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BOSTON, MA - 12/07/2020: 08walshcuts --The MBTA Green line passengers with masks on a weekday morning during COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Monday blasted proposed service cuts to the MBTA, asserting during a news conference that the measures would harm the most vulnerable city residents and cut hundreds of jobs. Let's take a look at t commuters (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Here are the MBTA cuts to subway and bus service taking effect March 14

These are the 19 Mass. communities with the highest rates of COVID-19

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Meet the 23-year-old who launched her own game company to teach people about systems of oppression

In this July 27, 2012 file photo, wild blueberries await harvesting in Maine.

Lawmakers want to restore native plants at National Parks March 7, 2021 | 9:53 AM

In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, people walk past a Microsoft office in New York. China-based government hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft's email server software to target U.S. organizations, the company said Tuesday, March 2, 2021.

Thousands of Microsoft customers may have been victims of hack tied to China March 7, 2021 | 9:24 AM

A U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., is refueled by a KC-135 “Stratotanker” in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020.

B-52s again fly over Mideast in US military warning to Iran March 7, 2021 | 8:36 AM

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Biden to mark 'Bloody Sunday' by signing voting-rights order March 7, 2021 | 7:53 AM

Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Another ex-aide calls Cuomo's office conduct inappropriate March 7, 2021 | 7:47 AM

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Boston rally calls for conviction in George Floyd case March 7, 2021 | 7:33 AM

In this image from video, Democratic senators stand as they wait for the announcement that the Senate version of the COVID-19 relief bill has passed by a vote of 50-49 in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, March 6, 2021.

$1.9T COVID-19 relief bill

Here’s what you need to know about the stimulus bill March 7, 2021 | 7:19 AM

A worker sanitizes a door at an entrance to a COVID-19 vaccination site, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, in Natick, Mass.

Mass. reports 1,495 new COVID-19 cases, 52 new deaths March 6, 2021 | 5:08 PM

Luis Valencia Torres, 103, received a vaccine and a birthday staff by Lowell General Hospital staff on March 5.

103-year-old celebrates birthday with a vaccine at Lowell hospital March 6, 2021 | 4:17 PM

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Central Falls, RI 3/1/21 Dr. Beata Nelken (cq) draws a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine. However, on further questioning of the woman who was to receive it, it was determined that she came one day too soon for her second shot. The drawn dose was returned to the refrigerated unit for later use. The city of Central Falls has become a hot spot for the coronavirus in Rhode Island. Nelken, the president and CEO of the 1-year-old Jenks Park Pediatrics (cq) practice, has stepped up by providing testing and vaccinations for the community. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff) Reporter: Ed Fitzpatrick

Mass. reports 679,369 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 March 6, 2021 | 4:14 PM

BOSTON, MA - June 20, 2019: Attorney General Maura Healey speaks during a press conference at the Attorney General's office in Boston, MA on June 20, 2019.( Attorney General Maura Healey, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, announced the takedown of a major fentanyl/heroin and cocaine trafficking operation.) section: metro reporter:

Electric supplier, Starion Energy, Inc., agrees to $10M settlement with Mass. AG's office March 6, 2021 | 2:49 PM

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as President Joe Biden speaks during an event to commemorate the 50 millionth COVID-19 shot, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Washington.

Dr. Anthony Fauci

Fauci warns U.S. could be headed for another virus spike March 6, 2021 | 2:11 PM

This 2015 file photo shows a view of a condo development in Danvers. Mass.

Massachusetts provides $46M in affordable housing grants March 6, 2021 | 1:24 PM

California OKs reopening of ball parks, Disneyland March 6, 2021 | 12:34 PM

$1.9T COVID bill

Highlights of the Senate-approved $1.9T COVID bill nearing final passage March 6, 2021 | 12:26 PM

Pope Francis and President Barham Salih of Iraq at the presidential palace in Baghdad on Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis arrived in Baghdad on Friday for a three-day visit to Iraq, undeterred by suggestions that his trip might fuel a surge in coronavirus cases, undaunted by the precarious security situation and committed to offering support to a Christian community decimated by years of war. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)

Pope visits Iraq

In a ‘blessed place,’ Francis urges respect for common humanity March 6, 2021 | 11:48 AM

George Floyd Square is shown on Feb. 8, 2021, in Minneapolis. Ten months after police officers brushed off George Floyd's moans for help on the street outside a south Minneapolis grocery, the square remains a makeshift memorial for Floyd who died at the hand of police making an arrest. The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will begin with jury selection on March 8.

Key events since George Floyd's arrest and death March 6, 2021 | 11:07 AM

This 2015 file photo shows Sirad Zahra of Mass Action Against Police Brutality speaking at a rally at Boston City Hall Plaza to protest the choking and police harassment of 18-year old Elvin Vargas by Boston Police officer Teddy Rivera on August 31, 2015, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Rally in the South End to call for action on police killing cases March 6, 2021 | 10:15 AM

$1.9 Trillion COVID-19 relief bill

Senate works through night with virus aid on path to passage March 6, 2021 | 10:03 AM

In this file photo dated Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, American poet Amanda Gorman recites a poem during the Inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, USA.

Amanda Gorman says security guard confronted her, saying she looked ‘suspicious’ March 6, 2021 | 9:49 AM

The Chip-in Farm in Bedford, as seen in this photo from 2016.

Egg industry warns of shortage in Mass. without legislative action March 6, 2021 | 9:34 AM

The Capitol is seen at dusk as work in the Senate is stalled on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, in Washington, Friday, March 5, 2021.

1.9 Trillion Stimulus plan

Minimum wage increase fails as 7 Democrats vote against the measure March 6, 2021 | 9:29 AM

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Walsh administration refuses to release internal affairs files of embattled police commissioner March 6, 2021 | 9:18 AM

Fighting Biden virus aid, GOP rekindles Obama-era strategy March 6, 2021 | 12:20 AM

BOSTON, MA - 3/5/2021 Khymani James, former student representative on the Boston School Committee, stands for a portrait outside of his home in Dorchester on Friday afternoon. James was sworn in as the student representative in September of 2020, but after months of not being heard, James resigned. He says he could no longer abide by the district's efforts to silence him and other students who were critical of the district. Erin Clark/Globe Staff

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'I am deeply disappointed': The Boston School Committee's student rep. resigned citing 'blatant disrespect' towards him March 5, 2021 | 5:43 PM

04/13/2014 MANCHESTER, NH L-R Governor Maggie Hassan (cq), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (cq), and Senator Kelly Ayotte (cq) greeted National Guard members during an event welcoming home the 237th Military Police Company of the New Hampshire Army National Guard (cq) at Southern New Hampshire University (cq) in Manchester. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Why did New Hampshire's two Democratic senators vote against a $15 minimum wage? March 5, 2021 | 5:25 PM

Fighting Biden virus aid, GOP rekindles Obama-era strategy March 5, 2021 | 5:12 PM

BOSTON, MA - 1/07/2021:Gia Brown, a LPN sanitizes a plexiglass compartment after testing a patient. A North End COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic site is set up on Tuesday 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The testing site has been moved into the alleyway directly behind NEW Health at 332 Hanover Street in order to provide more cover from the elements; the entrance is on North Bennet Street. Walk-up patients only. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Mass. reports 1,677 new COVID-19 cases, 25 new deaths March 5, 2021 | 5:01 PM

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Mass. education commissioner wins authority to force school districts to bring students back March 5, 2021 | 4:40 PM

BROCKTON, MA - 3/02/2021: 03brocktonschools -Freshman students walk the hallway in between classes during the bell break which normally would be packed by students. BACK TO IN PERSON CLASS for freshman at Brockton High School during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Massachusetts postpones MCAS testing for students March 5, 2021 | 4:33 PM