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In this Monday, June 22, 2020 photo, Agustina Canamero, 81, and Pascual Pérez, 84, hug and kiss through a plastic film screen to avoid contracting the new coronavirus at a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain.

Here's the advice over 150 Boston.com readers gave to their pre-pandemic selves

A person smoke a cigarette after leaving a methadone clinic in Lisbon, Portugal in this Sept. 12, 2017, file photo.

Brookline's new tobacco restriction would ban sales for an entire generation

Football players have benefited from organized practices, but it's no secret they're all missing game action.

‘Kids are really suffering right now.’ Mass. football players, coaches cope with absence of games

Jim Davis/Globe Staff

Where do the Patriots go from here?

Handout

6 things to know in New England beer this week

Longfellow Bridge
State police investigating after man's body found near Longfellow Bridge
Fall River
Update: Body discovered in Fall River identified as missing motorcyclist
Ashburnham
Ashburnham police arrest man who spat at hikers, claiming he had COVID-19
National
Unemployment claims jumped last week as coronavirus cases surge
Vaccine
With hope high for vaccine, Britain prepares to roll it out
World
Scotland passes bill to end ‘period poverty’ with free sanitary products
New England Revolution
Taylor Twellman thinks underdog Revolution could have advantage against Orlando City
COVID-19 Study
Study: Lax behaviors of Mass. residents has contributed to second COVID-19 wave
Missing Crew
Coast Guard suspends search for missing fishing vessel crew
COVID-19 VACCINE
Keep the mask: A vaccine won't end the U.S. crisis right away

Featured

The Massachusetts Horticultural Society Festival of Trees.

10 things to do in Boston this Thanksgiving weekend

Brookline Food Pantry

'People are so unaware of how big food insecurity is'

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave Westminster Abbey after attending the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, reveals she had miscarriage in the summer

The Weeknd performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Aug 4, 2018.

The Weeknd criticizes Grammys over nominations snub

This booking photo provided by police in Decatur, Ala., shows Johnny Dwight Whited, who authorities say was arrested in a 1995 slaying after calling police with information on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020.

A murder was unsolved for 25 years until a man phoned in a tip: He was the killer

Love Letters

‘I feel like a zombie’ thinking about my ex

Boston Globe

‘I’ve never seen anything like this kind of need’: Food pantries struggle to keep up with surge in demand

‘I’ve never seen anything like this kind of need’: Food pantries struggle to keep up with surge in demand

Study: Lax behaviors of Mass. residents has contributed to second COVID-19 wave

A person smoke a cigarette after leaving a methadone clinic in Lisbon, Portugal in this Sept. 12, 2017, file photo.

Brookline's new tobacco restriction would ban sales for an entire generation

Aaron Nesmith was compared to some of the NBA's greatest shooters by his college coach.

Sports Q: What grade do you give the Celtics' offseason so far?

Real Estate

Recent homes sales in Boston and Cambridge (Nov. 25)

Recent homes sales in Boston and Cambridge (Nov. 25)

Waterville Valley

4 of the best ski resorts in the U.S. and Canada are in New England

Brookline Food Pantry

'People are so unaware of how big food insecurity is'

The 2020 Subaru Outback XT Onyx Edition.

I need help choosing a small SUV