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Here’s David Epstein's Tropical Storm Isaias forecast

'Thin blue line' flags on fire trucks across Massachusetts meet support, opposition after Hingham controversy

U.S. District Judge George O'Toole speaks during the sentencing phase of the murder trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a courtroom sketch in Boston April 21, 2015. The government began making its case that convicted bomber Tsarnaev should be sentenced to death for the 2013 attack and its aftermath. REUTERS/Jane Collins FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES

A Northeastern professor wasn't surprised by the recent Tsarnaev ruling. Here's why.

The John Adams Courthouse is home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Court stops using 'grandfathering' because of racist origins August 3, 2020 | 7:08 PM

A student and teacher interact remotely.

Teachers union calls for continued remote learning in fall August 3, 2020 | 6:31 PM

In this Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 photo, a Cattail mosquito is held up for inspection at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute in Scarborough, Maine. Cattail mosquitos can transmit Eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus to humans. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach) / OUTTAKe 0910

A Plymouth County boy is the first human case of EEE recorded in Mass. this year August 3, 2020 | 5:23 PM

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Mass. reports 10 new COVID-19 deaths, 165 new cases August 3, 2020 | 4:16 PM

Boston Teachers Union nurses and staff are asking for a safe and equitable re-opening of the schools during the continuing coronavirus pandemic.

Reopening schools

Survey: Boston teachers want remote instruction this fall August 3, 2020 | 3:29 PM

A pair of hot-air balloons lie in a field just south of Teton Village — about six miles northwest of Jackson, Wyoming — after crashing Monday, Aug. 3, during what authorities are speculating was a weather event. A third balloon was also forced down.

3 Wyoming sightseeing balloons crash, as many as 20 injured August 3, 2020 | 3:02 PM

Judge Esther Salas

Judge whose son was killed by misogynistic lawyer speaks out August 3, 2020 | 2:23 PM

Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York.

TRUMP ORGANIZATION

Prosecutor seeking Trump's taxes cites probe of his business, 'allegations of possible criminal activity' August 3, 2020 | 2:02 PM

Ocean State Baptist Church

PRIEST ARRESTED

Retired Rhode Island pastor charged with molesting girl August 3, 2020 | 1:29 PM

The Midtown Hotel on Huntington Avenue will become a Northeastern dorm for the year. Colleges and universities are renting out hotels to house students this fall. Several are doing so, part of a plan to reduce density in their dorms while still housing students.

Universities in Boston look to hotels to help maintain social distancing August 3, 2020 | 1:03 PM

In a photo provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture, a number of states reported that residents were getting packages of seeds they did not order. A combination of packets of seeds from China sent to U.S. residents which recipients are asked to hold onto the packages and mailing labels and not plant the seeds. (U.S. Department of Agriculture via The New York Times) -- EDITORIAL USE ONLY --

U.S. identifies some of the mysterious seeds mailed from China August 3, 2020 | 12:55 PM

22-year-old dies after losing control of trail bike in N.H. state park August 3, 2020 | 12:36 PM

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Fla., released the photo Graham Ivan Clark, 17, after his arrest Friday, July 31, 2020. Clark is accused of hacking Twitter, gaining access to the account of Bill Gates, Elon Musk and many others. Clark was able to scam people around the glove of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office via AP)

From Minecraft tricks to Twitter hack: A Florida teen’s troubled online path August 3, 2020 | 12:24 PM

Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, during a coronavirus task force meeting in Washington, June 26, 2020. Birx and other top health officials in the Trump administration warn states of a deepening spread of the coronavirus, in both rural and urban areas.

Birx says U.S. epidemic is in a ‘new phase,' drawing rebuke from Trump August 3, 2020 | 11:50 AM

Kayleigh McEnany is the fourth White House press secretary since President Trump took office.

Kayleigh McEnany

Kayleigh McEnany heckles the press. Is that all? August 3, 2020 | 11:32 AM

Arrests over illicit party boat with 170 guests cruising around New York City August 3, 2020 | 11:03 AM

Bethlehem Township

'Not handling the pandemic well': Man fires at cops with AK-47 after refusing to wear a mask, police say August 3, 2020 | 10:33 AM

The COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool, developed by researchers at the Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory at Georgia Tech, shows you how likely you are to come across someone infected with the novel coronavirus -- at M Street Beach, for instance.

Interactive tool to determine your COVID-19 danger level is not for the faint of heart August 3, 2020 | 10:28 AM

Watch: Shark spotted off Nauset Beach August 3, 2020 | 10:00 AM

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her husband, Bruce, walk through a Black Lives Matter protest near the White House in Washington on June 2, 2020.

ELIZABETH WARREN

Elizabeth Warren’s journey on race is a preview of her party's August 3, 2020 | 9:21 AM

TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS

Forecasters issue tropical storm watch for southern New England ahead of arrival of Isaias August 3, 2020 | 9:02 AM

Sturgis

Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally expecting 250,000, stirring virus concerns August 2, 2020 | 7:33 PM

Danvers 4-year-old dies in apparent drowning after wandering away from home August 2, 2020 | 5:39 PM

Update: 2 Western Mass. towns reportedly see tornado touch down August 2, 2020 | 4:38 PM

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19. isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Credit: NIAID-RML

Here are the Mass. coronavirus cases and deaths reported Sunday August 2, 2020 | 4:13 PM

A kayaker and her pup paddled along the Charles River on July 26, 2020.

COVID-19 Closure

Paddle Boston temporarily shutters Allston location after worker tests positive for coronavirus August 2, 2020 | 2:55 PM

The Somerville Theatre in Davis Square remains closed in Somerville, MA on July 11, 2020.

Somerville Reopening

Somerville indefinitely delays Phase 3 of reopening plan due to rising coronavirus cases across Mass. August 2, 2020 | 1:47 PM

This file photo shows riders getting on a Green Line shuttle bus in 2017.

Bus shuttles to replace some Blue and Green Line trains throughout August August 2, 2020 | 1:30 PM

The U.S. flag was lowered to half-staff at Park Semper Fi in San Clemente, Calif., on Friday, July 31, 2020. Eight troops aboard a landing craft that sank off the Southern California coast during a training exercise are presumed dead, the Marine Corps announced Sunday.

Marines halt search for 8 missing troops, all presumed dead August 2, 2020 | 12:11 PM

Medical workers administer tests for the coronavirus at a clinic in Roxbury in June.

Free COVID-19 testing clinic to be held Monday in Roxbury August 2, 2020 | 12:03 PM