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A PATRON walks near an entrance to a pizza restaurant, in Boston's North End neighborhood. Gov. Charlie Baker announced a $10 million small business recovery loan fund to help companies struggling because of efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Gov. Baker announces $10M small business recovery fund

BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has announced a $10 million small business recovery loan fund to help companies struggling because of efforts...
A SHARP DROP in the U.S. stock market triggered another temporary halt Monday. / AP FILE PHOTO/MARY ALTAFFER

Stocks nosedive on Wall Street, triggering another trading halt

NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks dropped 8% in the first minutes of trading Monday on Wall Street and triggered another temporary halt to trading...
MASS. GOV. Charlie Baker introduced a $44.6 billion state budget proposal Wednesday. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Mass. shuts schools, bans dining out

BOSTON (AP) — Schools in Massachusetts will close for at least three weeks, and all gatherings of more than 25 people will be banned...
THE S&P 500 dropped about 7% within the first few minutes of Thursday's trading, triggering an automatic halt to trading on the New York Stock Exchange. / AP FILE PHOTO/RICHARD DREW

Trading halted on Wall Street after stocks plunge 7% at open

NEW YORK (AP) – The sell-off bludgeoning financial markets around the world got even worse Thursday as the economic pain caused by the coronavirus...
MASSACHUSETTS has declared a state of emergency as the number of people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus in the state jumped by 51 to 92 Tuesday. / AP FILE PHOTO/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

Baker enacts state of emergency over coronavirus

Here's a rundown of coronavirus 2019-related developments in Massachusetts, as the number of people in the state who have tested positive for the virus...

Mass. positive coronavirus cases up to 41

BOSTON (AP) — The number of people in Massachusetts who have tested positive for the new coronavirus has jumped to 41 — up from...

Mass. positive coronavirus cases up to 28

BOSTON (AP) — The number of people in Massachusetts who have tested positive for the new coronavirus more than doubled on Sunday to 28,...
THE NOAA has declared that bluefish are overfished and set an new interim catch limit for East Coast anglers. / COURTESY NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Bluefish are overfished, so feds say anglers must take fewer

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the most popular fish with recreational anglers on the East Coast will be subject to new fishing restrictions. The...
FORMER CHAIRMAN AND CEO of General Electric Jack Welch has died at the age of 84. / AP FILE PHOTO/RICHAR DREW

Jack Welch, the GE chief who became a superstar, has died

BOSTON (AP) — Jack Welch, who transformed General Electric Co. into a highly profitable multinational conglomerate and parlayed his legendary business acumen into a...
HOUSE SPEAKER Nicholas A. Mattiello will be challenged by GOP candidate Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung for his House of Representative seat representing District 15 of Cranston. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Speaker Mattiello to face challenge from Fenton-Fung

CRANSTON (AP) – Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung, a Republican activist and wife of a two-time GOP candidate for governor of Rhode Island, filed paperwork Monday...
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