can land a man on the moon ...
EDITORIAL

Prevent drunk driving first offenders from taking the wheel drunk
RENÉE GRAHAM

Trump?s thin, orange line of authoritarianism
Carlo Ratti

Urban demonstrations are a triumph of the city
EDITORIAL

Calling home: A hardship for prisoners, a boon to Bristol County sheriff
IDEAS

The future of food

VISUAL STORIES

Take a look at what the Red Sox have been up to inside Fenway Park

A night at the Wellfleet drive-in, still a Cape Cod staple

Food for the soul ... and the community

Photos from the protest and vigil in Boston on Tuesday

metro

UMass Amherst reopening plan draws sharp criticism from town officials, residents
Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman warned that the flagship public university?s decision to hold most classes online but invite students to return to campus was shortsighted.

Baker, Pence to meet on Nantucket this weekend

Governor Charlie Baker is expected to meet with Vice President Mike Pence this weekend on Nantucket, where Pence is traveling to attend a fundraiser for President Trump?s reelection campaign.

After 53 years, a beloved shopkeeper is hanging up his apron at his rambling country store

Currier?s Quality Market has been Jim Currier?s domain for 53 years now, a place where he greets patrons by their first names, feeds wood into a century-old boiler, and sells 8 ounces of pure raw honey for $4.90.

Baker on fed push in Portland, Ore.: Locals know what?s best for their city

Eastbound side of Sagamore Bridge closed after car gets wedged under tractor trailer

sports

Peter Abraham I On baseball

Red Sox? failure to keep Mookie Betts magnified by his megadeal with Dodgers

Once the Dodgers got their arms around Betts, they were never letting go.
Coronavirus notebook

Russell Westbrook returns to practice after testing positive

After going through quarantine, the Houston Rockets star was cleared to practice Wednesday.
MLB

Blue Jays still seeking a home after getting the thumbs down from Pittsburgh

The Jays' next step might be to play in Buffalo, site of their Triple-A affiliate, or Baltimore.
MLB

Mookie Betts agrees to sign 12-year, $365 million contract extension with Dodgers, per reports
Patriots

Patriots quarterbacks won?t report to camp until Monday, report says
chad finn | sports media

For NESN team, calling the Red Sox game from the studio wasn?t remotely awkward

STAT

The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power

In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson?s with a novel brain cell transplant

A cancer patient reconsiders her end-of-life wishes amid Covid-19

Covid-19?s future: small outbreaks, monster wave, or ongoing crisis

Stay up to date with STAT?s Covid-19 Tracker

Business

Eastern Bank, State Street each give $5m for racial equity effort led by Black and brown executives
The New Commonwealth fund hopes to raise more than $100m to help organizations working on issues such as police reform, health care equity, and economic empowerment.

Greater Boston house prices are up again amid the coronavirus pandemic
Real estate agents say more people have been looking to move to the suburbs in the age of COVID-19.

Mass. wedding industry tries to fend off out-of-state competition by lobbying Baker

Sea Machines gets $15 million to boost self-steering ships

Twitter to crackdown on QAnon as movement?s influence grows
TALKING POINTS

Walmart to close on Thanksgiving, offer bonuses

Politics

Biden says Trump is America?s first ?racist? president

Trump, Barr to expand anti-crime surge to more US cities

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejects GOP colleague?s apology in verbal spat

Marijuana

East Boston marijuana store, city?s second, now open

Regulators, advocates press Legislature to follow through on promise of marijuana equity
magazine
Cover Story

How a suspicious fire saved a homeless shelter for women
First Person

Growing up Black in all the wrong places
Perspective

Young people believe activism can help. But voting? That's different
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do online, July 20-26

sports

Cam Neely concedes that COVID-19 has put a bit of a crimp in Bruins camp

Julian Edelman is developing chemistry with Cam Newton

Sports Hub host Fred Toucher is off the air after revelations on Tuesday?s show

metro

UMass Amherst reopening plan draws sharp criticism from town officials, residents

Baker, Pence to meet on Nantucket this weekend

After 53 years, a beloved shopkeeper is hanging up his apron at his rambling country store

Nation

Mass. reports 192 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 18 new deaths

Watch live at 11:30: Governor Baker holds a press conference

California surpasses New York state in confirmed COVID-19 cases; worldwide cases near 15 million

World

Kuwait?s ruler, 91, undergoes a ?successful? surgery

Arson inquiry launched for French cathedral fire in Nantes

Vatican indicates support to exhume babies at Irish home

politics

Trump, Barr to expand anti-crime surge to more US cities

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejects GOP colleague?s apology in verbal spat

?Very frightening?: Opposition grows to federal agents in cities

business

Greater Boston house prices are up again amid the coronavirus pandemic

Mass. wedding industry tries to fend off out-of-state competition by lobbying Baker

Sea Machines gets $15 million to boost self-steering ships

lifestyle

Discovery Museum reopens free of charge on July 28

The long road from hardship to Harvard Law

I?m throwing my arms around Providence

marijuana

East Boston marijuana store, city?s second, now open

Regulators, advocates press Legislature to follow through on promise of marijuana equity

Mass. marijuana regulators fine Acreage Holdings $250,000 for attempting to exceed license cap

opinion

Influx of donations to bail fund viewed with pride ? and alarm

What does a negative coronavirus test really reveal?

Mayor Walsh, give Brenda Cassellius a chance to lead Boston Public Schools

food & dining

Night Shift?s Nite Heavy is worth celebrating, even if we can?t do it together

Recipe: Refreshingly cold gazpacho with melon, cucumber, and grapes is the antidote to hot summer nights

Hospital worker by day and DJ by night, James Clements updates a longtime Dorchester watering hole

travel

I?m throwing my arms around Providence

?This hotel has only ever known a pandemic?

What to know before you visit Rhode Island

Books

Review: ?Jeopardy!? host Alex Trebek searches for answers in new book

When it comes to books, he?s listening

Local bestsellers for the week ending July 12

Movies

Parenting is a team effort in ?Babysplitters?

In scary ?Rental,' who needs a haunted house when you can have a haunted Airbnb?

In ?Radioactive,? Madame Curie is on the screen in the lab

Television

?Perry Mason? rebooted ? and now renewed

Billy Eichner to star in Paul Lynde biopic

You can be in a relationship with a streamer that doesn?t have to last forever

music

It?s Lori McKenna?s party, and she?ll cry if she wants to

Missing live music at the ballpark? Stream the ?Fenway Sessions? on Facebook

Europe is reopening. American musicians are missing out.

Theater/Dance

In a disrupted summer, theaters are revising the script

Theater closures in Boston bring layoffs, furloughs, and pay cuts

Are you ready to dance again?

globe local

After 53 years, a beloved shopkeeper is hanging up his apron at his rambling country store

Meals for kids, library donation, and phone photography

Wellesley Fire Department receives grant for PPE amid coronavirus pandemic

Obituaries

Journalist Christopher Dickey dies at 68; he wrote of conflicts far away, and in his own family

Zizi Jeanmaire, alluring ballerina and singer, dies at 96

Marilyn Abel, who opened the world of music to special needs students, dies at 90