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'Is it because I'm Black?': Black Groveland resident says she was followed and confronted by white man

Commuter traffic is essentially nonexistent due to the virus outbreak as a few cars pass under a sign urging out of state visitors to quarantine for 14 days on the Zakim Bridge into Downtown Boston, Friday morning, April 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Massachusetts exempts visitors from 7 states from self-quarantine advisory

A large wind turbine, similar to the 130 such devices Cape Wind Associates would like to construct on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound as America's first offshore wind farm, stands generating power next to the Hull, Mass., High School in the shadow of Boston Friday afternoon Feb. 24, 2006. A move to limit the placement of offshore wind turbines has been placed in front of a U.S. House of Representatives conference committee as an amendment to an $8.7 billion Coast Guard Bill. The move could kill Cape Wind's effort to construct their wind farm. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) Library Tag 04062006 Metro Library Tag 05042006 Metro Library Tag 12312006 Business & Money Library Tag 11082007

Mass. lawmakers planned to address climate change in 2020. Now, there's only a month left.

Shelby Klopf

LIGHTNING STRIKE

'It could have gone a very different way' July 2, 2020 | 8:29 AM

Some wear masks, some don't at the Boston Public Garden.

Life, liberty and face masks: Coronavirus preys on divided America July 2, 2020 | 8:20 AM

Demonstrators marched during a Black Lives Matters protest in East Boston, MA on June 13, 2020. Following a rally on the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway the protesters marched to Maverick Square and then to Central Square.

JULY 4 PROTESTS

Here’s what we know about the protests planned for the July Fourth weekend July 2, 2020 | 7:55 AM

Racial Injustice Seattle

Police are clearing Seattle's protest 'autonomous zone' July 1, 2020 | 6:00 PM

Boston, MA - 6/30/2020: Test kits at the NEW Health (North End Waterfront) walk-up COVID-19 testing site in the North End neighborhood of Boston, MA on June 30, 2020. The NEW (North End Waterfront) Health opened the COVID-19 testing site on Tuesday outside the Nazzaro Community Center. Testing will be offered Tuesday and Thursday from 9 AM to noon while in demand. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: Metro reporter:

Here are the latest town-by-town coronavirus numbers July 1, 2020 | 5:57 PM

BOSTON, MA: July 1, 2020: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker takes to the podium as he visits the YMCA of Greater Boston to discuss collaborative efforts put in place to combat the ongoing food insecurities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Charlie Baker responds to report that feds initially downplayed coronavirus to Massachusetts officials July 1, 2020 | 5:44 PM

A worker removes Covid-19 samples ran through a machine for analysis at a lab. Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg

Mass. reports 28 new COVID-19 deaths, 261 new cases July 1, 2020 | 5:40 PM

Ty Wright

Coronavirus autopsies: A story of 38 brains, 87 lungs, and 42 hearts July 1, 2020 | 5:12 PM

George's Pizza on Commercial Street in May.

81-year-old pizza restaurant owner struck after alleged face covering confrontation July 1, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Analysis: Trump fights to keep a job Dems say he isn't doing July 1, 2020 | 3:53 PM

Vandalism on the car (left) and on the road (right) in Revere.

Revere police make arrest in vandalism to Muslim woman's car July 1, 2020 | 3:36 PM

FILE -- An empty classroom at Sinclair Lane Elementary School, which has been closed since mid-March, in Baltimore on April 14, 2020. The Senate Education Committee held a hearing on returning to “normalcy” this fall, but education leaders said they were struggling with budget cuts and demands to meet health guidelines. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Why a pediatric group is pushing to reopen schools this fall July 1, 2020 | 3:26 PM

The Logan Circle neighborhood is seen in this aerial photograph taken above Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2019. Democrats and Republicans are at odds over whether to provide new funding for Trump's signature border wall, as well as the duration of a stopgap measure. Some lawmakers proposed delaying spending decisions by a few weeks, while others advocated for a funding bill to last though February or March.

Ashley Taylor Bronczek

The virus didn’t stop a Washington socialite from throwing a backyard soiree. Then the tests came back positive. July 1, 2020 | 3:10 PM

Rehoboth

Rehoboth camp counselor faces sex solicitation of a minor charges July 1, 2020 | 3:01 PM

First responders load a patient into an ambulance from a nursing home where multiple people have contracted COVID-19.

A local public policy research group is urging the state to do more in combatting COVID-19 in nursing homes July 1, 2020 | 2:53 PM

Robert Curley, right, spoke to the media after leaving a Massachusetts Parole Board hearing for convicted killer Charles Jaynes in Natick. Jaynes, was convicted of the 1997 murder of 10 year old Jeff Curley.

Charles Jaynes, convicted of killing Jeffrey Curley, 10, admitted to the crime during his first parole hearing July 1, 2020 | 2:12 PM

Springfield police detective fired for pro-Black Lives Matter post July 1, 2020 | 1:52 PM

Antonio Mingo, right, holds his fists in the air as demonstrators protest in front of a police line on a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, in Washington. Thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold the 2020 Black National Convention on Aug. 28, 2020, via livestream.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

Thousands to attend virtual Black Lives Matter convention in August July 1, 2020 | 1:27 PM

The Cambridge City Council voted to develop an alternative policing model July 1, 2020 | 12:33 PM

Guilford, CT

Man falls through the floorboards and into a hidden well beneath a Connecticut house July 1, 2020 | 12:04 PM

Michael Nagle

Trump denounces 'Black Lives Matter' mural outside Trump Tower July 1, 2020 | 12:01 PM

Stuart Cahill

Watch: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update July 1, 2020 | 11:59 AM

Fox News reporter and anchor Ed Henry, left, appearing on “Fox & Friends” last fall. Fox News said Wednesday it had fired him after investigating a complaint of workplace sexual misconduct.

Fox News fires anchor Ed Henry after sexual misconduct allegation July 1, 2020 | 11:46 AM

Businesswoman Lauren Boebert speaks during a watch party in Grand Junction, Colo., after polls closed in Colorado's primary, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Boebert defeated five-term Rep. Scott Tipton in the Republican primary in the 3rd Congressional District. (McKenzie Lange/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP)

Lauren Boebert, gun-rights activist, upsets House GOP incumbent in Colorado July 1, 2020 | 11:26 AM

St. Louis lawyer who waved gun at protesters says he was 'victim of a mob' July 1, 2020 | 11:03 AM

One dead, three injured after Roxbury shooting, police say July 1, 2020 | 10:31 AM

Stuart Cahill

Baker administration expands mortgage and rent relief for households strapped by pandemic July 1, 2020 | 10:19 AM

COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech shows positive results July 1, 2020 | 10:06 AM

BRAZEN BREAK-IN

Man allegedly stole purses in 'extremely brazen' Sharon break-in, police say July 1, 2020 | 9:59 AM

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

HOUSING DISCRIMINATION

Study shows Black renters, voucher holders face egregious housing discrimination July 1, 2020 | 9:33 AM