The main gate at the U.S. Army post at Fort Hood, Texas.
'This is a very bad situation': Mass. lawmakers paint grim picture of Fort Hood, after death of Sgt. Elder Fernandes
( GLOBE IS POOL) Lowell,MA - 9/23/2020: Governor Charlie Baker takes questions from the media at Mill City BBQ and Brew in Lowell, MA, September 23, 2020. The officials spoke about Commonwealth Places Grants. (MassDevelopment has awarded $86,415 for 10 projects through the Commonwealth Places COVID-19 Response Round: Resurgent Places, a program made available specifically to assist local economic recovery efforts as community partners prepare public spaces and commercial districts to serve residents and visitors. Projects receiving awards include the creation of outdoor dining spaces, sidewalk retail venues, and partitions to support social distancing. Governor Charlie Baker, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, and MassDevelopment President and CEO Lauren Liss joined Lowell City Manager Eileen Donoghue, Do-it-Yourself Lowell Co-Founder Christopher Aurora Erickson, and African Community Center of Lowell Founder & Executive Director Gordon Halm to announce the grants today at Mill City BBQ & Brew in Lowell. ) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19 Commonwealth Places Announcement
Charlie Baker rips Senate's handling of Supreme Court vacancy
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New Hampshire
N.H. 18-year-old indicted in father's death September 24, 2020 | 1:58 PM
A discarded mask rests on the beach on Nantucket island.
High-risk Communities
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Politics
Fraud, backlogs disrupt US unemployment benefit payments September 24, 2020 | 1:36 PM
United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon gets into her truck to deliver mail in Philadelphia.
USPS
Mass., other states continue legal push to end post office slowdowns September 24, 2020 | 12:59 PM
Crime
Springfield officer sentenced for assault on teen student September 24, 2020 | 12:50 PM
Bingham Falls.
Vermont
Man dies after falling into water at Vermont waterfall September 24, 2020 | 12:46 PM
A voter casts their ballot at a vote by mail dropbox at Boston City Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. Photographer: Scott Eisen/Bloomberg
Voting
Massachusetts voters can now request a mail-in ballot online September 24, 2020 | 12:38 PM
National News
A tall tale about big fish leads to felonies in Utah September 24, 2020 | 12:22 PM
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Local
Watch: Charlie Baker's press conference on schools September 24, 2020 | 12:01 PM
A nurse secures a swab at drive-through testing in the ambulance bay at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston last spring.
COVID CLUSTER
Boston hospital investigates COVID cluster affecting 10 September 24, 2020 | 11:37 AM
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2020 ELECTION
Pence vs. Harris: Here’s what to know about the 2020 vice presidential debate September 24, 2020 | 11:35 AM
Erik Drauschke
Reading officer indicted on manslaughter charge in fatal shooting September 24, 2020 | 10:28 AM
Politics
Trump again declines to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses September 24, 2020 | 10:04 AM
Live Education Updates
Sneezing student sent home from Arlington elementary school September 24, 2020 | 9:37 AM
Campaign signs for Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), in San Antonio, Sept. 19, 2020. Biden's campaign said on Sunday that it entered September with $466 million in the bank together with the Democratic Party, providing Biden a vast financial advantage of about $141 million over President Donald Trump heading into the intense final stretch of the campaign. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)
2020
Trump faces challenges even in red states, poll shows, as women favor Biden September 24, 2020 | 9:34 AM
Wakefield shooting
A 21-year-old woman was shot in Wakefield. Now 2 teens are facing gun charges. September 24, 2020 | 9:09 AM
COVID-19
Massive genetic study shows coronavirus mutating and potentially evolving amid rapid U.S. spread September 24, 2020 | 8:56 AM
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FIRE IN ROXBURY
Firefighter injured in Roxbury fire that displaced 6 September 24, 2020 | 8:31 AM
Boston, Massachusetts - 1/2/2018 - Andrea Campbell speaks to members of the media after presiding over her first City Council meeting after being voted Boston City Council President in Boston, Massachusetts, January 2, 2018. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)
Andrea Campbell
Andrea Campbell announces campaign to be Boston mayor September 24, 2020 | 6:00 AM
Officer shot
Louisville
2 Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor protests September 23, 2020 | 9:44 PM
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Daily #s
Mass. reports 17 new COVID-19 deaths, 542 new cases September 23, 2020 | 8:02 PM
( GLOBE IS POOL) Lowell,MA - 9/23/2020: at Mill City BBQ and Brew in Lowell, MA, September 23, 2020. The officials spoke about Commonwealth Places program Grants. (MassDevelopment has awarded $86,415 for 10 projects through the Commonwealth Places COVID-19 Response Round: Resurgent Places, a program made available specifically to assist local economic recovery efforts as community partners prepare public spaces and commercial districts to serve residents and visitors. Projects receiving awards include the creation of outdoor dining spaces, sidewalk retail venues, and partitions to support social distancing. Governor Charlie Baker, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, and MassDevelopment President and CEO Lauren Liss joined Lowell City Manager Eileen Donoghue, Do-it-Yourself Lowell Co-Founder Christopher Aurora Erickson, and African Community Center of Lowell Founder & Executive Director Gordon Halm to announce the grants today at Mill City BBQ & Brew in Lowell. ) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19 Commonwealth Places Announcement
BACK TO SCHOOL
'People shouldn’t be making decisions on this stuff based on one week' September 23, 2020 | 7:43 PM
The John Adams Courthouse is home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
Policy
The Mass. SJC wants lawmakers to require more racial data collection on traffic stops September 23, 2020 | 6:05 PM
Gov. Mike Parson
Mike Parson
Missouri governor, opponent of mandatory masks, has COVID-19 September 23, 2020 | 6:05 PM
eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif.
Cockroaches too
eBay workers who sent spiders to Natick couple to plead guilty September 23, 2020 | 5:37 PM
Health
A Mass. construction worker died from eating too much black licorice September 23, 2020 | 5:24 PM
Charlie Baker takes questions from the media at Mill City BBQ and Brew in Lowell
2020 ELECTION
Charlie Baker defends his endorsement of Susan Collins September 23, 2020 | 5:19 PM
Hanover, N.H.
Driver dies after 1st of 2 school bus crashes in N.H. town September 23, 2020 | 4:50 PM
Aerial views of Middlebury College Campus from Mead Chapel steeple.
College
More New England colleges deal with quarantines, breaks in COVID-19 protocols September 23, 2020 | 4:05 PM
FILE - This July 3, 2019 file photo, shows James Jordan after a competency hearing at the U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Va. Jordan, charged with killing an Appalachian Trail hiker and attacking another with a hunting knife in Virginia, plans to use an insanity defense at his trial. He is scheduled to go on trial in January 2021 in the 2019 killing of Ronald Sanchez Jr., 43, of Oklahoma City, and the wounding of a female hiker. (David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier via AP)
AT killing
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