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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, addresses a news conference at the White House in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, with members of the coronavirus task force. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)

Why a Boston church got Anthony Fauci to speak to its congregation

The Boston Fire Department rescued a woman and children from a fire on West Newton St. Wednesday.

Photos: Mother, 2 children rescued from balcony during Boston apartment fire

A person of interest as caught on surveillance video footage shared by Waltham police.

'There is definitely a fear factor in our city right now. We’ve never experienced anything like this.'

‘There absolutely will be a black market’: How the rich and privileged can skip the line for COVID-19 vaccines December 3, 2020 | 8:43 AM

Next for Biden: Naming a health care team as pandemic rages December 3, 2020 | 5:32 AM

Jamaica Plain, MA - 6/22/20 - The Forest Hills MBTA station in Jamaica Plain, MA on June 22, 2020. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

MBTA SERVICE CUTS

What Massachusetts residents think of the MBTA's proposed cuts December 3, 2020 | 12:35 AM

Police break up 400-person party at Long Island mansion December 2, 2020 | 11:39 PM

Marijuana plantation

U.N. reclassifies cannabis as a less dangerous drug December 2, 2020 | 10:34 PM

Then-candidate for governor Deval Patrick was flanked by security after a campaign stop at the Boys and Girls Club in Lowell on Oct. 27, 2006. Sergeant Cleveland Coats (back, right) would later join Patrick's security detail when he was governor.

Sgt. Cleveland Coats

Commission: Black trooper victim of racial discrimination December 2, 2020 | 9:56 PM

COVID-19 tests from Mass General employees wait to be processed at Massachusetts General Hospital on Nov. 12.

Mass. reports highest daily total of COVID-19 cases December 2, 2020 | 8:31 PM

Fact-checking Trump's claims of vote rigging. Again. December 2, 2020 | 7:53 PM

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Christmas Trees

Christmas tree farms around Mass. are being cleaned out December 2, 2020 | 7:35 PM

Harvard Yard is seen on the closed Harvard University campus in Cambridge.

Colleges seek $120 billion for higher education in coronavirus relief bill December 2, 2020 | 7:09 PM

President Donald Trump departs after participating in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at the White House in Washington.

In video, Trump unspools unsubstantiated voter fraud charges December 2, 2020 | 6:39 PM

COVID-19 RELIEF

Biden, top Democrats swing behind bipartisan virus aid bill December 2, 2020 | 5:14 PM

Austin Mayor Steve Adler.

Austin mayor went to Mexico while urging people to stay home December 2, 2020 | 5:07 PM

Everett, MA 11/30/2020:
A line of people wait in the rain for a coronavirus COVID-19 test at the Cataldo site on Elm Street.
Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

Mass. reports 4,613 new COVID-19 cases, 46 new deaths December 2, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Jabin Botsford

Ivanka Trump's political ambitions seek new home after the White House December 2, 2020 | 3:59 PM

BOSTON, MA - 10/05/2020: 06covidmetrics---Sandra Munera, a LPN at NEW Health Charlestown in the Crossroads Resource Center reads over patient data before conducting a COVID-19 test. The Massachusetts state COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic numbers are getting worse. At the NEW Health Charlestown site on Tufts Street in the Crossroads Resource Center; a walk-up and drive-through for COVID-19 testing was set up for those with appointments available Monday through Friday, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Malden is planning a memorial for victims of COVID-19 December 2, 2020 | 2:32 PM

How activists have responded to the Mass. police reform bill December 2, 2020 | 2:15 PM

Surveillance footage from an alleged robbery at the Garden Patch in Raymond.

Police searching for suspect caught on video stealing Christmas trees in Raynham December 2, 2020 | 2:08 PM

A red ribbon for World Aids Day adorns the White House on December 1, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Justice Department investigated potential 'bribery-for-pardon' scheme involving Trump White House in August December 2, 2020 | 12:55 PM

The New Orleans skyline in 2015. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Ricky Carioti

'Superspreader event'

New Orleans swingers event becomes 'superspreader' after 41 test positive for coronavirus December 2, 2020 | 12:45 PM

Ashish Jha on The View

Watch: Dr. Ashish Jha answers questions about COVID-19 vaccines on 'The View' December 2, 2020 | 12:20 PM

'Disregarded, dismissed, and disrespected': Read how the Mass. Coalition of Police has responded to the proposed reform bill December 2, 2020 | 11:27 AM

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Nneka Nwosu Faison

WCVB’s Nneka Nwosu Faison speaks about experiences with racism working as a Black journalist December 2, 2020 | 11:10 AM

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar leaves the White House Tuesday, Dec. 1.

CDC to shorten COVID-19 quarantine to 10 days, 7 with test December 2, 2020 | 9:52 AM

Trump threatens defense veto over social media protections December 2, 2020 | 9:39 AM

The recently formed social network Parler is gaining with prominent political conservatives who claim their voices are being silenced by Silicon Valley giants.

Parler's got a porn problem: Adult businesses target pro-Trump social network December 2, 2020 | 9:16 AM

Two workers wave from a window at Pfizer Manufacturing in Puurs, Belgium, on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. British officials authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Wednesday.

COVID-19 VACCINE

Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days December 2, 2020 | 7:49 AM

This picture shows an image taken by the camera attached to the Chang'e-5 spacecraft during its landing process on the moon. An unmanned Chinese spacecraft landed on the Moon on December 1, state media reported, the latest milestone in a mission to collect samples from the lunar surface.

China spacecraft lands on moon to bring rocks back to Earth December 1, 2020 | 11:37 PM

The headquarters of the drugmaker Moderna in Cambridge, Mass., on Nov. 19, 2020. Moderna said it would apply on Monday to the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its coronavirus vaccine for emergency use.

Most of Moderna's vaccine will be made in Massachusetts, co-founder says December 1, 2020 | 11:01 PM

Trump teases 2024 run at White House Christmas party December 1, 2020 | 10:10 PM