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A surfer notices a shark swimming behind him off Nauset Beach in Orleans

'The encounter didn’t last very long, fortunately'

Mosquito spraying for mosquitoes carrying Eastern equine encephalitis, EEE started a second round of aerial spraying in the southeastern Massachusetts area in August 2006.

2nd person dies from EEE as Mass. officials confirm 10th human case

'It escalated that fast': Rhode Island father speaks about 6-year-old daughter's EEE battle

Biden decries reports about Trump, Ukraine's president September 20, 2019 | 8:27 PM

The Latest: US to deploy more troops to Saudi Arabia, UAE September 20, 2019 | 6:54 PM

Whitey Bulger's family filing wrongful death claim September 20, 2019 | 6:26 PM

Boston Ma 9/20/19:At city hall plaza demonstration for climate. This is the first all-ages climate strike, and will likely be the largest climate strike in history. We need to break our habit of business-as-usual that is creating an ecological emergency and quickly destroying any chance of a livable future for our children. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)

Here's a look at some of the best signs at the Boston 'climate strike' September 20, 2019 | 6:23 PM

Timeline: Tracking the whistleblower, Trump and Ukraine September 20, 2019 | 4:50 PM

Fed announces plans to provide more support for repo market September 20, 2019 | 4:47 PM

A look at controversy over intelligence whistleblower law September 20, 2019 | 4:41 PM

Hyde Park, MA - 9/19/2019 - Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins leaves Roxbury Prep High School in Hyde Park, Mass. on Thursday, Sept. 19. (Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe) Topic: 20RoxburyCop

Students say Boston police officer used racist slurs toward them at a local McDonald's September 20, 2019 | 4:10 PM

Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell

The Boston City Council president wants the city to have an inspector general. Here's what to know. September 20, 2019 | 3:44 PM

The Latest: US may send some asylum-seekers to El Salvador September 20, 2019 | 3:44 PM

Trump scolds Europe over captured Islamic State fighters September 20, 2019 | 3:39 PM

House intel chief says Facebook working on election threats September 20, 2019 | 3:17 PM

No one injured when skydiving plane crash lands in Pepperell September 20, 2019 | 2:27 PM

'We cannot stress this enough: PLEASE LEAVE WILDLIFE ALONE!!!' September 20, 2019 | 2:21 PM

Brazil aims to deflect criticism over Amazon deforestation September 20, 2019 | 2:18 PM

Boston, MA., 073118, Employees at work at Wayfair.

Wayfair says CEO's comment about looking for 'non-political' employees was 'misinterpreted' September 20, 2019 | 2:09 PM

Vernelle Jackson

An 83-year-old Maine woman buried her friend's body in her backyard. She says it was the woman’s dying wish. September 20, 2019 | 1:51 PM

Trump says he doesn't need China trade deal before election September 20, 2019 | 1:04 PM

House votes to end forced arbitration in business disputes September 20, 2019 | 12:44 PM

New England Journal of Medicine

Rhode Island woman turns blue after using toothache medicine, doctors say September 20, 2019 | 12:40 PM

2 Federal Reserve officials highlight deep divisions September 20, 2019 | 12:36 PM

Carmela Saunders.

Salem man sentenced for strangling wife to death with children, grandchildren in next room September 20, 2019 | 12:30 PM

US, El Salvador sign asylum deal, details to be worked out September 20, 2019 | 11:29 AM

Wheelchair van wasn't only thing these two stole, police say September 20, 2019 | 10:58 AM

The Latest: Biden critical of Trump for urging Ukraine probe September 20, 2019 | 10:50 AM

FILE - This Feb. 11, 2019, booking photo released by the Bristol County Sheriff's Office shows Michelle Carter, convicted for sending a barrage of text messages urging boyfriend Conrad Roy III to kill himself. Roy took his own life in Fairhaven, Mass., in July 2014. A new HBO documentary that explores the case premiers on July 9. (Bristol County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Read: Parole board issues decision on Michelle Carter's request for early jail release September 20, 2019 | 10:48 AM

Climate change will grab globe's focus with summit, strikes September 20, 2019 | 10:38 AM

Findings published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 6.5 percent of women in the United States experienced a sexual initiation that was forced or coerced.

Over 3 million women in U.S. say their first sexual experience was rape September 20, 2019 | 10:20 AM

Trump, in call, urged Ukraine to investigate Biden's son September 20, 2019 | 10:19 AM

20-year-old motorcyclist dies in Westford crash involving school bus September 20, 2019 | 10:16 AM