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Alex Morse.

University of Massachusetts investigates allegations of sexual impropriety against Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse

In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2019 file photo, a shark warning sign warns visitors at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Mass.

Wellfleet beach closes twice after great white shark sightings

Students working on laptops in casual clothing.

No pajama pants allowed while learning from home, district says

Virus Outbreak School Photos.

9 people test positive for coronavirus at Georgia school where photos of packed hallways went viral August 9, 2020 | 7:19 PM

Somerville, MA - 7/22/20 - A health care worker waves to a patient who arrived for a COVID test at Assembly Square. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Mass. reports 14 new COVID-19 deaths, 286 new cases August 9, 2020 | 4:03 PM

US Attorney Andrew Lelling speaks to reporters at Moakley Courthouse.

DOJ grants more than $370,000 to YWCA of Central Mass. to provide housing for human trafficking victims August 9, 2020 | 2:58 PM

Courtesy of Netflix

Happily, we haven’t seen the last of ‘Tuca & Bertie’ August 9, 2020 | 2:18 PM

House fire in Shrewsbury displaces family of 4 August 9, 2020 | 1:32 PM

Connecticut primary seen as Election Day rehearsal August 9, 2020 | 1:17 PM

Calla Kessler

Kanye West's presidential bid bolstered by Republican operatives in at least five states August 9, 2020 | 12:28 PM

Body of 61-year-old Mass. man found in Maine river after report of unoccupied boat August 9, 2020 | 12:00 PM

5 injured after shooting outside Brockton house party August 9, 2020 | 11:35 AM

Native mascots still a sticking point in high school sports August 9, 2020 | 11:25 AM

Puerto Rico's historic primaries marred by lack of ballots August 9, 2020 | 11:00 AM

In this July 24, 2020, file photo, a sign informs customers at the Edison Hotel restaurant about wearing a protective face mask during the coronavirus pandemic along Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Fla. America's failure so far to contain the spread of the coronavirus as it moves across the country has been met with astonishment and alarm on both sides of the Atlantic.

US hits 5 million coronavirus cases, Europe is alarmed by American response to outbreak August 9, 2020 | 9:45 AM

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Blue Jays strike late to get past punchless Red Sox August 9, 2020 | 9:00 AM

A sign made by parents and students of Queen of the Rosary Catholic Academy hangs on the fence outside the school in Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Queen of the Rosary is one of six Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens that will permanently close at the end of August. Nationwide, more than 140 Catholic schools will not reopen in the fall.

Catholic Schools

Amid pandemic, future of many Catholic schools is in doubt August 9, 2020 | 8:31 AM

Postal Service emerges as flash point heading into election August 9, 2020 | 8:14 AM

This photo from 2018, before the coronavirus pandemic, shows Nauset Neighbors volunteer Frank Bridges, 66, install an air conditioning unit for Ann Miller, 79. Tuesday, July 3, 2018.

Your hot-weather guide to coronavirus, air conditioning and airflow August 9, 2020 | 7:53 AM

President Donald Trump prepares to sign four executive orders during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. .

Executive Orders

Sidestepping Congress, Trump signs executive measures for pandemic relief August 9, 2020 | 7:43 AM

Simon Cowell injures back while testing electric bicycle August 9, 2020 | 7:33 AM

Portland Protests

Riot declared as fire burns in Portland police union offices August 9, 2020 | 7:26 AM

Weston Koenn, a graduate student from Los Angeles, leaves the Boston University student union building as he walks through the student-less campus, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Boston.

Emerson College, Boston University

Hackers access personal information from BU and Emerson August 9, 2020 | 7:20 AM

Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria.

Everett mayor’s order requires masks in public August 8, 2020 | 10:43 PM

Trump allows some unemployment pay, defers payroll tax August 8, 2020 | 7:22 PM

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19. isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Credit: NIAID-RML

Mass. reports 12 new COVID-19 deaths, 320 new cases August 8, 2020 | 4:37 PM

The Mayflower II sails through the waters of Fishers Island Sound off Groton, Conn., Tuesday, July 28, 2020, on the seventh day of two weeks of sea trials.

The Mayflower II

Restored Mayflower replica set to return to Plymouth August 8, 2020 | 2:15 PM

Marshfield Police Department

Marshfield police use power of social media to help identify suspects August 8, 2020 | 2:12 PM

This May 4, 2020 file photo released by the Venezuelan Miraflores presidential press office shows what Venezuelan authorities identify as the I.D. cards of former U.S. special forces citizen Airan Berry, right, and Luke Denman, left, in Caracas, Venezuela. The two former Green Berets were arrested in May 2020 while participating in a botched raid organized from neighboring Colombia to oust Maduro.

Ex-Green Berets sentenced to 20 years for Venezuela attack August 8, 2020 | 1:52 PM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false push on preexisting conditions August 8, 2020 | 1:46 PM

17-year-old drowns in New Hampshire river August 8, 2020 | 1:27 PM

Colonial Hotel, Gardner

Gardner hotel now faces $3,000 in fines for reported 300-person wedding August 8, 2020 | 1:06 PM

Striking Bath Iron Works shipbuilders march in solidarity, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Bath, Maine.

Shipyard Strike

Shipyard, Machinists union reach tentative deal to end strike in Maine August 8, 2020 | 1:01 PM