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A window in Kathryn Peake's classroom in East Boston.

‘Why is this the solution that was chosen for Boston?’

These 13 communities must move back to Phase 3, Step 1 due to high-risk COVID-19 status

QUINCY, MA - 10/23/2020: 22TEACHERS ... Adrianna Barnes at her home by the kitchen table works with students from her class on a computer. She is a teacher who has adapted her teaching techniques for online classes, turning math problems into games with videos for her 4th graders and playing rocks, paper, scissors during breaks as a way to build community among students who can't be together. Barnes teaches at KIPP Boston, a public charter school. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

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Two parents charged, Wilmington High School goes fully remote after alleged underage drinking party October 26, 2020 | 4:53 PM

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2020, file photo, University of Washington research coordinator Rhoshni Prabhu holds up a swab after testing a passenger at a free COVID testing site in Seattle. Deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. are on the rise again, just as health experts had feared, and cases are climbing in nearly every single state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Mass. reports 17 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,216 new cases October 26, 2020 | 4:01 PM

Only two Massachusetts towns had more Trump donors than Biden donors, according to a new map October 26, 2020 | 3:13 PM

Jared Kushner says Black people must 'want to be successful' October 26, 2020 | 2:47 PM

In this courtroom sketch Keith Raniere, second from right, leader of the secretive group NXIVM, attends a court hearing Friday, April 13, 2018, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In March federal authorities raided an upstate New York residence connected to the group and Raniere, who is accused of coercing female followers into having sex and getting branded with his initials, was later arrested in Mexico where the group also runs programs. Seated, from left, are defense attorney Paul DerOhannesian II, a US marshal, Raniere, and defense attorney Marc Agnifilo. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Sex cult leader, facing life sentence, regrets nothing October 26, 2020 | 2:30 PM

“I try to avoid it because it gets angry and nasty,” said Susan Miller of voting, who said the only time she had ever cast a ballot was for Barack Obama in 2008.Credit...Hannah Yoon for The New York Times

They did not vote in 2016. Why they plan on skipping the election again. October 26, 2020 | 2:19 PM

Fox News anchors quarantine after virus exposure on flight October 26, 2020 | 1:56 PM

Wendy's 500 Park Ave., Worcester

17-year-old found shot to death in Wendy's parking lot October 26, 2020 | 1:22 PM

Steven Florio former commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Mass. commissioner for the deaf fired after allegations of admitting he wore KKK, Nazi garb in fraternity October 26, 2020 | 12:41 PM

Andrew Harrer

Even if Biden wins, Trump-appointed regulators could long thwart Warren and other progressives October 26, 2020 | 12:03 PM

A body is moved to a refrigerator truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn on April 4, 2020 in New York. - New York state's coronavirus toll rose at a devastating pace to 3,565 deaths Saturday, the governor said, up from 2,935 the previous day, the largest 24-hour jump recorded there. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

‘It’s reprehensible’: Doctors condemn conspiracy theory pushed by Trump that COVID-19 deaths are over-counted by hospitals October 26, 2020 | 11:48 AM

FILE -- The University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Fla., Feb. 26, 2020. A high school honorsÕ student bound for the university in the fall will now have to make other college plans after the university caught wind of an Instagram post in which she declared she was Òmost definitelyÓ a racist. (Eve Edelheit/The New York Times)

Colleges slash budgets in the pandemic, with ‘nothing off-limits’ October 26, 2020 | 11:07 AM

Boston-born Concepts looks ahead, opens new Newbury Street location during pandemic October 26, 2020 | 10:52 AM

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, people dine indoors at The Lot restaurant in San Diego. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has relaxed coronavirus restrictions in five more counties. The announcement on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, means the state has now eased restrictions for more than 8 million people living in three of the state's most populous counties — San Diego, Orange and Santa Clara. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Ashish Jha says Mass. needs to ‘pull back’ on indoor dining as the state heads in the ‘wrong direction’ with COVID-19 October 26, 2020 | 10:39 AM

Dunkin’ Brands is said to be near deal to sell to firm that owns Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings October 26, 2020 | 9:14 AM

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Londonderry, New Hampshire on October 25, 2020.

Photos: President Trump holds not-so socially distanced rally in New Hampshire October 25, 2020 | 11:32 PM

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party presidential candidate, in Albany, N.Y., on Oct. 4, 2018.

Here's what you need to know about the 3rd-party candidates on the Mass. presidential ballot October 25, 2020 | 9:21 PM

Voters at a polling station at the Queens Public Library in New York, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, the first day of early voting in the state.

Here’s how to prevent your mail-in ballot from being rejected — and what to do if it is October 25, 2020 | 7:24 PM

BOSTON, MA - 10/14/2020 People wait in line for COVID-19 test at the Brookside Community Health Center in Jamaica Plain on Wednesday afternoon. Erin Clark/Globe Staff

Mass. reports 24 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,097 new cases October 25, 2020 | 5:53 PM

The clock face at Abbot Hall, Marblehead.

Marblehead High School goes remote after house party October 25, 2020 | 4:27 PM

Bluebikes

Biking to the polls

Blue Cross Blue Shield partners with Bluebikes to offer free rides to the polls on Election Day October 25, 2020 | 2:26 PM

Vice President Mike Pence waves to supporters Saturday Oct. 24, 2020 in Tallahassee, Fla.

Vice President Mike Pence

Health experts question Pence campaigning as essential work October 25, 2020 | 1:33 PM

In this Sunday Oct. 6, 2019, file photo, Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory greets churchgoers at St. Mathews Cathedral after the annual Red Mass in Washington.

Pope Francis appoints first African American cardinal October 25, 2020 | 1:24 PM

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives as Republicans work during a rare weekend session to advance the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020.

Amy Coney Barrett

Senate aims to put Barrett closer to a final vote on Monday October 25, 2020 | 12:05 PM

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Washington.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows says 'we're not going to control the pandemic' October 25, 2020 | 11:54 AM

Election could stoke US marijuana market, sway Congress October 25, 2020 | 11:09 AM

Police: Man stole car with 2-month-old baby in backseat in Providence October 25, 2020 | 10:32 AM

17-year-old fatally shot in Worcester restaurant parking lot October 25, 2020 | 10:19 AM

Virus Relief Bill

Pelosi says she's not giving up on virus relief October 25, 2020 | 10:19 AM

Pope Francis delivers his message during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020.

Pope names 13 new cardinals, includes US Archbishop Gregory October 25, 2020 | 9:46 AM