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Mark Scott and Bashier Kayou in September 2019.

'This is really more than just showing up at the scene because somebody got shot'

A woman waits at a bus stop in Stockholm under a sign asking people to keep social distance.
STINA STJERNKVIST/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

The U.S. is the accidental Sweden, which could make the fall ‘catastrophic’ for COVID-19

Brickley's Ice Cream in Narragansett, Rhode Island

Ice cream shop closes location after staff 'abused' by customers over COVID rules

Shoppers wearing protective masks walk outside a Walmart store in Torrance, Calif.

Walmart, nation’s largest retailer, to require customers wear masks July 15, 2020 | 12:36 PM

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield, speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Education building Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘This is silliness’: Harvard’s Ashish Jha condemns CDC director’s suggestion that travelers from northern states to blame for COVID-19 outbreaks in south July 15, 2020 | 12:34 PM

WEST NILE VIRUS

West Nile Virus has been found in Boston mosquitoes. Here's what to know. July 15, 2020 | 12:09 PM

2 Marlborough St., Boston

Dorchester man faces drug, assault charges after 2 separate police encounters within 24 hours July 15, 2020 | 11:54 AM

3 Mass. marijuana dispensaries fined a total of $800,000 July 15, 2020 | 11:08 AM

CAUGHT CHEATING

Mom gets 5 weeks in prison for son's online class cheating July 15, 2020 | 11:07 AM

An Ipswich family spotted this great white shark off Plum Island Saturday.

Watch: Ipswich family spots great white shark off Plum Island July 15, 2020 | 10:56 AM

Andrew E. Lelling, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, at the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston.

Weston man charged in international student scheme to plead guilty July 15, 2020 | 10:48 AM

House speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, speaks to news media near a polling station in Portland Tuesday.

Sara Gideon wins nomination to challenge Susan Collins in Maine July 15, 2020 | 10:30 AM

A customer wears a face mask and a stylist wears a PPE face visor at a hair salon in England. According to the CDC, mask wearing might have spared nearly 140 people from catching the coronavirus at a hair salon in Missouri.

2 stylists had coronavirus but wore masks, and 139 clients didn’t get sick July 15, 2020 | 10:07 AM

Store clerk reportedly shot in head during Roxbury robbery July 15, 2020 | 10:05 AM

How to fix the COVID-19 dumpster fire in the U.S. July 15, 2020 | 9:23 AM

President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable with stakeholders positively impacted by law enforcement, at the White House in Washington, July 13, 2020. Trump on Monday assailed a broad movement to defund police departments, invoking the kind of pro-police language that won him support with the law enforcement community in 2016 and ignoring the calls for reform that have helped shape this election.

'SO ARE WHITE PEOPLE'

Asked about Black Americans killed by police, Trump says, ‘So are white people’ July 15, 2020 | 9:18 AM

The swan boats at the Boston Public Garden.Boston’s swan boats, seen here at the Boston Public Garden.

'The decision is one we believe is necessary and will mark a first in our 145 years of operation' July 15, 2020 | 9:11 AM

John Tlumacki

Jay-Z, Rihanna among those calling for D.O.J. to reexamine shooting death of Easton’s D.J. Henry July 15, 2020 | 9:05 AM

Actress Naya Rivera.

Autopsy confirms Naya Rivera's death was accidental drowning July 14, 2020 | 8:53 PM

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York City in 2005.

Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell Is denied bail by judge who calls her a flight risk July 14, 2020 | 8:35 PM

In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19.

First COVID-19 vaccine tested in U.S. poised for final testing July 14, 2020 | 7:22 PM

Melissa Leaston of Whittier Street Health Center uses a nasal swab to collect a specimen outside the Catherine Hardaway Residences in Roxbury last week.

Long lines, delayed results, and lacking access: Here's the latest on coronavirus testing in Mass. July 14, 2020 | 6:57 PM

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Justice Ginsburg treated in hospital for possible infection July 14, 2020 | 6:25 PM

A ride share car displays Lyft and Uber stickers on its front windshield.

Massachusetts sues Uber and Lyft over the status of drivers July 14, 2020 | 6:13 PM

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu.

Governor: New Hampshire won't require schools to reopen July 14, 2020 | 5:36 PM

Jeffrey Farmer of Mendon

'I’ve never been this way about any president': Mendon man shares why he isn't voting for Trump again in now-viral video July 14, 2020 | 5:22 PM

A public health nurse with Contra Costa Health Services wearing personal protective equipment receives a Covid-19 test swab from a patient at a testing site in Concord, California, U.S., on Thursday, July 9, 2020. California, once lauded for its success in tamping down the virus, is dealing with a record surge of cases and hospitalizations. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Mass. reports 10 new COVID-19 deaths, 203 new cases July 14, 2020 | 4:57 PM

180 Horseneck Road, Dartmouth

Man found dead along a Dartmouth road, believed to the victim of a homicide July 14, 2020 | 3:46 PM

BACK TO SCHOOL?

Mass. teachers' unions unveil phased-in school reopening proposals July 14, 2020 | 3:28 PM

Jessica Rinaldi

Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students July 14, 2020 | 3:24 PM

Mayor Marty Walsh

Marty Walsh launches pilot program to help residents seal, expunge criminal records July 14, 2020 | 3:17 PM

'Just wait for the purge': Cambridge police union edits, apologizes for post on Senate police reform bill July 14, 2020 | 3:17 PM

Pine Street Inn

Pine Street Inn leases former hotel to help social distancing during coronavirus pandemic July 14, 2020 | 2:20 PM