Coronavirus restrictions

Pats fans made the best of the 2020 season opener, despite the coronavirus-enforced changes.

Sunday’s season opener for the New England Patriots was anything but a typical game — and not just because Tom Brady wasn’t throwing on the field. The team and its die-hard fans had to adjust to no one in the stands at Gillette Stadium on Sunday as New England beat the Miami Dolphins 21-11. “I hate to say it,...

As the number of coronavirus cases in Massachusetts ticks upward, some local health officials say that the challenge of enforcing COVID-19 restrictions has laid bare structural issues in the state’s public health framework that long pre-date the pandemic. In early August, Gov. Charlie Baker paused the state’s economic reopening in response to the recent rise in cases, lowering outdoor...

As officials continue to try to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Brockton, Massachusetts, the city has announced a curfew.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker ordered schools to close for three weeks starting Tuesday, banned meetings of more than 25 people and stopped restaurants from serving food in-house in an effort to stymie the spread of the deadly new coronavirus.