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Biogen conference likely led to 20,000 COVID-19 cases in Boston area, researchers say

A new study shows the Biogen conference held at Boston’s Marriott Long Wharf hotel in February played a far greater role in spreading the coronavirus than previously thought. Continue reading →

Even in union-free charter schools, leaders are embracing a virtual start to the school year

All 15 of Boston’s independently run charter schools have decided with little public fanfare to start classes in cyberspace — a broad consensus that suggests the reluctance to reopen classrooms this fall goes well beyond teachers union agendas. Continue reading →

Suffolk DA Rollins moving away from high cash bail to hold potentially dangerous defendants

As the financially flush Bail Fund increasingly pays to free people facing high bail, Rollins said her office will more frequently ask a judge to hold a special hearing to determine whether defendants charged with certain violent crimes are too dangerous for release. Continue reading →

Canceled in Cleveland, an artist’s police violence drawings come to Mass MoCA

The show was scrapped in Cleveland after activists and museum staff raised concerns about re-traumatizing their community. Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL

The White House attack on health

The public needs to be able to trust that medical interventions are safe and effective. President Trump’s coercion of the Food and Drug Administration jeopardizes that trust and endangers Americans. Continue reading →

OPINION

Honey, they shrunk the GOP platform

Republicans say they'll stand for whatever Trump stands for. Continue reading →

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Metro

In the bluest of states, a pair of Republican candidates face off in Senate primary

Shiva Ayyadurai of Belmont and Kevin O’Connor of Dover are competing for the attention of voters attuned to a different primary contest. Continue reading →

Always a traffic jam, candidates in the race for Fourth now colliding as primary day looms

A negative turn in campaign rhetoric is, of course, common. But it has helped feed into the eight-Democrat primary's already chaotic nature, with arrows seemingly whizzing from all corners of a race. Continue reading →

Brockton soldier missing from Fort Hood found dead, family says

The family of Sergeant Elder Fernandes learned late Tuesday night that the young soldier’s body had been found -- hanging from a tree about 25 miles from the base he disappeared from over a week ago, the family’s lawyer told the Boston Globe. Continue reading →

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Sports

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Sequestered in bubble, NBA players wondering if they are doing enough to eradicate racism

They are expressing anger and frustration after Black man Jacob Blake was shot by police in Wisconsin, and believe basketball should be put in perspective. Continue reading →

Alex Speier | On baseball

Christian Vazquez has a lot value, but where?

Several contending teams have gotten horrendous performances from their catchers Continue reading →

bruins notebook

Bruins and Lightning seem to have hit on a genuine rivalry

Bruce Cassidy believes this matchup checks all of the boxes — including the body checks. Continue reading →

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Business & Tech

Boston Public Library in Copley Square will allow people inside to use computers

Officials say Wi-Fi will be boosted outside nine branches, too, in an effort to increase online access. Continue reading →

Raytheon’s time in the Dow spotlight is coming to an abrupt end. What does it mean?

The Waltham aerospace company’s time in the most often-quoted stock index lasted all of five months. Here's what happened. Continue reading →

Boston startup finds US gigs for African software developers

Despite the region’s reputation for poverty and political instability, African countries such as Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana have thousands of capable software developers. Continue reading →

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