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Trump to rally in Portsmouth, N.H. this Saturday

Violin Viiv performs outside Faneuil Hall Marketplace, one of Boston's most popular tourist destinations, as it reopens to the public, Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Boston. The market, which includes several buildings of retail outlets and restaurants and lined with cobblestone walkways, was closed in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Here's what can — and can't — resume in Phase 3 of the reopening

Carmen Gordon takes an order from a customer inside Fresco's Restaurant. George Lambos, owner of the restaurant, says he is a victim of Patricia Lindau.

A North Shore bookkeeper is accused of stealing from struggling small business clients

A map of coronavirus testing locations in Massachusetts.

Here's where you can get tested for COVID-19 in Massachusetts July 6, 2020 | 3:09 PM

Tufts University in Medford.

BACK TO SCHOOL?

Tufts professor: 'I have yet to see a viable plan for reopening colleges' July 6, 2020 | 2:41 PM

Protesters walk in central Phoenix in a Black Lives Matter unity march on June 13, 2020. The fatal shooting of man in a parked car by Phoenix police officers over the weekend, captured on video in gruesome detail, is fueling a new round of protests against violent policing tactics.

Phoenix police kill man in parked car, igniting new protests July 6, 2020 | 2:26 PM

A new dedicated bus lane on Washington Street, along with a bike lane on the other side of the street.

MBTA announces new bus lanes into downtown Boston July 6, 2020 | 2:23 PM

A closed and partially demolished Vallco Shopping Mall in Cupertino, Calif., Nov. 5, 2019. Department stores are disappearing at a rapid clip amidst the coronavirus pandemic, a decline that could take down as much as a quarter of America’s malls in the next five years.

With department stores disappearing, malls could be next July 6, 2020 | 1:20 PM

Pedestrians walk through Harvard Yard on the closed Harvard University campus in Cambridge.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Harvard invites freshmen to campus, but classes stay online July 6, 2020 | 12:25 PM

The emancipation memorial of Lincoln towering over a slave will soon be removed from Boston's Park Square.

Depicted kneeling before Lincoln, this enslaved man broke his own chains in pursuit of freedom July 6, 2020 | 10:51 AM

Montague

DA: Teen stabs 2 relatives, one of whom later dies July 6, 2020 | 10:35 AM

Justices rule states can bind presidential electors' votes July 6, 2020 | 10:27 AM

Rehan Staton, 24, left, with his brother Reggie Staton, 27, after he was accepted to Harvard Law School in March. MUST CREDIT: Family photo

This Maryland man was a sanitation worker. Now he is accepted to Harvard Law School. July 6, 2020 | 10:23 AM

Noe Hernandez

35-year-old Lynn man identified as victim of July 4th shooting July 6, 2020 | 10:03 AM

6-year-old boy fatally shot in San Francisco neighborhood July 5, 2020 | 7:58 PM

Army Pfc. Vanessa Guillen.

Vanessa Guillén

Lawyer: Remains of missing Texas soldier identified July 5, 2020 | 7:16 PM

Craig F. Walker

Mass. reports 11 new COVID-19 deaths, 136 new cases July 5, 2020 | 4:04 PM

Emergency personnel at the site where a driver sped through a protest-related closure on Interstate 5 in Seattle early Saturday morning.

Protester dies after being hit by car in Seattle July 5, 2020 | 4:03 PM

Lynn, MA.

One killed, four injured in shooting at Saturday night cookout in Lynn July 5, 2020 | 2:19 PM

New Hampshire officials investigate suspicious death in Manchester July 5, 2020 | 1:32 PM

Lee Beard, left, and Mar, no last name given, paint the phrase Black Lives Matter on Washington Street, Sunday, July 5, 2020, in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston.

'Black Lives Matter' street mural painted near Nubian Square in Roxbury July 5, 2020 | 12:54 PM

Weather Service issues thunderstorm warning for Eastern Massachusetts July 5, 2020 | 12:00 PM

Former officer charged in Floyd's death posts $750K bond July 5, 2020 | 11:53 AM

This Thursday, April 16, 2020 file photo shows a sign announcing an elementary school in Helena, Mont., is closed.

Debates turn emotional as schools decide how and if to open July 5, 2020 | 11:29 AM

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers reporters' questions during a news conference, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan.

Kansas Governor Criticizes GOP Official’s Cartoon Comparing Mask Order to Holocaust July 5, 2020 | 11:00 AM

People enjoy Tudor Beach on Monday, June 16, 2014.

Boston-area beaches benefit from $200,000 in grants July 5, 2020 | 10:34 AM

Japan floods leave up to 34 dead, many at nursing homes July 5, 2020 | 9:48 AM

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference at City Hall to announce the city's new Use of Force Working Group, designed to to review the Chicago Police Department's policies pertaining to use of force, Monday morning, June 15, 2020. Lori Lightfoot tweeted Saturday July 4th about the shooting of a 7-year-old girl in Chicago who lost her life to gun violence.

7-year-old among 13 killed in weekend shootings in Chicago July 5, 2020 | 9:20 AM

Man suffers life-threatening injuries in Ipswich boat crash July 5, 2020 | 8:47 AM

Chief: 2 injured by homemade fireworks in New Hampshire July 5, 2020 | 8:34 AM

Pope Francis waves to faithful from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, as he leaves at the end of the Angelus prayer, Sunday, July 5, 2020.

Pope praises UN efforts for worldwide cease-fire July 5, 2020 | 8:04 AM

Sheriff: 2 dead, 8 hurt in South Carolina nightclub shooting July 5, 2020 | 7:44 AM

In this Aug. 26, 2019, file photo, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District biologist Nadja Reissen examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City. Eastern equine encephalitis, a rare and deadly mosquito-borne illness, saw a small but worrisome increase in the summer of 2019.

EEE virus confirmed in Massachusetts July 5, 2020 | 7:32 AM