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FILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, The Associated Press reported on a video circulating online incorrectly asserting that man in Wuhan, China, was sanitizing his apartment with alcohol when the air conditioner came on and caused an explosion and fire. The fire captured on video was the result of a cigarette that was improperly put out on a comforter. The comforter then ignited and was placed on a balcony where nearby debris caught fire in Chongqing, China, a city hundreds of miles away from Wuhan. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Mass. officials report 44 new COVID-19 deaths, 596 new cases

A ambulance on a call drives on Commonwealth, Ave., Friday, April 24, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Who is dying from the coronavirus in Massachusetts?

A face shield for sale on a street in New York, April 23, 2020.

You’re getting used to masks. Will you wear a face shield?

Will Hastings Auburn

Undersized, underrated, and undrafted: Will Hastings hoping to catch on with the Patriots

Vehicle theft spikes in COVID-19 pandemic

Featured

Jimmy Cobb, 'Kind of Blue' drummer for Miles Davis, dies

Governor Charlie Baker posted to Twitter an image that shows the Boston Common on Memorial Day May 25, 2020. 1,000 flags were place about 6 feet apart to honor veterans.

1,000 flags in Boston Common honor vets, set 6 feet apart from each other

HOBE SOUND, FLORIDA - MAY 24: NFL player Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reacts after holing out from the fairway on the seventh during The Match: Champions For Charity at Medalist Golf Club on May 24, 2020 in Hobe Sound, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images for The Match)

No crowds meant you could hear the players at the Match — and some of it was revealing

This March 26, 2009 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a little brown bat with white-nose syndrome in the Greeley Mine in Stockbridge, Vt.

New Hampshire wants help counting its bats

Queen's guitarist Brian May revealed on his Instagram that he suffered a small heart attack.

Queen's Brian May reveals recent heart attack, says he's good now

AIRBNB

A Florida baseball team listed its stadium on AirBnB — and now it’s booked through July

Boston Globe

Mass. reports 44 new deaths, 596 new cases of coronavirus on Monday

Mass. reports 44 new deaths, 596 new cases of coronavirus on Monday

Lake of the Ozarks

Watch: Crowds pack venues in Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks, ignoring social distancing

Massachusetts National Guard 104th Fighter Wing Flyover Boston, Massachusetts in show of support during COVID-19 pandemic on May 6.

F-15s scheduled to fly over Mass. Monday in honor of Memorial Day

Phil Mickelson reads a putt for Tom Brady on the 17th green.

Tiger and Peyton top Phil and Brady in charity golf match

Real Estate

US long-term mortgage rates ease (May 21)

US long-term mortgage rates ease (May 21)

FILE - This Wednesday, July 17, 2019 file photo shows Southwest Airlines planes at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The Transportation Department's inspector general said in a report Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 that Southwest Airlines continues to fly airplanes with safety concerns, putting 17 million passengers at risk, while federal officials do a poor job overseeing the airline. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Southwest CEO says summer will determine whether he will 'radically restructure' the company

Waiter wearing mask

Here's what Boston.com readers need to feel safe dining at a restaurant

The 2020 Audi Q7.

Edmunds: Best updated cars for 2020