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Trump resumes coronavirus briefings, concedes things will ?probably get worse?

President Trump seemed to return to the wishful thinking he?s offered repeatedly, when he again claimed the virus will simply ?disappear.?
The last time Trump held a coronavirus briefing was April 27. Here?s what?s changed since then For every coronavirus loss, 9 people are left grieving, study estimates

Most people in US still susceptible to coronavirus, CDC study finds

A small proportion of people in many parts of the United States had antibodies to the coronavirus as of this spring, indicating that most of the population remains highly susceptible to the pathogen, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Walsh rips Trump administration for sending federal agents to respond to protests in Portland, Ore.

?That behavior and that type of so-called help is not welcome here in the city of Boston,? Walsh said.

A Black 14-year-old offered a stranger a donut. 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.

Harvard?s first-year international students unable to study on campus

Opinion

RENÉE GRAHAM

Trump?s thin, orange line of authoritarianism
LETTERS

Are we watching what?s going on in Portland, Ore.?
EDITORIAL

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

A tale of two cities. One racist, one striving to change

Want to own a legendary bar? The Cantab Lounge is up for sale
Buy a piece of Cambridge history.

A list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19

The extra $600 weekly unemployment benefit is scheduled to end this week in Massachusetts
The extra $600 many unemployed Massachusetts workers are seeing in their weekly benefits payment is scheduled to end this week.

White House, lawmakers hope for an agreement by next week on more stimulus

Asian-Americans, long used as a racial wedge, are confronting anti-Black racism in their own communities
As part of the national reckoning on racial injustice, many Asian Americans are grappling with their own communities? fraught histories of anti-Blackness, at a time when anti-Asian sentiment, fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, has surged.

Some members push back as Mass. Asian American Commission head stands firm on Black Lives Matter statement

Principals soften critique of superintendent
The Boston High School Heads Association and the Boston K-8 Association did not disavow the substance of the complaints they lodged in separate critiques last week. But the two groups said they regretted their feedback was leaked to the press, and sounded a conciliatory note.

Should police need a warrant to access CharlieCard data?
The Massachusetts high court will consider another twist on modern surveillance and privacy law.

AG rejects Brookline?s ban on oil, gas pipes in new buildings
In a move that surprised her staunchly liberal supporters, Attorney General Maura Healey on Tuesday rejected a controversial bylaw passed last year by Brookline residents that banned the installation of oil and gas pipes in new and substantially renovated buildings, the first such prohibition in Massachusetts.

What happened at M Street Beach could hurt Boston?s effort to battle COVID-19, Walsh says
M Street Beach was a crush of people this past weekend. Such scenes could hamper the city?s effort to move forward with its reopening, Mayor Walsh said.

NFL
NFL eliminates preseason schedule for 2020
The owners had offered to reduce the number of preseason games this summer from two to zero on Monday.

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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

On StatNews.com

Trump said more Covid-19 testing ?creates more cases.? We did the math

Studies provide glimpse at efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines from Oxford-AstraZeneca and CanSino

Coronavirus

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

11 coronavirus vaccines to keep an eye on

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THE FINE PRINT

A floating 50th reunion was derailed by the pandemic, and the cruise company had to be talked into refunds

The company insisted the classmates would be held to the letter of the contract, unless a state-mandated shutdown, then in effect, continued through the date of the planned cruise

Perspective | Magazine
The political battle over masks is making us lose the war on COVID-19
Wearing masks is both patriotic and compassionate; it is not a sign of weakness or disloyalty.

Mass. residents worried about eviction or foreclosure get some breathing room
Gov. Baker has extended until Oct. 17 a statewide ban on such court proceedings that was set to expire next month.

Rhode Island

Responding to activism, RISD is hiring faculty, boosting diversity, returning looted artifacts

Pressured by students and faculty, the design school will embark on what experts say is one of the most comprehensive attempts by a US college to address racial diversity and equity.

Senator Whitehouse is the king of climate change speeches. But are they effective?

Providence police charge a 14-year-old girl with murder, the youngest suspect since 2005
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

EDITORIAL

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

A tale of two cities. One racist, one striving to change
Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Jack Patrick Lewis

Cutting state and local services in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic doesn?t make fiscal sense
RENÉE LOTH

Voting: A right or a duty?
Benjamin Sommers, Joseph Allen, Sara Bleich, and Jessica Cohen

Listen to the science and reopen schools
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

Principals soften critique of superintendent
The Boston High School Heads Association and the Boston K-8 Association did not disavow the substance of the complaints they lodged in separate critiques last week. But the two groups said they regretted their feedback was leaked to the press, and sounded a conciliatory note.

Teenage victims in fatal Boston shootings identified

Boston police identified two teenagers shot and killed Sunday inside a Dorchester apartment as K?Shaun Webster, 17, of Dorchester and Dante Carlor, 16, of Sutton.

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.

Live events workers rally for extended unemployment benefits, as venues remain shuttered

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

sports

Red Sox

Tuesday?s game report: Red Sox squander lead, lose to Blue Jays

The Blue Jays scored the final six runs, including three coming in the ninth off Ryan Brasier.
Red Sox notebook

Red Sox to include social justice component in ceremony prior to Friday?s opener

Team officials, including chairman Tom Werner and CEO Sam Kennedy, met with the players on Tuesday to discuss their participation.

Healthy at last, Gordon Hayward has a chance to deliver for Celtics

The pandemic delay allowed Boston's max-contract forward to heal some nagging injuries, and offers him a stage to help fuel a deep playoff run.

Julie Donaldson, ex-WHDH reporter, hired as Washington NFL exec, part of radio broadcast

NFLPA: 59 players known to have tested positive for coronavirus
NFL

NFL eliminates preseason schedule for 2020

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

Twitter to crackdown on QAnon as movement?s influence grows
Twitter said Tuesday evening that it had removed thousands of accounts that spread messages about the conspiracy theories known as QAnon, saying their messages could lead to harm and violated Twitter policy.

TALKING POINTS
Walmart to close on Thanksgiving, offer bonuses
Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Two women sue Fox News, claiming misconduct by top stars

Hot lines let workers snitch on bosses who break virus rules
Larry Edelman

Congress: Please don?t force the states to fend for themselves

Jeff Bezos added a record $13 billion to his net worth yesterday

Politics

Trump?s show of federal force sparking alarm in cities

Trump says of Ghislaine Maxwell, ?I wish her well?

The last time Trump held a coronavirus briefing was April 27. Here?s what?s changed since then

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

Kevin Garnett and investors are preparing bid to buy Timberwolves, report says

Marcus Smart devotes entire interview session to slain Breonna Taylor

MIAA votes to push back start of fall sports to at least Sept. 14

metro

Principals soften critique of superintendent

Teenage victims in fatal Boston shootings identified

What happens when a student or staffer gets sick at school this fall?

Nation

A list of current travel advisories due to COVID-19 in the Northeast

Trump says of Ghislaine Maxwell, ?I wish her well?

Most people in US still susceptible to coronavirus, CDC study finds

World

Arson inquiry launched for French cathedral fire in Nantes

Vatican indicates support to exhume babies at Irish home

UK?s Johnson nudges workers back to office as lockdown eases

politics

Trump says of Ghislaine Maxwell, ?I wish her well?

The last time Trump held a coronavirus briefing was April 27. Here?s what?s changed since then

Watch live: President Trump holds a coronavirus briefing

business

Twitter to crackdown on QAnon as movement?s influence grows

Walmart to close on Thanksgiving, offer bonuses

Two women sue Fox News, claiming misconduct by top stars

lifestyle

Want to own a legendary bar? The Cantab Lounge is up for sale

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

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

Trump?s thin, orange line of authoritarianism

Are we watching what?s going on in Portland, Ore.?

Postcards from the pandemic

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

Discover a museum, travel by train, and fend off sharks

Returning to Harbor View Hotel in a brave new world

Sleeping over? Bunk down here

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

P-town gets a crowd ? and John Waters ? for a mostly virtual film festival

10 movies you likely missed and might want to watch (or, if you didn?t miss, then watch again)

Doc Talk: Mobbed up, playing ball, running for his life, COVID?s concealed cost

Television

Billy Eichner to star in Paul Lynde biopic

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

The sharpest guy on Nantucket competes in TV?s ?Forged in Fire?

music

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

Europe is reopening. American musicians are missing out.

Talking Heads? Chris Frantz looks back with ?love,? mostly

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

Wellesley Fire Department receives grant for PPE amid coronavirus pandemic

Greenhead flies: The bug that just won?t die

Flush with donations, Massachusetts Bail Fund pays to free defendants across the state ? many facing serious charges

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