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Jessica Wong of Fall River, front left, Jenny Chiang of Medford, center, and Sheila Vo of Boston stand together during a protest Thursday at the State House in Boston.

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Asian-American leaders in state decry racism amid global pandemic

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressMarch 12, 2020

BOSTON — Asian-American leaders in Massachusetts on Thursday condemned what they say is continued racism, fear-mongering and misinformation that is targeting Asian communities amid the coronavirus pandemic that originated in China.State lawmakers,…

Mike Whittaker, of Quincy, Mass., director of operations at Pure Oasis recreational marijuana shop, applies bar codes to containers of cannabis flowers in the store, Sunday, March 8, 2020, in Boston. Pure Oasis, Boston's first recreational marijuana shop, and the state's first black-owned one, is slated to open, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Boston has first retail pot shop in major East Coast city

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressMarch 9, 2020

FILE - In this July 4, 1976, file photo, minutemen fire salute during an event in the Old Granary Burial Ground in Boston. Boston is marking the 250th anniversary of a massacre that helped spark the Revolutionary War. The Daughters of the American Revolution is hosting a public tribute Thursday, March 5, 2020, at the grave of the five victims of the fateful conflict with British soldiers on March 5, 1770. The morning service in downtown Boston's historic cemetery will include a musket salute and a wreath-laying. (AP Photo, File)

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Tributes, protest mark 250th anniversary of Boston Massacre

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressMarch 5, 2020

Baptist pastor Clifford Maung, third from left, recites a prayer as Chin Sai, center, and Myint Myint Swe, right, prepare food following services at the Overseas Burmese Christian Fellowship in Boston, Sunday.

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New visa rules set off ‘panic wave’ in immigrant areas

by Philip Marcelo Associated Press, and Sophia Tareen Associated PressFebruary 20, 2020

Police investigate the scene of a shooting at the intersection of Rte 9 and Hammond Street that started near Brigham and Women's Hospital Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Police shot and killed a person following a confrontation outside a prominent Boston hospital on Friday that also left a hospital employee critically injured, authorities said. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP)

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Police kill suspected gunman near Brigham & Women’s Hospital

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressFebruary 7, 2020

Maudy Constanza, 24, had her family divided as they tried to come to the United States to seek asylum. She and her two young daughters are in Ashland, Mass, while her husband and son were sent to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

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Guatemalan family seeking asylum reunited after suing feds

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressFebruary 7, 2020

FILE - In this April 5, 2016, file photo, an excavator demolishes a building during an official groundbreaking Taunton, Mass., where the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was to build the First Light Resort & Casino. The project was halted shortly afterward when a group of residents sued, arguing the federal government couldn't take the land into trust for the tribe. A federal appeals court in Boston is hearing arguments Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, in the ongoing dispute. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

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Appeals court weighs tribe’s quest for casino land

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressFebruary 5, 2020

FILE — In this Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, Andris Nelsons gestures towards the musicians prior to conducting a joint concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Germany's visiting Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, at Symphony Hall, in Boston. The orchestra has cancelled its coming tour of Asia amid concerns about the deadly virus in China. Andris Nelsons, the orchestra's music director, said Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, that the decision was made out of concern for the “health and well-being” of its musicians. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

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Boston Symphony cancels Asia tour amid virus outbreak

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressJanuary 30, 2020

Michelle Carter leaves the Bristol County jail, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Dartmouth, Mass., after serving most of a 15-month manslaughter sentence for urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in 2014. The 23-year-old, released three months early for good behavior, will serve five years of probation. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Michelle Carter, of texting suicide case, freed from jail

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressJanuary 23, 2020

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 file photo, Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer poses for a portrait in New York. Kramer, a founding member of the band, filed a lawsuit against his band mates in January 2020 in Massachusetts Superior Court in Boston, claiming he has been kept out of the band after he hurt his ankle in 2019 and missed some shows. The suit comes just as the band is set to perform and be honored at Grammy Awards events. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)

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Aerosmith drummer loses bid to rejoin band

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressJanuary 22, 2020