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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 22: A general view of Harvard University campus is seen on April 22, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard has fallen under criticism after saying it would keep the $8.6 million in stimulus funding the university received from the CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Photographer: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images North America

A top Indian journalist left her longtime job for a Harvard professorship. The offer was a hoax, she says.

Charlestown, MA, 09/14/17, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Senator Ed Markey came to see the dredging in Boston Harbor to officially kick off the Boston Harbor Dredging Project.
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Massachusetts officials respond to Joe Biden’s pandemic rescue bill

'I still feel sick to my stomach': Fall River store owner says he regrets role in Capitol riot

A researcher at Aalborg University stands behind a safety screen to analyze all positive Danish coronavirus samples for the virus variant cluster B117 from the United Kingdom, in Aalborg, Denmark on January 15, 2021, during the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.

Mass. health officials confirm first case of COVID-19 variant in state January 17, 2021 | 5:56 PM

Foxboro Police Officer Brendan Fayles waits 15 minutes before he can leave after receiving the Moderna vaccine at the Putnam Clubhouse at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.

Mass. reports 4,283 new COVID-19 cases, 67 new deaths January 17, 2021 | 5:14 PM

Virgin Orbit Boeing 747-400 rocket launch platform, named Cosmic Girl, takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave (MHV) on its second orbital launch demonstration in the Mojave Desert, north of Los Angeles.

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit reaches space on 2nd try January 17, 2021 | 3:52 PM

A police car burns after being set on fire in Boston, Sunday, May 31, 2020, following a march and gathering to protest the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25.

Mass. teen accused of torching Boston police cruiser detained at NY airport January 17, 2021 | 3:15 PM

Records: Trump allies behind rally that ignited Capitol riot January 17, 2021 | 2:14 PM

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny detained after landing in Moscow January 17, 2021 | 1:40 PM

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Massachusetts State House fortified, police gather as precaution ahead of presidential inauguration January 17, 2021 | 1:19 PM

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Coronavirus stories

400,000: The invisible deaths of covid-19 January 17, 2021 | 12:46 PM

President-elect Joe Biden waves as he leaves The Queen theater, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Wilmington, Del.

Biden vows rapid steps to battle virus after inauguration January 17, 2021 | 12:34 PM

Adoption Supervisor Naomi Johnston (cq) plays with Camilla (cq), a 5 year old pit bull mix, at the Animal Rescue League of Boston (cq). Camilla was just taken from the Boston animal shelter on June 27th.

Animal Rescue League builds new facility in Dedham January 17, 2021 | 11:53 AM

Record producer Phil Spector is seen in this 1989 file photo. Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who was later convicted of murder, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, at age 81.

Phil Spector, famed music producer and murderer, dies at 81 January 17, 2021 | 11:39 AM

Pet mayors help Vermont town raise $100k for playground January 17, 2021 | 11:18 AM

Beetle keeps rivals off scent of food buried for offspring January 17, 2021 | 11:02 AM

Biden Administration

Biden outlines 'Day One' agenda of executive actions January 17, 2021 | 10:49 AM

Man arrested for string of Roslindale, Roxbury vehicle break-ins and thefts January 17, 2021 | 10:13 AM

Vice President-elect Harris to resign her Senate seat Monday January 17, 2021 | 9:50 AM

Capitol Riot Arrests

From Baked Alaska to a guy with horns: notable riot arrests January 17, 2021 | 9:35 AM

A police barricade blocking a street near the White House in Washington on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. The U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man at a security checkpoint in Washington on Friday, Jan. 15, after he flashed what an officer described as an “unauthorized” inauguration credential and a search of his truck found an unregistered handgun and more than 500 rounds of ammunition, the authorities said. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)

Amid fears of Inauguration violence, man with gun and ‘unauthorized’ credential is arrested in Washington January 17, 2021 | 9:25 AM

CVS and Walgreens, which are largely responsible for vaccinating residents and workers in long-term care facilities, are on track to make at least initial vaccination visits to nearly all nursing homes they are working with by Jan. 25.

Frustrations boil at pace of vaccinations at long-term care facilities January 16, 2021 | 5:29 PM

Health workers place a swab in a tube after taking a nasal sample from a pedestrian for COVID-19 during a free, government testing campaign in Panama City, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Panama is waiting for its first shipment of doses of the vaccine against the new coronavirus, expected next week.

Mass. reports 5,657 new COVID-19 cases, 74 new deaths January 16, 2021 | 5:21 PM

FILE -- A "Trump 2020" campaign sign is seen in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool near the Capitol in Washington on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, after rioters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Wednesday. The events of Jan. 6 appear to have damaged President Trump in his final days in office in a way that finally moved the needle as his approval rating reaches 29 percent, the lowest of his presidency, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)

Trump will leave office with the worst approval rating of his presidency January 16, 2021 | 4:26 PM

Biden Administration

Biden says his advisers will lead with 'science and truth' January 16, 2021 | 3:56 PM

The sign in front of the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is damaged as seen in the early morning hours at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, after protesters stormed the Capitol.

Missouri woman seen with Pelosi sign charged in DC riot January 16, 2021 | 3:00 PM

Far-right personality 'Baked Alaska' arrested in riot probe January 16, 2021 | 2:39 PM

City Councilors and candidates for mayor Michelle Wu, left, and Andrea Campbell

Capitol Riot Fallout

Michelle Wu and Andrea Campbell say they would fire city employees who attended Capitol riot January 16, 2021 | 2:14 PM

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks from the Senate floor to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Now that the House has impeached President Donald Trump for the second time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi must figure out the best strategy for arguing the case before the Senate. Senate rules say the trial must start soon after the chamber receives the article of impeachment, which cites “incitement of insurrection” after an angry mob of Trump’s supporters invaded the Capitol last week.

2nd Impeachment Trial

Trump trial pending, McConnell calls it 'vote of conscience' January 16, 2021 | 1:30 PM

Whiskey tasting room manager Melinda Maddox moves a propane-fueled outdoor space heater in downtown Fort Collins, Colo., in preparation for opening on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Maddox and other bar and restaurant managers say they've sometimes struggled to find propane necessary for space heaters while they seat customers outside to comply with coronavirus public health restrictions.

Restaurants, bars scramble for propane amid pandemic winter January 16, 2021 | 11:49 AM

This Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 image shows the suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump.

Inside Twitter’s decision to cut off Trump January 16, 2021 | 11:13 AM

Joanne Rogers stands in front of a giant Mister Rogers Forever Stamp following the first-day-of-issue dedication in Pittsburgh on March 23, 2018. Rogers, the widow of Fred Rogers, the gentle TV host who entertained and educated generations of preschoolers on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” has died. She was 92.

Joanne Rogers, Mister Rogers’ Mrs., is dead at 92 January 16, 2021 | 10:43 AM

This cropped 2015 photo provided by Shawn Nolan Chief, Capital Habeas Unit Community Federal Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, shows Dustin Higgs at the Federal Prison in Terre Haute, Ind.

U.S. executes Dustin Higgs for role in 1996 murders January 16, 2021 | 10:23 AM