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BOSTON, MA - 7/27/2020: People maintain designated social distance while waiting for their luggage in Boston Logan airport. With more people traveling, airports around the country have employed strict regulations to restrict the spread of coronavirus. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)
Brigham and Women’s doctor says suicide rates did not increase during pandemic lockdown in Mass.
Evan Root and his daughter Jennifer Root Bannon are filing a lawsuit against police over the death of Juston Root (in photograph).
'No one should die like that': Family of man shot to death by police after pursuit calls for independent investigation
Policy
Boston pharmacies will now have to provide sharps disposal, under law passed by city council October 23, 2020 | 4:49 PM
A cat staying with the Animal Rescue League of Boston.
Pets
Animal Rescue League offers temporary housing for pets after end of state's eviction moratorium October 23, 2020 | 4:37 PM
BOSTON, MA - 10/14/2020 People wait in line for COVID-19 test at the Brookside Community Health Center in Jamaica Plain on Wednesday afternoon. Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Daily #s
Mass. reports 19 new COVID-19 deaths, 968 new cases October 23, 2020 | 4:12 PM
Individual community data COVID-19 risk map
Red zone
These 77 communities are at the highest risk for coronavirus this week October 23, 2020 | 3:38 PM
A ambulance on a call drives on Commonwealth, Ave., Friday, April 24, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Coronavirus
'The outlook sucks': Here's the trend that worries this Harvard disease expert October 23, 2020 | 3:31 PM
A deli in downtown Des Moines, ready to serve but bereft of customers.Credit...Kathryn Gamble for The New York Times
Coronavirus
Iowa never locked down. Its economy is struggling anyway. October 23, 2020 | 3:15 PM
A live Asian giant hornet with a tracking device affixed to it sits on an apple in a tree near Blaine, Wash.
MURDER HORNETS
Scientists plan to mount an attack Saturday on the first 'murder hornet' nest found in U.S. October 23, 2020 | 2:43 PM
Masks
Universal mask use could save 130,000 U.S. lives by the end of February, new study estimates October 23, 2020 | 2:27 PM
ASSAULT AND KIDNAPPING
A Sudbury man kidnapped, assaulted, and threatened to kill a woman he met on Tinder, police say October 23, 2020 | 1:06 PM
Crime
Mass. man admits to intentionally crashing into N.J. Planned Parenthood October 23, 2020 | 12:10 PM
'TRUMP 2020'
If you hung a 'Trump 2020' sign from live electrical wires in Wilmington, police would like a word with you October 23, 2020 | 11:36 AM
In this photo provided by Cawthorn campaign staffer Patrick Sebastian, Madison Cawthorn speaks to supporters, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Hendersonville, N.C. Cawthorn won Tuesday's Republican primary runoff for a western North Carolina congressional seat over President Donald Trump's endorsed candidate for the nomination. (Patrick Sebastian/Cawthorn Campaign via AP)
Madison Cawthorn
GOP House candidate under fire for racist dog whistle attack on former BU dean October 23, 2020 | 11:13 AM
President Donald Trump participates in the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times)
Politics
'If you watch a lot of Fox prime time, you understand what he's saying. If you don't, you have no idea.' October 23, 2020 | 10:50 AM
The Gap
220 Gap stores, 130 Banana Republics to close in coming years October 23, 2020 | 10:28 AM
Cindy Chesna and her children Olivia, left, and Jack during a press conference at the Weymouth Police Department on August 23, 2018.
Local
Widow of slain Weymouth police officer raises $19K to help pay off mortgage for family of Arkansas officer killed on duty October 23, 2020 | 10:10 AM
Boston, MA - 07/29/20 - MWRA's Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant is seen from Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (in caps) Topic: ()
Coronavirus
New sewer samples from the Boston area show evidence of a COVID-19 spike October 23, 2020 | 9:16 AM
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
‘I ran because of you’: Trump tells Biden he sought presidency ‘because you did a poor job’ October 23, 2020 | 12:27 AM
Joe Biden participates in the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times)
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
In muted debate, Biden and Trump spar over virus, race, and climate October 23, 2020 | 12:00 AM
POWER OUTAGE
MEMA reports over 900 Boston customers without power October 22, 2020 | 11:16 PM
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
After Boston schools shift to fully remote learning, Trump and Biden weigh in on reopening classrooms October 22, 2020 | 11:04 PM
President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during the second and final presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
7 takeaways from the final presidential debate October 22, 2020 | 10:44 PM
TRUMP VS BIDEN
Poll: Who do you think won the final presidential debate? October 22, 2020 | 10:34 PM
FACT CHECK
Examining claims from last Trump-Biden debate October 22, 2020 | 9:51 PM
Stan Grossfeld/ Globe Staff
COVID-19 IN SCHOOLS
Mass. reports 129 new COVID-19 cases among students, 73 among school staff October 22, 2020 | 9:30 PM
Politics
Trump, Biden fight over the raging virus, climate and race October 22, 2020 | 9:00 PM
FINAL DEBATE
Watch live: The final presidential debate October 22, 2020 | 8:31 PM
On Oct. 18, Counter protesters stood across the street from a rally outside of Boston Latin School that called for Boston schools to keep the admission exam in place for entry into elite exam schools.
NO EXAM
It's official: No admissions test at Boston exam schools for incoming fall class October 22, 2020 | 8:10 PM
President Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Gastonia, N.C. Municipal Airport on Wednesday.
'60 Minutes'
Trump posts unedited '60 Minutes' interview before it airs October 22, 2020 | 6:58 PM
The plexiglass dividers have been removed from the stage after both US President Donald Trump and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden had a negative test result for Covid-19 ahead of the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020.
Politics
The Latest: Trump says he will vote in person October 22, 2020 | 6:24 PM
Bill Weld after voting in Canton.
ELECTION 2020
Bill Weld says he voted for Joe Biden October 22, 2020 | 6:05 PM
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