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The Somerville Theatre in Davis Square remains closed in Somerville, MA on July 11, 2020.

Somerville indefinitely delays Phase 3 of reopening plan due to rising coronavirus cases across Mass.

In this May, 22, 2019, file photo, a woman walks with her dogs at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Mass., where a boogie boarder was bitten by a shark in 2018 and later died of his injuries.

Great white shark sightings temporarily close Wellfleet beach

A kayaker and her pup paddled along the Charles River on July 26, 2020.

Paddle Boston temporarily shutters Allston location after worker tests positive for coronavirus

Judge Esther Salas

Judge whose son was killed by misogynistic lawyer speaks out August 3, 2020 | 2:23 PM

Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York.

TRUMP ORGANIZATION

Prosecutor seeking Trump's taxes cites probe of his business, 'allegations of possible criminal activity' August 3, 2020 | 2:02 PM

U.S. District Judge George O'Toole speaks during the sentencing phase of the murder trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a courtroom sketch in Boston April 21, 2015. The government began making its case that convicted bomber Tsarnaev should be sentenced to death for the 2013 attack and its aftermath. REUTERS/Jane Collins FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES

What to know about the decision overturning the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev August 3, 2020 | 1:46 PM

Ocean State Baptist Church

PRIEST ARRESTED

Retired Rhode Island priest arrested and charged with molesting girl August 3, 2020 | 1:29 PM

The Midtown Hotel on Huntington Avenue will become a Northeastern dorm for the year. Colleges and universities are renting out hotels to house students this fall. Several are doing so, part of a plan to reduce density in their dorms while still housing students.

Universities in Boston look to hotels to help maintain social distancing August 3, 2020 | 1:03 PM

In a photo provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture, a number of states reported that residents were getting packages of seeds they did not order. A combination of packets of seeds from China sent to U.S. residents which recipients are asked to hold onto the packages and mailing labels and not plant the seeds. (U.S. Department of Agriculture via The New York Times) -- EDITORIAL USE ONLY --

U.S. identifies some of the mysterious seeds mailed from China August 3, 2020 | 12:55 PM

22-year-old dies after losing control of trail bike in N.H. state park August 3, 2020 | 12:36 PM

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Fla., released the photo Graham Ivan Clark, 17, after his arrest Friday, July 31, 2020. Clark is accused of hacking Twitter, gaining access to the account of Bill Gates, Elon Musk and many others. Clark was able to scam people around the glove of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office via AP)

From Minecraft tricks to Twitter hack: A Florida teen’s troubled online path August 3, 2020 | 12:24 PM

Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, during a coronavirus task force meeting in Washington, June 26, 2020. Birx and other top health officials in the Trump administration warn states of a deepening spread of the coronavirus, in both rural and urban areas.

Birx says U.S. epidemic is in a ‘new phase,' drawing rebuke from Trump August 3, 2020 | 11:50 AM

Kayleigh McEnany is the fourth White House press secretary since President Trump took office.

Kayleigh McEnany

Kayleigh McEnany heckles the press. Is that all? August 3, 2020 | 11:32 AM

Arrests over illicit party boat with 170 guests cruising around New York City August 3, 2020 | 11:03 AM

Bethlehem Township

'Not handling the pandemic well': Man fires at cops with AK-47 after refusing to wear a mask, police say August 3, 2020 | 10:33 AM

The COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool, developed by researchers at the Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory at Georgia Tech, shows you how likely you are to come across someone infected with the novel coronavirus -- at M Street Beach, for instance.

Interactive tool to determine your COVID-19 danger level is not for the faint of heart August 3, 2020 | 10:28 AM

Watch: Shark spotted off Nauset Beach August 3, 2020 | 10:00 AM

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her husband, Bruce, walk through a Black Lives Matter protest near the White House in Washington on June 2, 2020.

ELIZABETH WARREN

Elizabeth Warren’s journey on race is a preview of her party's August 3, 2020 | 9:21 AM

TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS

Forecasters issue tropical storm watch for southern New England ahead of arrival of Isaias August 3, 2020 | 9:02 AM

Sturgis

Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally expecting 250,000, stirring virus concerns August 2, 2020 | 7:33 PM

Danvers 4-year-old dies in apparent drowning after wandering away from home August 2, 2020 | 5:39 PM

Update: 2 Western Mass. towns reportedly see tornado touch down August 2, 2020 | 4:38 PM

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19. isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Credit: NIAID-RML

Here are the Mass. coronavirus cases and deaths reported Sunday August 2, 2020 | 4:13 PM

This file photo shows riders getting on a Green Line shuttle bus in 2017.

Bus shuttles to replace some Blue and Green Line trains throughout August August 2, 2020 | 1:30 PM

The U.S. flag was lowered to half-staff at Park Semper Fi in San Clemente, Calif., on Friday, July 31, 2020. Eight troops aboard a landing craft that sank off the Southern California coast during a training exercise are presumed dead, the Marine Corps announced Sunday.

Marines halt search for 8 missing troops, all presumed dead August 2, 2020 | 12:11 PM

Medical workers administer tests for the coronavirus at a clinic in Roxbury in June.

Free COVID-19 testing clinic to be held Monday in Roxbury August 2, 2020 | 12:03 PM

In this screen grab from NASA TV, SpaceX 's Crew Dragon capsule spacecraft just before it splashes down in to the water after completing NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, August 2, 2020 off the coast of Pensacola, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico.

SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years August 2, 2020 | 11:47 AM

Tropical Storm Isaias

A weakened Tropical Storm Isaias lashes virus-hit Florida August 2, 2020 | 10:43 AM

A nearly empty Harvard Yard at Harvard University last month.

BACK TO SCHOOL?

Colleges are touting tech to calm students paying up for remote classes. It doesn't seem to be working. August 2, 2020 | 10:34 AM

In this Friday, July 31, 2020, file photo, fan cutouts sit in seats behind home plate at Miller Park after it was announced that the baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Cardinals in Milwaukee, was postponed after two Cardinals employees tested positive for the coronavirus. One more player and three staff members with the Cardinals have tested positive for the coronavirus, leading to the postponement of their game on Saturday against the Brewers, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Major League Baseball

More games postponed with 4 more coronavirus cases for Cardinals August 2, 2020 | 9:56 AM

Former town treasury employee charged with stealing over $100,000 from Great Barrington faces October trial August 2, 2020 | 9:12 AM

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg waited 4 months to say her cancer had returned August 2, 2020 | 8:30 AM

A man opens social media app 'Tik Tok' on his cell phone, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 21, 2020.

Q&A: What would a US ban on Chinese-owned app TikTok mean? August 2, 2020 | 8:20 AM