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Coronavirus Pandemic
State issues stay-at-home advisory, orders nonessential businesses close by noon
Facing a surge in both coronavirus cases and related deaths, Governor Charlie Baker on Monday ordered the closure of all nonessential businesses. The tally of deaths in the state also climbed to nine on Monday, up from five on Sunday, and the number of confirmed cases climbed to 777, up from 646.

A list of what can stay open in Massachusetts What you can and can?t do under the new Mass. order and guidelines With ?nonessential? stores about to shut down, what are people buying?

Contradicting health experts, Trump again appears to call for swift return to work amid escalating coronavirus outbreak
President Trump again appeared to suggest he was in favor of reopening the economy on Tuesday as he again said the ?cure? could not be worse than the problem when it comes to dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.

Listen: Tom Brady to hold first press conference as a Buccaneer at noon
Usually, these introductory press conferences are done in person, but Brady?s will be audio-only due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Live Updates

India?s prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown; Japanese PM, IOC president agree to postpone 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Here are recent updates on what?s happening in New England, the United States, and around the world.

KEVIN CULLEN
In order to save Dr. Fauci, we must destroy him
Tony Fauci is in real danger, and by extension so are the rest of us who expect ? nay, pray for ? one person in the White House to be trustworthy and competent in a time of unprecedented crisis.

Dow surges more than 1,400 points on hopes for coronavirus aid package

Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street Tuesday as hopes build that Congress will agree on a big coronavirus relief bill.
Congress closing in on nearly $2 trillion virus aid package

Second coronavirus case reported on Nantucket

A Nantucket hospital on Tuesday reported the second confirmed coronavirus case on the island. an hour ago

The coronavirus means everyone?s home ? and even more work for mom

No playdates. No school. Husbands who aren?t always up to the job. It?s no wonder moms are suffering an abundance of annoyance. Just a few days into the Great Shut-In, the gripes from overburdened moms are flooding in.

Joe Biden calls Charlie Baker ?Charlie Parker? during national address
In his national address, the former vice president offered a shout-out to governors across the country? including Governor Charlie Baker, who Biden mistakenly called "Governor Charlie Parker of Massachusetts."

Opinion

Joan Vennochi

Confessions of a social distance resister
Jon Garelick

My weekend of rest and relaxation during the coronavirus pandemic
EDITORIAL

Trump must act now to boost production of medical supplies
EDITORIAL

Emergency loans to small businesses are just a start

Dos and Don'ts

Yes, you can go outside for a walk

Yes, you can still get a package delivered

With the coronavirus restrictions, can I travel by car?

Does your mail have to be quarantined?

How coronavirus is changing everything

Lifestyle

Celebrating a union in a time of social distancing becomes complicated, or impossible

Long-planned weddings are being altered or postponed because of coronavirus.
What will happen to Boston?s wedding season? Unusual solutions are taking shape
Small business

?People are everything you have?: Tatte founder Tzurit Or talks about supporting her team - and the community - in uncertain times

Less than two weeks ago, Tatte's Tzurit Or was collaborating with her team. How quickly things can change. 2 hours ago
12 small business owners on how coronavirus has affected them
Community

Dorchester minister hands out $800 to ?people in need?

Rev. Miniard Culpepper will operate a pop-up charity, handing over a $10 bill to anyone in need who stops by Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Dorchester Tuesday morning.
getting outside

Some nice places to walk around Boston ? giving a safe berth, of course

If you use discretion, you can relieve your cabin fever and grab some fresh air at these locales.
We can still go outside, until further notice

Joe Biden has come the closest to reassembling the Obama coalition. He still has work to do
Biden?s surge has been powered by a multiracial swath of Black and suburban voters, women, and Republicans disenchanted with President Trump. But his campaign has lacked the intensive organizing efforts that fueled Obama's victories. 19 minutes ago

Devin McCourty: ?A new challenge? awaits the Patriots this season
The Patriots safety knows things will be different next year after the departures of Tom Brady and other veterans this offseason.

Patriots release kicker Stephen Gostkowski
Gostkowski spent 14 seasons with the Patriots and is the franchise's all-time leading scorer.

Gasper: Tom Brady?s departure feels like the end of the championship era in Boston sports

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Storm hits central and western Mass. with 4 to 8 inches of snow

Major fire damages New Bedford food warehouse

Large fire hits wood processing plant in Northbridge
Live chat | Today at 2 p.m.

Having a hard time parenting through the coronavirus outbreak? Join our 2 p.m. chat to discuss

Editor Hayley Kaufman will host a chat to talk about parenting challenges, and help point readers toward resources. 8:37 a.m.

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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Recommended Reads

She attended the Biogen conference, got miserably sick, and came through it

Woolfson, who lives in Dorchester, is among those now believed to have been infected after attending a conference put on by Biogen in Boston during the last week of February. She had been hired to take pictures during the meeting and started to feel the tiniest bit unwell a week later.

Dispatches from the Edge
Apocalypse preppers, survivalists, and homesteaders aren?t that worried by coronavirus
Once mocked for stockpiling food and N95 masks, the fully-prepared now get to enjoy some peace of mind.

Globe Magazine
?You don?t understand, Captain. He has a gun?: The hijacking of Flight 1320
An Eastern Airlines shuttle to Boston 50 years ago started out routine. It ended up changing how America flies.

Rhode Island

What happens if Governor Raimondo gets the coronavirus? There?s a plan for that

As residents are urged to take more precautions against contracting the disease and isolate if they do become infected, Rhode Island?s five statewide officeholders are taking their own steps to ensure that government functions will continue in the event they fall ill in the coming weeks.

?We are lacking the basic necessities to keep our health care workers safe?

Rhode Island now has 106 cases of the coronavirus; Raimondo orders air passengers to self-quarantine

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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

Matt Pritchard

How to protect the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic
EDITORIAL

During coronavirus crisis, US should delay census deadlines
Alysse G. Wurcel, David R. Stone, and Peter J. Koutoujian

State must ensure inmates are protected from coronavirus
IDEAS | Ben Moor

A doctor?s coronavirus challenge: reimagine the ventilator
LETTERS

Postcards from the pandemic
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Bring back the NBA!: The case for reviving professional sports in the time of coronavirus

VISUAL STORIES

17 photos of the coronavirus?s effect around the world

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

metro

Chelmsford priests offer drive-through confession: ?All specials come with a side of absolution'
?For clergy, as well as laypeople,? said the Rev. Corey Bassett-Tirrell, ?we?ve got to be creative and think outside the box.?

Second coronavirus case reported on Nantucket

A Nantucket hospital on Tuesday reported the second confirmed coronavirus case on the island.

Watch live at 12 p.m.: Governor Baker provides coronavirus update

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and leading state health officials are expected to give an update on the coronavirus situation at 12 p.m. Watch it live here.

Storm hits central and western Mass. with 4 to 8 inches of snow

Dorchester minister hands out $800 to ?people in need?

STAT

Coronavirus survives on surfaces up to 72 hours. Here?s how to protect yourself

?It?s been kind of rough?: Seattle ICU nurse shares her experience treating Covid-19 patients

WHO to launch multinational trial to jumpstart search for coronavirus drugs

Will immune therapies for the coronavirus be ready in time?

sports

Listen: Tom Brady to hold first press conference as a Buccaneer at noon

Usually, these introductory press conferences are done in person, but Brady?s will be audio-only due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Japanese Prime Minister, IOC president agree to postpone 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The Games will be postponed, with the expectation that they're held by summer 2021.

Devin McCourty: ?A new challenge? awaits the Patriots this season
Michael Silverman

Tom Brady has instant impact on Buccaneers? jersey sales

Politics

Contradicting health experts, Trump again appears to call for swift return to work amid escalating coronavirus outbreak

Business

Dow surges more than 1,400 points on hopes for coronavirus aid package

Marijuana

Is marijuana an ?essential? like milk or bread? Some states say yes
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

Patriots sign special teamer Cody Davis

Celtics remaining test results for players, staff members are negative for coronavirus

Mass. Golf Association awaiting word on whether courses can remain open

metro

Chelmsford priests offer drive-through confession: ?All specials come with a side of absolution'

Second coronavirus case reported on Nantucket

Watch live at 12 p.m.: Governor Baker provides coronavirus update

Nation

Working from home? Here?s your playlist

Coronavirus live updates: United States joins nations calling for Olympic postponement

Coronavirus latest updates

World

Italy records smaller increase in coronavirus cases for 2nd day

UN chief urges immediate global cease-fire to fight coronavirus

Pompeo rushes to Kabul to jumpstart flagging peace process

politics

Joe Biden has come the closest to reassembling the Obama coalition. He still has work to do

Ex-campaign staffer sues Bloomberg over layoffs, cites fraud

Watch live: White House coronavirus task force gives update on federal response

business

Dow surges more than 1,400 points on hopes for coronavirus aid package

Congress closing in on nearly $2 trillion virus aid package

CVS to hire 50,000 people to deal with coronavirus fallout

lifestyle

?People are everything you have?: Tatte founder Tzurit Or talks about supporting her team - and the community - in uncertain times

The 12 most annoying co-workers you face on Zoom

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marijuana

Is marijuana an ?essential? like milk or bread? Some states say yes

Like toilet paper, panic buyers snap up pot

Mass. marijuana leaders protest Baker?s order to stop recreational sales during ?stay-at-home? advisory

opinion

Expectant parents coping with a new level of uncertainty

Really, Tom Brady? Greener pastures?

Access to oral health care has been limited by this crisis

food & dining

Sign up for our Cooking From Home newsletter

Longtime restaurateur Michael Schlow on what the food industry needs now

Great cheese from happy cows

travel

The 12 most annoying co-workers you face on Zoom

Stir crazy? Stuck at home? Take a trip via the movies

Tips for cleaning your gear after traveling

Books

Author Paul Lisicky provides a snapshot of Provincetown in the early 1990s

What to read with the kids? Escape into Tove Jansson?s Moomin books

?War Fever? recalls pandemic and pandemonium in 1918 Boston

Movies

The journal of a plague year; threats of election dysfunction

The ReelAbilities Film Festival creates access online

Something familiar, something peculiar: Stephen Sondheim at the movies

Television

This week?s TV: Movies rushed to home video, the return of ?Ozark,? more binges

?Stolen Kids? story is coming to Amazon

What to watch if you like ?The Crown,? ?Victoria,? and ?American Housewife?

music

As coronavirus shuttered venues, these Boston music groups raced to livestreaming and recordings

?Stay at Home Festival? unites roots musicians from across the Atlantic on livestream

For each canceled classical concert, a recommended recording

Theater/Dance

ART postpones remainder of its season, including ?1776?

Improv Asylum alum donates $25,000 to pay performers

Watching theater, minus the theater

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

Amherst golf coach Tracy Mehr, who ?embraced each teachable moment,? dies at 91

Widow of Yuri Gagarin, first human in space, dies at 84

Betty Williams, peace laureate from Northern Ireland, 76