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A sign warns visitors to Long Nook Beach of recent shark sightings, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018 in Truro, Mass. A man swimming off Cape Cod was attacked by a shark on Wednesday and was airlifted to a hospital. It was the first shark attack on a human on the popular summer tourist destination since 2012. (Merrily Cassidy/The Cape Cod Times via AP)

A man was bitten by a shark off Cape Cod. Here’s what we know.

FILE - In this July 12, 2018, file photo, newly transplanted cannabis cuttings grow in soilless media in pots at Sira Naturals medical marijuana cultivation facility, in Milford, Mass. Sira was awarded the state's a provisional license to grow cannabis for recreational sales, but the license doesn't allow Sira to sell recreational marijuana at any of its dispensaries. State regulators meet Thursday, July 26, 2018, to consider licenses for several retail pot stores. With none expected to open immediately, there is still no place in Massachusetts to legally buy recreational marijuana. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Here are the marijuana dispensaries that could be the first to open in Mass.

Bolley's Famous Franks crinkle-cut fries

This Maine restaurant has faced 'disturbing and hostile customers' over a switch to straight-cut French fries

Incumbent Michael Capuano and Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley faced off in their final debate in the race for the democratic nomination for the Massachusetts 7th congressional district seat. On WGBH's Greater Boston with Jim Braude. Photo taken at the WGBH Studios on August 15, 2018.

Why Michael Capuano and Ayanna Pressley are divided on Colin Kaepernick August 16, 2018 | 12:06 PM

Trump criticizes Boston Globe in wake of editorials supporting the free press August 16, 2018 | 11:20 AM

A Mattapan man was arrested after a 34-year-old man was shot near the MBTA Massachusetts Avenue station, authorities said.

Mattapan man arrested after shooting near Mass. Ave. MBTA station August 16, 2018 | 10:42 AM

U.S. newspapers to Trump: We're not enemies of the people August 16, 2018 | 10:08 AM

The Latest: Brennan says Trump is trying to silence critics August 16, 2018 | 6:52 AM

Brennan: Trump worked with Russians and now he's desperate August 16, 2018 | 12:42 AM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump overstates his role in black job gains August 16, 2018 | 12:22 AM

Scooter rental company Bird rolls out of Cambridge, Somerville August 15, 2018 | 10:40 PM

The laundromat in Lewiston where Kimberly Dobbie was killed. Albert Flick has been convicted of murder before, in the stabbing death of his wife nearly 40 years earlier.

'He never should have been on the streets' August 15, 2018 | 10:36 PM

Boston Globe editorial: Journalists are not the enemy August 15, 2018 | 9:22 PM

Officials: 4 state troopers to be suspended without pay August 15, 2018 | 7:03 PM

A police officer speaks to a man walking on New Haven Green, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in New Haven, Conn. A city official said more than a dozen people fell ill from suspected drug overdoses on the green and were taken to local hospitals. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

46 people overdosed at a New Haven park from synthetic marijuana August 15, 2018 | 6:48 PM

After Brennan, 9 others face losing security clearances, too August 15, 2018 | 5:53 PM

Senate study faults government care of migrant children August 15, 2018 | 5:13 PM

Trainer charged in death of Jerod Mayo's dog speaks out August 15, 2018 | 5:10 PM

Mashantucket, CT-02/15/13-Foxwoods Casino chief executive Scott Butera is known as a casino turnaround artist. A view of the Grand Pequot Hotel and MGM Hotel and casino(rt). Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (metro)

Man pleads guilty to sexual assault at Foxwoods casino August 15, 2018 | 5:04 PM

John Madaio, 63, of Paxton, was killed Monday after a crowbar flew through his windshield and struck him in the head.

Crowbar that killed Massachusetts lawyer seen in road long before accident August 15, 2018 | 4:50 PM

Modern Autobody in Brockton, MA.

Mass. man hot-wires dump truck, takes it for a spin August 15, 2018 | 4:44 PM

Man lying in Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru run over and killed, police say August 15, 2018 | 4:40 PM

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Boston officials shut down storage facility where people were living illegally August 15, 2018 | 4:32 PM

Richard Wade, 37, allegedly shot a woman whom had previously taken him in Wednesday morning.

A Rhode Island woman was shot through the front door of her home August 15, 2018 | 4:30 PM

The Latest: Trump connects Russia probe, action on Brennan August 15, 2018 | 4:20 PM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump on black unemployment August 15, 2018 | 3:51 PM

Trump yanks ex-CIA chief's clearance, hitting vocal critic August 15, 2018 | 2:53 PM

Dunkin' Donuts is bring back pumpkin-flavored coffee and some new seasonal items later this month.

Pumpkin isn't the only fall coffee flavor coming to Dunkin' Donuts this year August 15, 2018 | 2:50 PM

Fed rate policy unintentionally pressures emerging economies August 15, 2018 | 2:11 PM

Poll: Massachusetts dislikes Trump’s job performance more than any other state August 15, 2018 | 2:10 PM

A sign calling out Jim Koch, the co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Samuel Adams beer, for a pro-Trump statement. The sign hangs on a house visible from the parking lot in Jamaica Plain that the brewery uses.

'I made a lot of bots really angry': Somerville mayor doubles down on Sam Adams boycott August 15, 2018 | 12:06 PM

Nuke talks uncertain, US hits shippers with NKorea sanctions August 15, 2018 | 11:54 AM

Christine Hallquist sits outside a polling location in front of Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington, Vt., Aug. 14, 2018.

Christine Hallquist, a transgender woman, wins Vermont governor's primary August 15, 2018 | 11:05 AM