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Good Samaritan Medical Center hopes the surge is behind them

Brockton has the second highest rate in Massachusetts for COVID-19. Good Samaritan Medical Center is hoping the surge is behind them. (Shelby Lum|Globe Staff)

Two South Shore communities stand out among the state?s highest number of coronavirus cases

In the past month, coronavirus-related deaths in Brockton surged from single digits to 115. Over 1,800 residents are being treated. The nearby Randolph, where 26 people have died of coronavirus complications, also has one of the state?s highest rates.

The Great Divide

Boston Latin and the biggest test of their young lives

The future of these sixth-graders is on the line as they compete for a spot at one of the country?s best schools. But the playing field is far from level.

Could the handshake really disappear?

In the midst of the greatest public health crisis in generations, the handshake has suddenly finds found itself on perilous ground, as some have called not just for a temporary suspension of the practice ? but a permanent shelving.

As Mass. surges past 3,000 coronavirus deaths, Governor Baker weighing when, and how, to reopen the state

Baker on Monday urged caution about lifting the heavy restrictions designed to limit the coronavirus?s spread and warned against comparing Mass. to other less-ravaged states.

Northeastern model shows Boston?s coronavirus outbreak began much earlier than previously thought

While the city was still bracing for the pandemic?s arrival, COVID-19 already was spreading undetected, new research suggests.

MGH coronavirus simulator suggests Mass. fatalities would spike if restrictions lift suddenly States have a long way to go on testing, review shows

Can the US economy recover from coronavirus if the budgets of its states are a fiscal disaster?

State and local governments are a major part of the nation's economy. Now governors, mayors, and local officials are begging the federal government for money to close huge looming budget shortfalls caused by the outbreak.

Mnuchin says all small business relief loans of $2 million will be audited

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Don?t look to the Supreme Court to protect the election

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Disinfect the White House of quackery

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Downtown?s glamorous High Street Place stands empty, but its chefs are still cooking.

Getting a haircut may never be the same after the coronavirus

Some local salon owners are thinking ahead to a cautious reopening, while others aren't optimistic about the future of their businesses.

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It?s ridiculous that Bill Parcells isn?t already in the Patriots Hall of Fame

Parcells's hiring was the turning point in franchise history, yet he has been excluded from the team's shrine.

Patriots kicker Justin Rohrwasser says he wants to get ?shameful? tattoo removed

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Ask Matthew: Is there a doctor in the house?

The Playtime Playlist offers a link between kid-friendly performers and audiences

Online cooking classes mean family time in the kitchen

Boston Athenaeum?s Sos and Sam take story time online

Jeneé Osterheldt

Coronavirus has us walking on a long leash of grace

In the age of coronavirus, we have to find ways to fill that six feet of separation with love. Or at the very least, a little grace and a hello to a stranger.

Amidst coronavirus, church shifts gears to support victims of trauma

The coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic collapse are causing significant stress for almost everyone. But the circumstances can be especially difficult for people who were already dealing with trauma, says Rev. Liz Walker of Roxbury Presbyterian Church.

Local chef appears on Netflix?s new ?Cooked With Cannabis?

Patrick Mulcahy appears in the fifth episode, called "High Holidays."

High Times owner scores 13 California marijuana dispensaries

Pentagon releases videos of ?unidentified aerial phenomena? that some claim are extraterrestrial, sending Twitter into a tizzy

The Pentagon on Monday declassified three videos taken by US Navy pilots showing ?unidentified aerial phenomena? and Twitter was here for it.

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More people are getting beer delivered to their homes. Here?s what they?re buying.

Data from the last two months, provided by several local purveyors, offers insight into the alcoholic beverages people have been buying most during the COVID-19 pandemic.

California official resigns after throwing cat during online meeting

A planning commissioner of Vallejo, California, has resigned after throwing his pet cat and apparently drinking a beer during a Zoom meeting between city officials that was made public.

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Almost every day has brought a new death from coronavirus at the Soldiers? Home in Holyoke; 67 have died so far

The death toll appears to be the highest of any other nursing home in New England, New York, or New Jersey.

Billy Baker

The coronavirus resolutions we think we?ll keep (but won?t)

Our coronavirus pandemic resolutions are tethered to some imagined moment in the future when we get out of this jail. Things we?re going to do. Who we?re going to be. Those kinds of lies.

Is there a stigma to dying of coronavirus?

While some families openly acknowledge that a loved one has died from the coronavirus pandemic, others fear the negative associations of the disease.

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Brown?s Paxson has people buzzing after she calls for colleges to reopen

By now, you have probably read Brown University President Christina Paxson?s provocative op-ed in The New York Times calling the reopening of colleges and universities this fall to be a ?national priority.? Judging by my e-mail inbox and social media, there?s a good chance you have an opinion on her opinion.

Republican candidate Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung says she tested positive for COVID-19

Former R.I. representative-elect charged with felony embezzlement

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Say it loud, say it clear: Donald Trump needs to resign over his handling of the coronavirus

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Cautiously optimistic about discovering drugs to treat the coronavirus

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When numbers fail: Coronavirus is a crash course in uncertainty

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Brown?s Paxson has people buzzing after she calls for colleges to reopen

By now, you have probably read Brown University President Christina Paxson?s provocative op-ed in The New York Times calling the reopening of colleges and universities this fall to be a ?national priority.? Judging by my e-mail inbox and social media, there?s a good chance you have an opinion on her opinion.

Republican candidate Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung says she tested positive for COVID-19

The Rhode Island Hospital physical therapist and wife of Cranston Mayor Allan W. Fung said she developed a dry cough Monday.

Nonprofit hopes to turn two former Salem Catholic schools into housing

The former St. James School and the former St. Mary?s School would be converted into a combined 62 rental units, 45 of them affordable.

Good Samaritan Medical Center hopes the surge is behind them

Former R.I. representative-elect charged with felony embezzlement

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It?s ridiculous that Bill Parcells isn?t already in the Patriots Hall of Fame

Parcells's hiring was the turning point in franchise history, yet he has been excluded from the team's shrine.

Patriots kicker Justin Rohrwasser says he wants to get ?shameful? tattoo removed

The fifth-round draft pick has a tattoo of a symbol linked to an anti-government militia group.

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