Health

State health officials announced another 18 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, bringing the statewide death count to 8,547. Officials also confirmed another 229 cases of COVID-19, for a total of at least 113,198. That is based on 15,693 new molecular tests reported on Wednesday. 2,518 new antigen tests were also reported. …

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker on Wednesday told President Donald Trump “your racism has been shown” on Twitter after the president suggested that Booker and Joe Biden push policies for low-income homes to “invade” suburban neighborhoods. Trump said on Twitter that Booker would run a Biden administration program to build low-income …

LONDON (AP) – The British government on Wednesday changed the way it kills coronavirus, a move that reduced the country’s official death toll by more than 5,000. The health department said the new total is 41,329, down from 46,706. That is still the highest death toll in Europe. The government …

Several local newsrooms owned by Tribune Publishing, including the Manhattan headquarters of the New York Daily News, will be permanently shut down, the company announced Wednesday, citing economic concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the closures are several historic local news outlets, including the Capital Gazette’s Annapolis Newsroom, which …

As a result, the commissioner told members of the Massachusetts Board of Early Education and Care this week, the capacity for child care may decrease this fall, particularly in certain regions. Metro Boston expects to lose one-third of its childcare capacity and Western Massachusetts, 35 percent. The figures rattled off …