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Suzanne Ianni (blue jacket) and Mark G. Sahady (bottom right) inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.

FBI arrests 2 Mass. residents for alleged roles in Capitol riot

Wakefield, MA 01-19-21: Pictured is the outside of a house on Otis Street, the scene of an apparent homicide, followed by a police involved shooting earlier in the day. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

23-year-old accused of killing his mother in Wakefield

Charlestown MA 12/31/20 01coronanumbers Bilao Osman of Charlestown getting an COVID 19, coronavirus test from Nikki Virnelli an RN at the Crossroads Resource Center in the Bunker Hill Housing Development. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff)
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Brigham and Women’s doctor says all methods for battling COVID-19 need to be ramped up as virus variant spreads

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 09: A general view of the the Parler app icon displayed on an iPhone on January 9, 2021 in London, England. The Parler App popular with right-wing supporters has been suspended from Google's Play store over continued postings by users that incite violence. US President Donald Trump was suspended indefinitely from Twitter after tweets he made encouraged his supporters to break into the Capitol building and five people died in the ensuing violence. (Photo by

Parler tries to survive with help from Russian tech firm DDoS-Guard January 19, 2021 | 10:31 PM

Douglas Emhoff, U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden attend a memorial service to honor the nearly 400,000 American victims of the coronavirus pandemic at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. As the nation's capital has become a fortress city of roadblocks, barricades and 20,000 National Guard troops due to heightened security around Biden's inauguration, 400 lights were placed around the Reflecting Pool to honor the nearly 400,000 Americans killed by COVID-19. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Watch: Biden calls for remembrance at COVID-19 memorial January 19, 2021 | 7:43 PM

Foxborough, MA--1/18/21-- Samantha Schuko, RN draws up a dose of the Moderna vaccine during the opening day of vaccinations for first responders at the Gillette Stadium/CIC Health COVID-19 Vaccination Site, the first large-scale vaccination site in Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

VACCINE DISTRIBUTION

Massachusetts is setting up more public vaccination sites. Here's what to know. January 19, 2021 | 7:12 PM

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 20: The News Corp. building on 6th Avenue, home to Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal, on March 20, 2019 in New York City, New York. Disney acquired Fox today in a $71.3 million deal. (Photo by Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)

Top Fox News managers depart amid Murdoch concerns over election-night projection January 19, 2021 | 6:58 PM

Andrew Harrer

Elon Musk donates $5 million for coronavirus research in Boston January 19, 2021 | 6:44 PM

This booking photo provided by the Dauphin County, Pa., Prison, shows Riley June Williams. Federal authorities on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, arrested Williams, whose former romantic partner says she took a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. (Dauphin County Prison via AP)

Riley June Williams

Feds say charges over stolen Nancy Pelosi computer being prepared January 19, 2021 | 6:38 PM

SUSAN WALSH

Here's what to know about Joe Biden's inauguration January 19, 2021 | 6:23 PM

FILE -- An indoor cycling class for Peloton in New York, Sept. 8, 2016. The bike’s tablet has a built-in camera and microphone, allowing users to see and hear one another if they choose. President-elect Joe Biden's Peloton bike doesn’t exactly comport with his “regular Joe from Scranton” persona, but beyond the politics of it, the bike could present cybersecurity risks. (Dolly Faibyshev/The New York Times)

Biden has a Peloton. That raises issues at the White House. January 19, 2021 | 6:22 PM

Biden's Bible puts him in line with inaugural tradition January 19, 2021 | 6:04 PM

EDS. RETRANSMISSION TO REMOVE USAGE EMBARGO *** FILE -- The lobby of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, Nov. 17, 2019. Though the hotel is loaded with debt and losing money, its credit card transactions have risen with Donald Trump's political ascent. The New York Times Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due. (Al Drago/The New York Times)

The financial minefield awaiting an ex-President Trump January 19, 2021 | 5:34 PM

Records confirm Secret Service investigated John Mulaney over Trump joke January 19, 2021 | 5:33 PM

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Trump does not address Biden by name in farewell speech January 19, 2021 | 5:12 PM

FILE - In this April 23, 2020, file photo, Team Rubicon volunteer, EMT Hannah Tellier, from Boston, holds a COVID-19 test in the emergency room of the Kayenta Health Center on the Navajo reservation in Kayenta, Ariz. Across the nation, Native American tribes are working to protect their oldest members from the coronavirus. The effort is about more than protecting lives. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Mass. reports 2,567 new COVID-19 cases, 45 new deaths January 19, 2021 | 5:03 PM

An Iranian flag in Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Mass. political scientist, author accused of secretly working for Iran January 19, 2021 | 4:08 PM

The Latest: Trump declassifies Crossfire Hurricane material January 19, 2021 | 3:34 PM

The US president's children Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump and her boyfriend Michael Boulos arrive for the US president's acceptance speech for the Republican Party nomination for reelection during the final day of the Republican National Convention from the South Lawn of the White House on August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Tiffany Trump announces engagement January 19, 2021 | 3:30 PM

During Trump's final hours in office, U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 400K January 19, 2021 | 3:28 PM

Foxborough, MA--1/18/21-- Samantha Schuko, RN draws up a dose of the Moderna vaccine during the opening day of vaccinations for first responders at the Gillette Stadium/CIC Health COVID-19 Vaccination Site, the first large-scale vaccination site in Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Mass. teachers making case to receive COVID-19 vaccine earlier January 19, 2021 | 3:04 PM

Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC.

CAPITAL RIOT ARRESTS

FBI: Man arrested after attending Capitol riots wearing GPS monitoring device January 19, 2021 | 2:20 PM

Donald Trump leaves town an outcast, trailed by pandemic, joblessness January 19, 2021 | 1:51 PM

Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback January 19, 2021 | 1:33 PM

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health.

Dr. Rachel Levine

Biden selects transgender doctor, Rachel Levine, as assistant health secretary January 19, 2021 | 1:31 PM

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the Senate chamber on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC.

McConnell says for first time that Trump 'provoked' Capitol siege, mob was 'fed lies' January 19, 2021 | 1:30 PM

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 15: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell waits outside the West Wing of the White House before entering on January 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Stores drop MyPillow after CEO pushes election conspiracies January 19, 2021 | 1:28 PM

Mega Millions jackpot now $865 million; Powerball up to $730 million January 19, 2021 | 1:22 PM

A mob riots at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6.

CAPITAL RIOT ARRESTS

Texas man in Capitol riot allegedly threatened to kill his kids if they turned him in January 19, 2021 | 12:54 PM

Foxborough, MA--1/18/21-- Samantha Schuko, RN draws up a dose of the Moderna vaccine during the opening day of vaccinations for first responders at the Gillette Stadium/CIC Health COVID-19 Vaccination Site, the first large-scale vaccination site in Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Push to prioritize vaccine access to Black and immigrant communities in Mass. January 19, 2021 | 11:26 AM

Rioters surround the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Amanda Voisard for The Washington Post

Self-described militia members jailed on Capitol riot charges January 19, 2021 | 10:40 AM

Rebekah Jones in Tallahassee, Fla., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Jones has urged health department employees to denounce what she says has been the manipulation and obfuscation of virus data to make Florida look better off than it really is. (Aileen Perilla/The New York Times)

Florida police were after a COVID-19 data scientist. She turned herself in — and tested positive. January 19, 2021 | 10:33 AM

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 23: First Lady Melania Trump walks to the vehicle after arriving on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport on December 23, 2020 in West Palm Beach, Florida. U.S. President Donald Trump and the First Lady are scheduled to enjoy a 10-day holiday visit at the Mar-a-Lago resort during the last Christmas of his precedency. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Melania Trump's last days as first lady January 19, 2021 | 10:24 AM