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Olympic rowers are in action this week in Tokyo after facing delays because of bad weather. Employees of a company in Vermont’s Lamoille County will be watching broadcasts of those races with pride, because there’s a really good chance they manufactured a key part of the athletes’ gear. “They’re having great results wi...

A Maine elementary school that was devastated by a fire over the weekend did not have a sprinkler system and was not required to because of its age, the state fire marshal said. The wings of the Dr. Levesque Elementary School in Frenchville that burned down were constructed in 1963, prior to building codes mandating sprinkler systems in schools, Fi...

Massachusetts health officials reported another 657 confirmed coronavirus cases and 12 new deaths on Tuesday as the testing rate rose above 1.8%. The report pushed the state’s confirmed COVID-19 caseload to 670,304 since the start of the pandemic and its death toll to 17,697. Tuesday’s number of new cases was the most in a single day si...

The Boston Red Sox reportedly are one of eight teams involved in the Max Scherzer sweepstakes ahead of Friday’s MLB trade deadline.

The number of daily coronavirus infections has quadrupled in Maine over the last four weeks, and the total count since the start of the pandemic has eclipsed 70,000 cases. The state’s top public health official, Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah, told the Bangor City Council that a return to indoor mask use is likely coming even for fully vac...

Several members of the group arrested after an armed standoff along a Massachusetts highway earlier this month have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that state courts have no jurisdiction over the case. The suit filed by Rise of the Moors in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island last week alleges “defamation, discrimination of national origin and dep...

Another 300 cases are now associated with the growing Provincetown COVID-19 cluster, bringing the total number of cases to 765. The previous report released over the weekend had attributed 430 cases with the outbreak. The Provincetown Board of Selectmen and Health Board voted unanimously Sunday to turn a week-old indoor mask advisory into a require...

Severe thunderstorms swept through New England Tuesday night, prompting warnings and causing damage across the region. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms struck into the evening. The highest chance of damage came from 4-9 p.m., and reports of damage were coming in Tuesday night. Kirsten Sims says the storm moved in quickly in her neighborhood ...

Jamey Tesler, who has been serving as acting state transportation secretary of Massachusetts since January, will remain in the position on a permanent basis, the Baker administration announced Tuesday. Gov. Charlie Baker officially appointed Tesler as transportation secretary, dropping the “acting” portion of his title six months after ...

American rower Gevvie Stone’s goal is to go back to Boston with a new medal to wear with her stethoscope: preferably an Olympic gold medal. Stone, who won a silver medal in single sculls at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, has delayed her career as a doctor in emergency room medicine for nearly three years in pursuit of one…

The Boston area’s subway system faces a severe threat from rising seas over the next 50 years that could cause flooding and cut critical links around the city, according to a new study.

Former teammate Aly Raisman spoke out Tuesday after Olympic champion Simone Biles pulled out of the women’s gymnastics team finals in Tokyo after struggling in Team USA’s first rotation on the vault.  In a statement on Twitter, USA Gymnastics said Biles withdrew due to a “medical issue,” and would be, “assessed daily to determine medical...

Another warm day is on tap Tuesday ahead of an approaching cold front that will trigger showers and thunderstorms across the region in the afternoon and evening. Wildfire smoke from fires burning across the western U.S. and Canada will be around again Tuesday, though not nearly as bad as Monday. High temperatures will top out in the upper 80s......

Another unique NFL preseason will put the pressure on Cam Newton to put his best foot forward quickly in the Patriots quarterback competition with Mac Jones, writes Tom E. Curran.