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Boston cleans up after violence, looting from police protest
BOSTON — Downtown Boston cleaned up Monday after mostly peaceful protests over the killing of a black man by a white police officer in Minneapolis → Read More
Boston cleans up after violence, looting from police protest
BOSTON (AP) — Downtown Boston cleaned up Monday after mostly peaceful protests over the killing of a black man by a white police officer in Minneapolis evolved into violence and looting across the nation.Crews cleared broken glass along the Downtown Crossing, a mostly pedestrian shopping and commercial district, as well as the Common, the city's central park, and the Back Bay, a nearby… → Read More
Boston cleans up debris from night of protests
Downtown Boston is cleaning up a day after mostly peaceful protests devolved into violence and looting. Repair crews were out Monday clearing broken glass, trash and graffiti throughout downtown. Boston police say 40 people were arrested and seven officers were injured after being pelted with bricks, rocks, and glass bottles. "We will heal from this," Mayor Marty Walsh told reporters Monday… → Read More
Buzz kill: Pot shops reopen, but some fear another shutdown
BOSTON (AP) — Marijuana shops in many states have enjoyed brisk business during the coronavirus pandemic. In New England? Not so much. → Read More
Buzz kill: Pot shops reopen, but some fear another shutdown
BOSTON (AP) — Marijuana shops in many states have enjoyed brisk business during the coronavirus pandemic. In New England? Not so much. Recreational shops reopened this week in Massachusetts with strict regulations after being ordered shut down the past two months. Now, some worry that state officials could simply shutter them again if there's a resurgence of the virus in Massachusetts, the only… → Read More
Thousands wait to take US citizenship oath amid virus delays
Wendy De Los Santos passed the test to become a U.S. citizen just days before government offices shut down nationwide because of the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
Millions of taxpaying immigrants won't get stimulus checks
PHOENIX (AP) — The $2.2 trillion package that Congress approved to offer financial help during the coronavirus pandemic has one major exclusion: millions of immigrants who do not have legal status in the U.S. but work here and pay taxes. That includes Carmen Contreras Lopez, a 48-year-old housekeeper who, though she earns low wages, files a tax return each year. Since the virus took hold, she… → Read More
Millions of tax paying immigrants won’t get stimulus checks
The $2.2 trillion package that Congress approved to offer financial help during the coronavirus pandemic has one major exclusion: millions of immigrants who do not have legal status in the U.S. but work here and pay taxes. → Read More
Millions of taxpaying immigrants won't get stimulus checks
PHOENIX (AP) — The $2.2 trillion package that Congress approved to offer financial help during the coronavirus pandemic has one major exclusion: millions of immigrants who do not have legal status... → Read More
Millions of taxpaying immigrants won't get stimulus checks
PHOENIX (AP) — The $2. 2 trillion package that Congress approved to offer financial help during the coronavirus pandemic has one major exclusion: millions of immigrants who do not have legal status in the U. S. but work here and pay taxes. That includes Carmen Contreras Lopez, a 48-year-old housekeeper who, though she earns low wages, files a tax return each year. Since the virus took hold, she… → Read More
New England Patriots Open Virus Testing Site
The New England Patriots are opening a drive-through testing site at their stadium in Massachusetts. → Read More
Feds revoking reservation status for tribe's 300 acres
A tribe is losing reservation status for its more than 300 acres in Massachusetts, raising fears among Native American groups that other tribes could face the same fate under the Trump administration. The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was notified late Friday by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs that it → Read More
States impose new restrictions on travelers from New York
BOSTON (AP) - States are pulling back the welcome mat for travelers from the New York area, which is the epicenter of the country's coronavirus outbreak, but some say at least one state's measures are unconstitutional. Governors in Texas, Florida, Maryland and South Carolina this week ordered people arriving from the New York area -including New Jersey and Connecticut - and other virus hot spots… → Read More
States impose new restrictions on travelers from New York
BOSTON (AP) - States are pulling back the welcome mat for travelers from the New York area, which is the epicenter of the country's coronavirus outbreak, but some say at least one state's measures are unconstitutional. Governors in Texas, Florida, Maryland and South Carolina this week ordered people arriving from the New York area -including New Jersey and Connecticut - and other virus hot spots… → Read More
States impose new restrictions on travelers from New York
BOSTON (AP) - States are pulling back the welcome mat for travelers from the New York area, which is the epicenter of the country's coronavirus outbreak, but some say at least one state's measures are unconstitutional. Governors in Texas, Florida, Maryland and South Carolina this week ordered people arriving from the New York area -including New Jersey and Connecticut - and other virus hot spots… → Read More
States impose new restrictions on travelers from New York
States are pulling back the welcome mat for travelers from the New York area, which is the epicenter of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, but some say at least one state’s measures are unconstitutional. Governors in Texas, Florida, Maryland and South Carolina this week ordered people arriving from the New York area —including New Jersey and Connecticut — and other virus hot spots to… → Read More
Trump administration urged to free migrants as virus surges
Pressure was mounting on the Trump administration Wednesday to release people from immigration detention facilities where at least one detainee has tested positive for COVID-19 and advocates fear tight quarters and overall conditions could cause rapid spread of the virus. Detainees and advocates say → Read More
Asian-American leaders decry racism amid global pandemic
Asian-American leaders in Massachusetts are condemning what they say is continued racism, fear-mongering and misinformation that is targeting Asian communities amid the coronavirus pandemic that originated in China. → Read More
Cluster of coronavirus cases is tied to US biotech meeting
A biotech meeting at a hotel in downtown Boston appears to be the source of a cluster of the coronavirus in the U.S. — and a warning for employers who are still holding big gatherings as the outbreak spreads. Seventy-seven of the 95 confirmed cases in Massachusetts have been linked to a meeting of executives → Read More
Cluster of coronavirus cases is tied to US biotech meeting
BOSTON (AP) — A biotech meeting at a hotel in downtown Boston appears to be the source of a cluster of the coronavirus in the U.S. — and a warning for employers who are still holding big... → Read More