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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)

Vaccine eligibility expands Monday to all Mass. adults. Here are tips for booking an appointment ASAP.

BOSTON, MA - 12/07/2020: 08walshcuts --The MBTA during COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic with a passenger wearing a mask in a non crowded train in the morning headed out of South Station, 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

'Wear masks in perpetuity? The world has truly gone mad.'

Milton police Officer Patricia Lio enters Dedham District Court wearing a cap for her hearing on Tuesday. A judge decided Lio should be charged criminally as a result of an off-duty incident during which she allegedly directed a racist rant about the Black Lives Matter movement at a Black teenager.

Milton police officer to be criminally charged over alleged threats to Black teen over Black Lives Matter

BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA - APRIL 15: An air freshener hangs from a fence during a protest outside of the Brooklyn Center police station on April 15, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. This is the fifth day of protests in the suburban Minneapolis city following the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter, who has since resigned from the force and today was charged with second-degree manslaughter. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Why police can stop drivers with air fresheners hanging in their cars April 19, 2021 | 12:49 AM

Driverless car crashes

2 killed in driverless Tesla car crash, officials say April 18, 2021 | 9:38 PM

A line for COVID-19 vaccine shots outside the Hynes Convention Center earlier this month.

State e-mails some residents Sunday allowing them to book vaccination appointments starting Monday April 18, 2021 | 7:40 PM

Social media threat

UMaine cancels baseball games during threat investigation April 18, 2021 | 7:25 PM

Two Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents begin investigating the scene of an officer-involved shooting, Sunday, April 18, 2021, in Burnsville, Minn.

Suburban Minneapolis police shoot, kill alleged carjacker April 18, 2021 | 7:06 PM

SANDWICH, MA - 3/31/2021- Elizabeth Goldrick (cq) was part of Covid testing team that was done at a drive-thru clinic at the Human Services Building in Sandwich on Cape Cod. Due to rising COVID-19 case counts in Sandwich and surrounding towns, the testing was done. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

Mass. reports 1,265 new COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths April 18, 2021 | 5:46 PM

Worcester, MA. - April 12: Danielle Fontaine, RN vaccinates Antonio Pesaro of Worcester at the Family Health Center on April 12, 2021 in Worcester, Massachusetts. (Matt Stone/Pool)

Mass. reports 2,037,794 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 April 18, 2021 | 5:34 PM

Alma Wahlberg, mother of Mark, Donnie Wahlberg, dies at 78 April 18, 2021 | 2:32 PM

Vigil, 'peace walk' in Chicago after police shooting of boy April 18, 2021 | 1:34 PM

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Joseph Birolini and William Hickey

Pembroke mourns deaths of 2 former high school hockey stars April 18, 2021 | 12:57 PM

This photo provided by the University of Connecticut, shows a cicada in Pipestem State Park in West Virginia on May 27, 2003. (

What is Brood X? When do cicadas come out in 2021? Answering your buggiest questions. April 18, 2021 | 11:51 AM

Navalny's team calls protests amid reports of failing health April 18, 2021 | 11:38 AM

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert testifies before a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021.

Johnson & Johnson

Dr. Fauci says he expects fast decision on J&J shots April 18, 2021 | 10:52 AM

Sheriff: 3 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Wisconsin tavern April 18, 2021 | 10:30 AM

3 die in wrong-way crash on Interstate 84 in Sturbridge, Mass. April 18, 2021 | 8:53 AM

Fomer Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia walks outside of the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston, Mass. on Friday, Sept. 6.

Fall River's ex-mayor Jasiel Correia to face jurors in fraud, bribery case April 18, 2021 | 8:29 AM

In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Federal officials have reversed Trump administration restrictions on using human fetal tissue for medical research. The move clears the way for using government money on work that in the past has led to treatments for a variety of diseases, including COVID-19. The changes announced Friday, April 16, 2021 allow government scientists to resume research that uses tissue from elective abortions. Scientists at universities also can now apply for federal grants without getting approval from a special ethics panel for any such work. The changes overturn rules imposed in June 2019. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra determined there were “no new ethical issues that require special review,” so the agency will return to using procedures that had been in place for decades before the Trump policy change in June 2019, a statement from the agency said.

Biden Administration ends limits on the use of fetal tissue for research April 18, 2021 | 8:09 AM

Balwinder Singh, center, and other members of the local Sikh community discuss the mass shooting in which four Sikhs died in Indianapolis, Friday, April 16, 2021. A local leader said they did not know whether the gunman, a former coworker, targeted Sikhs at the FedEx warehouse. (AJ Mast/The New York Times)

FedEx gunman bought 2 rifles after police seized his shotgun, chief says April 18, 2021 | 7:59 AM

Three Boston men arrested for Newton burglaries April 18, 2021 | 7:39 AM

US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency April 18, 2021 | 7:30 AM

Two men seriously injured in Pembroke crash April 18, 2021 | 7:24 AM

After outcry, Biden plans to lift refugee cap in May April 17, 2021 | 7:45 PM

Community Health Programs nurses and healthcare workers tend to patients a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Great Barrington, Mass., Monday, April 12, 2021.

Mass. reports 1,694 new COVID-19 cases, 10 new deaths April 17, 2021 | 5:13 PM

Peloton warning

After child dies, US regulator warns about Peloton treadmill April 17, 2021 | 4:22 PM

In this April 12, 2012 file photo Beatrice Munyenyezi leaves the Federal Court in Concord, N.H.

Beatrice Munyenyezi

US deports woman who lied about role in Rwandan genocide April 17, 2021 | 4:05 PM

What we know so far

Four Sikhs among victims of Indianapolis mass shooting April 17, 2021 | 3:23 PM

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, 64, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Hynes Convention Center, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Boston.

More than 2 million people now fully vaccinated in Massachusetts, says Governor Baker April 17, 2021 | 2:52 PM

Man revived, hazmat team called to Chelsea apartment complex Saturday morning April 17, 2021 | 2:03 PM

In this Monday, Oct. 23, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a joint statement with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

Lawyers: DOJ defense in Trump defamation suit is 'dangerous' April 17, 2021 | 1:22 PM

A Kemp's Ridley sea turtle is released into the Gulf of Mexico from the Grand Isle, La. beach Monday, March 15, 2021. Audubon's Coastal Wildlife Network rehabilitated 19 cold-stunned Kemp's Ridley sea turtles after a deep arctic airmass along the New England coast in November 2020 threatened to kill the turtles.

Five endangered turtles that were cold-stunned in Mass. returned to Gulf after being rehabilitated April 17, 2021 | 12:43 PM