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A nurse prepares an injection of the influenza vaccine at Massachusetts General Hospital in a January 10, 2013 file photo.

3 questions—and answers—about the 2018-2019 flu season in Massachusetts

A man walks out of town hall where early voting is taking place, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, in North Andover, Mass. For the first time in Massachusetts, voters can cast their ballots for president before Election Day. Early voting began Monday and will continue through Nov. 4. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

What to know about 2018 early voting in Massachusetts

Dakota Ordway and daughter, Stella.

'We're just in the unknown': 21-year-old mother is still in a coma following N.H. crash

A great white shark feeds on the carcass of a dead finback whale off of Cape Cod on Oct. 14.

'You could actually hear people gasp' October 23, 2018 | 3:19 PM

From left, the iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and the iPhone XS Max.

Review: Apple's iPhone XR October 23, 2018 | 2:30 PM

Daysi Lorenzo, center, sells lottery tickets on Oct. 22, 2018, at La Preferida Superdiscount store in Hialeah, Florida.

What to know about the massive Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots October 23, 2018 | 2:26 PM

Denise and Thomas Atkocaitis

New Hampshire man and woman accused of confining a child in their basement for months October 23, 2018 | 2:01 PM

A digital billboard along I-90/94 highway in Chicago, displays the estimated Mega Millions jackpot.

What happens if you win the Mega Millions jackpot? October 23, 2018 | 1:45 PM

Haverhill Street in Rowley

A 31-year-old Gloucester man died after being hit by a car in Rowley October 23, 2018 | 1:30 PM

Mnuchin announces sanctions against 9 individuals October 23, 2018 | 12:36 PM

US health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off October 23, 2018 | 12:31 PM

Mailboxes stand outside the entrance to a house owned by philanthropist George Soros in Katonah, New York.

Bomb found in mailbox at philanthropist George Soros's suburban home October 23, 2018 | 12:15 PM

A University of Utah student was fatally shot by an ex-boyfriend, police say. He was then found dead in a church. October 23, 2018 | 12:00 PM

Shoppers walk past a Victoria's Secret store.

$6,514 worth of lingerie reported stolen from Victoria's Secret in N.H. October 23, 2018 | 11:58 AM

VP Pence: Khashoggi's death will not go without US response October 23, 2018 | 11:53 AM

Pedestrian struck and killed by vehicle in Massachusetts October 23, 2018 | 11:46 AM

Outside the Harvard University bookstore near campus in Cambridge.

Presiding over the Harvard admissions trial: A judge who was rejected from Harvard October 23, 2018 | 11:00 AM

The Latest: O'Connor says she likely has Alzheimer's October 23, 2018 | 10:36 AM

Sandra Day O'Connor announces likely Alzheimer's diagnosis October 23, 2018 | 10:12 AM

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. The canceled federal conference on climate change and health problem is back on but apparently minus the federal government. Former Vice President Al Gore, the University of Washington, the Harvard Global Health Institute and the American Public Health Association are resurrecting a climate change and health conference set for next month that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had planned then canceled in December. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Mass. health officials are investigating a 5th suspected case of a rare polio-like illness October 23, 2018 | 10:00 AM

Science Says: Sex and gender aren't the same October 23, 2018 | 1:26 AM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump overreaches in bragging about judges October 23, 2018 | 1:24 AM

Trump vilifies caravan, says he'll cut Central American aid October 23, 2018 | 12:55 AM

Boston marathon bomber's handwritten hospital notes released October 22, 2018 | 9:50 PM

Supreme Court: Ross can't be questioned in census suit October 22, 2018 | 8:42 PM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump overreaches in bragging about judges October 22, 2018 | 8:41 PM

Ladders the whale washes up on Cape Cod beach.

Well-known whale washes up dead on Cape Cod shore October 22, 2018 | 7:38 PM

The Latest: Michael Avenatti's former firm getting evicted October 22, 2018 | 6:08 PM

Marvin Brito is taken into Fitchburg District Court on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.

Fitchburg man pleads not guilty to manslaughter in death of daughter October 22, 2018 | 5:36 PM

Man dead, woman injured after shooting at New Hampshire home, authorities say October 22, 2018 | 4:48 PM

Vehicle crash in Yarmouth Saturday night.

27-year-old woman accused of using heroin prior to Cape Cod crash October 22, 2018 | 4:20 PM

Marty Walsh, Elizabeth Warren pledge solidarity with transgender community October 22, 2018 | 4:11 PM

Trump wants to push middle-income tax cut through Congress October 22, 2018 | 4:09 PM