Lowell holds vigil for Atlanta shooting
With nearly 1 million immunized, Baker says state could reach vaccine goal by July 4
Governor Charlie Baker has scraped and sweated through a year of crisis management. But in a recent interview with the Globe, he sounded like the pandemic that’s upended life in Massachusetts felt more manageable than it has in months.
A look at the vaccine eligibility timeline for remaining residents
Governor Charlie Baker has scraped and sweated through a year of crisis management. But in a recent interview with the Globe, he sounded like the pandemic that’s upended life in Massachusetts felt more manageable than it has in months.
Mass. will allow general public to get COVID-19 vaccines starting April 19 under new schedule
Public-facing workers such as grocery store employees and transit and sanitation workers, as well as residents aged 60 and over, will be eligible to book COVID-19 appointments starting Monday in Massachusetts, and the general public aged 16 and older will be eligible starting April 19, officials said.
Yvonne Abraham: Take the vaccine, troopers
Public-facing workers such as grocery store employees and transit and sanitation workers, as well as residents aged 60 and over, will be eligible to book COVID-19 appointments starting Monday in Massachusetts, and the general public aged 16 and older will be eligible starting April 19, officials said.
Forecast | Dave Epstein
Late-winter snow (yes, more snow) is heading to Massachusetts
Some areas could get as much as 5 inches of snow early Friday, but mid-March snow is very common so this shouldn't surprise us. And warm weather toward the end of the weekend will melt any accumulation away.
These maps show how much snow to expect on Friday morning
Severe storms, tornadoes possible across the Deep South
Some areas could get as much as 5 inches of snow early Friday, but mid-March snow is very common so this shouldn't surprise us. And warm weather toward the end of the weekend will melt any accumulation away.
A dozen Republicans voted against Congressional Gold Medals for police who protected them on Jan. 6
A dozen House Republicans voted against a resolution to award three Congressional Gold Medals to the Capitol Police, the D.C. police, and the Smithsonian Institution in recognition of those who protected the US Capitol when it was attacked by supporters of then-President Donald Trump on Jan. 6.
BU's Center for Antiracist Research and The Boston Globe's Opinion team are collaborating to resurrect and reimagine The Emancipator, the first antislavery newspaper in the US, founded more than 200 years ago. Just as 19th-century abolitionist newspapers hastened abolition, this project will amplify critical voices, ideas, and evidence-based opinion in an effort to reframe the national conversation and hasten racial justice.
IRS will delay filing deadline to May 17 as it grapples with backlog of 24 million unprocessed tax returns
Instead of the usual April 15 deadline, filers will instead have until May 17, Representatives Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the Ways and Means chairman, and Bill Pascrell Jr. of New Jersey said Wednesday.
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