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N.H. confirms: Mass. residents will be allowed to come over the border for the vaccine

MBTA map of the Green Line Extension at Ruggles station in Boston.

New details emerge about the MBTA's Green Line Extension

Hundreds of motorists line up at the Whale's Tooth parking lot in New Bedford, Mass., to be tested for COVID-19. (Peter Pereira/The Standard-Times via AP)

What an epidemiologist says you should know about the P.1 variant in Mass.

Brooklyn Center, Minn.

Police chief: Minnesota officer meant to draw Taser, not handgun, before shooting suspect April 12, 2021 | 1:54 PM

Taylor Swift sported a fashionable mask at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021.

Would you wear a mask after the pandemic? (Yes, we said after.) April 12, 2021 | 1:35 PM

25WBZ - WBZ anchors Liam Martin and Anaridis Rodriguez. (WBZ)

WBZ anchor Liam Martin shares he tested positive for COVID-19 April 12, 2021 | 12:27 PM

A handler walks Major, one of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's dogs, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Major Biden is getting professional training after biting incidents April 12, 2021 | 11:41 AM

Kent State University student Marz Anderson gets his Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination from nurse Beth Krul Thursday, April 8, 2021.

THE END OF MASKING

A vaccine study in college students will help determine when it's safe to take masks off April 12, 2021 | 11:11 AM

Vista Del Mar, Ms. Hostetter’s school, recently let her return to work.Credit...Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times

Kristine Hostetter

A teacher marched to the Capitol. When she got home, the fight began. April 12, 2021 | 11:10 AM

Vehicles drive on the main Black Rock road, covered with ash coming from the St. Vincent eruption of La Soufriere volcano, on the outskirts of Bridgetown, Barbados, Sunday, April 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Brandis)

La Soufriere volcano

'Huge' explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps erupting April 12, 2021 | 10:40 AM

Streams of smoke fill the air and loud bangs could be heard as the police in Brooklyn Center, Minn., tried to disperse crowds near the Police Department on Sunday night, April 11, 2021, following a police involved shooting. A police officer in Minnesota fatally shot a motorist on Sunday in the city of Brooklyn Center, about 10 miles north of Minneapolis where a police officer is on trial and charged with murdering George Floyd last year, the authorities and witnesses said. (Liam James Doyle/The New York Times)

Brooklyn Center, Minn.

Protesters clash with police after Minnesota officer shoots Black man April 12, 2021 | 10:16 AM

Dorchester, MA -- 4/11/21 -- A neighbor lit a candle and added it to the makeshift memorial as family, neighbors and friends gathered to morn the loss of Delois Brown, a grandmother who was shot and killed while sitting on her front porch enjoying the weather on Olney Street yesterday. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

'This could have been any one of our families' April 12, 2021 | 10:15 AM

Americans are still spanking their kids. A new study shows how harmful that is. April 12, 2021 | 9:54 AM

Arrest made in overdose death of Concord, N.H., man April 12, 2021 | 9:41 AM

In this image made from Windsor (Va.) Police video, a police officer uses a spray agent on Caron Nazario on Dec. 20, 2020.

Officer accused of force in stop of Black Army officer fired April 12, 2021 | 9:41 AM

1 dead in motorcycle crash April 12, 2021 | 9:35 AM

Northborough

21-year-old Worcester woman killed in Northborough crash April 12, 2021 | 9:14 AM

Boston-04/07/21 A long line waitrs outside the Hynes Convention Center where the CO)VID vaccine was given. Navy medical doctors, nurses and corpsmen from Viginia took buses up to Boston on orders from FEMA to give the COVID vaccinations to the thousands of people at the Hynes Convention Center who have appointments there. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

What to know about the COVID-19 vaccination effort in Mass. this week April 12, 2021 | 9:10 AM

Statistics that show that businesses like dollar stores, which sell highly processed foods, tend to crop up in poor and minority neighborhoods.

Racism & Obesity

Racism and obesity are inextricably linked, says a Harvard doctor April 12, 2021 | 7:18 AM

Pedestrians in New York, April 7, 2021. More than 150,000 people per day visited Times Square in New York over Easter weekend, the highest number in a year. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)

Travel continues to rebound in the U.S. April 12, 2021 | 12:10 AM

Two people were spotted leaving this car Friday, police say.

Newton police release surveillance video after 5 home break-ins on Friday April 11, 2021 | 11:20 PM

Brooklyn Center, Minn.

Minnesota police shoot, kill man after traffic stop incident April 11, 2021 | 9:56 PM

Rory Levin, 11, works at a desk at his family's home in Bloomington, Minn., April 5, 2021.

Online schools are here to stay, even after the pandemic April 11, 2021 | 8:45 PM

Rogelio V. Solis

Johnson & Johnson

Mass. to receive fewer Johnson and Johnson vaccine doses following manufacturing snafu April 11, 2021 | 7:37 PM

Patrick M. Rose Sr., president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, testified during a 2016 body camera hearing at Suffolk Superior Court.

Patrick Rose Sr.

Ex-Boston police officer and union chief stayed on force despite abuse allegation April 11, 2021 | 7:24 PM

BOSTON, MA - 12/11/2020: 15SWABBERS....At East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Karina Mendoza, a RN is in ready mode waits for a patient, she is one of the people on the other side of the nasal swabs, part of the small army of health care workers who day in and out, through sweltering heat, lightning, and now snow, keep swabbing the masses in testing for COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. East Boston has had highest positivity rate in city. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Mass. reports 1,831 new COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths April 11, 2021 | 5:17 PM

Rogelio V. Solis

Mass. reports 1,765,666 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 April 11, 2021 | 5:05 PM

We tend to think of childhood as a time of innocence and joy, but as many as 2 to 3% of children from ages 6 to 12 can have serious depression. (Mikyung Lee/The New York Times) -- NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY CHILDREN DEPRESSION SIGNS BY BENEDICT CAREY FOR APRIL 1, 2021. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. --

How to spot depression in young children April 11, 2021 | 2:23 PM

Trump goes after Pence, McConnell in speech to party donors April 11, 2021 | 1:50 PM

In this Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 file photo, Jeremy Heskett, of Boston, pumps gasoline at a Shell gas station, in Westwood, Mass.

Average US price of gas holds steady at $2.94 per gallon April 11, 2021 | 1:43 PM

Conservation efforts

Las Vegas pushes to become first to ban ornamental grass April 11, 2021 | 12:20 PM

50-year-old Maynard woman dies in Maine motorcycle crash April 11, 2021 | 10:00 AM

Shavonne Harrison was comforted as she broke down over the loss of her grandmother, Delois Brown, who was shot and killed while sitting on her front porch on Olney Street yesterday.

Shooting death of Boston grandmother outrages city officials April 11, 2021 | 9:32 AM