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With COVID metrics improving, Kim Janey is considering 'accelerating' Boston's reopening timeline

Boston, MA - 3/12/2021: (left to right) Bonnie Eadie, Kim Armstrong (white sweater,) Sharon Rogers and Amy Driscoll talk about the menu while having dinner on the patio at Chickadee restaurant in the Innovation and Design Building in Boston, MA on March 12, 2021. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic

Massachusetts quietly eases restaurant rules for menus, condiments, disinfecting

Gosha, a cat who was killed in Cambridge.

A cat was killed in Cambridge in a 'particularly disturbing' case. It may not be an isolated incident.

Representative Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming, wears a protective mask during a news conference following a House Republicans meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. House lawmakers could begin consideration as soon as today on a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, and Democrats expect to pass the measure despite a narrow majority and quiet complaints from progressives.

Facing ouster from GOP post, Liz Cheney says Trump and his backers threaten democracy May 11, 2021 | 8:36 PM

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 11, 2021.

Israel, Hamas escalate fighting with no end in sight May 11, 2021 | 8:34 PM

New York mayoral candidate Ray McGuire, a former Citigroup executive, speaks to reporters after a news conference in Times Square in New York, May 10, 2021. McGuire guessed that the median home price in Brooklyn was “0,000 to 0,000 range, if not higher.” (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)

It’s a home in Brooklyn. What could it cost? $100,000? May 11, 2021 | 8:13 PM

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) speaks as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) looks on during a press conference about student debt outside the U.S. Capitol on February 4, 2021 in Washington, DC. The group of Democrats re-introduced their resolution calling on President Joe Biden to take executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in debt for federal student loan borrowers.

Elizabeth Warren and Ayanna Pressley bring back the Andrew Kearse Act, four years after his death in police custody May 11, 2021 | 6:39 PM

Caroline Charland's Google Doodle is inspired by her love of reading.

This Harvard 7th grader's 'Google Doodle' could be featured on the Google homepage May 11, 2021 | 6:13 PM

Evelinda Villegas receives a COVID-19 test at the Whittier Street Health Center's mobile test site, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Boston's Dorchester section. The health center has administered free COVID-19 tests to over 5,000 people. The tests, administered since April 13, have been a popular service in Boston's low-income communities that have experienced high rates of infection. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Mass. reports 472 new COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths May 11, 2021 | 5:03 PM

In this, Oct. 18, 2016 photo, an Amtrak Acela train travels through Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Boston to NYC high-speed rail? One project seeks to link the two cities via a 200 mile-per-hour train May 11, 2021 | 5:02 PM

Gov. Charlie Baker speaks with President Joe Biden during an event Tuesday.

'Hell of a job': In call with Biden, Charlie Baker says Mass. has at least partially vaccinated 74 percent of adults May 11, 2021 | 4:53 PM

HAVERHILL, MA - 5/06/2021: 10VAXOUTREACH...... Casey Corleto (cq) from Hudson NH gets the COVID vaccine jab from Dania Matos (cq), RN. Haverhill area residents being vaccinated by Curative at a pop-up clinic using an AMVETS Hall in Haverhill. Curative has been reaching out to hard-hit communities to encourage vaccination. Massachusetts is pivoting to a new outreach strategy in an effort to boost immunization among the unvaccinated. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

More than 3 million people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Massachusetts May 11, 2021 | 4:21 PM

Boston, MA - 9/24/20 - Students sit at socially distanced desks as they attend a Public Relations class at Boston University. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

VACCINE MANDATE

Should colleges mandate the vaccine in the fall? Here's what our readers think. May 11, 2021 | 3:07 PM

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2016 file photo, three of Deepwater Wind's five turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation's first offshore wind farm. An offshore wind project off the island of Martha's Vineyard, off the Massachusetts coast, that would create 800 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 400,000 homes, was approved by the federal government Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The Vineyard Wind project, south of Martha's Vineyard near Cape Cod, would be the first utility-scale wind power development in federal waters. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Offshore wind project near Martha's Vineyard approved May 11, 2021 | 12:49 PM

SAN RAFAEL, CA - JULY 07: Containers of Silk soy mik are displayed on a shelf at United Market on July 7, 2016 in San Rafael, California. French food product corporation Danone has announced that it has purchased Denver, Colorado based organic foods producer WhiteWave Foods for $10.4 billion. WhiteWave produces several popular brands including Silk soy and almond milks, Horizon organic milk and Earthbound Farm organic salads. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Plant-based milks

Are plant-based milks good for you? May 11, 2021 | 11:49 AM

Patients and medical staff fill the floor as medical staff inoculated the public and first responders against Covid-19 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough

The Gillette Stadium mass vaccination site is now accepting walk-ins May 11, 2021 | 11:36 AM

A wandering tiger unnerved Houston. The man who fled with it is a murder suspect. May 11, 2021 | 11:26 AM

Official: 2 sheriff's deputies killed in central Texas town May 11, 2021 | 11:00 AM

14-year-old Florida boy charged in 13-year-old girl's death May 11, 2021 | 10:54 AM

Month-old infant fatally mauled by family dog May 11, 2021 | 9:44 AM

Fire destroys barn at historic farm May 11, 2021 | 9:36 AM

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New MBTA cars will stay off the tracks for now May 10, 2021 | 11:26 PM

Emanuele Filiberto at a friend’s house in Rome. Credit...Nadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times

Paris teenager’s new gig: Would-be queen of Italy. A nation shrugs. May 10, 2021 | 7:24 PM

The Federal Aviation Administration said it had fielded 1,300 complaints of unruly passengers since February, the same number of enforcement actions it took against passengers in the past decade.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Cases of unruly airline passengers are soaring, and so are fines May 10, 2021 | 7:07 PM

A painted utility box.

Hey, artists: Boston will pay you $500 to paint original designs on utility boxes May 10, 2021 | 6:18 PM

Lowell, MA - May 6, 2021 - Gov. Charlie Baker visits Panela restaurant in Lowell to talk about grants that are helping small businesses survive the Covid-19 pandemic.(Credit: Julia Malakie/Pool)

Charlie Baker to appear with President Joe Biden to discuss vaccine rollout May 10, 2021 | 6:07 PM

Tobin Bridge frames Broadway as traffic moves in downtown Chelsea, Mass., Feb. 10, 2021. Two predominantly Latino cities in neighboring states have had diverging fates in the global rollout of the coronavirus vaccine. Central Falls, R.I., and Chelsea, have been the states’ hardest-hit communities in the pandemic. Public health experts, civil rights groups and immigrant activists have complained for months that Massachusetts isn’t doing nearly enough to ensure that Black and Latino residents are inoculated. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Chelsea gave money directly to over 2,000 households. Here's how they spent it. May 10, 2021 | 5:50 PM

A vial of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 in Seattle.

Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to U.S. children as young as 12 May 10, 2021 | 5:42 PM

Amherst, MA - 9/9/20 - Clement Boaheng, 24, a first year Graduate Student in Public Health at UMass Amherst looks up as nursing student Claire Sullivan hands him a self administered COVID-19 test which he will use to test himself for coronavirus. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Mass. reports 446 new COVID-19 cases, 14 new deaths May 10, 2021 | 5:04 PM

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Mass. reports 2,962,937 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 May 10, 2021 | 4:16 PM

A four-stage Black Brant XII sounding rocket, like the one scheduled to launch Monday night.

A NASA rocket may be visible in Massachusetts Wednesday. Here's how to see it. May 10, 2021 | 4:00 PM

Authorities ID man shot, killed by officers after ramming Leicester police station May 10, 2021 | 3:58 PM

Signage is displayed outside the Novavax Inc. headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S., on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Novavax shares last week touched a five-year high as investors assessed early data on its experimental vaccine for Covid-19. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg

Maker of latest experimental vaccine not expected to seek authorization until June at the earliest May 10, 2021 | 1:49 PM