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Brookline, MA - 04/08/20 - Customers lined up outside the Trader Joe's grocery store in Coolidge Corner, which limits the number of people inside. Brookline is considering opening up street space in Coolidge Corner to accommodate pedestrian demand amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Adam Vaccaro) Topic: (09streets)

Charlie Baker announces new rules to prevent grocery store crowding

Mass. releases guidance to hospitals on how to ration ventilators, ICU beds

Maeve Fahey Kennedy Townsend McKean, 41, and her son, 8-year-old Gideon, are presumed dead after going missing on the Chesapeake Bay Thursday.

Police: Body of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's grandson found

Waltham, MA 3/13/2020: Long lines formed at the Market Basket in Waltham as citizens prepare for Corona virus. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

'These employees face a difficult decision': Seth Moulton presses Charlie Baker for more grocery store protections April 9, 2020 | 7:04 PM

Evelyn Hockstein

He's delivering your groceries to you. He's also risking his life. April 9, 2020 | 6:28 PM

Mayor Marty Walsh

'God certainly understands': Marty Walsh urges Bostonians to stay home for Passover, Easter Sunday April 9, 2020 | 5:22 PM

Kayla Girdner, an instructor at Gather Here, demonstrates how to sew your own face mask.

How to make your own mask, with or without a sewing machine April 9, 2020 | 5:22 PM

Wilmington, MA - 4/4/2020: AdviniaCare at Wilmington in Wilmington, MA on April 04, 2020. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: Metro reporter: Coronavirus Covid-19 (WILMINGTON, Mass. (April 3, 2020) – Pointe Group Care, LLC, operator of AdviniaCare at Wilmington, working in partnership with the Massachusetts Covid-19 Response Command Center and Partners HealthCare, today announced that it will delay its plans to temporarily designate the 142-bed skilled nursing facility as a Covid-19 recovery building. Test results for those slated to leave the facility revealed that 51 out of 98 were positive for the illness, while asymptomatic. )

Wilmington nursing home reports 7 dead; 73 out of 98 residents test positive for COVID-19 April 9, 2020 | 5:09 PM

ELECTIONS & COVID-19

'I don’t think that any campaign is worth risking the public’s health' April 9, 2020 | 3:41 PM

Boston- 03/10/2020 Boston Mayor Marty Walsh spoke with reporters on City Hall Plaza do give an update on the coronavirus. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

Watch: Marty Walsh's coronavirus update April 9, 2020 | 2:20 PM

Mayor Marty Walsh wears a mask after speaking during a media availability outside City Hall to discuss updates relating to COVID-19 on April 5, 2020 in Boston, MA.

Mayor Marty Walsh

'A Letter of Hope': Boston Mayor Marty Walsh highlights community support, cooperation April 9, 2020 | 2:01 PM

Biden woos skeptical Sanders backers on health, college debt April 9, 2020 | 2:00 PM

Police charge Haverhill man with murder in stabbing death April 9, 2020 | 1:21 PM

Eve Edelheit

Summer heat may not diminish coronavirus strength April 9, 2020 | 1:18 PM

The Jewish Journal's front page, April 9, 2020.

Facing financial hardship, Jewish Journal asks readers for donations April 9, 2020 | 12:50 PM

Charlie Baker

Watch: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update April 9, 2020 | 12:47 PM

Kindergarten teacher Jamie Jones OBrien talks to his students as he conducts a Zoom lesson from his living room as school remains closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19.

How to protect your Zoom calls April 9, 2020 | 12:36 PM

Boston City Councilor Kenzie Bok

HOUSING THE HOMELESS

Council asks landlords to help 500 Boston families who have housing vouchers but remain homeless April 9, 2020 | 12:36 PM

1/6/2012 Boston, MA Melissa Shaw (cq), left, a personal trainer at Boston Sports Club training Sonia Mazzitelli (cq) at the Brookline Avenue Club on Friday January 6, 2011. Mazzitelli hired a personal trainer to help her lose weight and this is her first session with Shaw. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) slug: 08gym section: metro Reporter: Billy Baker

BOSTON SPORTS CLUBS

After mounting complaints, Boston Sports Clubs announces it will freeze memberships 'going forward' April 9, 2020 | 12:07 PM

Al Roker and Myron Rolle.

Mass General neurosurgeon Myron Rolle describes a coronavirus workday April 9, 2020 | 12:00 PM

N.H. police seek public's help locating missing 23-year-old woman April 9, 2020 | 11:52 AM

Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Dr. Anthony Fauci: Beaches and baseball games 'can be in the cards' this summer if social distancing continues April 9, 2020 | 11:40 AM

Donald Trump quietly shuts down asylum at U.S. borders, citing coronavirus April 9, 2020 | 11:04 AM

Larry Lord

Maine man hurt in deadly propane blast is returning home April 9, 2020 | 11:01 AM

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and former Vice President Joe Biden participated in the Democratic presidential primary debate at St. Anselm College in February. Now, Warren's name is coming up as a possible vice presidential pick.

The 11 most logical picks for Joe Biden's vice president, ranked April 9, 2020 | 10:52 AM

The Boston Public Garden.

WHEN WILL IT END?

Social distancing is showing signs of working. What do we do next? April 9, 2020 | 10:39 AM

Gov. Charlie Baker speaks during a briefing on the state's response to COVID-19 in the Gardner Auditorium of the Massachusetts State House on March 30, 2020 in Boston, MA. (Sam Doran/Pool)

Recreational marijuana shops sue Gov. Baker over coronavirus shutdown April 9, 2020 | 10:29 AM

Here's how to cope with and talk about death during COVID-19, according to experts April 9, 2020 | 10:04 AM

Wiped out of toilet paper? Here's why. April 9, 2020 | 9:30 AM

Record 16.8 million have sought US jobless aid since virus April 9, 2020 | 8:10 AM

DC community volunteers provide food for locked-down needy April 9, 2020 | 12:29 AM

Global coronavirus battle rages on amid ‘glimmers of hope’ April 8, 2020 | 10:20 PM

Conn. teen arrested after 'Zoom bombing' high school classes April 8, 2020 | 9:10 PM