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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker listens as Mary Lou Sudders, Secretary of Health and Human Services speaks. He briefed the media on the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic at the Massachusetts State House.

Pool Photo. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

'There's just no way around it': Massachusetts officials say Thanksgiving must be 'different'

Quincy, Ma--March 23, 2020-Stan Grossfeld/Boston Globe.
A shopper leaves the 99 Ranch Market in Quincy during a snow squall

6 maps predicting Friday's snowfall in Massachusetts

'The Herald's small editorial group sure as hell doesn't speak for me'

Hurricane Zeta

At least 1 dead as Hurricane Zeta hammers Gulf Coast October 28, 2020 | 11:02 PM

Melina Mara

Desperate voters book last-minute flights to the polls October 28, 2020 | 9:59 PM

Supreme Court rules North Carolina can count ballots received 9 days after the election October 28, 2020 | 9:51 PM

In this June 24, 2019, file photo, Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, of West Springfield, Mass., stands during his arraignment in district court in Springfield.

NTSB release details in crash that killed 7 motorcyclists October 28, 2020 | 7:11 PM

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 28: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing with big tech companies October 28, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee is discussing reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. (Photo by Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)

Ed Markey questions Mark Zuckerberg about potential Trump posts during the election October 28, 2020 | 7:01 PM

Kimberly Budd

Budd set to be 1st Black female chief of state Supreme Court October 28, 2020 | 6:07 PM

Commissioner Jeffrey Riley, with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, speaks in June.

Mass. DESE commissioner: Schools in 'red zones' should remain open until evidence of COVID-19 transmission is seen October 28, 2020 | 5:31 PM

Swampscott Trump rallies have included KKK robe, man in blackface, Confederate flag October 28, 2020 | 4:52 PM

BOSTON, MA - 10/05/2020: 06covidmetrics---Sandra Munera, a LPN at NEW Health Charlestown in the Crossroads Resource Center prepares to give a passenger of a drive up a COVID-19 test. The Massachusetts state COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic numbers are getting worse. At the NEW Health Charlestown site on Tufts Street in the Crossroads Resource Center; a walk-up and drive-through for COVID-19 testing was set up for those with appointments available Monday through Friday, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Mass. reports 36 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,137 new cases October 28, 2020 | 4:04 PM

29SJC - BOSTON MA. - OCTOBER 28: Mass Gov Charlie Baker speaks as the Gov. introduces Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice Kimberly Budd as his pick to head the state supreme court on October 28, 2020 in Boston, MA.

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Charlie Baker calls Connecticut adding Mass. to its travel advisory a 'bad idea' October 28, 2020 | 3:34 PM

Thousands wait for shuttle buses following a Make America Great Again! campaign rally with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, in Omaha, Neb. Several people were taken to hospitals after the rally for President Trump that drew thousands, many of whom were left stranded miles from their parked cars in freezing weather. (Anna Reed/The World-Herald via AP)

7 taken to hospitals after Trump Omaha airport rally, police say October 28, 2020 | 2:55 PM

Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius

The BPS superintendent said some students could return to buildings Thursday — comments that were quickly walked back October 28, 2020 | 2:45 PM

Time Warp

Yes, that's Elizabeth Warren doing the Time Warp in Tenacious D's get-out-the-vote video October 28, 2020 | 2:29 PM

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2016, file photo, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice Kimberly Budd smiles during a swearing-in ceremony at Faneuil Hall in Boston. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, Gov. Charlie Baker nominated Budd to become chief of the state's highest court. If confirmed, Budd would become its first Black chief justice. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Kimberly Budd set to be 1st Black female chief of Mass. Supreme Court October 28, 2020 | 1:19 PM

I-95 near the I-93 exit in Canton, Mass.

35-year-old N.H. woman seriously injured after being struck by car in alleged domestic incident along I-95 October 28, 2020 | 12:58 PM

Skaters wear masks at the Mitchell Johansson Method, an elite skating program held at the Cronin Rink in Revere.

Why did Massachusetts shut down ice rinks? Charlie Baker says blame the adults. October 28, 2020 | 12:53 PM

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

‘This is a complete fabrication’: Harvard doctor slams Trump's claim he ended COVID-19 pandemic October 28, 2020 | 9:35 AM

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

COVID-19 SPREAD

Baker: Surge in new virus cases driven by people under 30 October 28, 2020 | 8:20 AM

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Read the full coronavirus guidelines for Thanksgiving this year in Massachusetts October 28, 2020 | 5:00 AM

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

New York discourages travel to Massachusetts October 27, 2020 | 9:00 PM

The scene of the Back Bay incident.

Shots fired in Back Bay, no injuries reported October 27, 2020 | 7:05 PM

Pfizer CEO all but rules out vaccine before Election Day October 27, 2020 | 6:53 PM

Sign advertising apparent strip club in Epping, N.H.

STRIP CLUB PRANK

N.H. man pranked by sign advertising strip club on his property October 27, 2020 | 6:29 PM

University of Maine student accused of voting as roommate October 27, 2020 | 5:45 PM

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 7, 2019, file courtroom drawing, defendant Keith Raniere, center, leader of the secretive group NXIVM, is seated between his attorneys.

NXIVM sex-cult head Raniere gets 120 years in prison October 27, 2020 | 5:32 PM

N.H. woman allegedly accesses state court system, drops charges against herself October 27, 2020 | 4:58 PM

A medical staffer performs swabs to test for coronavirus, in the Military barracks of Cecchignola in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. As Italy faces a new wave of COVID-19 infections, the Italian military is helping healthcare services in the effort to contain infection. Defense minister Lorenzo Guerini has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Health Ministery to provide temporary drive-through structures in to perform nose and throat swabs to increase the daily Covid-19 testing capacity of the country. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Mass. reports 7 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,025 new cases October 27, 2020 | 4:03 PM

10coronamain - Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito listens to Gov. Charlie Baker speak during the state's daily coronavirus press conference at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on Sept. 9, 2020. (Sam Doran/Pool)

Charlie Baker comes out against ranked choice voting ballot measure in Massachusetts October 27, 2020 | 2:50 PM

The message wall that has since been taken from Plymouth Skatepark.

Plymouth may close skatepark after mask awareness wall disappears in the night October 27, 2020 | 2:22 PM

Jabin Botsford

Trump picked up an endorsement from The Boston Herald, while The N.H. Union Leader broke tradition for Biden October 27, 2020 | 2:00 PM