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Massachusetts exceeds 20,000 COVID deaths

With 54 COVID-19-related fatalities reported on Wednesday, a total of 20,008 people have died since March 2020.
Massachusetts reports 27,612 coronavirus cases and 54 deaths Omicron accounts for 95 percent of COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts

Mass. to launch ‘test and stay’ program to help child care centers remain open

Early education providers praised the upcoming test-and-stay program, even as they wondered what took the state so long.

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CDC advisers endorse Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for younger teens

Rachael Rollins to be sworn in Monday as US attorney. Despite recent threats, she won’t receive security detail

Narrowly confirmed as US attorney for Massachusetts by the US Senate early last month, Rachael Rollins will officially take the reins Monday. She submitted her resignation from the Suffolk district attorney's office to Governor Charlie Baker on Wednesday.

Novak Djokovic denied entry to Australia, has visa canceled ahead of Australian Open

Djokovic had been given an exemption to compete in the Australian Open regardless of his vaccination status, but Australian media reported that his team applied for the wrong type of visa.

‘It feels like everyone has COVID:’ A record number of kids in Rhode Island are testing positive

“You can almost time it,” one pediatrician told the Globe. “Five days since a family gathering and the kids start getting sick with COVID.”

Massachusetts lawmakers look to outlaw ‘stealthing,’ or nonconsensual condom removal

The practice of nonconsensual condom removal is common, but most states’ laws are silent on it. Now, some Beacon Hill lawmakers are pushing a bill that would make Massachusetts the first state to create both civil and criminal penalties for “stealthing.”
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Boston police spokesman Sergeant Detective John Boyle said Wednesday the department is still actively investigating any officers’ involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, though he declined to specify when it might be concluded.

Pembroke Center Food Pantry closes after 36 years

The closure came in anticipation of the demolition of the town Community Center, where the pantry was located.

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Still unvaccinated, Kyrie Irving returns to Nets team in need of help

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Oilers star McDavid placed in NHL’s COVID-19 protocols

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Novak Djokovic denied entry to Australia, has visa canceled ahead of Australian Open

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Leader Bank CEO Sushil Tuli named a director at the Boston Fed

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CDC advisers endorse Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for younger teens

O’Keefe, Blodgett not seeking reelection as Cape and Islands, Essex County District Attorneys

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Actress and advocate Taraji P. Henson is part of the Museum of Science’s upcoming programming

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In Helina Metaferia’s show at the MFA, an ‘army of women’ wear history on their heads

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Television

Focus on the French scenery, not the fluff, in ‘Emily in Paris’

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Jim Corsi, Newton native who pitched for the Red Sox, dies at 60

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