The first box containing the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine heads down the conveyor to an awaiting transport truck at the McKesson facility in Shepherdsville, Ky., Monday, March 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, Pool)
When will the Johnson & Johnson vaccine be available in Massachusetts?
This Dec. 2, 2020, file photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows vials of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.
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Boston, MA - 2/26/2021: EMT Alex Honrado, left, prepares to administer the vaccine to Roxbury resident Francell Simmons, 63, at the CIC Health COVID-19 Vaccination Site at the Reggie Lewis Center Mass Vaccination Site in Boston, MA on February 26, 2021. CIC Health has been selected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to operate and expand the COVID-19 vaccination site at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College, demonstrating a commitment to vaccination equity and to reaching communities of color hit hardest by COVID-19. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19 vaccination Roxbury ---- Atul Gawande, MD, MPH,
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It seems like Boston.com readers are willing to head to Fenway Park for a COVID-19 vaccination, but fewer seem eager to return there as part of a baseball crowd.
THE REOPENING
Boston.com readers to Charlie Baker on loosening of restrictions: No thanks March 2, 2021 | 11:01 AM
THE REOPENING
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I-93 and I-95 in Canton
Unexpected Delivery
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Marie Merisier during her arraignment at Dorchester District Court on March 1, 2021 in Boston.
Attempted Murder
Mom faces attempted murder charge after baby found in trash March 2, 2021 | 9:41 AM
WILD WIND
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Dr. Seuss
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Politics
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Boston, MA 6/29/2020 Karilyn Crockett (cq), the new chief of Equity & Inclusion, speaks after being introduced by Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh (cq). Walsh gives a COVID update to the media inside City Hall. POOL (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
Local
'An opportunity to reimagine what people can have and what they need' March 2, 2021 | 8:11 AM
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CRIME
Malden man arrested on charges of conspiracy to traffic drugs, carrying firearms March 1, 2021 | 11:33 PM
Donald McNeil Jr.
Ex-Times reporter who used racial slur publishes a lengthy defense March 1, 2021 | 10:29 PM
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.
CRIME
'This orthodontist used his young patients as pawns' March 1, 2021 | 9:33 PM
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Andrew Cuomo
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Crime
Chicopee man ID'd as victim in one-punch Vegas slaying March 1, 2021 | 8:27 PM
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UH-OH
Mitt Romney got a black eye in Boston this weekend March 1, 2021 | 8:16 PM
FILE -- A person receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination at the Community Center in Rohnert Park, Calif., on Jan. 27, 2021. Coronavirus vaccines can cause enlarged lymph nodes in the armpit or near the collarbone, which may be mistaken for a sign of cancer. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
SIDE EFFECTS
COVID-19: Don't mistake this vaccine side effect for cancer March 1, 2021 | 7:44 PM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (C), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) hold a news conference to announce their legislation that would tax the net worth of America's wealthiest individuals.
wealth tax
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Miguel Cardona
Senate confirms Connecticut's Miguel Cardona as Biden's education secretary March 1, 2021 | 6:17 PM
Boston firefighters battled a fire in Roxbury Monday afternoon.
FIRE
Firefighters battle intense blaze in Roxbury triple-decker March 1, 2021 | 6:01 PM
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Coronavirus
Johnson & Johnson vaccine deepens concerns over racial and geographic inequities March 1, 2021 | 5:38 PM
Lawrence Ray is accused of abusing and exploiting several people he met when he moved in with his daughter on the Sarah Lawrence campus. Credit...Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times
Isabella Pollok
She was seen as a victim in the Sarah Lawrence cult case. Now she’s charged. March 1, 2021 | 5:19 PM
HOUSTON, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 21: A view of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze.
TEXAS
Texas top utility regulator quits in fallout over blackouts March 1, 2021 | 5:12 PM
The campus of the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt., Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
VERMONT
More than 1,400 sign no confidence petition in UVM president Suresh Garimella March 1, 2021 | 5:10 PM
Roxbury-02/23/2021 Edulissa Soto from Boston gets a pcr COVID test by nurse Stefanie Sampson on Tuesday at the Children's Services of Roxbury at clinic provided by Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)
Daily #s
Mass. reports 1,248 new COVID-19 cases, 26 new deaths March 1, 2021 | 5:02 PM
FILE—This Dec. 30, 2019 image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Taylor is accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in 2019 while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. (DHA via AP, File)
Crime
Mass. father and son wanted in Carlos Ghosn's escape are now in Japanese custody March 1, 2021 | 4:38 PM
Antonio Loffa of Natick gets his COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site at the Natick Mall on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Natick, Mass. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
vaccination #s
Mass. reports 547,061 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 March 1, 2021 | 4:27 PM
National
Plastic surgeon attends video traffic court from operating room March 1, 2021 | 4:26 PM
Unlike some rural counties, Gila County has hospitals in Globe, the county seat, and in its other main town where residents can be vaccinated.
Coronavirus
Can’t get a COVID vaccine? In this Arizona county, everybody is eligible. March 1, 2021 | 4:11 PM
Mayor Marty Walsh gives updates relating to COVID-19 during a press conference at Boston City Hall on Monday.
Marty Walsh
With St. Pat's Day coming, Marty Walsh reminds Boston COVID rules still apply at bars, restaurants, and residences March 1, 2021 | 3:55 PM
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Tucker Carlson
Ed Markey fires back at Tucker Carlson after 'dishonest' segment on Springfield March 1, 2021 | 2:55 PM
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Somerville
Joe Curtatone, Somerville’s longest-serving mayor, says he will not seek reelection March 1, 2021 | 2:12 PM
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