Now there are seven Democratic candidates in the U.S. House race in Massachusetts's Fourth district.
Wellesley businessman Chris Zannetos dropped out of the race on Wednesday and threw his support behind former Brookline selectman Jesse Mermell, who used to work for Planned Parenthood.
One company is set to employ a large number of people in Maine to produce inexpensive coronavirus tests.
Abbott Laboratories has 800 employees between a lab and manufacturing plant in Scarborough and another plant in Westbrook, but it plans to hire an additional 1,200 employees in Westbrook — 300 permanent and 900 temporary, according to the Portland Press Herald.
