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The Massachusetts State flag blows in the wind in front of the State House.

Readers react to middling ranking of Massachusetts in 'best state' poll

Cisco Brewers Seaport Beer Garden

These beer gardens are now open for the season

Cambridge, Ma-June 9, 2020-Stan Grossfeld/Globe StaffÑThe scene along Memorial Drive as runners use masks and social distancing along the banks of the Charles River.

Ashish Jha expects states to lift outdoor mask mandates in next few weeks

Roxanne Levy, of Marlboro, Vt., gets some air while going down the ski hill at Living Memorial Park, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

Vermont ski resorts lost roughly $100 million this winter

The Celtics took on the Bulls on Monday.

5 takeaways as Celtics' six-game winning streak is snapped by Bulls

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Jabari Parker impressed in his first two games with the Celtics.

Here's why Jabari Parker has 'been a fan' of the Celtics

Home-security camera catches bobcat attack — and husband's response

Early morning at Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly, R.I. in 2012.

Rhode Island state beach passes go on sale Tuesday

FILE - This May 14, 2019 file photo shows Jimmy Kimmel at the Walt Disney Television 2019 upfront in New York. Kimmel and former NASA engineer and YouTube Creator Mark Rober will host a three-hour-long livestream fundraiser for autism. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Jimmy Kimmel, YouTube's Mark Rober to host autism benefit

In this photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management, researchers prepare fossils to be airlifted from the Rainbows and Unicorns Quarry on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to the Paria River District paleontology lab in Kanab, Utah, on Sept. 4, 2018.

Mass fossil site may prove tyrannosaurs lived in packs

Watch NASA’s Mars helicopter complete historic first flight on another planet

Boston Globe

As the gender reveal party death toll mounts, people ask ‘Why???’

As the gender reveal party death toll mounts, people ask ‘Why???’

Cambridge, Ma-June 9, 2020-Stan Grossfeld/Globe StaffÑThe scene along Memorial Drive as runners use masks and social distancing along the banks of the Charles River.

Ashish Jha expects states to lift outdoor mask mandates in next few weeks

(please say this is a portrait in the caption) Boston, MA - 1/23/2021: City Councilor Michelle Wu poses for a portrait at a MBTA bus stop on Washington Street in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston, MA on January 23, 2021. Wu is running for mayor. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19

Nearly every Boston mayoral candidate wants to eliminate some MBTA fares. The question is for whom.

Red Sox White Sox

First-inning barrage helps Red Sox earn series split in rout of White Sox

Real Estate

Realty firm launches a program that arms buyers with more cash to bid on their next home

Realty firm launches a program that arms buyers with more cash to bid on their next home

John Oliver.

John Oliver explains the problems with America's 'broken bankruptcy system'

Cisco Brewers Seaport Beer Garden

These beer gardens are now open for the season

Early morning at Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly, R.I. in 2012.

Rhode Island state beach passes go on sale Tuesday