Here's a list of what businesses can reopen in phase two. Most if not all of the reopening guidance includes restrictions to facilitate social distancing.

Judge Orders Trump to Reconsider Ruling Revoking Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation Status

The Trump administration's 2018 ruling was "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and contrary to law," a federal judge said Friday.

Baker Gives Go Ahead For Phase 2 Of Reopening To Start Monday

During phase two, hotels can resume bookings, restaurants can welcome diners back to eat at outdoor tables, and shoppers can go back into previously non-essential retail stores. It's the earliest...

After Student Criticism, UMass Boston Halts State Police Use Of Campus

UMass Boston officials have decided to stop allowing State Police from using campus parking lots as a staging area for this week's protests. A coalition of students at university are...

Trump Opens Atlantic Marine Monument To Fishing During Maine Roundtable

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation in Bangor on Friday that removes most of the fishing restrictions former President Barack Obama ordered off the Atlantic coast.

Police Identify Man Killed In Dorchester Double Shooting

Boston police have identified the man who was killed in an early morning shooting on Thursday. Authorities say Deangelo Taldon, 33, of Boston was shot and killed in the area...

Boston Vigil Honors Breonna Taylor On Her 27th Birthday And Calls For Police Reforms

Protesters in Nubian Square Friday raised the name of Breonna Taylor, the Louisville, Kentucky, EMT killed in her own home, on what would have been her 27th birthday.

WBUR Town Hall: The Racial Inequities Revealed by COVID-19

Coronavirus has stripped bare the racial divide in the health of our nation. People of color are dying at disproportionate and devastating rates due to underlying health conditions – often...

Mass. Lawmakers Call For Pandemic Ban On Tear Gas

Senators Julian Cyr and Jo Comerford, and Reps. Marjorie Decker and John Mahoney signed the email, which highlighted "significant concerns that some tactics used by law enforcement are putting protesters...

WBUR News

Jun 5, 2020

Gov. Charlie Baker gave his Friday afternoon news conference after touring Cambridge's LabCentral, a launchpad for biotech and life sciences startups. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald/Pool)

Baker: 'Right Kind Of Progress' On Health Trends Ahead Of Phase 2 Reopening Announcement

Gov. Charlie Baker on Saturday plans to announce when the second phase of the recovery plan can begin. The earliest it could happen is Monday.

Bostonomix

Jun 5, 2020

State Superintendents Bring Conversations About Racial Justice To Schools Following Recent Protests

Dan Gutekanst, Superintendent of Needham Public Schools, joined WBUR's All Things Considered to talk about how he and other superintendents are addressing race issues with their teachers and students following...

WBUR News

04:15Jun 5, 2020

Suffolk Superior County Courthouse room 313. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Judge Considers Lawsuit Over Halted Foster Child Visits During Pandemic

The parents argue the move was unconstitutional and traumatizing for already at-risk children. The suit is asking that in-person visits be immediately reinstated.

WBUR News

Jun 5, 2020

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo of corals on Mytilus Seamount off the coast of New England in the North Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research/AP)

Trump Rolls Back Protections On East Coast's Marine National Monument

Trump announced in Maine Friday that he will roll back protections on the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, which has been closed to most fishing since 2016.

Earthwhile

Jun 5, 2020

Protesters walk past an empty bus as they demonstrate Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Boston, over the death of George Floyd. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)

MBTA Will Stop Busing Boston Non-Transit Police To And From Demonstrations

Gov. Charlie Baker said he expected the MBTA to comply with a fiscal and control board directive to stop the practice.

WBUR News

Jun 5, 2020

A woman walks past the Boston Massacre Monument on Boston Common on June 3, after a protest against police brutality following the death of George Floyd. The relief sculpture on the monument depicts Crispus Attucks, a black man and first person gunned down by British troops during the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. The attack helped touch off the American Revolution. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Crispus Attucks, Black Man Killed In 1770 Boston Massacre, Invoked In Black Lives Matter Protests

Attucks was arguably the first casualty in the country's struggle for independence from Britain. Like George Floyd, Attucks was in his mid-40s when he died at the hands of a...

WBUR News

Jun 5, 2020

Springfield Man Turns Himself In To Police In Connection With Jamaica Plain Murder

Rushon Hemingway has been taken into custody after turning himself in to the Boston police fugitive unit in connection with the May 21 homicide.

WBUR News

Jun 5, 2020

Thousands of protesters gathered at the Shattuck Picnic Grove during the Black Lives Matter vigil in Roxbury. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

In Franklin Park March, Protesters Call For Action Amidst Somber Reflection

“Protect us, protect me,” Roxlind James screamed at the crowd. “If you’re uncomfortable, I understand. Go home, get some money, and get ready to bail me the (expletive) out.”

WBUR News

Jun 5, 2020

New citizens are sworn in while observing social distancing, outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building, Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Lawrence, Mass. (Elise Amendola/AP)

Citizenship Concerns Remain As Immigration Agency Reopens

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is charged with overseeing the nation’s legal immigration system, resumed in-person services in many cities across the country Thursday after closing offices mid-March because...

WBUR News

Jun 5, 2020

BHA employee Bonnie Jones bags up youth meals of turkey sandwiches and pasta salad to be distributed at the Mary Ellen McCormack development in South Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Mass. Delegation Seeks Two-Month Extension of Meals Waiver

Ninety-five school districts and community organizations in Massachusetts will need to close sites providing free meals to children during the COVID-19 pandemic unless the U.S. Department of Agriculture extends a...

WBUR News

Jun 5, 2020

Boston Pastor Says She's 'So Encouraged' By Ongoing Peaceful Demonstrations For Racial Justice

For Boston's black communities, the recent protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis represent yet another injustice in a year when COVID-19 and the resulting economic crisis...

WBUR News

06:22Jun 5, 2020

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Here Are The Businesses That Can Reopen Starting Monday In Mass.

Judge Orders Trump to Reconsider Ruling Revoking Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation Status

Baker Gives Go Ahead For Phase 2 Of Reopening To Start Monday

After Student Criticism, UMass Boston Halts State Police Use Of Campus

Trump Opens Atlantic Marine Monument To Fishing During Maine Roundtable

Police Identify Man Killed In Dorchester Double Shooting

Boston Vigil Honors Breonna Taylor On Her 27th Birthday And Calls For Police Reforms

WBUR Town Hall: The Racial Inequities Revealed by COVID-19

Mass. Lawmakers Call For Pandemic Ban On Tear Gas

Baker: 'Right Kind Of Progress' On Health Trends Ahead Of Phase 2 Reopening Announcement

State Superintendents Bring Conversations About Racial Justice To Schools Following Recent Protests

Judge Considers Lawsuit Over Halted Foster Child Visits During Pandemic

Trump Rolls Back Protections On East Coast's Marine National Monument

MBTA Will Stop Busing Boston Non-Transit Police To And From Demonstrations

Crispus Attucks, Black Man Killed In 1770 Boston Massacre, Invoked In Black Lives Matter Protests

Springfield Man Turns Himself In To Police In Connection With Jamaica Plain Murder

In Franklin Park March, Protesters Call For Action Amidst Somber Reflection

Citizenship Concerns Remain As Immigration Agency Reopens

Mass. Delegation Seeks Two-Month Extension of Meals Waiver

Boston Pastor Says She's 'So Encouraged' By Ongoing Peaceful Demonstrations For Racial Justice