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Veterans slam Trump for reportedly disparaging military service members

Prominent veterans Friday called out President Trump’s “contempt” for the military, as Trump denied media reports claiming he has repeatedly disparaged service members captured or killed in action.

Boston to add 15 more clinicians to help police with mental health calls

Boston authorities are in the process of adding 15 social workers to a team that helps police respond to calls involving people with mental health problems, among other situations, more than quadrupling the existing number of such clinicians.

Tuesday’s New Hampshire state primary could end up being a referendum on Trump’s chances to win the state

The president’s endorsement was once all-powerful. But what does it mean if his chosen candidates lose?

Jake Auchincloss wins Fourth District Democratic primary

A Newton city councilor and Marine veteran, Auchincloss ran toward the middle of a crowded progressive field and won the Fourth Congressional District’s Democratic primary on Friday, ending more than two days of plodding uncertainty and ballot-counting.

In reflecting on win, Ed Markey says, ‘It’s almost like a sleeping giant got awakened this year’
“Markey’s always been a fairly typical liberal Democrat, but not a progressive crusader,” one observer said. “His reinvention in this campaign isn’t about him changing his positions . . . so much as the way he presents himself to the electorate.”

Watch live: Jake Auchincloss speaks after Fourth District win
Jake Auchincloss is expected to speak after winning the race for the Fourth District nomination early Friday.

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In still-unsettled Fourth District race, Jesse Mermell leaves door open to a recount request

State and local officials were huddled in a Franklin school gymnasium into Thursday night, combing through remaining ballots while Jake Auchincloss held a roughly 1,400-vote lead, according to preliminary results.

Mail-in ballots reached nearly all, Baker says, but some questions remain

More than 1.5 million people voted Tuesday, the most in any state primary since 1990, according to the secretary of state. There were scattered reports of problems.

Governor Baker weighs in on COVID-19 vaccine timing: ‘This shouldn’t be based on a date’

Governor Charlie Baker’s comments on Thursday came after reports that CDC officials wrote to governors last week about the urgent need to have vaccine distribution sites running by Nov. 1.

Watch live: Governor Baker providing coronavirus update

Governor Charlie Baker is scheduled to give an update on coronavirus Thursday at noon. Watch live here.

Elections officials could have preliminary tally Thursday in Fourth District race, as Auchincloss leads Mermell

Jake Auchincloss, a Newton city councilor who ran as a centrist in a heavily progressive field, opened up as much as a 1,700-vote lead Wednesday in the Fourth Congressional District’s still-unsettled Democratic primary.

Markey’s win shows young voters will rally behind incumbents who embrace their causes

For the rising generation of progressive activists who helped return him to the Senate, Markey’s win sent a message: The restive left-wing is looking for champions, not just blood.

4 takeaways from the town-by-town data in Markey’s Senate win

Beyond the raw totals, there were some clear patterns in the how Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy III fared in various areas of the state. Here are a few takeaways from the town-by-town results.

Mass. may have seen record-breaking turnout in Sept. 1 primary

Voter turnout in Massachusetts’ unusual, largely mail-in primary election Tuesday is on pace to be the highest in decades, according to Secretary of State William Galvin and unofficial results from the Associated Press.