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Only 40% of Harvard University’s undergraduate students will be returning to campus this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Harvard University announced Monday it will only allow 40% of its undergraduate students to return to campus this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced on the university’s website that first-year students and some undergraduates would be allowed to return while other students will continue to learn remotely. Providing coronavirus cases don’t surge by...

A man is taking his love of bicycling to the next level, traveling miles to create artwork along his route.

Children in Cambridge, Massachusetts will be able to swing on the swing sets and cool off at splash pads starting Monday as the city eases restrictions amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Basketball courts, playgrounds, tot lots and water play structures reopen in Cambridge Monday, but with some new guidelines.  Pick-up games and scrimmages on courts are not permitted. Courts will…

Parks and playgrounds will reopen in Cambridge as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues guidelines for youth sports.

Parks and playgrounds are set to reopen Monday in the city of Cambridge, Mass. Nia Hamm has more on the city’s new guidelines.

More than a dozen workers at a Massachusetts Whole Foods Market say they were sent home for showing support for Black Lives Matter. Seven workers at the store on River Street in Cambridge were sent home Wednesday for wearing “Black Lives Matter” face masks, and 14 were sent home Thursday. “When I first got into the job and applied, they…

A man was struck and killed by a Red Line train in Cambridge Friday afternoon, MBTA Transit Police said. Red Line service has been interrupted, with shuttle buses replacing trains between Alewife and Harvard stations, the MBTA said. Service delays are expected. Officers were called about the incident at the Porter Sq. Station about 4:15 p.m., police said. Local firefighters…

Workers at a Whole Foods in Cambridge, Massachusetts, say they were recently sent home for showing support for Black Lives Matter.

Shattered glass is what about a dozen residents of Cambridge, Massachusetts, woke up to find Wednesday morning. Windows were smashed out in more than 10 cars overnight. Vandals rummaged through the vehicles’ interiors. “It feels very vulnerable and violating,” said Rachel Ross. “But in all honesty, of all the terrible things to happen, it’s probably the easiest one to fix.”…

At least 10 cars were broken into overnight in Cambridge.

Moderna Inc. on Thursday unveiled large-scale, expedited plans to begin the final stage of testing on its COVID-19 vaccine.  The Cambridge-based biotech company plans to enroll 30,000 people in the U.S. in the Phase 3 test of its COVID-19 vaccine, according to a press release. The company also plans to begin testing in July — months sooner than the fall…

Fireworks complaints to Boston police are up 2,300% this year, the mayor said.

Hundreds gathered outside Cambridge City Hall Monday night calling on the City Council to stop a planned $4 million increase in the budget for Cambridge police.

There was a large protest Monday in front of Cambridge City Hall as protesters called to defund the Cambridge Police Department.  “We’re just out here to show support, black lives matter, people are angry and people are speaking out,” said protester Fukia Akipa.  Protesters say they want to stop a proposed $4 million budget increase for Cambridge police in 2021,…

When the coronavirus crisis arrived in Massachusetts, Chef Carlos Rodriguez was determined to keep his restaurant Orinoco‘s three locations open. He’s done that, keeping his staff fully employed, based on what he learned when he lost his first restaurants and all of his savings amid upheaval in his native Venezuela 20 years ago, as he told NBC10 Boston on...

A bar-restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts has been forced to close its doors again amid the coronavirus pandemic after it was transformed into a testing site. Peter Stein, owner of Wit’s End at 1248 Cambridge St., wanted to provide antibody testing for people who may have had coronavirus, according to the restaurant’s social media pages. Blood samples were sent to...

A Cambridge restaurant-turned testing site was shut down by the city due to permitting issues.

Chef Alex Saenz takes extra care with his acclaimed fried chicken at Bisq in Cambridge. The popular Inman Square eatery quickly sold out of the dish on a recent weekday evening. But looking around his empty restaurant, which is open only for take out and delivery, Saenz said it’s little consolation. “It’s been so hard to see something that...

A Massachusetts woman whose baby was delivered by cesarean section met the newborn after the woman’s coronavirus kept them apart for six weeks.