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Massachusetts health officials reported another 598 confirmed coronavirus cases and six new deaths on Wednesday. The report pushed the state’s confirmed COVID-19 caseload to 670,902 since the start of the pandemic and its death toll to 17,703. The state’s COVID metrics, tracked on the Department of Public Health’s interactive coro...

Top state leaders in Rhode Island on Wednesday recommended that all students, staff and faculty wear face coverings when schools fully reopen this fall. The decision announced by Gov. Dan McKee, Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, and Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott is in line with the Centers for Disease Control...

The MBTA mask mandate has been in place since early in the pandemic, but these days not everyone is still willing to comply. A woman became belligerent and smashed out a window on an MBTA bus at the Bellingham Square stop in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Sunday after the bus driver told her she had to wear a mask, transit police…

It took a while, but most of us regained mostly sunny, mostly smoke-free skies on Wednesday afternoon. Pleasant dry air thanks to high pressure takes control for a brief time. Low temperatures will bottom out in the mid 50s to 60 degrees south, mid 40s to mid 50s across the North Country Wednesday night. Thursday features increasing cloud...

Gov. Chris Sununu said New Hampshire will not be issuing new mask guidance following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that even fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors in areas where COVID-19 transmission is substantial or high. Four of New Hampshire’s 10 counties and the city of Nashua are experiencing moderate tran...

An public outdoor space opened at Suffolk Downs Wednesday, providing an area for exercise and recreation at the site of the former horse racing track. Called “The Track,” the space is open to residents of East Boston, Revere and the surrounding neighborhoods, according to a statement from the site’s developer, HYM Investment Group...

The Bruins have added a few depth forwards in NHL free agency Wednesday, agreeing to contracts with Erik Haula and Tomas Nosek, per reports.

Rookie quarterback Mac Jones is making a good first impression at Patriots training camp, and even his swagger is drawing rave reviews.

Search-and-rescue crews were seen pulling a body from the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge Wednesday. Authorities from both cities had been searching the river for at least two hours near the Boston University Bridge. Authorities haven’t released any information about what they believe happened to the man. Witnesses said they saw a ...

To some people, they are just blankets, but to others they mean so much more. Beantown Blankets co-owner Shelley Cheche said it comes down to letting people know that they matter. That’s the mission behind the Massachusetts-based company that she founded with her son, Maxwell Perry. “Anyway we can help, we’re happy to do that,” Cheche said. Perry s...

Max Scherzer would give the Red Sox’ rotation a huge boost, but there are several forces working against Boston acquiring the Nationals ace ahead of the MLB trade deadline, writes John Tomase.

Sunshine develops this afternoon as high pressure noses south into New England. Overall, expecting a dry and pleasant day with highs only reaching into the mid- to upper 70s, with low 70s at the coast. Showers may develop across western Massachusetts and Connecticut as a weak area of low pressure moves overhead. High pressure remains in control ove...

Nearly 100 new cases associated with the growing Provincetown COVID-19 cluster were reported in a day’s time, bringing the total number to 833. The cluster jumped Wednesday after another 300 cases were reported Tuesday, bringing the total number to 765. The previous report released over the weekend had attributed 430 cases with the outbreak. ...

Massachusetts has five counties where federal health officials are now recommending that fully vaccinated people wear masks in indoor public settings, but Gov. Charlie Baker is not ready to make an announcement changing mask regulations in the state. Asked Wednesday about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s announcement on indoor...