Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens to President Donald Trump speak about the coronavirus during a task force news conference at the White House in Washington, March 27.
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Rhode Island Air National Guard Tsgt. William Randall, left, and Westerly police officer Howard Mills approach a home while looking for New York license plates in driveways to inform them of self quarantine orders, Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Westerly, R.I. States are pulling back the welcome mat for travelers from the New York area, which is the epicenter of the country's coronavirus outbreak, and some say at least one state's measures are unconstitutional. Gov. Gina Raimondo ratcheted up the measures announcing she ordered the state National Guard to go door-to-door in coastal communities starting this weekend to find out whether any of the home's residents have recently arrived from New York and inform them of the quarantine order. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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for Travel - 04vinalhaven - Fish houses on Indian Creek just east of Carvers Harbor on Vinalhaven. (Jonathan Levitt Photo)
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FILE - In this Thursday, March 19, 2020, file photo, medical personnel work in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Brescia, Italy. World War II references are now heard daily, not because another momentous 75th anniversary, Victory in Europe Day approaches in May but because of the coronavirus. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP, File)
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks at a press conference regarding the spread of COVID-19 in the state, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La.
Louisiana
Hundreds at Louisiana church ignore COVID-19 gatherings ban March 29, 2020 | 2:12 PM
FILE - In this April 5, 2016, file photo, an excavator demolishes a building during an official groundbreaking Taunton, Mass., where the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was to build the First Light Resort & Casino. The project was halted shortly afterward when a group of residents sued, arguing the federal government couldn't take the land into trust for the tribe. A federal appeals court in Boston is hearing arguments Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, in the ongoing dispute. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Local
'This is one of the most cruel and nonsensical acts I have seen since coming to Congress' March 29, 2020 | 1:11 PM
Local
2 teenagers die, 3rd injured in fiery Berkley crash March 29, 2020 | 12:57 PM
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is encouraging and Earth Day video challenge via their Instagram.
Environment
N.H. Dept. of Environmental Services encourages positive Earth Day video challenge for 50th anniversary March 29, 2020 | 11:51 AM
BOSTON, MA. - MARCH 27: Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks during his daily news briefing outside City Hall as the Coronavirus continues to spread on March 27, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Matt Stone/Pool)
Local
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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks during a briefing on terrorism financing at the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Washington.
Economy
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A medical worker screens people arriving at a special COVID-19 testing site in Boston, Saturday, March 28, 2020. The drive-thru testing site is only open to qualified first responders who meet the state criteria for testing. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Privacy
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Emergency medical technicians after transporting a possible coronavirus patient outside of New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
New York City
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Iraq
US-led forces pull out of 3rd Iraqi base this month March 29, 2020 | 9:04 AM
In this March 24, 2012, file photo, a man holds elvers, young, translucent eels, in Portland, Maine.
Eel fishing
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Women walk with dogs on the street in Glenview, Ill., Friday, March 27, 2020.
Virus
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, right, speaks to the media as Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, left, looks on.
Connecticut
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This file photo from 2017 shows a detainee facing deportation at the Suffolk County House of Correction in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Immigration
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President Donald Trump signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, in Washington.
STIMULUS
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EVERYBODY CUT
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President Donald Trump announces that additional coronavirus tests have been deployed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on March 6.
TESTING
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DEADLY CRASH
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The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort has been dispatched by President Trump to the New York City Harbor to provide hospitals take on the COVID-19 virus.
BATTLING COVID-19
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Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo addresses the media during a press at the State House in Providence. At rear right is Behind the Governor is Col. Christopher P. Callahan of the Rhode Island National Guard.
Coronavirus in R.I.
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Boston, MA - 3/26/20 - Gov. Charlie Baker holds a press conference in the Gardner Auditorium at The State House on March 26, 2020. Baker and Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders addressed attempting to secure more pieces of personal protection equipment and mobile schooling concerns. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe) Reporter: Topic:
Coronavirus Update
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Isabelle Serrano, a senior at New York University, at Union High School in Union, N.J., March 26, 2020. As the economy barrels toward a recession, college seniors like Serrano fear they could become the next class of 2009, which entered the work force at the peak of the Great Recession as companies conducted mass layoffs and froze hiring.
Economy After COVID-19
For the Class of 2020, a job-eating virus recalls the Great Recession March 28, 2020 | 11:49 AM
President Donald Trump speaks at a coronavirus briefing at the White House in Washington, March 26, 2020.
Massachusetts
President Trump approves Massachusetts disaster declaration March 28, 2020 | 10:42 AM
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus during a task force news conference at the White House in Washington March 27.
COVID-19 FALLOUT
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The Orange Line at Downtown Crossing.
MBTA
MBTA Orange Line train taken out of service after passenger allegedly licks subway car March 28, 2020 | 10:00 AM
Politics
Trump boosts virus aid, warns governors to be 'appreciative' March 28, 2020 | 9:57 AM
Boston Police officer Scott MacIsaac on Dorchester Avenue in the Field's Corner neighborhood of Boston last week.
COVID-19 FRONT LINES
Ed Davis on police and COVID-19: 'We're in unprecedented territory here' March 28, 2020 | 9:45 AM
In this Sept. 14, 2011 file photo, fresh fries are scooped into containers during lunch at Gardiner, Maine. Maine is known for its potato crop.
Local
Truck with 80,000 pounds of french fries overturns on Maine turnpike March 28, 2020 | 8:10 AM
In January 2019, Reynold Buono leaves Norfolk County Superior Court after a judge dismissed child rape charges against the former Milton Academy teacher. The alleged crimes were committed 36 years ago. The charges were reinstated in March 2020.
Crime
Mass. highest court reinstates rape charges against former Milton Academy teacher March 28, 2020 | 7:33 AM
In this Aug. 12, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama presents a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery n the East Room of the the White House in Washington. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, March 27, 2020, a family statement said. He was 98.
Obituary
Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dies at 98 March 28, 2020 | 5:40 AM
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