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Charlie Baker announces new gathering and restaurant rules amid COVID-19 uptick

BOSTON, MA - 01/20/2020 Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley greets audience members while atending the annual MLK Memorial Breakfast Committee, the nations longest-running event honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event hosted an audience of over 1,350 guests including business, civic, community and religious leaders. Erin Clark / Globe Staff

Ayanna Pressley calls for Massachusetts schools to go remote only this fall

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Convicted rapist let out after bail fund pays for his release allegedly rapes again

Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon.

Frustrated Methuen City Council plans a no-confidence vote for highly paid police chief August 7, 2020 | 9:59 PM

First responders gather around the wreckage of an Air India Express jet, which was carrying more than 190 passengers and crew from Dubai, after it crashed by overshooting the runway at Calicut International Airport in Karipur, Kerala, on August 7, 2020.

Plane skids off runway in India and breaks into pieces, killing 17 August 7, 2020 | 9:24 PM

Driver from Hopkinton crashes into N.H. toll plaza, charged with DUI August 7, 2020 | 8:13 PM

Brockton man held without bail for alleged hate crime August 7, 2020 | 8:03 PM

Alleged marijuana grow house in Savoy.

A home with a $10,000 monthly electrical bill allegedly had $3M worth of marijuana plants growing inside August 7, 2020 | 6:45 PM

Swimmer found unresponsive in New Hampshire lake, later dies August 7, 2020 | 6:23 PM

BOSTON, MA: August 7, 2020: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker gives an update on COVID-19 cases in the state during a press conference held at the Massachusetts State House in Boston, Massachusetts. (Nicolaus Czarnecki/Pool)

Charlie Baker clarifies quarantine rules for travelers between Rhode Island and Massachusetts August 7, 2020 | 6:00 PM

Boston, MA - 7/8/2020: Melissa Leaston of Whittier Street Health Center uses a nasal swab to collect a specimen outside the Catherine Hardaway Residences in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, MA on July 08, 2020. A full day of free community-based testing took place at Central Boston Elder Services and its Catherine Hardaway Residences for the elderly and people with disabilities in the Roxbury. CBES and partner Whittier Street Health Center provided this opportunity to all members of the community who wish to be tested. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19

Mass. reports 18 new COVID-19 deaths, 320 new cases August 7, 2020 | 4:15 PM

US hiring slows amid signs of longer-lasting economic damage August 7, 2020 | 4:08 PM

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'That's not how you teach kids how to read': What Charlie Baker said about remote-only school August 7, 2020 | 3:18 PM

02dartmouth - A group of about 20 students and community members gathered in front of Parkhurst Hall at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH on Thursday, July 16 in support of PhD student, Maha Hasan. (Daniela Allee/New Hampshire Public Radio)

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Dartmouth student ends hunger strike after school names investigator to probe sexual harassment allegations August 7, 2020 | 2:30 PM

CHELSEA - 7/15/2020: The Tobin bridge abuts Chelsea housing. Even as the official case count goes down in Chelsea, the economic fallout continues unabated. Coronavirus cases continue to to be steady, food lines remain long and rental relief is desperately needed. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

Chelsea has long dealt with air pollution. Now, the EPA is taking a closer look. August 7, 2020 | 2:06 PM

A socially distant view of the Chicago River. Normal activities may be more difficult in the United States than in any other affluent country.

The unique U.S. failure to control the virus August 7, 2020 | 1:25 PM

Gov. Charlie Baker speaks at a recent press conference in the Gardner Auditorium of the State House.

Watch: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update August 7, 2020 | 12:50 PM

A protester tried to ID a police officer on Twitter. Now he faces a felony — along with four who retweeted him. August 7, 2020 | 9:56 AM

‘I can say anything I want’: Michigan official defends using racist slur while refusing to wear a mask August 7, 2020 | 9:47 AM

A near-empty Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul in March. A South Korean team followed 193 symptomatic and 110 asymptomatic patients.Credit...Lee Jin-Man/Associated Press

Even asymptomatic people carry the coronavirus in high amounts August 7, 2020 | 9:31 AM

Ebony Brown-Olaseinde with her husband, Segun Olaseinde, and their twins, Jurnee and Jordan, who were born premature during the pandemic. (John O’Boyle/Saint Barnabas Medical Center)

A pregnant woman with COVID-19 was dying. With one decision, her doctors saved three lives. August 7, 2020 | 9:07 AM

Sturgis, S.D., has hosted a large motorcycle rally since 1938. Some city officials are upset that the annual festivities are starting on Friday despite a pandemic.Credit...Benjamin Rasmussen for The New York Times

‘Boxed into a corner,’ Sturgis braces for thousands to attend motorcycle rally August 7, 2020 | 8:50 AM

In this photo posted on Twitter, students crowd a hallway on Tuesday at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Ga. (AP)

Georgia teens shared photos of maskless students in crowded hallways. Now they're suspended. August 7, 2020 | 8:44 AM

UMass

UMass Amherst reverses plan for fall; most students not invited back to campus August 6, 2020 | 9:49 PM

Louis DeJoy

Congress urges Postal Service to undo changes slowing mail August 6, 2020 | 8:57 PM

At a N.H. school meeting, a parent asks, should 2 potential COVID student deaths dictate plans for an entire district? August 6, 2020 | 7:43 PM

Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force Deborah Birx speaks during a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2020. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Deborah Birx says Boston is among cities that need to ‘get on top’ of COVID-19 uptick August 6, 2020 | 5:36 PM

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Mayflower II nixes Rhode Island visit due to travel restrictions August 6, 2020 | 5:26 PM

A Beirut bride was posing for her wedding video when the explosion occurred August 6, 2020 | 4:46 PM

FILE -- Healthcare workers wait to test people at a Covid-19 testing site in Orlando, Fla., July 28, 2020. In recent weeks, many Americans have had to wait hours for coronavirus tests and then days for results. (Eve Edelheit/The New York Times)

Mass. reports 32 new COVID-19 deaths, 162 new cases August 6, 2020 | 4:14 PM

Gibbs is recovering after he reportedly ate paper masks.

A dog ate a paper face mask and required 'life-saving surgery,' Animal Rescue League says August 6, 2020 | 2:22 PM

Custodians cleaning the Mildred Avenue K-8 School building in Mattapan and doing other preparations for the reopening of school on July 10.

BACK TO SCHOOL?

Here's how Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville are planning to handle school during COVID-19 August 6, 2020 | 1:15 PM

Colonial Hotel, Gardner

Updated: Mass. hotel responds to complaints alleging large weddings at the venue August 6, 2020 | 1:07 PM