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BOSTON, MA - 12/07/2020: 08walshcuts --The MBTA Green line passengers with masks on a weekday morning during COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Monday blasted proposed service cuts to the MBTA, asserting during a news conference that the measures would harm the most vulnerable city residents and cut hundreds of jobs. Let's take a look at t commuters (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Here are the MBTA cuts to subway and bus service taking effect March 14

These are the 19 Mass. communities with the highest rates of COVID-19

Toiell Washington

Meet the 23-year-old who launched her own game company to teach people about systems of oppression

Giovanni Taboh

Natick community mourns the loss of 17-year-old killed in Canton crash March 8, 2021 | 12:54 PM

Pharmacist Andrea Glennon prepares doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine at the Tufts Medical Center COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic in Boston on March 4, 2021.

Fully-vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says, but should cover face in public March 8, 2021 | 11:23 AM

FILE - In this March 4, 2018, file photo, then-MacKenzie Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott, philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle science teacher. Dan Jewett wrote in a letter to the website of the nonprofit organization the Giving Pledge, on Saturday, March 6, 2021, that he was grateful to be able to marry such a generous person and was ready to help her give away her wealth to help others. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

MacKenzie Scott marries Seattle teacher after Jeff Bezos divorce March 8, 2021 | 11:16 AM

Oprah on CBS This Morning

Meghan and Harry

Watch: Oprah shares more clips from her interview with Meghan and Harry March 8, 2021 | 10:45 AM

Intersection of Auburn and Summer Streets in Bridgewater

Police investigate hit-and-run that killed 34-year-old man in Bridgewater March 8, 2021 | 10:19 AM

A driver was stopped in N.H. for allegedly traveling over 140 miles per hour.

Mass. man arrested after allegedly driving 142 mph in N.H. March 8, 2021 | 10:18 AM

Mary Beth Baca, a registered nurse of Douglas, Mass., and other nurses gather outside Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., as a strike begins Monday, March 8, 2021.

Hundreds of nurses have walked off the job in Worcester March 8, 2021 | 9:26 AM

Antonio Loffa of Natick gets his COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site at the Natick Mall on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Natick, Mass. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

What to know about the COVID-19 vaccination effort in Mass. this week March 8, 2021 | 9:18 AM

Five-and-a-half year-old Maddie Higgins left her bike along the path as she climbed a tree in the Public Garden last week. Temperatures in Boston are expected to rise into the 60s by Thursday.

Record-breaking warmth possible in the upcoming week March 8, 2021 | 9:10 AM

Nurse Betsy Zorilla prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccination at the Doubletree Hotel, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in Danvers, Mass.

VACCINE DISTRIBUTION

Residents turned away from Danvers mass vaccination site because of apparent glitch March 7, 2021 | 11:42 PM

Male body pulled from Merrimack River March 7, 2021 | 9:36 PM

Mark Lennihan

One-shot vaccine

Johnson & Johnson vaccines coming to Cape Cod March 7, 2021 | 6:49 PM

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris speak at the White House in Washington after the Senate voted to pass a $1.9 trillion relief package, March 6, 2021.

What’s in the stimulus bill? A guide to where the $1.9 trillion is going March 7, 2021 | 6:40 PM

Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York.

Top state leader says ‘Cuomo must resign.’ Governor says ‘no way.’ March 7, 2021 | 6:24 PM

Randolph, MA - 1/5/2021: EMT Chris Martin of Cataldo Ambulance Service uses a nasal swab to collect a specimen at a COVID-19 testing site outside the Randolph Intergenerational Community Center in Randolph, MA on January 05, 2021. The site run by the town of Randolph, Cataldo Ambulance Service and many volunteers is part of the Massachusetts Stop the Spread program. On Monday (Jan. 4) the site performed 992 tests at the location. (The Stop the Spread program is intended to provide low barrier, free, and easy to access testing to all Massachusetts residents. Open to all Massachusetts residents. Testing is not restricted to residents of the cities where sites are located.) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19

Mass. reports 1,281 new COVID-19 cases, 41 new deaths March 7, 2021 | 5:33 PM

Snow Guns at Nashoba Valley Ski Area.

Skier injured after colliding with building at Nashoba Valley Ski Area March 7, 2021 | 5:19 PM

Registered Nurses and supporters stand in a picket line and wave to cars as they drive by outside St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts on February 24, 2021. - 800 Nurses voted to go on strike starting March 8 after giving the hospital a ten day notice. During the pandemic the nurses have cited more than 500 reports of safety issues for both themselves and patients and had more than 100 co-workers leave. Nurses are asking for increased staffing levels and a new contract. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

800 nurses at Worcester's St. Vincent Hospital preparing to strike March 7, 2021 | 4:44 PM

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Central Falls, RI 3/1/21 Dr. Beata Nelken (cq) draws a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine. However, on further questioning of the woman who was to receive it, it was determined that she came one day too soon for her second shot. The drawn dose was returned to the refrigerated unit for later use. The city of Central Falls has become a hot spot for the coronavirus in Rhode Island. Nelken, the president and CEO of the 1-year-old Jenks Park Pediatrics (cq) practice, has stepped up by providing testing and vaccinations for the community. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff) Reporter: Ed Fitzpatrick

Mass. reports 703,676 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 March 7, 2021 | 4:14 PM

Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee, left, is ceremonially sworn in by R.I. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, right, as his wife Susan McKee, center, holds the family Bible during an inauguration ceremony, Sunday, March 7, 2021, in front of the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I.

New Rhode Island Gov. McKee vows to maintain fight against virus March 7, 2021 | 1:53 PM

In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 photo, an election worker inserts mail-in ballots into a voting machine at a school in Williamstown, Mass., during the state's primary election.

Massachusetts Senate to weigh bill on extending voting options March 7, 2021 | 11:39 AM

State Police say victim of fatal Canton crash was 17-year-old boy from Natick March 7, 2021 | 11:13 AM

Where IS ruled, pope calls on Christians to forgive, rebuild March 7, 2021 | 10:55 AM

In this July 27, 2012 file photo, wild blueberries await harvesting in Maine.

Lawmakers want to restore native plants at National Parks March 7, 2021 | 9:53 AM

In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, people walk past a Microsoft office in New York. China-based government hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft's email server software to target U.S. organizations, the company said Tuesday, March 2, 2021.

Thousands of Microsoft customers may have been victims of hack tied to China March 7, 2021 | 9:24 AM

Old Sturbridge Village.

Old Sturbridge Village

Old Sturbridge Village gets record-setting $5 million gift from estate of trustee March 7, 2021 | 9:19 AM

A U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., is refueled by a KC-135 “Stratotanker” in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020.

B-52s again fly over Mideast in US military warning to Iran March 7, 2021 | 8:36 AM

Biden Administration

Biden to mark 'Bloody Sunday' by signing voting-rights order March 7, 2021 | 7:53 AM

Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Another ex-aide calls Cuomo's office conduct inappropriate March 7, 2021 | 7:47 AM

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

Boston rally calls for conviction in George Floyd case March 7, 2021 | 7:33 AM

In this image from video, Democratic senators stand as they wait for the announcement that the Senate version of the COVID-19 relief bill has passed by a vote of 50-49 in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, March 6, 2021.

$1.9T COVID-19 relief bill

Here’s what you need to know about the stimulus bill March 7, 2021 | 7:19 AM