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Natick, MA. - February 24: Governor Charlie Baker speaks at a mass vaccination site at the Natick Mall on February 24, 2021 in Natick, Massachusetts. (Credit: Matt Stone/Pool)

Massachusetts making changes to its vaccine website, as officials prepare to release another wave of appointments

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2 workers killed in ‘tragic incident’ at construction site in downtown Boston, officials say

Educators, others critical of Charlie Baker's plan to reopen schools this spring

GOP rallies solidly against Democrats' virus relief package February 25, 2021 | 12:23 AM

Keyla House.

Boston police seeking missing Florida woman believed to be in area February 24, 2021 | 11:42 PM

In this May 3, 2015 file photo, a skier sails more than 50 feet off an ice-covered cliff on the Headwall of Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

Brookline man rescued after falling on steep, icy slope in White Mountains February 24, 2021 | 10:29 PM

Dunkin' has avocado toast now.

Dunkin' embraces 2016 and adds avocado toast to the menu February 24, 2021 | 8:48 PM

People lined up outside Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn for vaccines and vaccination appointments on Wednesday.

A new coronavirus variant is spreading in New York, researchers report February 24, 2021 | 8:42 PM

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2020 file photo, a woman wears a face mask as she walks past a GameStop store in Des Plaines, Ill. Two hedge funds are bowing out of their short positions on the money-losing video game retailer. Citron Research’s Andrew Left said in a video posted on YouTube that his company is going to become more judicious in shorting stocks. Melvin Capital is also exiting GameStop, with manager Gabe Plotkin telling CNBC that the hedge fund was taking a significant loss. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

GameStop shares double after tumbling for much of February February 24, 2021 | 7:42 PM

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, a sign for Moderna, Inc. hangs on its headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. The U.S. is poised to give the green light as early as Friday, Dec. 18, to a second COVID-19 vaccine, a critical new weapon against the surging coronavirus. Doses of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health will give a much-needed boost to supplies as the biggest vaccination effort in the nation’s history continues. (

Moderna announces a new version of vaccine in hopes of combating variants February 24, 2021 | 7:37 PM

The Tyler House dormitory at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., Feb. 23, 2021. Race, class and power collided at Smith College, where tuition, room and board top 8,000 a year and where the employees who keep the school running often come from working-class enclaves. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times)

Inside a battle over race, class and power at Smith College February 24, 2021 | 7:10 PM

Bedford Veterans Administration Hospital

All enrolled veterans can now get COVID-19 vaccines at Bedford VA hospital February 24, 2021 | 6:34 PM

FILE-A healthcare worker transfers a swab to a motorist at mobile testing location for COVID-19, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Auburn, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)

Mass. reports 1,788 new COVID-19 cases, 60 new deaths February 24, 2021 | 5:05 PM

Massachusetts State Rep. David Nangle, center, leaves the federal courthouse after his initial appearance, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in Boston. Nangle, a Democrat who represents parts of Chelmsford and Lowell, was charged with using thousands of dollars in campaign cash to fund personal expenses. (Tanner Stening/MassLive.com via AP)

Ex-Mass. lawmaker pleads guilty to illegal use of campaign funds February 24, 2021 | 4:28 PM

Lucas Brunelle felt into the Charles River while riding his bike on the ice last week.

Boston man bikes on frozen Charles river, falls through the ice, bikes on river again a week later February 24, 2021 | 4:15 PM

Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York, speaks during a news conference in the Red Room of the New York State Capitol Building in Albany, New York, U.S., on Sunday, May 17, 2020. Cuomo pleaded on Sunday for more New Yorkers to get tested for the coronavirus as the state reopens for business, engaging in a bit of political theater as he underwent a nasal swab test himself at his daily briefing.

Former aide says Andrew Cuomo kissed her, suggested strip poker February 24, 2021 | 4:08 PM

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Mass. reports 433,593 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 February 24, 2021 | 4:05 PM

Rep. Wilbur D. Mills (D-Ark.), shown with Annabel Battistella, a.k.a. Fanne Foxe, in Boston in 1974. (AP)

Fanne Foxe, ‘Argentine Firecracker’ at center of D.C. sex scandal, dies at 84 February 24, 2021 | 3:42 PM

St. Vincent Hospital

Nurses at Massachusetts hospital set strike date February 24, 2021 | 3:20 PM

FILE -- Rush Limbaugh introduces President Donald Trump at a conference in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 21, 2019. Limbaugh, the architect of conservative media, died on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. He was 70.

Florida county refuses to lower flags for Rush Limbaugh February 24, 2021 | 2:15 PM

Oklahoma man accused of triple murder confessed to killing neighbor and cooking her heart 'with potatoes,' investigators say February 24, 2021 | 11:21 AM

Peabody, Mass.

What caused earth-shaking noises in Peabody Tuesday? Drones and dogs are on the case February 24, 2021 | 11:19 AM

Mark Geremia and Shawna Cote.

2 N.H. residents charged in fentanyl intoxication death of toddler February 24, 2021 | 10:44 AM

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COVID-19 oversight committee co-chair disputes Charlie Baker's ‘false choice’ on vaccine rollout February 24, 2021 | 10:17 AM

7-year-old girl killed in Maine house fire February 24, 2021 | 9:35 AM

Massachusetts man pleads guilty to raping teen girl February 24, 2021 | 9:22 AM

A woman walks by the Roxbury Community College campus. Some experts predict tuition-free community college may be on the horizon.

Here's what free college might actually look like, say experts February 24, 2021 | 9:03 AM

FDA says J&J's single-dose shot protects against COVID; final decision soon February 24, 2021 | 8:42 AM

COVID violations?

Boston may sanction restaurant for COVID-19 violations at Republican event February 24, 2021 | 8:40 AM

'Root for the Boom'

On the post-pandemic horizon, could that be ... a boom? February 24, 2021 | 7:54 AM

Thomas Webster

Retired NYPD officer who guarded City Hall charged in Capitol riot February 23, 2021 | 9:24 PM

When could the U.S. reach herd immunity? The answer is complicated. February 23, 2021 | 8:35 PM

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Malden man indicted on charge of trying to hire assassin to kill his wife February 23, 2021 | 8:31 PM