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Black women are dying during childbirth. A new Mass. commission aims to find out why.

Police fatally shoot man during standoff in Worcester

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Emboldened by Chauvin verdict, protesters march against police brutality in Boston April 21, 2021 | 11:07 PM

People gather outside the municipal building after at least one Pasquotank County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a Black man while executing a search warrant, the sheriff's office said, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Elizabeth City, N.C. The deputy was wearing an active body camera at the time of the shooting, said Sheriff Tommy Wooten II, who declined to say how many shots the deputy fired or release any other details, citing a pending review by the State Bureau of Investigation.

Sheriff: Deputy fatally shot Black man while serving warrant April 21, 2021 | 10:04 PM

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Johnson & Johnson

Federal inspectors say more vaccines at troubled plant may be contaminated April 21, 2021 | 9:45 PM

This post was shared to the Fall River police department's Facebook page Wednesday.

Fall River police department considers disciplinary action after Facebook post criticizing George Floyd April 21, 2021 | 9:37 PM

House votes to curb power of presidency on travel bans April 21, 2021 | 7:06 PM

Zane Michael Floyd, a Nevada death row inmate convicted of killing four people and wounding a fifth in a shotgun attack at a Las Vegas supermarket in 1999.

Nevada inmate fighting execution seeks firing-squad option April 21, 2021 | 6:24 PM

The conceptual plan for the Copley Square redesign features a large raised platform and a wide plaza abutting Dartmouth Street and the Boston Public Library.

COPLEY REDESIGN

Check out the refined concept for the Copley Square redesign April 21, 2021 | 5:36 PM

SAN FERNANDO, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 2: A healthcare worker holds a specimen bag at a walk-up Covid-19 testing site on December 2, 2020 in San Fernando, California. California reported 20,759 new coronavirus cases today, a one-day record for the state, amid a new limited stay-at-home order in Los Angeles County. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Mass. reports 1,370 new COVID-19 cases, 13 new deaths April 21, 2021 | 5:02 PM

FILE -- Smith & Wesson AR-15 rifles for sale at a gun show in Loveland, Colo., Oct. 11, 2014. The military-style gun, a version of which was used in the Pulse night club mass shooting that left 50 dead on June 12, 2016, has become, simultaneously, one of most beloved and most vilified rifles in the country. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)

Massachusetts has a ban on assault weapons. Some lawmakers don't want them made here, either. April 21, 2021 | 4:43 PM

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021 file photo, a pharmacist holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y. Janssen Pharmaceuticals is a division of Johnson & Johnson. On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration released a report saying the now-idle Emergent Biosciences factory where a key contractor hired to help make Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was dirty, didn’t follow proper manufacturing procedures and had poorly trained staff, resulting in contamination of a batch of the vaccine. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Mass. reports 2,136,135 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 April 21, 2021 | 4:25 PM

A taxi driver is inoculated with the CoronaVac vaccine, developed by China's Sinovac laboratory against COVID-19, at a vaccination centre mounted at Carrasco airport in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones in Uruguay on April 08, 2021. - Although Uruguay was slow to get its immunization program off the ground, it has been progressing rapidly with around 22 percent of the population having received at least one vaccine dose. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP) (Photo by PABLO PORCIUNCULA/AFP via Getty Images)

A $13,000 flute was left in a cab in 2012. Boston police just recovered it. April 21, 2021 | 4:00 PM

A photo provided by the Minnesota Department of Corrections shows former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in a booking photo, provided on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd while in police custody last year. (Minnesota Department of Corrections via The New York Times) -- FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. --

Derek Chauvin is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day over fears for his safety April 21, 2021 | 3:35 PM

This undated photo provided by Amazon shows the Amazon One device at an Amazon Go store in Seattle. Amazon has introduced the new palm recognition technology in a pair of Seattle stores and sees broader uses in places like stadiums and offices. Customers at the stores near Amazon's campus in Washington can flash a palm for entry and to buy goods. (Amazon via AP)

Amazon begins rollout of pay-by-palm at Whole Foods April 21, 2021 | 1:32 PM

At this wedding, the bride and groom were the crashers April 21, 2021 | 1:11 PM

A Nevada 18-year-old was one of the 6 women who was found to have blood clots after J&J vaccine April 21, 2021 | 12:58 PM

Boston's Logan Airport parking garage.

Logan Airport deletes Earth Day tweet after ridicule April 21, 2021 | 12:39 PM

Joseph Birolini (left) and William Hickey (right).

Read the obituaries for Joseph Birolini and William Hickey, the two Pembroke high graduates killed in a crash April 21, 2021 | 11:43 AM

This image from a police body camera shows bystanders including Alyssa Funari, Charles McMillan, Christopher Martin, Donald Williams, Genevieve Hansen, and Darnella Frazier (third from right, filming), as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was recorded pressing his knee on George Floyd's neck last May.

Darnella Frazier

Darnella Frazier, teen who filmed Floyd's arrest, celebrates Chauvin's guilty verdict April 21, 2021 | 11:33 AM

Woman injured in shooting at South Boston park, police say April 21, 2021 | 11:30 AM

Worker dies in accident at submarine building facility April 21, 2021 | 11:27 AM

Boston-04/07/21 A long line waitrs outside the Hynes Convention Center where the CO)VID vaccine was given. Navy medical doctors, nurses and corpsmen from Viginia took buses up to Boston on orders from FEMA to give the COVID vaccinations to the thousands of people at the Hynes Convention Center who have appointments there. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

Se podrán vacunar todos los adultos de Massachusetts. Aquí le explicamos cómo conseguir turno más rápido. April 21, 2021 | 10:24 AM

Worcester, MA. - April 12: Governor Charlie Baker speaks to the media at the Family Health Center on April 12, 2021 in Worcester, Massachusetts. (Matt Stone/Pool)

Here's how the Boston mayoral hopefuls graded Charlie Baker's COVID-19 response April 21, 2021 | 10:13 AM

Val Demings

Demings vs. Jordan

‘Did I strike a nerve?’: Rep. Val Demings blasts Rep. Jim Jordan in confrontation over police support April 21, 2021 | 10:01 AM

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey speaks to reporters on April 13.

Read: Kim Janey's statement on Patrick Rose's Boston police internal file April 21, 2021 | 9:47 AM

Ayanna Pressley and Cori Bush

'The moment we heard the verdict, we held each other' April 21, 2021 | 9:23 AM

Jim Walker

Mass. board of education waives MCAS graduation requirement for Class of 2022 April 21, 2021 | 9:02 AM

A crowd gathers to protest in the neighborhood where a Columbus police officer fatally shot a teenage girl Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Columbus, Ohio, police officer fatally shoots Black teen girl swinging knife April 21, 2021 | 8:44 AM

AP sources: Biden to pledge halving greenhouse gases by 2030 April 21, 2021 | 12:07 AM

Local citizens confront police in the neighborhood where a Columbus police officer fatally shot a teenage girl, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio.

POLICE SHOOTING

Black teenage girl fatally shot by police in Columbus, Ohio, family says April 20, 2021 | 11:09 PM

Most of the Boston mayoral candidates want to reallocate money from the police. One does not. April 20, 2021 | 10:50 PM