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Medical workers administer tests for the coronavirus to people in vehicles, Thursday, June 11, 2020, in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Boston is offering those who were involved in protests following the killing of George Floyd access to coronavirus testing at the mobil site whether or not they are showing signs of COVID-19. Floyd, who was black, died May 25th after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee on his neck as he pleaded for air. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Coronavirus
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The Mount Auburn Club pool.
Redevelopment
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Dorchester
HOMICIDE
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A visa stamp on a foreign passport in Los Angeles on June 6, 2020.
FOREIGN STUDENTS
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Mary O'Malley State Park, Chelsea
Crime
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Stephanie Stevens gets her nails done at Million Nails as New York City enters Phase 3 of its reopening, July 6, 2020.
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Politics
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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York City in 2005.
Ghislaine Maxwell
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The Foxy Lady strip club in Providence.
Rhode Island
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Politics
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Coronavirus
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POLITICS
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The proposed Dakota Access pipelin.
DAKOTA PIPELINE
Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review July 6, 2020 | 4:23 PM
BACK-TO-SCHOOL BATTLE
The Mass. teachers union president says schools should reopen in phases July 6, 2020 | 3:28 PM
A map of coronavirus testing locations in Massachusetts.
COVID-19
Here's where you can get tested for COVID-19 in Massachusetts July 6, 2020 | 3:09 PM
Tufts University in Medford.
BACK TO SCHOOL?
Tufts professor: 'I have yet to see a viable plan for reopening colleges' July 6, 2020 | 2:41 PM
Video footage shows Amy Cooper talking to Christian Cooper in Central Park in New York. Amy Cooper called the police during a videotaped dispute with Christian Cooper, a Black man.
AMY COOPER
White woman charged after racist Central Park confrontation July 6, 2020 | 2:39 PM
Protesters walk in central Phoenix in a Black Lives Matter unity march on June 13, 2020. The fatal shooting of man in a parked car by Phoenix police officers over the weekend, captured on video in gruesome detail, is fueling a new round of protests against violent policing tactics.
ARIZONA
Phoenix police kill man in parked car, igniting new protests July 6, 2020 | 2:26 PM
A new dedicated bus lane on Washington Street, along with a bike lane on the other side of the street.
COMMUTE
MBTA announces new bus lanes into downtown Boston July 6, 2020 | 2:23 PM
A closed and partially demolished Vallco Shopping Mall in Cupertino, Calif., Nov. 5, 2019. Department stores are disappearing at a rapid clip amidst the coronavirus pandemic, a decline that could take down as much as a quarter of America’s malls in the next five years.
Closings
With department stores disappearing, malls could be next July 6, 2020 | 1:20 PM
Pedestrians walk through Harvard Yard on the closed Harvard University campus in Cambridge.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Harvard invites freshmen to campus, but classes stay online July 6, 2020 | 12:25 PM
Violin Viiv performs outside Faneuil Hall Marketplace, one of Boston's most popular tourist destinations, as it reopens to the public, Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Boston. The market, which includes several buildings of retail outlets and restaurants and lined with cobblestone walkways, was closed in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
WHAT'S OPEN?
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The emancipation memorial of Lincoln towering over a slave will soon be removed from Boston's Park Square.
LINCOLN STATUE
Depicted kneeling before Lincoln, this enslaved man broke his own chains in pursuit of freedom July 6, 2020 | 10:51 AM
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CENTRAL MASS.
DA: Teen stabs 2 relatives, one of whom later dies July 6, 2020 | 10:35 AM
SUPREME COURT
Justices rule states can bind presidential electors' votes July 6, 2020 | 10:27 AM
Rehan Staton, 24, left, with his brother Reggie Staton, 27, after he was accepted to Harvard Law School in March. MUST CREDIT: Family photo
Harvard
This Maryland man was a sanitation worker. Now he is accepted to Harvard Law School. July 6, 2020 | 10:23 AM
Noe Hernandez
LYNN SHOOTING
35-year-old Lynn man identified as victim of July 4th shooting July 6, 2020 | 10:03 AM
TRUMP IN NEW ENGLAND
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Crime
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