Business
Medicare nursing home COVID site leaves users 'in the dark'
Kanye West? The Girl Scouts? Hedge funds? All got PPP loans
The proposed Dakota Access pipelin.
Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review
A closed and partially demolished Vallco Shopping Mall in Cupertino, Calif., Nov. 5, 2019. Department stores are disappearing at a rapid clip amidst the coronavirus pandemic, a decline that could take down as much as a quarter of America’s malls in the next five years.
Closings
With department stores disappearing, malls could be next July 6, 2020 | 1:20 PM
Violin Viiv performs outside Faneuil Hall Marketplace, one of Boston's most popular tourist destinations, as it reopens to the public, Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Boston. The market, which includes several buildings of retail outlets and restaurants and lined with cobblestone walkways, was closed in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
WHAT'S OPEN?
Here's what can — and can't — resume in Phase 3 of the reopening July 6, 2020 | 12:09 PM
Carmen Gordon takes an order from a customer inside Fresco's Restaurant. George Lambos, owner of the restaurant, says he is a victim of Patricia Lindau.
ALLEGED FRAUD
A North Shore bookkeeper is accused of stealing from struggling small business clients July 6, 2020 | 11:46 AM
Floods
Japan floods leave up to 34 dead, many at nursing homes July 5, 2020 | 9:48 AM
Pope Francis waves to faithful from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, as he leaves at the end of the Angelus prayer, Sunday, July 5, 2020.
Pope
Pope praises UN efforts for worldwide cease-fire July 5, 2020 | 8:04 AM
NFL
AP source: NFL to discuss union's desire to cancel preseason July 4, 2020 | 2:11 PM
People sit on Hollywood Beach during the new coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, July 2, 2020, in Hollywood, Fla.
Florida
Florida has record number of new virus cases July 4, 2020 | 1:00 PM
Amazon
Amazon homeless shelter boosts unique program for sick kids July 4, 2020 | 11:33 AM
COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Trump signs extension of COVID-relief fund for businesses July 4, 2020 | 10:29 AM
NFL
Redskins to have 'thorough review' of name amid race debate July 3, 2020 | 1:58 PM
Mr. Hutchings and Eddie Hustus preparing their boat for a day at sea. The Maine lobster industry is a key part of the state’s yearly multimillion dollar fishing revenue.
Maine
'The worst it’s ever been' July 3, 2020 | 11:15 AM
Matt McClain
Vacationland
Maine’s Vacationland hot spots are ghost towns as tourism struggles amid coronavirus July 3, 2020 | 8:52 AM
NFL
Sponsor FedEx asks Redskins to change their name July 2, 2020 | 10:13 PM
MIT Dome
John Donovan Sr.
Former MIT professor from Hamilton found liable for misusing startup's funds July 2, 2020 | 5:24 PM
People work out at a Planet Fitness gym in Alhambra, California which re-opened this week on June 24, 2020, as the number of coronavirus cases rise across the state. - The California Department of Public Health reported today a second straight jump in coronavirus cases bringing the state's total to over 190,000. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Gyms
Gyms can reopen Monday in Massachusetts. Here are the rules. July 2, 2020 | 4:33 PM
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Phase 3
Phase 3 of the Massachusetts reopening plan will begin Monday. Here's what that means. July 2, 2020 | 1:30 PM
Noah Hicks, owner of Spokehouse Bikes, at his shop in the Upham's Corner neighborhood of Boston.
BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES
Boston's Black-owned businesses see sales surge amid racism reckoning July 2, 2020 | 10:50 AM
Politics
US unemployment falls to 11%, but new shutdowns are underway July 2, 2020 | 10:13 AM
A Danvers resident who did not wish to be identified holds an armful of fireworks at Phantom Fireworks in Seabrook, New Hampshire.
FIREWORKS
A.G. Healey demands fireworks retailer stop sending flyers to Massachusetts July 2, 2020 | 9:11 AM
MLB
MVP plaque presenters to discuss Kenesaw Mountain Landis's name on MLB trophy July 1, 2020 | 9:47 PM
A large wind turbine, similar to the 130 such devices Cape Wind Associates would like to construct on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound as America's first offshore wind farm, stands generating power next to the Hull, Mass., High School in the shadow of Boston Friday afternoon Feb. 24, 2006. A move to limit the placement of offshore wind turbines has been placed in front of a U.S. House of Representatives conference committee as an amendment to an $8.7 billion Coast Guard Bill. The move could kill Cape Wind's effort to construct their wind farm. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) Library Tag 04062006 Metro Library Tag 05042006 Metro Library Tag 12312006 Business & Money Library Tag 11082007
Politics
Mass. lawmakers planned to address climate change in 2020. Now, there's only a month left. July 1, 2020 | 10:35 AM
The U.S. Capitol stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 21, 2020.
Politics
Senate extends small business coronavirus relief program June 30, 2020 | 9:19 PM
Cambridge, MA—06/29/2020—(L-R) Leavar Michel, Yaxeny Colon, Suverino Frith and Savannah Kinzer give a statement regarding Whole Foods’ stance on wearing Black Lives Matter masks on the job during a protest outside the River St. location in Cambridge, MA, June 29, 2020. (Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe)
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Cambridge Whole Foods workers escalate pressure to allow Black Lives Matter masks June 30, 2020 | 3:25 PM
Brian Peete, the former police chief in Alamogordo, N.M., officially becomes police chief in Montpelier on July 1, but he's already on the job.
VERMONT
Amid nationwide protests, Vermont gets a Black police chief June 30, 2020 | 12:41 PM
In this Monday, May 11, 2020, file photo, a waiter carries beers for customers sitting at a terrace bar in Tarragona, Spain. The European Union announced Tuesday, June 30, 2020 that it will reopen its borders to travelers from 14 countries, but most Americans have been refused entry for at least another two weeks due to soaring coronavirus infections in the U.S.
Travel Restrictions
Europe restricts visitors from the U.S. amid virus resurgence June 30, 2020 | 11:45 AM
Politics
Supreme Court: Booking.com can trademark its name June 30, 2020 | 10:27 AM
CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
CNN
WarnerMedia puts 'for sale' sign on CNN Center in Atlanta June 29, 2020 | 8:31 PM
In this June 25, 2020, photo, a reporter photographs the view of the baseball field at Fenway Park from the Bleacher Bar in Boston. Tucked under the center field seats at Fenway Park, down some stairs from Lansdowne Street in an area previously used as the visiting team’s batting cage, is a sports bar that is preparing to reopen from the coronavirus shutdown. If Major League Baseball’s plans remain on schedule, it may be one of the few places fans will be able to watch a game in person this season. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Red Sox
This local bar is getting ready to reopen — and share its view of Fenway Park June 29, 2020 | 4:23 PM
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 28: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a protest in front of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters on November 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. Sen. Warren is demanding that Mick Mulvaney step aside and let acting CFPB director Leandra English do her job. President Trump named Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney to replace outgoing CFPB Director Richard Cordray. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Warren
How Elizabeth Warren responded to the Supreme Court's ruling on her brainchild agency June 29, 2020 | 3:26 PM
Kevin Wise
SMELLS FISHY
Watch: Police reel in Louisiana man captured swimming in Bass Pro Shop fish tank June 29, 2020 | 12:54 PM