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In giant yellow letters, D.C. mayor sends a message to protesters — and to Trump

2 Buffalo officers suspended after shoving 75-year-old protester to the ground, where he lay bleeding, motionless

Aerial view of demonstrators at a police violence protest Tuesday in Boston.

Helicopter company dismisses trainee and suspends employee after hot-mic Boston protest comments

Covid-19 information signs are displayed on the door of a construction site in New York City.
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How the world can avoid screwing up the response to COVID-19 again June 5, 2020 | 2:49 PM

Irene Triplett, shown in 2018.

She was the last American to collect a Civil War pension — $73.13 a month. She just died. June 5, 2020 | 2:11 PM

Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito speak during a daily press conference on the state's coronavirus response on April 15, 2020 at the Massachusetts State House in Boston. (Sam Doran/Pool)

Livestream: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update June 5, 2020 | 2:03 PM

'Aspiration isn't good enough': City councilors urge action after Marty Walsh pledges to make Boston a leader against racism June 5, 2020 | 1:53 PM

Authorities: N.H. students who mockingly reenacted George Floyd's death won't be charged June 5, 2020 | 1:08 PM

Boston-area bookstores are sharing anti-racist reading lists. Here’s what’s on them. June 5, 2020 | 12:41 PM

UCF to investigate professor who tweeted about ‘Black privilege’ June 5, 2020 | 11:38 AM

Judge denies bail for N.H. 19-year-old accused of Facebook post encouraging riot June 5, 2020 | 10:58 AM

Shoppers ride an escalator near a a J.C. Penney store inside the Westfield Mall in Culver City, California. Photographer: Martina Albertazzi/Bloomberg

JC Penney closing 154 stores in first post-bankruptcy phase June 5, 2020 | 10:49 AM

Salisbury, MA: 5-28-20: The scene on Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts on Thursday afternoon with people on the sand and in the water is pictured, viewed from an empty Seabrook Beach (foreground) just over the border in New Hampshire, where the beaches are closed. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) coronavirus, COVID-19, beaches

New Hampshire beaches reopen to sunbathing, other activities June 5, 2020 | 10:45 AM

R.I. woman charged with vandalizing cruiser that later burned June 5, 2020 | 10:30 AM

FILE - In this May 5, 2020, file photo Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cotton has risen to the ranks of potential 2024 Republican presidential contenders by making all the right enemies. Now, the Arkansas lawmaker is making more by lining up behind President Donald Trump’s law and order recipe for controlling civic unrest (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

After staff uproar, New York Times says Sen. Tom Cotton op-ed 'did not meet our standards' June 5, 2020 | 10:13 AM

Photos: Thursday's protests and vigils in memory of George Floyd June 4, 2020 | 9:46 PM

A bottle of hydroxychloroquine tablets in Texas City, Texas. Several authors of a large study that raised safety concerns about malaria drugs for coronavirus patients have retracted the report, saying independent reviewers were not able to verify information that’s been widely questioned by other scientists.

Study on safety of malaria drugs for coronavirus retracted June 4, 2020 | 6:21 PM

'Lone streaker'

Marlborough police looking to ID 'lone streaker' who 'appears very proud of himself' June 4, 2020 | 6:01 PM

The family of George Floyd stands for eight minutes and forty six seconds during a memorial service at Minneapolis North Central University on June 4, 2020, in Minneapolis.

Sharpton decries oppression of black Americans at George Floyd's memorial June 4, 2020 | 5:54 PM

Protesters outside of Gov. Charlie Baker's home in Swampscott.

Roughly 100 people staged a die-in in front of Charlie Baker's home Wednesday June 4, 2020 | 5:20 PM

Andover fire lieutenant on leave after confronting woman of color to check 'someone wasn't stealing something' June 4, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Boston MA: 6-2-20: As protesters were walking down the street from the State House, police vehicles were coming up, and the protesters blocked the road forcing the vehicle to back down the street. The protesters then returned to the front of the State House. Earlier a rally and vigil for George Floyd, Breanna Taylor, Ahmaud Artery and local fallen people,organized by Black Lives Matter Boston and Violence in Boston was held in Franklin Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Amid growing criticism, MBTA explains decision to close stations near protests June 4, 2020 | 4:04 PM

A man holds a campaign sign while attending a rally to protests stay-at-home orders put into place due to the COVID-19 outbreak Tuesday, April 21, 2020, outside the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Several hundred people attended the rally to protest the restrictions and urge the reopening of businesses closed in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus . (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

VETERAN ATTACKED

Police: 82-year-old Fall River man holding Trump sign assaulted June 4, 2020 | 3:38 PM

Mayor Marty Walsh

'If you don’t understand right now, just listen' June 4, 2020 | 3:34 PM

Joseph Villa

Capron Park Zoo

'No animals were affected or harmed during this bizarre incident' June 4, 2020 | 3:07 PM

A file photo of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court inside the John Adams Courthouse in 2018.

Read the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court letter decrying racism in the justice system June 4, 2020 | 2:54 PM

Photos: The National Guard’s daily presence in Boston June 4, 2020 | 2:48 PM

A man jumps up onto the Parkman Bandstand and cheers during a peaceful protest to honor the life of George Floyd on the Boston Common.

'How will we respond?'

'A nation in peril': In Boston and throughout the U.S., the NAACP grapples with a state of emergency June 4, 2020 | 2:36 PM

Boston06/02/2020-Elected officials of color in Massachusetts government marched from the African Meetiing House on Joy Street to the nearby Mass. State House to hold a press conference to voice support for those protesting against police brutality against Black Americans. The group stands on the State House steps and includes Rep. Russell Holmes(left), DA Rachael Rollins (c) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

Ayanna Pressley defends Rachael Rollins in spat with Boston police union June 4, 2020 | 2:24 PM

TINLEY PARK, IL - DECEMBER 17: A customer shops for a pistol at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store on December 17, 2012 in Tinley Park, Illinois. Americans purchased a record number of guns in 2012 and gun makers have reported a record high in demand. Firearm sales have surged recently as speculation of stricter gun laws and a re-instatement of the assault weapons ban following the mass school shooting in Connecticut . (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images North America

First-time gun owners at risk for suicide, major study confirms June 4, 2020 | 2:03 PM

Joamil Rodriguez, owner of Laced

'This isn't about stores being looted, this is about a loss of life' June 4, 2020 | 12:56 PM

848 Main St., Worcester

A Worcester 18-year-old allegedly brought 'several Molotov cocktails' to a recent protest June 4, 2020 | 12:51 PM

Deputy mayor in Maine charged in case of racist George Floyd post June 4, 2020 | 12:33 PM