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Foxborough, MA--1/18/21-- Nicole Burgett-Yandow, of Tewksbury a nurse practitioner at Urgent Care rolled up her sleeve for the vaccination during the opening day of vaccinations for first responders at the Gillette Stadium/CIC Health COVID-19 Vaccination Site, the first large-scale vaccination site in Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Phase 2 of the Massachusetts vaccine rollout begins next week. Here's who that includes.

National Guard members in a Senate garage Thursday. MUST CREDIT: Photo obtained by The Washington Post

National Guard refutes report blaming Mass. congressman for Capitol relocation incident

Dean Kapsalis is accused of striking and killing 34-year-old Henry Tapia after allegedly calling him a racial slur.

Suspect in fatal alleged Belmont road rage incident now charged with murder

New Bedford

EX-COP CONVICTED

Former Mass. police officer gets 6 years on child pornography conviction January 25, 2021 | 2:10 PM

The New York Times reported that a former assistant attorney general Jeffrey Clark, above, had been discussing a plan with then-President Donald Trump to oust the acting attorney general and try to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential race.

ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN?

Watchdog to probe whether DOJ officials tried to overturn election January 25, 2021 | 1:29 PM

'There is zero justification for states not vaccinating around the clock' January 25, 2021 | 12:31 PM

Sales associate Alex Guralnik, of Newton, Mass., right, hands a bag containing recreational cannabis product to a customer outside New England Treatment Access medical and recreational marijuana dispensary, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Brookline, Mass. Sales of recreational cannabis products to the public was allowed to open Monday, May 25 in Massachusetts after being closed for about two months due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Massachusetts marijuana dispensaries drop delivery lawsuit following backlash January 25, 2021 | 11:51 AM

Rudy Giuliani walks to a senate hearing at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Thursday, December 3, 2020. The Georgia Senate Committee on Judiciary has formed a special subcommittee to take testimony of elections improprieties and evaluate the election process. (Rebecca Wright/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Dominion Voting Systems sues Rudy Giuliani over election claims, seeking over $1.3 billion January 25, 2021 | 11:08 AM

Biden replaces White House doctor with longtime physician January 25, 2021 | 11:03 AM

Mitt Romney says ‘new faces’ like Charlie Baker are key for the future direction of GOP January 25, 2021 | 10:57 AM

white House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci listen as President Trump speaks at a coronavirus briefing at the White House on March 20. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford.`

Deborah Birx said Trump was being given 'parallel data' on COVID-19 January 25, 2021 | 9:41 AM

Biden to reinstate COVID-19 travel rules, add South Africa January 25, 2021 | 9:38 AM

Encore Boston Harbor

COVID RESTRICTIONS

Some virus-control restrictions relaxed in Mass. as of Monday January 25, 2021 | 9:37 AM

A nurse draws the Moderna Inc. Covid-19 vaccine from a vial at the Sant Joan de deu Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. The European Union may secure an extra 50 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by Moderna as the bloc seeks to accelerate inoculations, according to people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg

Moderna vaccine

Moderna vaccine protects against British and South African variants, company says January 25, 2021 | 9:29 AM

Portsmouth, RI

ACLU sues Rhode Island town after resident ordered to take down signs critical of local government January 25, 2021 | 9:21 AM

1 dead in crash on Mass. Pike ramp January 25, 2021 | 9:16 AM

Mt. Lafayette

MOUNTAIN RESCUE

2 hikers rescued in New Hampshire after 1 lost shoes, ran barefoot in snow January 25, 2021 | 8:52 AM

White House begins talks with lawmakers on COVID-19 relief January 25, 2021 | 12:21 AM

Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook testifying in 2019.

Trump wants back on Facebook. This star-studded jury might let him. January 24, 2021 | 11:39 PM

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department work the scene Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 in Indianapolis where five people, including a pregnant woman, were shot to death early Sunday inside an Indianapolis home.

5, including pregnant woman, fatally shot in Indianapolis January 24, 2021 | 11:25 PM

Elizabeth Warren

Sen. Warren says there are ‘lifetime consequences’ as the pandemic has derailed women’s careers January 24, 2021 | 9:57 PM

In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington.

Source: Sarah Sanders running for Arkansas governor January 24, 2021 | 9:39 PM

From left, Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) speak to reporters after introducing their COVID-19 relief bill at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 14, 2020.

Bipartisan group of lawmakers met with Biden officials to discuss stimulus January 24, 2021 | 9:29 PM

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. Right-wing extremism has previously mostly played out in isolated pockets of America or in smaller cities. In contrast, the deadly attack by rioters on the U.S. Capitol targeted the very heart of government. It brought together members of disparate groups, creating the opportunity for extremists to establish links with each other. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Son tipped off FBI about his father, who is charged in Capitol riot January 24, 2021 | 9:28 PM

Here's how you can own a pair of Bernie Sanders’ iconic mittens January 24, 2021 | 7:29 PM

FILE — Dr. Anthony Fauci makes remarks as President Donald Trump looks on during the daily White House Coronavirus briefing at the White House, on April 22, 2020. From denialism to death threats, Dr. Anthony Fauci describes a fraught year as an adviser to President Donald Trump on the COVID-19 pandemic. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Anthony Fauci on what working for Trump was really like January 24, 2021 | 5:44 PM

Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa January 24, 2021 | 5:39 PM

Randolph, MA - 1/5/2021: EMT Chris Martin of Cataldo Ambulance Service prepares to collect a specimen at a COVID-19 testing site outside the Randolph Intergenerational Community Center in Randolph, MA on January 05, 2021. The site run by the town of Randolph, Cataldo Ambulance Service and many volunteers is part of the Massachusetts Stop the Spread program. On Monday (Jan. 4) the site performed 992 tests at the location. (The Stop the Spread program is intended to provide low barrier, free, and easy to access testing to all Massachusetts residents. Open to all Massachusetts residents. Testing is not restricted to residents of the cities where sites are located.) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19

Mass. reports 3,750 new COVID-19 cases, 67 new deaths January 24, 2021 | 5:22 PM

Police: Boston man shot earlier this month has died January 24, 2021 | 4:28 PM

In this May 3, 2015 file photo, a skier sails more than 50 feet off an ice-covered cliff on the Headwall of Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

Skier buried in Mount Washington avalanche survives January 24, 2021 | 2:37 PM

Grizzly, 34, confirmed as Yellowstone region's known oldest January 24, 2021 | 1:56 PM

President Biden

Biden attends Mass at DC church where he worshipped as VP January 24, 2021 | 1:21 PM

Ailing pope, reducing appearances, prays for homeless dead January 24, 2021 | 12:39 PM