Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday urged people in communities considered at high risk for the coronavirus not to attend informal gatherings, saying such gatherings have played a major role in the spread of the virus.

Joe Biden told residents of Kenosha, Wisconsin, that recent turmoil following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, could help Americans confront centuries of systemic racism, drawing a sharp contrast with President Trump amid a reckoning that has galvanized the nation.

Authorities have now linked 144 COVID-19 cases, including two deaths, to a now-infamous Aug. 7 wedding in Millinocket, Maine, a public health official said.

Mrs. Farrar fell to her knees and cradled Genovese in her arms and whispered help was on the way.

"That year, Seaver had made a statement that 'if the Mets can win the World Series, then we can get out of Vietnam.' "

Making sure a vaccine is safe — and that people trust it — means science, not politics, should steer the timeline.

"Our kids are smiling like they have not in six months."

In a pending court case, the right to free speech is impinging dangerously on the right to privacy.

I am "hopeful that the critical thinking skills these students acquire will help them understand the profound inequalities that plague our society."

"As a former professional software engineer, my recommendation for college and school administrators is to use gamification to motivate students to follow best practices."

Nostalgia aside, the Kennedys haven’t been a dynasty for decades.

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.

Pastor Bell said “the world” wants to shut down churches. Actually, “the world” just wants religious people and everybody else to stop spreading the disease.

The final season at McCoy Stadium is nearing a conclusion with a “taxi squad” playing on the field, but the grandstand empty because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

Dr. Schwartz was the founding editor of the 1,800-page surgery textbook, first published in 1969, that became a bible for medical students.

Mr. Binkley, one of the most sought-after lighting designers in theater, won two Tony Awards, including for "Hamilton.''

Seaver was an important midseason acquisition for the AL champs but a knee injury kept him out of the World Series.

The strangest season in golf ends on Labor Day with the second year of a format that gives players a head start depending on how they played up to this point.

Kemba Walker scored 29 points to lead Boston.

Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt called Allen “an amazing mentor” who was wrongly labeled a “bad teammate” and “troublemaker.”

Athletes could be tested every day with results back in 15 minutes, perhaps enabling the fall sports season to start sooner.

When the actual race was cancelled in May, where to run the Boston Marathon suddenly became a thing runners were forced to think about.

Los Angeles took charge in the second quarter, holding Denver to 25 percent shooting.

League and NHLPA are planning mandatory inclusion and diversity training for all players at camp.

Chara hasn't signed an extension yet, and Krug sees this as his long-awaited opportunity to cash in at free agency.

You can’t give away playoff games, especially not to the defending champs.

US Open marked Pironkova’s first tournament after a three-year hiatus following the birth of her son, Alexander.

From 2017-19, Martinez led all big leaguers with a .347 average and .686 slugging mark against fastballs. This year, at 33, he's hitting .177 and slugging .306

Red Sox manager Ron Roenic chatted up 25-year-old rookie slugger, encouraging him not to focus on strikeouts.

The whole thing was awkward for my friends, especially because he had just been bragging about the things he paid for on the boys trip the day before.

The Martha’s Vineyard estate of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is being sold to a pair of nonprofits that plan on turning the property into conservation land open to the public.

The story of one of the worst maritime disasters of the 19th century is a famous one. And there’s no better place than Nantucket to learn more about it.

Rosa Rodriguez-Williams led Northeastern University’s Latinx Student Cultural Center for more than a decade.

This year’s show, “Art at a (Social) Distance,” opens Sept. 5 with close to 50 pieces representing a wide range of genres, materials, and sizes.

In the Family Way tackles your pressing COVID-19 era dilemmas.

A pair of exhibitions feature works by Jodi Colella and Dennis Svoronos.

The museum's "Open World" exhibition points to possibilities both aesthetic and poetic.

The three-parter is based on a real-life “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” scandal from the early 2000s in England.

The whole thing was awkward for my friends, especially because he had just been bragging about the things he paid for on the boys trip the day before.

This week's picks from Globe critics.

The Martha’s Vineyard estate of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is being sold to a pair of nonprofits that plan on turning the property into conservation land open to the public.

It has been wholly reimagined as a gorgeously visualized wide-screen action epic with no songs, a high-wattage Chinese cast, and a veneer of wuxia martial arts choreography.

Hollywood studios and theater chains hope this action-packed movie will lure people back in theaters.

The show is about a three-year mission to Mars, but it’s also about an earthbound mission to pluck your heartstrings in almost every scene.

Rosa Rodriguez-Williams led Northeastern University’s Latinx Student Cultural Center for more than a decade.

In the Family Way tackles your pressing COVID-19 era dilemmas.

A pair of exhibitions feature works by Jodi Colella and Dennis Svoronos.

The museum's "Open World" exhibition points to possibilities both aesthetic and poetic.

Jessie Buckley and Jesse Plemons play a couple on a long, snowy road trip to meet his parents, but who’s actually telling this story and what it means is increasingly uncertain.