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Supporters of President Donald Trump rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, where people are protesting the presidential election results. They came from around the country, with different affiliations — QAnon, Proud Boys, a few elected officials, many everyday Americans. One allegiance united them.(Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Massachusetts woman punched in viral video before Capitol riot says 'I did nothing wrong'

Dean Kapsalis, 54, of Hudson, with his public defender Paul Mahoney.

Suspect allegedly shouted racial slur at victim before driving at him in Belmont fatal road rage incident

The unsolved mystery of the Wayland baked potatoes January 21, 2021 | 7:49 PM

Boston,MA - 9/24/2020: Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell addresses the media and confirm her bid for mayor outside Grant Manor in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, MA on September 24, 2020. Campbell announced Thursday that she is running for mayor in next year’s election, citing the need to make the city a more equitable and just place and saying it is time to address its history of racism. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19

Andrea Campbell grew up blocks away from 'Mass. and Cass.' Here's her plan to deal with it. January 21, 2021 | 7:14 PM

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks to reporters during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 21, 2021.

Fauci, unchained: The leading U.S. infectious-disease expert exults in being able to speak frankly January 21, 2021 | 6:42 PM

FILE -- Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, listens as Trump speaks during a news briefing in the White House in Washington, Sept. 27, 2020. Two dozen prominent lawyers, including judges and former federal prosecutors, signed a formal complaint seeking the suspension of Giuliani’s law license.

Prominent lawyers want Giuliani’s law license suspended over his work for Trump January 21, 2021 | 6:15 PM

New Bedford couple indicted for pandemic unemployment benefits fraud January 21, 2021 | 5:56 PM

Boston, MA - 1/21/2021: Parent Ross Dananberg hands off a specimen to Meredith Fried while dropping his daughter off at Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, MA on January 21, 2021. (Absent any state/federal testing plan, a temple member took it upon herself to set up a surveillance pool testing program for the after-school workers. It has now expanded to the students as well as workers from nearby childcare programs who are also desperate for testing. It allows them to safely continue in person programs.) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19

Mass. reports 4,821 new COVID-19 cases, 75 new deaths January 21, 2021 | 5:13 PM

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

Mass. man arrested for role in Capitol siege ordered to stay away from State House January 21, 2021 | 4:58 PM

Dr. Ashish Jha is one of the most quoted experts in his field.

World Health Organization

'Critically important': Here's why Dr. Ashish Jha praised President Biden's effort to rejoin WHO January 21, 2021 | 4:28 PM

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2020, file photo, patrons eat dinner outdoors in Boston's North End. More stringent coronavirus restrictions are now in effect in Massachusetts, including requiring restaurants to stop providing table service at 9:30 p.m. Liquor sales at restaurants and package stores will also shut down at 9:30 p.m. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Here's the full list of businesses affected by the early closure order being lifted January 21, 2021 | 3:55 PM

FOXBORO, MA - 1/21/2021: -22coronamain - Governor Charlie Baker speaking at a podium while on tour at the Gillette Stadium Mass Vaccination Site inside the Putnam Club. The governor was joined by Lt. Governor Karen Polito and others along Robert Kraft, Chief Executive Officer of the New England Patriots. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Massachusetts to lift business curfew and nighttime stay-at-home advisory January 21, 2021 | 3:07 PM

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, first responders including Foxboro Fire Chief Mike Kelleher, right, wait 15 minutes after receiving the Moderna vaccine at the Putnam Clubhouse at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. The push to inoculate Americans against the coronavirus is hitting a roadblock: A number of states are reporting they are running out of vaccine, and tens of thousands of people who managed to get appointments for a first dose are seeing them canceled. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, File)

Two new groups are now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Massachusetts January 21, 2021 | 2:35 PM

Gary Zerola.

Former Boston prosecutor facing new rape charge held without bail January 21, 2021 | 2:21 PM

Elizabeth Warren speaking to Rachel Maddow.

Elizabeth Warren

'I’m a 10 out of 10 tonight': Elizabeth Warren was flying high after Inauguration Day January 21, 2021 | 2:20 PM

A dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is placed into a syringe, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, in Boston.

VACCINE ROLLOUT

In Boston's hardest-hit neighborhoods, uncertainty and refusal to take a COVID-19 vaccine January 21, 2021 | 2:20 PM

Boston, MA - 4/13/20 - Trash bags full of N95 masks wait to be sorted on April 13, 2020. The Central Sterile Processing unit at Massachusetts General Hospital usually sanitizes metal instruments but during the COVID-19 crisis in less than a week the team has been restructured to ensure the masks cleaned by Battelle make it back to their original owners. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

Brigham and Women’s doctor urges Biden administration to push forward on better masks January 21, 2021 | 2:09 PM

Biden, Harris urged to 'repair the breach' in prayer service January 21, 2021 | 1:55 PM

Riley June Williams, of Harrisburg, is released from Dauphin County Prison on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Harrisburg, Pa.

Riley June Williams

Judge chides suspected Pelosi laptop thief: 'The Constitution prevails here today' January 21, 2021 | 1:55 PM

President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.

PANDEMIC RESPONSE

Biden unveils a national pandemic response plan that Trump resisted January 21, 2021 | 1:29 PM

Boston Dynamics

These dancing robots have been watched over 23 million times. Here's the story behind the viral video. January 21, 2021 | 1:24 PM

Former President Donald Trump and Melania Trump waves upon arrival from their final flight on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

From commander in chief to interloper in Palm Beach January 21, 2021 | 12:45 PM

Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Pollack speaks to reporters after touring improvements being made to the MBTA's blue line on May 27, 2020.

Stephanie Pollack

MassDOT Secretary Stephanie Pollack is heading to the Federal Highway Administration January 21, 2021 | 10:36 AM

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)

N.H. man charged with murder, assault in his mother's apparent homicide January 21, 2021 | 10:15 AM

As Joe Biden addressed the world, an unknown man in uniform stood watch over his son Beau's grave January 21, 2021 | 9:59 AM

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'I was honestly scared of writing such a poem' January 21, 2021 | 9:35 AM

Blank forms for the Powerball lottery sit in a bin at a local grocery store, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. Lottery players have a chance to win the largest jackpots in nearly two years as Tuesday's Mega Millions has grown to an estimated $625 million and Wednesday's Powerball to an estimated $550 million. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

The Powerball jackpot hit $731 million. A single winning ticket was sold. January 21, 2021 | 9:10 AM

FILE - Then Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden hugs Brayden Harrington at a campaign stop in Gilford, N.H. on Feb. 10, 2020. Harrington, who will be part of a primetime inaugural special, has a book coming out this summer. His picture story “Brayden Speaks Up” will be released Aug. 10. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

BRAYDEN AND BIDEN

Watch: N.H. teen who bonded with Biden over stuttering is featured in inauguration special January 20, 2021 | 10:44 PM

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the nation at the Celebrating America concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, after President Joe Biden's inauguration.. (Joshua Roberts/Pool photo via AP)

Watch: Vice President Harris delivers first speech to the nation January 20, 2021 | 10:32 PM

Valerie Gilbert, who posts dozens of times a day on Facebook to promote QAnon, with her dog, Milo, in New York, Jan. 12, 2021.

A QAnon ‘digital soldier’ marches on, undeterred by theory’s unraveling January 20, 2021 | 9:59 PM

Military helicopter crash kills 3 in training exercise in New York January 20, 2021 | 9:50 PM

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.

WH PRESS BRIEFING

White House press secretary Jen Psaki sets new tone in first Biden briefing January 20, 2021 | 9:33 PM