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Cathy Watt broke down after learning of the new regulations, including a seasonal closure for offshore lobstermen on Aug 31. “These kids did it right. The men who are offshore did it right. They work their way up. They work hard. And then someone comes and just flips it upside down on you... You’re out of a job, that’s it. You’re too high for the birds.”

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State will distribute 2.1 million free COVID-19 rapid at-home tests to hardest hit communities, Baker says

Governor Charlie Baker said Monday that the state will start distributing millions of at-home COVID-19 tests across Massachusetts as the state braces for an expected winter surge of infections.

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As numbers of new coronavirus cases climb in Massachusetts, a growing chorus of local, state, and federal officials is sounding the call for mask mandates in indoor public places to stanch the spread of the pandemic this winter.

Now you can save money on gas with an E-ZPass

Installed at 27 Alltown service stations around the state, the system lets you save 30 cents a gallon and was developed by Boston-based PayByCar.

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Authorities are still tallying the devastation from Friday night’s storms, which included at least another 14 deaths in Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri.

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A tornado outbreak left devastation and dozens of people dead along a track more than 200 miles long from northeastern Arkansas into Kentucky.

A Boston lawyer accused of rape by as many as a dozen women has avoided conviction since 1996. Now, prosecutors are trying a different tack

Women have come forward to allege lawyer Gary Zerola raped them in nearly indistinguishable assaults dating to 1996, court records show.

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A photo of Edward K. Chapman of Portland published in 1924 in Maine Central Railroad Magazine.

A century ago, this Santa Claus lookalike from Maine was considered the ‘Christmas Tree King of America’

From 1866 until his death in 1928, if you lived in certain major cities and had a Christmas tree in your home, there was a good chance that Edward Chapman had a hand in getting it there.

Clockwise from top left: Richard Jenkins, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, and Frances Conroy as the Fisher family in HBO's "Six Feet Under."

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Dresses from the Apple TV+ show "Dickinson" that were donated to the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst.

Amherst’s Emily Dickinson Museum receives hundreds of set pieces from ‘Dickinson’

Soon, fans of the TV series "Dickinson" can see the set, costume, and prop pieces from the show at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst.

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Legislature must get cracking on egg reform

A well-intended law on the treatment of farm chickens needs updating.

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Kristen Soderman, 16, watches out the family room window for packages to arrive to her family’s home in Barre in July. Kristen Soderman spent more than a month "boarding" at Boston Children's Hospital, waiting for a psych bed so she could receive treatment. Patients who need treatment for mental illness are often waiting days or even weeks in hospital emergency departments or other parts of hospitals until a psych bed becomes available.

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Graves listen carefully. They never interrupt. They take it all in, endlessly receptive. Something in their silence makes a person want to talk.

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Travelers enter security checkpoints at Logan Airport, Nov. 24, the day before Thanksgiving.

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Mya Pol is a advocate for those with disabilities and a fourth-year student at UMass Amherst.

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Former Central Falls Mayor Diossa will run for R.I. state treasurer

Diossa, a Democrat who served as mayor from 2013 to 2020, enters the race to replace Seth Magaziner, who is running for governor.

Mayor Wu says Boston will be ready to keep streets clear during winter storms, help protect homeless

Standing in front of a pile of salt at the Boston Public Works yard Monday morning, Mayor Michelle Wu detailed the myriad steps the city is taking to ensure residents are able to navigate through snowstorms this winter.

Golden Globes announces nominations to a skeptical Hollywood. Here’s the complete list

After widespread criticism forced the organization that puts on the Golden Globes to lose its televised award show and overhaul its membership, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nevertheless went ahead announcing nominees for film and television awards on Monday despite a skeptical entertainment industry.

Arts organizations surprised and disappointed by federal funds allotment

BIPOC arts organizations argue the legislation — and particularly the earmark process — left them out of the equation.

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‘This is confusing the hell out of us.’ No one knows how Omicron originated, but scientists have theories

“If we know where this came from, we’re in a better position to prevent it from happening again,” said Dr. Jeremy Luban, chair in AIDS research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Paul Revere family artifacts found in Canton home sold at auction for $20,000

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A still from the film "All the Lonely People," a documentary about the impact of social isolation. Shown here is a statue in Liverpool of Eleanor Rigby, the fictional subject of a 1966 Beatles song.

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Siobhan Miller performs in 2019's "A Christmas Celtic Sojourn" at Cutler Majestic Theatre. The show is back live this year.

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Former Central Falls Mayor Diossa will run for R.I. state treasurer

Diossa, a Democrat who served as mayor from 2013 to 2020, enters the race to replace Seth Magaziner, who is running for governor.

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Standing in front of a pile of salt at the Boston Public Works yard Monday morning, Mayor Michelle Wu detailed the myriad steps the city is taking to ensure residents are able to navigate through snowstorms this winter.

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Andrew Mangiapane (left) is one of six Flames in the NHL's COVID protocols as the team's next three games have been postponed.

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The Flames, who played the Bruins on Saturday, have six players and a staff member in the NHL's COVID protocols.

The bye week provided an opportunity for Bill Belichick to watch the Army-Navy game.

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Appearing on his weekly radio interview, Belichick said the bye "went by pretty quickly."

Aaron Rodgers celebrates the first of his two touchdown passes to Davante Adams (not pictured) during Sunday night's Packers victory over the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field.

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Rodgers went 29 of 37, with two of his TD passes to Davante Adams. The NFL MVP has 61 career touchdown passes against the Bears, the most all-time, and the Packers are 23-5 against the Bears in games he's started.

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Boston firm Klaviyo closes downtown office until January, after COVID cases

Klaviyo is the latest example of how local companies are responding to the pandemic amid rising cases and concern about a potentially dangerous new virus variant.

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State will distribute 2.1 million free COVID-19 rapid at-home tests to hardest hit communities, Baker says

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Now you can save money on gas with an E-ZPass Installed at 27 Alltown service stations around the state, the system lets you save 30 cents a gallon and was developed by Boston-based PayByCar.

Elon Musk named Time’s Person of the Year

Wilmington robotics maker going public in $5.5 billion SPAC deal

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See maps of the tornado track from Arkansas into Kentucky

A Boston lawyer accused of rape by as many as a dozen women has avoided conviction since 1996. Now, prosecutors are trying a different tack Women have come forward to allege lawyer Gary Zerola raped them in nearly indistinguishable assaults dating to 1996, court records show.

Bill Belichick on Kliff Kingsbury’s comments, Patriots’ team-first mentality, and enjoying Army-Navy Appearing on his weekly radio interview, Belichick said the bye "went by pretty quickly."

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Omicron raises COVID worry but not precautions, poll finds

These are the towns that were selected to receive at-home COVID-19 tests

Former Central Falls Mayor Diossa will run for R.I. state treasurer

Mayor Wu says Boston will be ready to keep streets clear during winter storms, help protect homeless

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Bill Belichick on Kliff Kingsbury’s comments, Patriots’ team-first mentality, and enjoying Army-Navy

Bears put up a fight, but Aaron Rodgers throws four touchdowns to own ‘em again

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South Korea breaks with US on boycott of Beijing Olympics

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Now you can save money on gas with an E-ZPass

Installed at 27 Alltown service stations around the state, the system lets you save 30 cents a gallon and was developed by Boston-based PayByCar.

A Boston lawyer accused of rape by as many as a dozen women has avoided conviction since 1996. Now, prosecutors are trying a different tack

Women have come forward to allege lawyer Gary Zerola raped them in nearly indistinguishable assaults dating to 1996, court records show.

Bill Belichick on Kliff Kingsbury’s comments, Patriots’ team-first mentality, and enjoying Army-Navy

Appearing on his weekly radio interview, Belichick said the bye "went by pretty quickly."

Former Central Falls Mayor Diossa will run for R.I. state treasurer

Diossa, a Democrat who served as mayor from 2013 to 2020, enters the race to replace Seth Magaziner, who is running for governor.

Arts organizations surprised and disappointed by federal funds allotment

BIPOC arts organizations argue the legislation — and particularly the earmark process — left them out of the equation.

Officials halt search for woman who went overboard on Carnival cruise ship

Authorities searched more than 31 hours for the woman before pausing the search on Sunday pending additional information, Petty Officer First Class Adam Stanton said Sunday.

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"I miss and still love him. What am I supposed to do now?"

Paul Revere family artifacts found in Canton home sold at auction for $20,000

The sign, painted black with gold leaf, is emblazoned with Revere’s son’s name, Joseph W. Revere. An unidentified online buyer won the auction after a few minutes of rapid-fire bidding held both in-person and online.

The 60 best albums of the year

From Robert Plant and Alison Krauss to J. Cole, Jon Batiste to Oliva Rodrigo, Miguel Zenón to The War on Drugs, these were our favorites.

‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities

A STAT investigation shows that researchers with little or no background or training in health equity research are rushing in to scoop up grants and publish papers.

Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms

STAT spoke with infectious disease experts and others about what to expect from Covid-19 as the seasons change.

DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South

Photographer Bethany Mollenkof spent six months documenting the impact of Covid-19 on residents of rural Black communities in the South.

Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real

The procedure aims to restore proprioception, the ability to sense where our limbs are in space and how fast and forcefully they’re moving.