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A color-coded map of average daily cases per 100,000 residents in Massachusetts cities and towns over the last two weeks.

Massachusetts releases color-coded map of town-level coronavirus rates

HOUSTON, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 12: Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speak after the Democratic Presidential Debate at Texas Southern University's Health and PE Center on September 12, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Ten Democratic presidential hopefuls were chosen from the larger field of candidates to participate in the debate hosted by ABC News in partnership with Univision. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Biden selects Kamala Harris as his running mate

A demonstrator covers his face with a neck gaiter as he takes part in a demonstration against the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis, on May 20, 2020, in Alcorcon, near Madrid. - Spain's prime minister won parliamentary backing extend the lockdown for another two weeks today, despite opposition from his rightwing opponents and protests against his minority coalition government. It was the fifth time the state of emergency has been renewed, meaning the restrictions will remain in force until June 6 in a measure passed by 177 votes in favour, 162 against and 11 abstentions. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP) (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)

Wearing a neck gaiter may be worse than no mask at all, researchers find

SOUTHBOROUGH MA. JULY 13: Governor Charlie Baker listens as Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders speaks at a press conference after a tour of The New England Center for Children on July 13, 2020 in Southborough, MA. (Nancy Lane/Pool)

Massachusetts health secretary suggests certain residents should wear face coverings inside their homes August 11, 2020 | 7:06 PM

New Hampshire man arrested in connection with teen's shooting death August 11, 2020 | 5:50 PM

Maine man shot while playing disc golf sues shooter August 11, 2020 | 4:53 PM

Health care worker Jessie Coffey with a testing kit for the coronavirus at an appointment-based drive-thru tent in Gardendale, Ala. on Aug. 6, 2020. Several states are trying to increase coronavirus testing with faster methods, undeterred by less accurate but quicker readouts. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)

Mass. reports 10 new COVID-19 deaths, 296 new cases August 11, 2020 | 4:07 PM

The Boston Teachers Union is pushing for remote learning to start the school year August 11, 2020 | 4:01 PM

The waterfront in San Francisco is eerily empty on an August afternoon. (Nick Otto for The Washington Post)

Coronavirus fatigue

With no end to the pandemic in sight, coronavirus fatigue grips America August 11, 2020 | 2:16 PM

A worker cleans up broken window glass at a store on Chicago's Michigan Avenue Monday after hundreds of people converged on the Magnificent Mile, Chicago’s most famous shopping district, breaking windows, looting stores and clashing with the police.

'At the end of the day, they’re going back to their house and their suburb and they’re insulated' August 11, 2020 | 2:15 PM

Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff

Share your school's reopening plan with us August 11, 2020 | 2:06 PM

25-year-old dies after jumping off rocks into water in Newport, R.I. August 11, 2020 | 1:45 PM

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, file photo, LSU quarterback Joe Burrow holds the trophy as safety Grant Delpit looks on after LSU defeated Clemson 42-25 in the NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game, in New Orleans. Imagine if a pandemic had shortened or wiped out that last, golden season for Burrow, who won the Heisman Trophy and led LSU to the national championship. Would he still have emerged as the first overall NFL draft pick? (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

College football

Here's what Harvard's Ashish Jha said about the push for a college football season August 11, 2020 | 1:01 PM

Jonathan Wiggs

BACK TO SCHOOL?

Somerville and Medford are pressing Tufts to reconsider its reopening plan August 11, 2020 | 12:50 PM

10 charged after 'Climate Justice' banner hung from Citgo sign August 11, 2020 | 12:35 PM

Evan Root and his daughter Jennifer Root Bannon are filing a lawsuit against police over the death of Juston Root (in photograph).

Lawsuit: Boston Police fired 31 times at wounded man on ground August 11, 2020 | 12:25 PM

Good Harbor Beach

'It’s not your constitutional right to come onto a beach' August 11, 2020 | 11:59 AM

Sam Doran/Pool

Watch: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update August 11, 2020 | 11:52 AM

A sign promoting social distancing at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island.

SOCIAL DISTANCE SCOFFLAWS

Hundreds call to report their neighbors on Rhode Island's social gathering hotline August 11, 2020 | 11:09 AM

Children wearing protective face masks arrive for the first day of classes of the new school year at an elementary school in Germany.

CORONAVIRUS IN CHILDREN

Coronavirus cases in children rise sharply in second half of July August 11, 2020 | 10:35 AM

A worker uses tweezers to pick up an ampoule containing a component of the 'Gam-COVID-Vac' COVID-19 vaccine at JSC Binnopharm pharmaceutical complex in Zelenograd, Russia.

CORONAVIRUS VACCINE

Russia clears coronavirus vaccine despite scientific skepticism August 11, 2020 | 9:32 AM

A sign at Sandy Neck Beach in West Barnstable informs beachgoers of coronavirus rules.

BEACH RESTRICTIONS

More Cape towns imposing tougher restrictions to limit beach crowds August 11, 2020 | 8:31 AM

James Mahoney.

James Mahoney, senior Bank of America executive, dies at 67 August 11, 2020 | 8:11 AM

The International Fund for Animal Welfare said some 45 dolphins were found stranded by harbor officials in Wellfleet on Sunday morning.

Volunteers rescue dozens of dolphins stranded on Wellfleet beach August 11, 2020 | 7:48 AM

Chicago Violence

Hundreds ransack downtown Chicago businesses after shooting August 10, 2020 | 9:05 PM

Ned Lamont

Connecticut issues first $1,000 fines to travel violators August 10, 2020 | 8:08 PM

In virus talks, Pelosi holds firm; Mnuchin wants a deal August 10, 2020 | 5:41 PM

BOSTON, MA: August 7, 2020: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker gives an update on COVID-19 cases in the state during a press conference held at the Massachusetts State House in Boston, Massachusetts. (Nicolaus Czarnecki/Pool)

Charlie Baker's new gathering rules take effect Tuesday. Here's what is changing. August 10, 2020 | 5:17 PM

Boston, MA - 7/8/2020: Melissa Leaston of Whittier Street Health Center uses a nasal swab to collect a specimen outside the Catherine Hardaway Residences in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, MA on July 08, 2020. A full day of free community-based testing took place at Central Boston Elder Services and its Catherine Hardaway Residences for the elderly and people with disabilities in the Roxbury. CBES and partner Whittier Street Health Center provided this opportunity to all members of the community who wish to be tested. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19

Mass. reports 5 new COVID-19 deaths, 214 new cases August 10, 2020 | 4:09 PM

A photo provided to The New York Times shows David Haas performing at his “I Will Bring You Home” concert in Dayton, Ohio, in March of 2019.

COMPOSER ACCUSED

Catholic churches, including in Boston, drop hymns after accusations against composer August 10, 2020 | 2:52 PM

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on CNBC

'They’re coming after our citizens': N.H. governor blasts Massachusetts effort to tax telecommuters during pandemic August 10, 2020 | 2:36 PM

In this photo posted on Twitter, students crowd a hallway, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Ga. The 30,000-student suburban Paulding County school district in suburban Atlanta resumed classes Monday with 70% of students returning for in-person classes five days a week, days after the principal at North Paulding announced some members of the football team had tested positive for COVID-19. The district says it is encouraging mask use, but isn't requiring it. (Twitter via AP)

Children and the coronavirus: As schools reopen, much remains unknown August 10, 2020 | 1:47 PM

Somerville Detective Mario Oliveira in 2017.

'Get out and do the job of the officer, and then you can tell them, hey, we recommend you do this' August 10, 2020 | 1:36 PM