Court upholds Gov. Baker’s sweeping virus emergency orders

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker did not overstep his authority when he issued sweeping orders to close businesses and limit gatherings to control the spread of the coronavirus, the state’s highest court said in a ruling released Thursday. The Supreme Judicial Court rejected a challenge brought on a behalf of a group including salon owners, pastors and the headmaster of a private school, who accused the Republican governor of…