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TURIN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 26: Health personnel wait to test people's temperature in the triage area at the Molinette hospital as they try to prevent further coronavirus cases on February 26, 2020 in Turin, Italy. Communities across northern Italy have seen the suspension of public events and church services, and the closure of grade schools, universities and museums after coronavirus cases rose to 374 and 12 dead since last Friday. Twelve towns have been locked down entirely, with road blocks preventing the exit and entrance of people. The government has also imposed quarantines for those who have had close contact with confirmed cases of the illness. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)

Mass. has been monitoring hundreds for possible symptoms of new coronavirus

Donnie Sadler in 2000.

Chad Finn: Who is the biggest prospect bust in Red Sox history?

Belgrade, Oldways 2019 trip to Cyprus, cooking demonstration in Cyprus by Ana Sortun of Oleana Restaurant Group. (Kristin Teig)

These Mass. restaurants and chefs are 2020 James Beard Award semifinalists

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For his latest role, Mark Wahlberg dropped 10 pounds in five days

What happened to the students caught up in the college admissions scandal?

Erica Marino is running the Boston Marathon for the Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Cancer Team.

Erica Marino is running in memory of a family friend's son diagnosed with seven types of cancer

Julie Smith with her children, Jaxon and Scarlett, and her mother, Josephine Fay.

Read the family-submitted obituaries for the 4 relatives killed in Florida crash

Chad Finn: Why you shouldn’t give up on this Red Sox season

A room at Twin Farms in Barnard, Vermont.

The 'Hotel of the Year' is in Vermont

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As CDC warns of coronavirus’s spread in US, officials reveal that more than 600 in Mass. have been monitored for illness

As CDC warns of coronavirus’s spread in US, officials reveal that more than 600 in Mass. have been monitored for illness

Julie Smith with her children, Jaxon and Scarlett, and her mother, Josephine Fay.

Read the family-submitted obituaries for the 4 relatives killed in Florida crash

Donnie Sadler in 2000.

Chad Finn: Who is the biggest prospect bust in Red Sox history?

A room at Twin Farms in Barnard, Vermont.

The 'Hotel of the Year' is in Vermont

Real Estate

Biggest sales: A Back Bay penthouse with two private decks for $9.9 million

Biggest sales: A Back Bay penthouse with two private decks for $9.9 million

for Travel - 18southboston - Spring begins in South Boston when Sullivan's opens at Castle Island. (David Lyon for The Boston Globe) 2017

Sullivan's Castle Island reopens Saturday

For his latest role, Mark Wahlberg dropped 10 pounds in five days

Jamie Mower of Ace Towing tries to jump start Al Speller's car during Tuesday's storm in downtown Lewiston, Maine, on December 3, 2019.

What's wrong with my SUV's new battery?