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Officer Luis Tarraza was just starting his shift on Sunday morning when he got a call about a woman who refused to leave a hotel. It’s a call he gets often, he said, and thought he knew what he was going to walk into. When we got there, he found a woman who he estimated was in her 60’s....

When an older homeless woman said she didn’t have any money and nowhere to go, Chelsea Police Officer Luis Tarraza paid for her to stay the night at a hotel.

For the 14th straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Until this week, the state provided data on the communities with the highest rates of cases per 100,000 people. This data was no longer included, but some new information offers a snapshot of…

Cambridge-based biotech company Moderna is the first in the United States to announce a start date for its final testing of a potential coronavirus vaccine.

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story said the building sustained significant structural damage. Officials said the damage is not believed to be significant. A car crashed into a hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning, forcing the building to be evacuated. Chelsea Fire said the accident occurred sometime after 8 a.m. at the MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center...

Police are looking for the driver involved in an early morning hit-and-run Saturday in Chelsea.

One person was hospitalized after a hit-and-run in Chelsea.

A free coronavirus testing program kicks off Friday in eight communities across Massachusetts that have been hardest hit by COVID-19. Free testing will be provided for the next five weeks in the following hot spot communities: Chelsea, Everett, Fall River, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Marlborough, and New Bedford. Governor Charlie Baker said these are the communities where the COVID-19 rate is…

Massachusetts has begun a coronavirus testing program aimed at slowing the spread in eight communities.

A free testing program kicked off Friday in eight Massachusetts communities hardest hit by the novel coronavirus.

Free testing begins Friday in Chelsea, Everett, Fall River, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Marlboro and New Bedford.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced a new coronavirus testing initiative for eight communities that have seen high rates of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. The communities included are Chelsea, Everett, Fall River, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Marlborough and New Bedford. New testing sites will be opened and mobile testing vans will be deployed beginning Friday. “We’ve made a lot of...

Free coronavirus testing will be available in places where Gov. Charlie Baker says have the greatest need.

For the 13th straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Among cities and towns with at least 100 cases in total, these 10 communities have the highest percentages of positive cases in the last 14 days: Community Number of Cases Number of People…

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker announces new testing sites in communities who have seen high rates of coronavirus cases in recent weeks.

For the 12th straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rates of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through July 1. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

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For the 11th straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rates of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through June 24. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

For the 10th straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rates of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through June 17. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

A total of 17,617 tests were conducted statewide at 52 free, pop-up testing sites set up on June 17 and 18.