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A runner passes through an arch on the campus of Boston University on May 20.

Mass. college presidents have released a 'framework' for how campuses can reopen. Here's what it says.

Mass. releases data on number of COVID-19 deaths at each long-term care facility

Senator Elizabeth Warren has emerged as a favorite of some Democrats to be former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s running mate.

Why a top Democratic pollster is urging Joe Biden to pick Elizabeth Warren as his running mate

Analysis: Trump fuels new tensions in moment of crisis May 29, 2020 | 5:40 PM

A masked server delivers lunch to a table at the Nuevo Vallarta Mexican Restaurant in Manchester, N.H., Monday, May 18, 2020. The restaurant, which closed their inside dining area in March due to business restrictions created by the COVID-19 virus outbreak, reopened Monday as New Hampshire restaurants were allowed to serve their customers with outdoor table service. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

How the new Massachusetts restaurant reopening rules will change the dining experience May 29, 2020 | 5:35 PM

Gov. Charlie Baker speaks at his daily coronavirus press conference in the Gardner Auditorium of the State House on Friday.

'I can’t imagine why people wouldn’t want to get out on the streets and make a point about it' May 29, 2020 | 4:59 PM

'I can't breathe' a rally cry anew for police protests in US May 29, 2020 | 4:04 PM

Julio Cortez / AP

'I didn’t think of it as a contest winner. I thought it told a story.' May 29, 2020 | 4:00 PM

Necco Wafers are coming back, nearly exactly as they were before May 29, 2020 | 3:52 PM

Boston, MA - 4/3/2020: Doctor Patrick Hyland rides a Green Line train home from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where he works in the internal medicine department in Boston, MA on April 03, 2020.
The MBTA moved to a modified Saturday schedule across the system on March 17 in response to reduced ridership because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
(“These further revisions will continue to support critical travel needs of those who are essential to slowing the spread of this virus,” Steve Poftak, general manager of the MBTA, said in the statement. “These revisions, along with the additional precautions we are implementing to protect the health and safety of our workforce, will ensure we can continue to provide critical transportation services.”) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: Metro reporter: Coronavirus Covid-19

Here are the latest CDC coronavirus death projections for Massachusetts May 29, 2020 | 3:35 PM

Rice's Beach cleared in Beverly on Wednesday.

Beach cleared, closed after crowd doesn't properly socially distance May 29, 2020 | 3:24 PM

Boston, MA - 5/11/20 - Gov. Charlie Baker gives a press conference on May 11 in the Gardner Auditorium of the State House over Massachusetts approach to re-opening the economy. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

Watch: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update May 29, 2020 | 2:08 PM

A demonstrator holding a sign jumps up and down so police officers behind the front lines could see it, outside the Oakdale, Minn,, home of fired Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin on Wednesday evening, May 27, 2020. The mayor of Minneapolis called Wednesday for criminal charges against the white police officer seen on video kneeling against the neck of Floyd George, a handcuffed black man who complained that he could not breathe and died in police custody. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)

Fired Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on George Floyd's neck, charged with murder May 29, 2020 | 1:31 PM

Washington DC starts to reopen, but not everyone is ready May 29, 2020 | 1:06 PM

LOWELL MA. - MAY 28: Mass Gov Charlie Baker gives his daily press conference at the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub on May 28, 2020 in Lowell, MA. (Stuart Cahill/Pool)

What Charlie Baker had to say about the new coronavirus data on Massachusetts nursing homes May 29, 2020 | 12:48 PM

FDA finds contamination in several brands of diabetes drug May 29, 2020 | 12:46 PM

Rutland Police Det. John Songy dies from COVID-19 May 29, 2020 | 12:27 PM

A mural to George Floyd at the intersection where he died in police custody in Minneapolis, May 28, 2020. A wave of protests erupted across South Minneapolis overnight and into Thursday, with the police firing tear gas and rubber bullets as people set buildings on fire and looted stores days after George Floyd, an African-American man, died in police custody. (Jenn Ackerman/The New York Times)

Barack Obama issues statement on the death of George Floyd May 29, 2020 | 12:18 PM

Stephen Maturen / Getty Images

‘It is white people who need to do more’: Maura Healey calls for officers to be charged in George Floyd’s death May 29, 2020 | 11:24 AM

What CNN reporter Omar Jimenez said after being arrested on live TV in Minneapolis May 29, 2020 | 9:40 AM

EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - Protesters gesture after the Minneapolis police 3rd Precinct building was set on fire Thursday night, May 28, 2020, during demonstrations over the Monday death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)

Minneapolis police station torched amid George Floyd protests May 29, 2020 | 9:16 AM

David C. Bachini Jr., Cape Cod local and Vietnam veteran, dies at 70

David C. Bachini Jr., Cape Cod local and Vietnam veteran, dies at 70 May 29, 2020 | 8:00 AM

Twitter obscures, warns on Trump tweet 'glorifying violence' May 29, 2020 | 7:17 AM

This picture taken on May 23, 2020, in Los Angeles, California, shows a woman looking at a computer screen with a tweet by the New York Times newspaper account showing the early edition front page of May 24, 2020, with a list of 1,000 names printed on it, that represents 1% of the lives lost due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, in the US. (Photo by Agustin PAULLIER / AFP) (Photo by AGUSTIN PAULLIER/AFP via Getty Images)

Scores of Mass. residents were included in the NYT tribute to COVID-19 victims May 29, 2020 | 5:00 AM

An out of order payphone.

Remote Maine town decides to remove its only public payphone May 28, 2020 | 9:55 PM

Trump ally Stone won't need to go to prison quarantine site May 28, 2020 | 7:48 PM

Jennie Stejna, 103, enjoyin a Bud Light.

'She didn't give up': 103-year-old woman celebrates COVID-19 recovery with Bud Light May 28, 2020 | 5:51 PM

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, May 27, 2020, after traveling to Florida.

Trump escalates war on Twitter, social media protections May 28, 2020 | 5:17 PM

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How authorities ultimately captured alleged killer Peter Manfredonia May 28, 2020 | 3:56 PM

FRONTLINE WORKERS

'Absolutely outrageous': Boston's frontline workers say employers insist those with COVID-19 didn't get it at work May 28, 2020 | 3:44 PM

Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito speak during a daily press conference on the state's coronavirus response on April 15, 2020 at the Massachusetts State House in Boston. (Sam Doran/Pool)

Watch: Charlie Baker's coronavirus update May 28, 2020 | 3:32 PM

A staff member at Pure Oasis recreational marijuana store, center, walks past a line of customers standing in line outside the store, Tuesday, May 26, in Boston.

Mass. pot shops reopen, but some fear another shutdown May 28, 2020 | 2:45 PM

Donna M. Morrissey, American Red Cross executive and former archdiocese spokeswoman, dies at 51

Donna M. Morrissey, American Red Cross executive and former archdiocese spokeswoman, dies at 51 May 28, 2020 | 2:34 PM