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Mikayla Miller.

Hopkinton officials call for 'peaceful and respectful' rally and vigil for Mikayla Miller

BOSTON, MA - 4/11/2019: Outside the state house demonstrators held a jazz fest for Fair Share Massachusetts about the Millionaire's Amendment is back . Lawmakers are proposing a similar measure, which would tax earners over $1M, after the court tossed out the ballot initiative because it combined multiple topics. They would need 101 votes in two successive sessions to get on the 2022 ballot. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC 12taxes

The millionaire's tax is back — and it's a little different this time

Portsmouth, NH: 7-2-20: A car with a New York license plate is pictured as it heads for the Maine state line on the bridge ahead on Route 95 north. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

'It’s not safe for parents or grandparents to play the license plate game with their kids in Maine anymore'

Head removed from statue at Waltham church May 5, 2021 | 11:13 PM

Dirt bikes seized by the Boston Police Department in 2015.

There's no simple solution to dirt bikes, ATVs in Franklin Park May 5, 2021 | 11:02 PM

In this image from video made available by SpaceX, a Starship test vehicle sits on the ground after returning from a flight test in Boca Chica, Texas on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

Watch: SpaceX launches, lands Starship in 1st successful flight May 5, 2021 | 9:39 PM

South Carolina's electric chair. The South Carolina House voted Wednesday to add a firing squad to the state’s execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs.

South Carolina House adds firing squad to execution methods May 5, 2021 | 9:15 PM

This picture taken on April 22, 2021, in Poce-sur-Cisse, Central France, shows bottles of diluent on the production line inside the pharmaceutical plant Fareva. - Fareva was chosen as the main supplier of the candidate RNA messenger vaccine from the German company CureVac. The site will therefore produce the diluent used in this vaccine. (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP) (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP via Getty Images)

This new COVID vaccine could bring hope to the unvaccinated world May 5, 2021 | 8:49 PM

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 01: Dave Portnoy attends Tiesto Performs At Bootsy Bellows x E11EVEN Miami 2019 BIG GAME WEEKEND EXPERIENCE at RavineATL on February 01, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for E11EVEN)

Nantucket Magazine publisher issues additional statement on Dave Portnoy May 5, 2021 | 7:43 PM

East Boston-10/28/20 A new COVID-19 testing facility was previed to the media at Terminal E arrivals(international) at Logan Airport Wednesday morning. A nose swab test by Aneka Gopaulsingh(cq) a medical assistant with XpresCheck is prepared. The site will open to passenger in Mid-November. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

Mass. reports 888 new COVID-19 cases, 13 new deaths May 5, 2021 | 7:27 PM

A photo provided by Adam Schultz/The White House shows former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter, both seated, posing for a photo with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at the Carter's home in Plains, Ga.

Confusing photo

Wide-angle oddity: Giant Bidens meet tiny Carters May 5, 2021 | 6:48 PM

Massachusetts collects about $3.86 billion in taxes in April May 5, 2021 | 6:36 PM

President Joe Biden takes questions from reporters as he speaks about the American Rescue Plan, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines May 5, 2021 | 6:04 PM

Randy Willis, left, and other truck drivers with Shaw's supermarkets walk a picket line as a truck, behind, leaves the Shaw's distribution facility, Monday, May 3, 2021, in Wells, Maine. Truck drivers for Shaw's supermarkets represented by the Teamsters went on strike Monday, May 3, stopping shipments to Shaw's and Star Market grocery stores in New England. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via AP)

Truck drivers for Shaw's supermarkets return to work May 5, 2021 | 6:00 PM

Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn, as seen in November 2020

'Out of control': Two Boston city councilors want hefty fines for house parties amid COVID-19 May 5, 2021 | 5:57 PM

Boston-04/07/21 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. Parris Fulks gets his shot from Navy corpsman Noel Melencio. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

6 mass vaccination sites to begin accepting walk-ins next week May 5, 2021 | 5:31 PM

Cambridge, MA- 04/08/21 - Pharmacist Seth Souza gives a first dose of the Moderna vaccine to Kenneth Iannuzzi (both cq) at the CVS store in Porter Square. The federal government is supplying pharmacies, community health centers, and mass vaccination sites directly. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Robert Weisman) Topic: (11FEDVAX)

Mass. reports 2,714,443 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 May 5, 2021 | 4:54 PM

Mass. shoe company executive pleads guilty to embezzling $30 million May 5, 2021 | 4:36 PM

Sean Ellis

Sean Ellis is slated to have one last charge dropped in the 1993 murder of a Boston police officer May 5, 2021 | 3:47 PM

More students have been chronically absent this year than in prior years May 5, 2021 | 3:04 PM

Crestone, Colo.

She told followers she was 'Mother God.' Her mummified body was found wrapped in Christmas lights. May 5, 2021 | 2:25 PM

A health worker walks inside the Common Wealth Games stadium temporarily converted into the Covid-19 Coronavirus care centre in New Delhi on May 5, 2021. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)

‘We are connected globally’: Dr. Abraar Karan sounds alarm over U.S. attention shifting from India’s deadly surge to vaccinating teens May 5, 2021 | 1:29 PM

Cambridge, MA- 04/08/21 - Pharmacist Seth Souza gives a first dose of the Moderna vaccine to Kenneth Iannuzzi (both cq) at the CVS store in Porter Square. The federal government is supplying pharmacies, community health centers, and mass vaccination sites directly. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Robert Weisman) Topic: (11FEDVAX)

CVS offering walk-in COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Massachusetts May 5, 2021 | 11:12 AM

A Peloton Interactive Inc. treadmill sits on display at the company's showroom on Madison Avenue in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. The stakes are high for Peloton as it heads into its first holiday season as a publicly traded company. Peloton projected sales of $410 million to $420 million for the quarter ending Dec. 31, up about 60% from the same quarter a year earlier. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg

Peloton recalls treadmills after a child dies May 5, 2021 | 11:02 AM

Blind teen alleges Rhode Island eatery violated her rights May 5, 2021 | 10:38 AM

Alleged Ponzi scheme

Actor indicted in $227 million Ponzi scheme involving film rights May 5, 2021 | 10:28 AM

Route 2, Lancaster, Mass.

Tires flew off a truck in Lancaster and struck a pickup, injuring passenger May 5, 2021 | 10:06 AM

Body Mass Index

Here's why many experts say BMI is a flawed health standard May 5, 2021 | 9:55 AM

FILE - In this April 8, 2021 file photo, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a pop up vaccination site in the Staten Island borough of New York. With a green light from federal health officials, several states resumed use of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on Saturday, April 24. Among the venues where it's being deployed is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where free vaccinations were available to anyone 18 or older. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Cambridge opens 2 walk-up vaccine clinics May 5, 2021 | 9:54 AM

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Feds approve plan for National Guard to build a new machine gun range on Cape Cod May 5, 2021 | 9:30 AM

Gabriela Bhaskar

VACCINE MANDATE?

Are college vaccine mandates necessary or a step too far? May 5, 2021 | 9:24 AM

Department of Children and Families Commissioner Linda S. Spears.

DCF to visit every child it supervises in person by months end, state officials tell lawmakers May 5, 2021 | 9:23 AM

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks to crowd before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., in this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, file photo. Former President Donald Trump will find out this week whether he gets to return to Facebook. The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board says it will announce its decision Wednesday, May 5 on a case concerning the former president. Trump's account was suspended for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riots. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

Facebook board upholds Trump's suspension May 5, 2021 | 9:20 AM