The main gate at the U.S. Army post at Fort Hood, Texas.
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( GLOBE IS POOL) Lowell,MA - 9/23/2020: Governor Charlie Baker takes questions from the media at Mill City BBQ and Brew in Lowell, MA, September 23, 2020. The officials spoke about Commonwealth Places Grants. (MassDevelopment has awarded $86,415 for 10 projects through the Commonwealth Places COVID-19 Response Round: Resurgent Places, a program made available specifically to assist local economic recovery efforts as community partners prepare public spaces and commercial districts to serve residents and visitors. Projects receiving awards include the creation of outdoor dining spaces, sidewalk retail venues, and partitions to support social distancing. Governor Charlie Baker, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, and MassDevelopment President and CEO Lauren Liss joined Lowell City Manager Eileen Donoghue, Do-it-Yourself Lowell Co-Founder Christopher Aurora Erickson, and African Community Center of Lowell Founder & Executive Director Gordon Halm to announce the grants today at Mill City BBQ & Brew in Lowell. ) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) coronavirus Covid-19 Commonwealth Places Announcement
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'A very, very, very panicky issue'
The John Adams Courthouse is home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
Policy
The Mass. SJC wants lawmakers to require more racial data collection on traffic stops September 23, 2020 | 6:05 PM
Gov. Mike Parson
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eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif.
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Health
A Mass. construction worker died from eating too much black licorice September 23, 2020 | 5:24 PM
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2020 ELECTION
Charlie Baker defends his endorsement of Susan Collins September 23, 2020 | 5:19 PM
Hanover, N.H.
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Aerial views of Middlebury College Campus from Mead Chapel steeple.
College
More New England colleges deal with quarantines, breaks in COVID-19 protocols September 23, 2020 | 4:05 PM
FILE - This July 3, 2019 file photo, shows James Jordan after a competency hearing at the U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Va. Jordan, charged with killing an Appalachian Trail hiker and attacking another with a hunting knife in Virginia, plans to use an insanity defense at his trial. He is scheduled to go on trial in January 2021 in the 2019 killing of Ronald Sanchez Jr., 43, of Oklahoma City, and the wounding of a female hiker. (David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier via AP)
AT killing
Insanity defense planned in Appalachian Trail killing September 23, 2020 | 2:45 PM
A student and teacher interact remotely.
Education
Are you impacted by the 16 school districts asked to resume in-person classes by the state? September 23, 2020 | 2:19 PM
COVID-19 RESPONSE
200,000 dead as Trump vilifies science, prioritizes politics September 23, 2020 | 2:05 PM
map of alleged police officer misconduct
POLICE REFORM
ACLU launches interactive map tracking incidents of alleged police misconduct in Mass. September 23, 2020 | 1:45 PM
FILE - This undated photo provided by Taylor family attorney Sam Aguiar shows Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky. (Courtesy of Taylor Family attorney Sam Aguiar via AP, File)
Breonna Taylor
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State transportation officials on Monday were alerted to unauthorized Trump 2020 ÒmarkingsÓ painted on the highway on Route 44, and crews plan to wipe the vandalized sections of the road clean, authorities said.
MassDOT
'Trump 2020' found spray painted along Route 44 in multiple Mass. towns September 23, 2020 | 12:52 PM
This September 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the company. Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if the single-dose vaccine can protect against the coronavirus. (Cheryl Gerber/Courtesy of Johnson & Johnson via AP)
Vaccine
A single-shot coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson will be tested in 60,000 people September 23, 2020 | 12:42 PM
MILTON, MA - 9/16/2020: Back to the classroom at Cunningham Elementary school in Milton for students walk with their parents. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO
Schools
Feared COVID outbreaks in schools yet to arrive, early data shows September 23, 2020 | 12:34 PM
ACA REPEAL
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Politics
Dear Donald, Dear Mr. President: A Trump-Nixon '80s tale September 23, 2020 | 11:58 AM
Boston -04/22/2020-Asia Mei, owner of Moonshine 152 restaurant stands in her doorway. She has been shut down due to COVID-19. Her corner bar and food served the local South Boston community. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)
Restaurants
Massachusetts eases COVID-19 seating rules for restaurants September 23, 2020 | 11:11 AM
A volunteer wearing glasses and a mask at a polling location in Des Moines, Iowa.
COVID-19
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Politics
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A pedestrian walks past the Maplecrest Rehabilitation and Living Center shown in Madison, Maine.
MAINE WEDDING
A Maine nursing home worker completed her shift despite virus symptoms. Now 7 residents are dead. September 23, 2020 | 10:00 AM
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks as Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) listens during a news conference September 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
SUPREME COURT
Here's what Boston.com readers think about whether Dems should 'pack the court' September 23, 2020 | 5:00 AM
Maine
Divers find body of missing canoeist in rural lake September 22, 2020 | 9:42 PM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif.
Politics
House easily passes stopgap funding bill, averting shutdown September 22, 2020 | 9:25 PM
In this Jan. 13, 2020, file photo Cindy McCain, wife of former Arizona Sen. John McCain, waves to the crowd after being acknowledged by Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey during his State of the State address.
Politics
Cindy McCain endorses Biden for president in rebuke of Trump September 22, 2020 | 8:27 PM
Twitter
Gilford, N.H.
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Kobe Bryant Crash Photos
Kobe Bryant
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FILE -- Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., July 15, 2020. Facebook has detected limited Chinese operations intended to both help and hurt President Donald Trump’s re-election chances, the company announced on Tuesday, September 22, the first public disclosure of Chinese efforts to influence the presidential election in November. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
presidential election
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Rhode Island
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