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This undated photo provided by the Connecticut State Police shows Peter Manfredonia. A woman who said she was abducted by Manfredonia, a college student suspected of killing two people in Connecticut, has been found safe in New Jersey, police said Monday, May 25, 2020. Manfredonia was last seen Sunday walking along railroad tracks in East Stroudsburg, Pa.

Connecticut murder suspect's family pleads for his surrender

This file photo shows nearly 33,000 flags on the Boston Common.

Man, 40, charged after allegedly lighting American flag on fire at Boston Common, spitting at police

The SpaceX Falcon 9, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of the rocket, sits on Launch Pad 39-A, Monday, May 25, 2020, at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

Stormy weather puts damper on SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch

Somerville police investigating drive-by shooting; no injuries reported May 26, 2020 | 6:45 PM

South Boston, MA - 5/22/2020 - Beautiful weather and warm temperatures attracted beachgoers, many without masks, to South Boston's beaches during the COVID-19 pandemic at the start of Memorial Day weekend. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Metro, Reporter: In Caps, Topic: 23COVID BEACHGOERS

What officials had to say about Massachusetts beachgoers over Memorial Day weekend May 26, 2020 | 6:34 PM

Piping Plover.

Record number of piping plovers nesting at Maine beaches May 26, 2020 | 6:15 PM

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Gretchen Whitmer

Michigan governor: Husband's call about boat was just humor May 26, 2020 | 5:29 PM

This is how Milton High School is planning to arrange it's graduation stage. Families will drive up, students will collect their diploma from the table in the front, and the principal James Jette will congradulate them from behind the podium.

DRIVE-THRU GRADUATION

Some Massachusetts high schools are turning graduation into a drive-thru parade May 26, 2020 | 5:10 PM

27coronamain - Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito speaks in the Massachusetts State House on May 26, 2020. The state gives its daily COVID-19 press conference update. (Sam Doran/Pool)

Karyn Polito says the gathering she attended over the weekend was 'allowed' under coronavirus rules May 26, 2020 | 4:39 PM

'Some people laughed at me': UMass Dartmouth professor's early COVID-19 warnings remain as state reopens May 26, 2020 | 3:47 PM

Watch: Marty Walsh's coronavirus update May 26, 2020 | 2:57 PM

A woman plays with her dogs at a park on May 20, 2020 in Bogota, Colombia.

COVID-19 and Dogs

What to know about the state-wide COVID-19 dog park and dog walking guidelines May 26, 2020 | 2:24 PM

REOPENING PROTEST

Black and Latinx activists protest Massachusetts reopening plan May 26, 2020 | 2:03 PM

Barber Dana Langley trims the hair of a custoimer at the Derry Barber Shop in Derry, N.H., Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Barbershops, hair salons and some retail locations were allowed to reopen with safety restrictions, after being closed in March due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak.

'Hopefully we start making enough to pay my barbers and pay the rent' May 26, 2020 | 1:39 PM

Peter Manfredonia.

Peter Manfredonia

UConn student, who police say killed 2, remains on the loose May 26, 2020 | 1:15 PM

SOMERVILLE MA - 5/04/2020: WALK UP TESTING, a hospital staff member with a swab at the Cambridge Alliance Hospital in Somerville during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC:stand alone photo

Study finds hundreds of thousands more Mass. residents likely contracted COVID-19 than reported May 26, 2020 | 12:13 PM

NOT ENOUGH TESTING?

'This is not the Hunger Games': National testing strategy draws concerns May 26, 2020 | 11:49 AM

Gov. Charlie Baker speaks during a press conference announcing the start of the state's 4-phase reopening plan, starting today, May 18, 2020, allowing the opening of construction, manufacturing, and places of worship, at the Massachusetts State House. (Sam Doran/Pool)

Watch: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update May 26, 2020 | 11:46 AM

Dr. Peter Piot and Dr. Heidi Larson in their front garden in London on May 7, 2020.

A virus-hunter fell prey to a coronavirus he underestimated May 26, 2020 | 11:43 AM

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Maverick Square

Man allegedly pulls gun on another man at Maverick Square station for not letting him borrow his lighter May 26, 2020 | 11:33 AM

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump depart the White House in Washington for a Memorial Day Ceremony at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, on Monday, May 25, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)

Mask vs. No Mask

Trump, who spent Memorial Day without a face mask, shares tweet criticizing Biden for wearing one May 26, 2020 | 9:27 AM

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 25: People sit on The Great Lawn in Central Park on Memorial Day during the coronavirus pandemic on May 25, 2020 in New York City. Government guidelines encourage wearing a mask in public with strong social distancing in effect as all 50 states in the USA have begun a gradual process to slowly reopen after weeks of stay-at-home measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

A black birdwatcher asked a white woman to leash her dog in Central Park. She called the police instead. May 26, 2020 | 9:18 AM

people gather on the beach for the Memorial Day weekend in Port Aransas, Texas.

Local officials stunned by raucous Memorial Day festivities around the U.S. May 26, 2020 | 9:12 AM

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. According to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, a wide share of Americans are at least moderately confident in U.S. health officials’ ability to handle emerging viruses, and more express concern about catching the flu than catching the new coronavirus. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Mass. officials report 57 new COVID-19 deaths, 422 new cases May 26, 2020 | 8:32 AM

Pierce Kenny with Pure Boston decontaminates an MBTA Blue Line train at Orient Heights car house in East Boston.

SAFE TO REOPEN?

Some public health experts say Baker’s reopening plan is cause for concern May 26, 2020 | 5:00 AM

A face shield for sale on a street in New York, April 23, 2020.

ARE FACE SHIELDS NEXT?

You’re getting used to masks. Will you wear a face shield? May 25, 2020 | 5:44 PM

Man, 2 daughters rescued after boat capsizes in Maine pond May 25, 2020 | 4:59 PM

WHO virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing May 25, 2020 | 1:46 PM

Governor Charlie Baker posted to Twitter an image that shows the Boston Common on Memorial Day May 25, 2020. 1,000 flags were place about 6 feet apart to honor veterans.

1,000 flags in Boston Common honor vets, set 6 feet apart from each other May 25, 2020 | 12:49 PM

Former Vice President Joe Biden, with Jill Biden, departs after laying a wreath at the Delaware Memorial Bridge Veterans Memorial Park, Monday, May 25, 2020, in New Castle, Del. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months, lays wreath for veterans May 25, 2020 | 12:10 PM

Police reported that the Puerto Rican Veterans Memorial in Boston's South End was vandalized Friday night, May 24, 2020.

Puerto Rican Veterans Memorial damaged in Boston's South End May 25, 2020 | 11:44 AM

President Donald Trump salutes before placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, in honor of Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2020, in Arlington, Va.

Trump lays Memorial Day wreath at Arlington May 25, 2020 | 10:51 AM

This file photo shows a beach day enjoyed by the shore in Chatham on a summer Cape Cod Day.

Cape Cod National Seashore getting $12M in improvements May 25, 2020 | 10:00 AM