Lisa Creamer

From the beach towns of Cape Cod, to the idyllic rural charm of central and western Massachusetts, we’re giving you some sweet offbeat recommendations to plan your next epic day trip.

The Worcester County adult had recently traveled abroad before getting diagnosed in early July with the highly contagious disease, according to state Department of Public Health officials. Measles can linger in the air for up to two hours after a person with the disease leaves a room.

The eighth-grader was subjected to racism and bullying, including an "egregious re-enactment of George Floyd's murder," at the Amos A. Lawrence School in Brookline, according to a civil rights complaint.

The city has so far not reported any human cases, but will be spraying pesticides off a truck on Thursday evening after 8:30 p.m. (or Friday, if the first date gets rained out) in the area near Rural Cemetery.

To little surprise, The Associated Press called the race for the Democratic candidate shortly after polls closed in the deep blue state. She'll nab the state's 11 electoral votes.

Voters rejected Question 4, a measure to legalize certain plant-based psychedelic drugs and created a network of licensed therapy centers so adults 21 and older could consume them under supervision.

Many travelers were encouraged to add buffer time to their holiday commutes and use caution on roadways as stormy conditions were expected to move eastward across the region.

Holiday celebrants braved chilly temperatures to catch the city's annual Christmas tree lighting in Boston Common. See photographs of the ceremony here.

Across southern New England, the storm dumped snow rapidly, falling at a rate of nearly 4 inches per hour on Sunday. Another 1-5 inches is forecast for Massachusetts towns and cities on Monday.

The emailed and posted alert, sent out to Harvard community members at around 9:45 a.m., said university, city and Massachusetts State Police were scouring the area around 124 Mount Auburn Street for a suspect they allege was "involved in an aggravated assault and battery."