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Mayor Kim Janey hugs her granddaughter Rosie after being sworn in as the Mayor of Boston at City Hall.

'A new day': Kim Janey sworn in as Boston's first Black, woman mayor

Kim Janey, Boston’s acting mayor, outside her home in Roxbury, Mass., March 10, 2021. At 11, Kim Janey was bused into a neighborhood where Black students were pelted with rocks — as acting mayor, she hopes to help Boston step out of the shadow of that era. (Philip Keith/The New York Times)

She experienced busing in Boston. Now Kim Janey is the city’s first Black mayor.

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Marlborough, MA - 8/19/2020: LPN Kelly O'Hare passes down a residents hallway at St. Chretienne Retirement Residence, a home for Catholic nuns in Marlborough, MA on August 19, 2020. (At St. Chretienne Retirement Residence, a home for Catholic nuns in Marlboro, the National Guard arrived on April 9 to test three ill sisters. They said they couldn’t test nuns without symptoms then, but city officials intervened and the Guard returned on Easter Sunday to test everyone. They would not test the staff.
Sickness at St. Chretienne spread -- 22 of 31 nuns contracted the coronavirus -- and administrator Jackeline Bones, who is also a nurse, packed a suitcase and moved into the facility, along with another nurse. Exhausted, Bones eventually became sick herself with COVID-19. The few healthy nuns, some in their 80s, pitched in to serve meals, wash sheets, and collect trash.) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19

'We’re talking about hundreds of deaths. We’ve seen hundreds of deaths.'

51 Eames St., Wilmingon, MA

Contaminated Water

Study finds link between childhood cancer and contaminated water in Wilmington in the 1990s March 24, 2021 | 11:57 PM

The administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, left, made special arrangements for coronavirus testing for his brother, Chris Cuomo, right.

Andrew Cuomo’s family is said to have received special access to virus tests March 24, 2021 | 10:24 PM

Rachel Levine testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.

A first: U.S. Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post March 24, 2021 | 9:09 PM

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the ruling party congress in Pyongyang, North Korean, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.

South Korea says North Korea fires 2 projectiles into sea March 24, 2021 | 9:03 PM

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) speaks during a news conference to discuss proposed legislation entitled Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act outside the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Ayanna Pressley calls on Charlie Baker to direct COVID-19 relief fund to hardest-hit communities March 24, 2021 | 7:44 PM

Biden taps VP Harris to lead response to border challenges March 24, 2021 | 7:29 PM

In this Oct. 2, 2019, file photo, Britain's Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive at the Creative Industries and Business Reception at the British High Commissioner's residence in Johannesburg.

CEO says Prince Harry hire is a natural fit, not a publicity stunt March 24, 2021 | 7:19 PM

West Barnstable- 03/17/2020 Drive-through testing for coronavirus has started at Cape Cod Community College by Cape Cod Healthcare nurses in their parking lot. Patients mouths are swabbed and the samples are collected for anaylsis. Only patients with a doctor's order can get the test. THe sample is put into a vial into a plastic bio hazard bag. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

Mass. reports 1,865 new COVID-19 cases, 54 new deaths March 24, 2021 | 5:09 PM

2024 campaign? C-SPAN to air Iowa speech by Mike Pompeo March 24, 2021 | 4:52 PM

A tribute is displayed outside the store owned by one of 10 victims in the mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store, Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. A shrine filled with candles and flowers kept growing Wednesday outside Umba Love, the clothing and accessories shop that victim Tralona Bartkowiak ran with her sister on Boulder’s popular Pearl Street Mall. Bartkowiak died in the supermarket shooting attack on Monday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Boulder victims

These are the victims of the Boulder, Colorado, grocery store shooting March 24, 2021 | 4:45 PM

Bald eagle populations soar in lower 48 states, quadrupling since 2009 March 24, 2021 | 4:39 PM

Stoughton, MA -- 3/16/21 -- Kate Cunningham tells her 88 year-old mother Sheila McCabe, who recovered from COVID-19 and is now vaccinated, that she loves her after visiting with her at the Copley at Stoughton nursing home where visitation restrictions were lifted. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Nursing home rules

Mass. relaxes visitation, activity restrictions at nursing homes March 24, 2021 | 4:34 PM

This satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. shows the cargo ship MV Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. A cargo container ship that's among the largest in the world has turned sideways and blocked all traffic in Egypt's Suez Canal, officials said Wednesday, March 24, 2021, threatening to disrupt a global shipping system already strained by the coronavirus pandemic. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)

Massive cargo ship becomes wedged, blocks Egypt's Suez Canal March 24, 2021 | 4:26 PM

Boston, MA 3/19/2021, Vaccine is readied at the Hynes Convention Center.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts opened a COVID-19 mass vaccination site on March 18 at the Hynes Convention Center under the operation of CIC Health.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

Mass. reports 1,136,733 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 March 24, 2021 | 4:13 PM

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker speaks at a mass coronavirus vaccination site at the Natick Mall in Natick, Mass. A year of battling the spread of the coronavirus has taken a political toll on Baker as he faces slumping popularity. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald via AP, Pool, File)

Charlie Baker thinks state is already meeting pledge to allot 20% of vaccine doses to hard-hit communities March 24, 2021 | 3:39 PM

Boston MA. - March 11: Mass. Gov Charlie Baker gives his daily Covid update and tours the Reggie Lewis Mass Vaccination site on March 11, 2021 in Boston, MA. (Credit: Stuart Cahill/Pool)

Charlie Baker backs Massachusetts's strict gun laws as a national model March 24, 2021 | 3:35 PM

Anita Shetty, left, vaccinates Doris Lucas with a Pfizer vaccine in Atlanta.

TURNING THE CORNER?

U.S. pandemic outlook improving as vaccinations rise and deaths fall March 24, 2021 | 2:19 PM

Waltham, MA - 3/24/2021 Waltham District Court Judge Sarah Ellis (cq) at a Zoom Arraignment, for Clauvens Janvier, at the Second District Court of Eastern Middlesex. Janvier, was arraigned in connection with a series of unprovoked attacks and related crimes that occurred in the city of Waltham. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

Waltham attacks

Suspect in 11 random attacks on men in Waltham held without bail March 24, 2021 | 2:00 PM

Yellen sees room for US to borrow, opens door to tax hike March 24, 2021 | 1:06 PM

Somerville, MA - 7/11/2020: Boston Sports Clubs in Davis Square in Somerville, MA on July 11, 2020. Somerville officials announced Friday that the city will not enter Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan until at least July 20.
Somerville originally followed Boston in pushing Phase 3 to July 13. Boston is still slated to open Monday. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro covid-19 coronavirus business

Boston Sports Clubs

Hundreds of Massachusetts residents are slated to get refunds from Boston Sports Clubs March 24, 2021 | 1:03 PM

MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA - MARCH 21: A Miami Beach police officer informs people on an 8pm curfew on March 21, 2021 in Miami Beach, Florida. College students have arrived in the South Florida area for the annual spring break ritual, prompting city officials to impose an 8pm to 6am curfew as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Miami Beach police have reported hundreds of arrests and stepped up deployment to control the growing spring break crowds. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Miami opened up and the revelers flocked in. Then came the crackdown. March 24, 2021 | 12:37 PM

Altadena, Calif.

California woman was on Zoom with a colleague when she and her brother were fatally stabbed, police said March 24, 2021 | 11:44 AM

President Joe Biden.

CHALLENGING BIDEN

GOP-led states push back on 'just about everything' from Biden March 24, 2021 | 11:36 AM

FILE -- Staff members work on a patient at Greenacres Hospital in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on Nov. 18, 2020. Scientists are examining a possible link between COVID-19 and tinnitus, the medical term for a constant ringing in the ears. A businessman’s suicide has lent urgency to the research. (Samantha Reinders/The New York Times)

Some COVID-19 patients say they’re left with ringing ears March 24, 2021 | 11:29 AM

People comfort each other outside of the Boulder King Soopers grocery store after a shooting that killed multiple people in Boulder, Colo., on Monday, March 22, 2021. (Eliza Earle/The New York Times)

Boulder shooting

Boulder shooting survivors describe grocery store rampage March 24, 2021 | 11:13 AM

Driver Indicted

Van operator indicted for allegedly failing to provide medical aid to passenger who died March 24, 2021 | 11:07 AM

Framingham 03/18/2021 Mass. State Police Headquarters...Massachusetts State Police Colonel Christopher Mason held a media briefing at the State Police Headquarters to announce the addition of several of the Department's Most Wanted criminals. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

State police union says members being cheated out of OT pay March 24, 2021 | 11:00 AM

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Livestream: Kim Janey is sworn in as acting mayor in historic ceremony March 24, 2021 | 10:37 AM

Jensen Karp, an LA comedian and writer, says he found shrimp tails in his Cinnamon Toast Crunch March 24, 2021 | 10:32 AM

A rope that looks like a noose was found hanging from a tree in Swampscott.

Swampscott police investigating after rope tied like noose in park March 24, 2021 | 9:40 AM