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Why coronavirus has seemingly spared Fall River and New Bedford so far

The coronavirus has hit immigrant and low-income communities especially hard. But Fall River and its neighbor New Bedford are seemingly bucking that demographic trend, registering far lower rates of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths than comparable cities.

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Baker orders schools stay closed until at least September

Mass. secretary of state crafting vote-by-mail package, cautions against mailing every voter a ballot

Trump says he wants Harvard to pay back $8.6 million in stimulus funds

State firms lagged in receiving federal coronavirus rescue money

Massachusetts ranked 38th among states, while New York and California came in at 49th and 50th, respectively.

Congress set to pass $483b virus aid as Trump eyes next deal Trump, the company, asks Trump, the administration, for rent relief

Mass. pausing part of its nursing home testing program; state data riddled with inaccuracies

State officials for weeks resisted calls to release information about the number of cases and deaths in specific nursing homes. On Monday they took a step toward greater transparency. But the new information they made public was vague and riddled with inaccuracies.

2 died with coronavirus weeks before 1st US coronavirus death

Health officials say two people died with the coronavirus in California weeks before the first reported death from the disease.

CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus this winter could be worse

Even as states move ahead with plans to reopen, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that a second wave of the coronavirus will be far more deadly.

Total current hospitalizations in Massachusetts rise to 3,872, a 2 percent increase from the previous day

Citing lack of universal testing, Mayor Walsh says there?s no timeline for reopening Boston

The mayor said key prerequisites to reopening the city include things like universal testing for COVID-19, which could be months away.

Q&A: What you need to know about the school closings

What does Governor Charlie Baker's order to keep schools shuttered through the end of the school year mean for students, families, and teachers?

Here?s Charlie Baker's message for graduating seniors Five takeaways from state?s closure of schools for the rest of the academic year

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With trade to Buccaneers, Rob Gronkowski gets to return to the NFL on his own terms

He has the chance to play somewhere other than Foxborough, and the salary cap gave the Patriots no leverage to stop him.

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The coronavirus outbreak has helped Trump get the immigration crackdown he?s long pursued ? and provided him with a new foil

Using his authority to respond to a national emergency, Trump is enacting the type of strict immigration controls he had been unable to put in place before because of opposition from Congress and the courts.

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Virus provides cover for assault on abortion rights

It?s not a protest. It?s a Trump-endorsed tantrum

The parallels between the coronavirus and the climate crisis

Has the coronavirus finally taught us how to listen to science?

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Online dating during coronavirus, an awkward but more authentic quest

The kids in Color Killer aren?t alright with ?corona?

Instead of supporting Free Fun Fridays this summer, grants will aid museums

The return of family dinner

Everyone knows it?s good for us. It only took a pandemic and the near-shutdown of society to make it happen.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

One-third of tech CEOs continue hiring amid pandemic

Many tech executives are already planning for a brighter future.

Bose workers furloughed; layoffs possible

From the WBZ copter, Kristen Eck is still seeing plenty of traffic ? around grocery stores

The longtime traffic reporter says that even though the city and highways are mostly deserted, bad drivers are still with us.

For the elderly, coronavirus is not necessarily a death sentence. But it can feel like one

Absent any meaningful data about how many older people survive and recover, fear has spread far quicker than the virus.

Photos: As people stay home due to coronavirus, Earth turns wilder and cleaner

An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth. As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily.

THE RACE TO SAVE LIVES

A nurse breaks down. A patient wakes up. A doctor wrestles to translate life or death decisions.

The Globe has enlisted three medical workers to tell their stories in their own words. Here's the latest.

Mass. senator dinged in ethics inquiry forms legal defense fund

State Senator Dean A. Tran, a Fitchburg Republican accused by his colleagues of using his state-funded staff for political gain, launched a special fund this month to help pay legal bills, an indication he?s readying for any potential fallout from an internal Senate probe.

State Senate approves virtual notarization bill

As federal stimulus checks arrive, how are people spending the money?

The coronavirus stimulus checks that landed in the bank accounts of tens of millions of Americans last week mean a lot of different things to different people. But the program may be more safety net than stimulus.

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What to do when the bills keep coming but you?re out of work and can?t pay them

Your income may have plummeted, but the bills keep coming. Consumers who are up against it should contact their lenders.

These are the best high schools in Mass., according to 2020 ranking from US News & World Report

US News & World Report has released its annual ranking of the best high schools in the nation, and half of Massachusetts? high schools are in the top quarter of the national rankings ? the highest proportion of any state.

Catholic hospital won?t guarantee ICU nurse a respite from work with coronavirus patients

Twenty-eight weeks pregnant, Mercy Medical Center nurse Lindsay Manning has tested positive for COVID-19 and can't sleep, worried about any potential impacts on her baby.

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In just a few weeks, thousands of Massachusetts hospital workers have been suddenly thrust into new roles to respond to the coronavirus crisis.

A map of coronavirus testing sites in Boston

The back story of Danny Ainge?s secret golf outing with Michael Jordan during the 1986 playoffs

Ainge didn't know Jordan well when the star invited him to Framingham Country Club in between games of the 1986 playoffs.

Mass. General models show flattening curve; COVID-19 patients not expected to overwhelm the system during this week?s surge

Doctors and mathematicians at Massachusetts General Hospital are now optimistic that the number of coronavirus patients has plateaued at their institution, as well as in their larger hospital network, and will not overwhelm clinicians.

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We asked you to show us your masks, and you did

Rhode Islanders who are protecting themselves from the coronavirus responded to our request earlier this month: Show us your face masks.

Rhode Island records its highest one-day total of coronavirus cases and 16 more deaths

Imagine what Rhode Island will look like one year from now

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Betty Francisco, Steve Grossman, Segun Idowu, and Bob Rivers

Minority-owned businesses are being left behind ? again

Reelection politics explain Trump?s strange stance

The president fails his own test

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Mass. pausing part of its nursing home testing program; state data riddled with inaccuracies

State officials for weeks resisted calls to release information about the number of cases and deaths in specific nursing homes. On Monday they took a step toward greater transparency. But the new information they made public was vague and riddled with inaccuracies.

We asked you to show us your masks, and you did

Rhode Islanders who are protecting themselves from the coronavirus responded to our request earlier this month: Show us your face masks.

Baker was asked about Trump?s vow to halt immigration. He didn?t mince words

President Trump claimed Monday that he would sign an executive order ?to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States? because of the coronavirus. Governor Baker had something to say about that.

Mass. senator dinged in ethics inquiry forms legal defense fund

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2010-11 Bruins get together (virtually) to watch Stanley Cup clincher

It was their first time together watching a replay of their Game 7 win over the Vancouver Canucks.

Ex-Governor?s Academy star lineman Matt Peart has his eye on the NFL

Peart, who played collegiately at UConn, is expected by many to be a middle-round pick in this week's draft.

Parcells, Seymour, Vrabel named finalists for Patriots Hall of Fame

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Global stocks mixed after Wall St hit by oil market turmoil

Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as oil prices edged lower amid anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic?s mounting economic damage.

Trump, the company, asks Trump, the administration, for rent relief

President Donald Trump?s signature hotel in the nation?s capital wants a break on the terms of its lease. The landlord determining the fate of the request is Trump?s own administration.

Congress set to pass $483b virus aid as Trump eyes next deal

Nike donates face shields and respirator lenses to three Boston hospitals

Once bankrupt, a tiny broadband company thrives in the Trump era

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Ben & Jerry?s uses 4/20 to promote marijuana reform as other brands market off the holiday

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South Korea?s baseball preseason underway in empty stadiums

Patriots agree to trade retired Rob Gronkowski to Buccaneers to reunite with Tom Brady

Replica of Bobby Orr statue is being raffled to benefit pandemic workers

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Mass. pausing part of its nursing home testing program; state data riddled with inaccuracies

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China calls for solidarity not ?finger-pointing? on coronavirus

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Trudeau promises gun control legislation after deadliest shooting in Canadian history

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Highlights of the nearly $500 billion coronavirus relief bill

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Global stocks mixed after Wall St hit by oil market turmoil

Trump, the company, asks Trump, the administration, for rent relief

Congress set to pass $483b virus aid as Trump eyes next deal

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A burger that?s better for you (and the planet)

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Ben & Jerry?s uses 4/20 to promote marijuana reform as other brands market off the holiday

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Pot entrepreneurs sue LA over process for approving shops

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Virus provides cover for assault on abortion rights

Would Biden want Warren for VP? Don?t count on it.

In Trump-incited rallies, we?re seeing a dress rehearsal for insurrection

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A burger that?s better for you (and the planet)

Chickpea of the Sea

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With her book tour halted, she?s dreaming of Mexico (and snacking on almonds)

Virtual farm tours for kids, plus hotel credits to help save jobs

Coronavirus outbreak kept Sonia Manzano ? Maria from ?Sesame Street? ? from North End eating. But she?ll be back

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Everything I know about surviving in quarantine I learned from ?The Long Winter?

On meeting your mother, before she was your mother in Emily Gould?s ?Perfect Tunes'

New poetry, an online literary festival, an honor for Ng

Movies

In ?Salesman,? a joyless reality of the American Dream

Mushroom crowd, the midnight hour, northern lights

Bruce Baillie and perfection; local arthouses and their future

Television

Will David Simon finally get his due for ?The Plot Against America??

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Here are some highlights from last night?s ?One World: Together at Home? global concert

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The kids in Color Killer aren?t alright with ?corona?

Boston Symphony Orchestra to cut musician pay, furlough staffers

Warming up with the big-hearted folk singer Lara Herscovitch

Theater/Dance

Playwrights are adapting to the change of scenery

Huntington, SpeakEasy, Moonbox lead the nominees for the Elliot Norton theater awards

Shakespeare & Company cancels summer season

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Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

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Jane Darrah Claflin, first woman on boards of MGH and Trinity Church, dies at 103

John Horton Conway, a ?magical genius? in math, dies at 82

Doug Sanders, golf?s ?peacock of the fairways,? at 86