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Trump administration proposes $850 billion stimulus bill to blunt economic damage

The Trump administration is expected to propose a roughly $850 billion emergency economic stimulus to address the free-fall while considering checks to American workers trying to make their way in an economy deeply unsettled by the outbreak.
US slashes testing rules to speed up coronavirus screening Editorial: Government must do more to staunch economic bleeding

Live Updates
Treasury delays April 15 tax payment deadline by 90 days; NYC preparing for possible shelter-in-place order
Here are recent updates on what?s happening in New England, the United States, and around the world.

Number of state coronavirus cases rises to 218 as Baker announces help to local health boards
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said Tuesday the state would distribute a down payment of $5 million in emergency funds to local boards of health across the commonwealth who are on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus.

SJC halts all trials in state courthouses and mistrials will be declared Many local health agencies aren?t ready for any medical emergency, let alone coronavirus

Experts say true number of coronavirus cases in Massachusetts could be as high as 6,000
Undetected cases are considered most dangerous in spreading the virus because they are contagious, but often downplayed as a regular cold and not quarantined.

Hospitals cancel hundreds of non-urgent procedures, surgeries, and medical appointments For first responders, social distancing due to coronavirus is impossible

Stocks surge as Trump promises to ?go big? on aid for economy
The S&P 500 rose 6% and the Dow rose 5.2%, or 1,049 points, as the market got back not quite half of what it lost in a breathtaking drop a day earlier. 17 minutes ago

Jennifer Crystal
Why did it take so long for me to get tested for Covid-19?
I didn?t need an ambulance ride to a hospital; I just needed a test. But once I was taken to a hospital, I never should have been left to walk right back out and possibly infect someone on my way home.

Remote meetings. Shuttered offices. Amid outbreak, some fear government is receding from view

The traditional ways people access their elected officials and hold them to account are disappearing, threatening to drive many core government functions further from public view amid the pandemic.

Carney Hospital in Dorchester establishing COVID-19 treatment center

The Carney Hospital is transforming a floor of its Dorchester site into a ?hospital within a hospital? to treat people with COVID-19.
Red Cross asking for more blood donations due to severe blood shortages in wake of coronavirus threat

How coronavirus is changing everything

Sports

Coronavirus live sports updates: Four Nets players test positive, including Kevin Durant

Here are the latest developments as the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect sports worldwide.
Recommendations for sports movies and books
restaurants

Once we ate together in restaurants. That feels like another era

What makes these spaces so important? We are about to find out.
A running list of restaurant closures, delivery options, and takeout offers See the latest on how coronavirus is affecting the arts world
work

Service workers may have an especially tough time coping with the coronavirus outbreak

As the disease caused by the rapidly spreading coronavirus ravages the economy, service industry workers are especially vulnerable.
Education

Schools are shutting down but day-care centers remain open

Though more than 1 million Massachusetts students will stay home from school for the next three weeks to control the spread of the coronavirus, the state has left open child-care centers, which serve the youngest children who require the most hands-on care and who are notorious for spreading germs.

Opinion

Edward J. Markey and Peter L. Slavin

We need a Manhattan Project to fight the coronavirus pandemic
JEFF JACOBY

When demand soars, prices should too
Niall Ferguson

The first coronavirus error was keeping calm
Catherine D?Amato

A vital need in the coronavirus pandemic: food

Schools are closed. People are working remotely. But three states are holding primary elections anyway. Here is what to watch for
Everything is different. But people are still voting today in consequential primary elections across the country.

Ohio postpones Democratic primary, Florida workers a no-show

MOVIES
10 forgotten gems from 2,000 Ty Burr movie reviews
A ?Between the Cracks? on-demand festival for enforced home viewing. 2:41 p.m.

Woman?s family celebrates her 100th birthday by singing to her through nursing home window
When Millie Erickson turned 100 years old Sunday, her nursing home was restricting outside visitors due to concerns about the coronavirus. But that didn't stop her family from celebrating with her.

dave epstein
Our chilly St. Patrick?s Day isn?t the end to the cold
Weather systems are moving quite quickly across the country right now, as is typical for this time of year, and this week at various points we may get more snow ? and temperatures nearing 70. 2 hours ago

More Recent headlines

Crowds on the Blue Line after MBTA reduces service

Debris fire sends smoke into Quincy Center station on Red Line

?An unprecedented order in unprecedented times? ? SJC halts trials in state courthouses

Coronavirus resources

At senior living homes, a heightened readiness as coronavirus looms

Is it possible the Olympics will be canceled because of the coronavirus?

With coronavirus lurking, forgive me if I don?t shake your hand

Love in the time of coronavirus

Keeping your hands clean in the time of coronavirus
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IDEAS | MATTIA FERRARESI

A coronavirus cautionary tale from Italy: Don?t do what we did

Many of us were too selfish to follow suggestions to change our behavior. Now we?re in lockdown and people are needlessly dying.

How long should Americans expect to live like this ? separated from friends, co-workers, and classmates? Experts say they don?t know.
In one study, experts predicted the outbreak in the US will continue to escalate over the next several weeks, with the number of hospitalizations for Covid-19 peaking nationwide in May.

Perspective | Magazine
Lessons from an Ebola survivor: Here?s what we can do about the coronavirus
The coronavirus isn?t ?just a flu.? It?s also not the apocalypse.

Rhode Island

Raimondo: Two new coronavirus cases brings R.I. total to 23, and testing could unveil more

The actual total number of Rhode Islanders with COVID-19 may be higher, but without the supplies needed for more widespread testing, state health officials can't know for sure.

Sanitizer, toilet paper, and ammo: In Rhode Island, the new normal is anything but

The coronavirus is disrupting every part of life in R.I.
Newton

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe?s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

Trump?s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president?s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump?s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats

Prayers in Vegas, slumped shoulders in N.H. ? inside the final days of Warren?s campaign

Elizabeth Warren reflected on what was happening in a series of behind-the scenes interviews with the Globe in the final month of her campaign.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
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Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation?s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis ? a very slow moving crisis ? that puts our region?s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

RENÉE GRAHAM

Pandemics aren?t partisan

Mike Stanton

We saw it coming, but Tom Brady?s departure is still stunning for Patriots Nation
Michael A. Cohen

No one is in charge of the coronavirus pandemic
EDITORIAL

Be good to each other
Dot Joyce and Mitchell Weiss

When Greater Boston shut down in 2013, we came together ? we can again for the coronavirus
IDEAS | Miles Howard

Maybe more of us should live in public housing

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: Tom Brady?s 20-year career with the Patriots

Photos: Coronavirus concerns empty public spaces around the world

Photos: Revisiting the Red Sox spring training camp

Polar plungers: Photos of Ice Swimming in New England

metro

Raimondo: Two new coronavirus cases brings R.I. total to 23, and testing could unveil more
The actual total number of Rhode Islanders with COVID-19 may be higher, but without the supplies needed for more widespread testing, state health officials can't know for sure.

Biden commits to picking a female VP. Here are 9 possibilities of who it might be

Two are from New England.

Doriot Anthony Dwyer, flutist who broke the Boston Symphony Orchestra?s gender barrier, dies at 98

In 1952, flutist Doriot Anthony Dwyer became Boston Symphony Orchestra?s first-ever female principal player, breaking the BSO's gender barrier.

Hospitals cancel hundreds of non-urgent procedures, surgeries, and medical appointments

Our chilly St. Patrick?s Day isn?t the end to the cold

STAT

Health worker infections underscore the chaos of coronavirus response

Alzheimer?s group sees signs of progress against a grim disease. Is it real?

Opinion: Should ?broken? genes be fixed? My daughter changed my thinking

Why don?t ads for new medical scrubs reflect all healthy physician bodies?

sports

Stan Grossfeld

Was it rain, or tears, falling at Gillette Stadium on Tuesday?

Fans at the team's headquarters weren't happy with Tuesday's news that Brady would not be returning next season.

We will never see anything like the Tom Brady era again

As Bill Belichick stated, we don't need any time to pass to appreciate the magnitude of his unparalleled achievements.

Inside the conversation Robert Kraft and Tom Brady had on Monday night about Brady?s future

NFL free agency: Philip Rivers to join Colts on one-year deal; Jason Witten to Raiders

Politics

US slashes testing rules to speed up coronavirus screening

Business

Treasury delays April 15 tax payment deadline by 90 days for millions

Marijuana

The busiest pot shop in Massachusetts has halted recreational sales amid coronavirus outbreak

magazine
Dinner With Cupid

Blind date: ?Airport time is fake and you can drink any time?
Miss Conduct

Advice: How to decline a handshake, and other social tips for coronavirus
Perspective

Lessons from an Ebola survivor: Here?s what we can do about the coronavirus
Cooking

Recipes: Harissa adds heat to a soup, potatoes, and a tagine

sports

Red Sox pledge $1 million to assist workers during coronavirus shutdown

It?s hard to believe, but Tom Brady has played his last game as a Patriot

After 20 years and six Super Bowl rings, Tom Brady is leaving the Patriots

metro

Raimondo: Two new coronavirus cases brings R.I. total to 23, and testing could unveil more

Biden commits to picking a female VP. Here are 9 possibilities of who it might be

Doriot Anthony Dwyer, flutist who broke the Boston Symphony Orchestra?s gender barrier, dies at 98

Nation

A list of every NBA or NHL team helping employees out of work due to coronavirus

Sen. Mitch McConnell and Sen. Chuck Schumer speak on coronavirus funding package

Biden gets Secret Service protection after protester run-ins

World

Italy struggles to make room for onslaught of coronavirus patients

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson reportedly released from hospital

Canada closes borders to all noncitizens, except Americans

politics

Trump administration proposes $850 billion stimulus bill to blunt economic damage

Ohio postpones Democratic primary, Florida workers a no-show

5 questions heading into Tuesday?s Democratic primaries

business

Treasury delays April 15 tax payment deadline by 90 days for millions

Airbnb, hotels seek US government aid as demand flattens

?How are we going to eat?? Coronavirus tests Europe?s social nets

lifestyle

Recipe: Dinner with what?s on hand: Golden quesadillas with sweet potatoes and cheese

A conversation with Sam Olivari of Black Lamb, Bar Mezzana, No Relation, and Shore Leave

10 Mass. IPAs to help get you through a self-quarantine

marijuana

The busiest pot shop in Massachusetts has halted recreational sales amid coronavirus outbreak

Regional marijuana talks are helping coronavirus response, New York governor says

Dutch cafe closures spark panic buying of pot

opinion

Which news is worse?

Government must do more to stanch economic bleeding

Disability community will fight any attempt to discriminate over scarce medical resources

food & dining

A conversation with Sam Olivari of Black Lamb, Bar Mezzana, No Relation, and Shore Leave

10 Mass. IPAs to help get you through a self-quarantine

The resurgence of SPAM, and other mysteries of coronavirus-era shopping

travel

This spring, be a part of the gold rush

How to disinfect your space on an airplane

?The Bachelor? star Ben Higgins would surely give a rose to Roatan

Books

In ?Suncatcher,? a vivid Sri Lankan boyhood

New England Literary News

Tall tales for tough times

Movies

10 forgotten gems from 2,000 Ty Burr movie reviews

How now ?First Cow?? Director Kelly Reichardt explains.

7 mini movie festivals you can watch from home

Television

Another dose of brilliance from David Simon

HBO?s ?The Plot Against America? is timely and sharp

This week?s TV: David Simon?s latest, ?Little Fires,? and more binge ideas

music

Here?s some of the classical music you can livestream for free

Singer/songwriter Erin McKeown juggles the demands of being ?not that famous?

Boston Symphony Orchestra cancels slate of March concerts

Theater/Dance

Losses mount as Boston theaters go dark

?Hamilton,? ?Dear Evan Hansen? to return in Broadway in Boston 2020-2021 season

A generation comes to grips with its toxic legacy in ?The Children?

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Doriot Anthony Dwyer, flutist who broke the Boston Symphony Orchestra?s gender barrier, dies at 98

Dana Zatopkova, champion javelin thrower

Barbara C. Harris, first woman to serve as an Episcopal bishop, dies at 89