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Baker extends statewide school closure until May 4

State reports jump of 679 new coronavirus cases, four new deaths
Governor Charlie Baker said all schools, public and private, and day care facilities would be shut down until Monday, May 4. Meanwhile, state officials said four more deaths from coronavirus-related causes were reported, with 679 new coronavirus cases. The total number of confirmed cases in the state has reached 1,838.

Read Governor Baker?s order extending the statewide school shutdown until May 4 Massachusetts coronavirus tests are being conducted at faster clip, but state?s lab still lags Dow sees first back-to-back gain in 6 weeks

The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts
A look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts.

How New York?s spiraling coronavirus outbreak could affect Mass.
Epidemiologists warn the high volume of Massachusetts-New York travel could lead to more infections in Massachusetts, underscoring the need for residents to distance themselves from others.

Nine months pregnant, this doctor left the ER. Now she wrestles with guilt
Laura Dean, a resident at Mass. General and Brigham and Women?s, is battling the tension between wanting to keep her patients and her baby healthy.

As coronavirus spreads, state medical examiner prepares for a potential spike in deaths

Here?s what?s in the new $2 trillion coronavirus aid bill
Here?s a look at the details of the historic aid deal reached by Congress and the White House.

$2 trillion coronavirus rescue bill hits late snags in Senate Coronavirus aid bill bars Trump, family from benefiting from hospitality industry loans
Live Updates

Britain?s Prince Charles tests positive; N.Y. coronavirus cases surge to 30,000

Here are recent updates on what?s happening in New England, the United States, and around the world.
Seth Moulton self-quarantines after experiencing symptoms of coronavirus Michael Dukakis hospitalized in California for pneumonia, tested negative for coronavirus Well-known people who have tested positive
christopher l. gasper

Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs is coming up short during the global pandemic, and it?s pathetic

The TD Garden proprietor and billionaire should be embarrassed after laying off arena employees and icing their incomes.
150 TD Garden, Bruins workers face job, salary cuts in wake of coronavirus shutdown

In a matter of days, coronavirus has devastated Boston?s hotel industry

A report says that occupancy rates have fallen from 80 percent to the single digits.
Health officials issue warning on person stricken with coronavirus who took bus trips from N.H. to Boston 19 coronavirus cases in Worcester, officials say

With states moving primaries due to coronavirus, Joe Biden may not be the presumptive Democratic nominee until June

 Ed Markey still fund-raising during coronavirus crisis

Opinion

Joan Vennochi

Maura Healey, the politics of compassion and the coronavirus
Regan Bergmark and Thomas Tsai

Code Blue: We?re doctors and we need personal protective equipment to shield us from the coronavirus ? now
Boston Health Care Executives

Mass. needs a comprehensive care response to the coronavirus

EDITORIAL

State should follow the feds on new tax deadline

Dos and Don'ts

Do you need to stock up on bottled water? In a word, no.

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

Community

What could we do differently if we allowed our pandemic priorities to change us for the better?

How would our lives look, if our values in the midst of a pandemic were frozen, right here? If we were always as kind to each other as we are today? We would do just about everything differently from now on.
museums

Why we closed: The MFA, ICA, and Gardner Museum directors on their difficult coronavirus decision

In their own words, Matthew Teitelbaum, Jill Medvedow, and Peggy Fogelman discuss protecting the public and their staff. And what happens next.
television

Free trials give you access to TV?s best

A number of services are extending free trials, hoping to seduce new subscribers at a time when everyone is watching TV because of the coronavirus.
FOOD

Food shopping from a distance: the new rules

This list of delivery options changes daily, sometimes even hourly. Here?s what was on offer at press time.
Dishes you can make with what?s on hand Wash your hands ? and your produce

Love Letters
My friend is falling for a loser
How do I stop her from making a huge mistake?

Devin McCourty not worried about a Patriots leadership void without Tom Brady
McCourty cited the ongoing presence of veterans such as himself, Matthew Slater, Julian Edelman, and Patrick Chung.

With Stephen Gostkowski gone, could the Patriots turn to Jake Bailey to do it all?

Dave Epstein
Watching and waiting for cheerier weather
With all of us more confined in some way, shape, or form, having several days of cool, damp weather can really start to get old quickly.

More Recent headlines

Lottery opens for affordable housing units in Newtonville

Scituate man, 32, allegedly tried to strangle Transit Police officer at South Station

Crane tips over and knocks out power to some homes in Woburn

Coronavirus resources

How the Greater Boston biomedical community is tackling the coronavirus

Some good coronavirus news: genetic detectives are on the case

At senior living homes, a heightened readiness as coronavirus looms

Mass. insurers to cover full cost of coronavirus testing, treatment

Keeping your hands clean in the time of coronavirus
Access to this important coronavirus content is provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Sign up for our Cooking From Home newsletter

What do we cook during trying times? How do we think about food? For answers to these questions, along with plenty of delicious recipes, sign up for Cooking From Home, a two-week newsletter from food critic Devra First about cooking during coronavirus, starting this week.

Recommended Reads

OUR DISTANT TRIBE

Loneliness and friendship in the age of coronavirus

History is clear: In times of massive hardship and pain, community is at its tightest and happiest. Can a pandemic actually close the distance between us?

THE FINE PRINT
Sudden closure of bank lobbies for in-person services leaves some in the lurch
A Needham woman was confused and inconvenienced when her local bank branch shut, following Governor Baker's stay-at-home advisory.

?I do not allow myself to show fear and panic': An interview with an Italian doctor at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak
Dr. Francesco Castelli works as the director of the infectious and tropical diseases department at the University of Brescia and at the Brescia Spedali Civili hospital.

Rhode Island

R.I. sees rise in coronavirus, but governor says $2-trillion aid package makes this 'a good? day

R.I. Governor Gina Raimondo announces a total of 132 coronavirus cases in the state Wednesday, though no deaths.

Welcome back, Rhode Islanders! Now go home and stay there.

Coronavirus aid package would provide $1.25 billion to R.I., Reed says
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.
Sign up for The Great Divide newsletter

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

Susan Sered

Hospitals need to prepare for life and death decisions during the coronavirus pandemic
EDITORIAL

Protecting the 2020 election starts with easing ballot access
Mark C. Poznansky and Jacqueline A. Hart

The coronavirus economic recovery must begin now

Joan Vennochi

Confessions of a social distance resister
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

Here are all the latest Mass. restrictions on education, other services in response to coronavirus
The new policies laid out Wednesday also include restrictions and guidance on housing and operations at grocery stores and pharmacies.

State Representative Michael Day has tested positive for coronavirus illness

Day, 46, has been symptom-free since March 17, but remains in isolation with his family.
Dave Epstein

Watching and waiting for cheerier weather

With all of us more confined in some way, shape, or form, having several days of cool, damp weather can really start to get old quickly.

Before coronavirus, Newton development was booming. Now what?

Watch live: Governor Baker gives a coronavirus update

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

AlexSpeier

Some Red Sox projections, on what would have been Opening Day

Is there reason to believe that the roster features the talent to exceed its projected mediocrity in order to contend?

NHL announces postponement of several events, including combine, draft, and awards ceremony

Combine, awards ceremony, and draft all pushed back indefinitely.

Devin McCourty not worried about a Patriots leadership void without Tom Brady

With Stephen Gostkowski gone, could the Patriots turn to Jake Bailey to do it all?

Politics

Representative Seth Moulton self-quarantines after experiencing symptoms of coronavirus

Business

Countries should stop wasting time and fight virus, WHO says

Marijuana

Marijuana businesses are ineligible for coronavirus disaster relief, federal agency confirms
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

Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs is coming up short during the global pandemic, and it?s pathetic

A Celtics fan, life upended in Milan, urges Boston to prepare for the coronavirus: ?Here, we are scared?

In this time of no live sports, marble racing has become all the rage

metro

Here are all the latest Mass. restrictions on education, other services in response to coronavirus

State Representative Michael Day has tested positive for coronavirus illness

Watching and waiting for cheerier weather

Nation

Representative Seth Moulton self-quarantines after experiencing symptoms of coronavirus

A venture capitalist got coronavirus. It gave him ideas about protecting health and the economy

Conservatives gutted the social safety net. Now, in a crisis, they?re embracing it.

World

Philippine rebels declare ceasefire to heed UN chief?s call

Modi orders 3-week total lock-down for all 1.3 billion Indians

Likud members urge speaker to defy Israeli high court order

politics

With states moving primaries due to coronavirus, Joe Biden may not be the presumptive Democratic nominee until June

Ed Markey still fund-raising during coronavirus crisis

Here?s what?s in the new $2 trillion coronavirus aid bill

business

Countries should stop wasting time and fight virus, WHO says

In a matter of days, coronavirus has devastated Boston?s hotel industry

Grocery stores a lifeline but also a place of anxiety, especially for workers

lifestyle

Chef Floyd Cardoz dies at 59 of coronavirus complications

Caledonia Spirits shuts down its bar and store, makes hand sanitizer

The Great Wall of China reopens a popular section to tourists after coronavirus closure

marijuana

Marijuana businesses are ineligible for coronavirus disaster relief, federal agency confirms

In a recession, demand for pot is as inelastic as alcohol

Denver exempts pot shops, liquor stores from stay-at-home order

opinion

A student essay contest on the free press

Code Blue: We?re doctors and we need personal protective equipment to shield us from the coronavirus ? now

Postcards from the pandemic

food & dining

Dishes you can make with what?s on hand

A certified sommelier will personally shop for you, and deliver to your door

Recipe: A tender, comforting poppy-seed loaf cake glazed with lemon has a long history

travel

The Great Wall of China reopens a popular section to tourists after coronavirus closure

The 12 most annoying co-workers you face on Zoom

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

Books

Closings, cancellations, and reading recommendations

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

Movies

In ?The Banker,' remembering the Black real estate mogul who hired a white stand-in

?Inside the Rain? is a feat for this neuroatypical filmmaker

The journal of a plague year; threats of election dysfunction

Television

Free trials give you access to TV?s best

Falling for Netflix?s ?Feel Good?

Daily Distraction: Realism reigns in Netflix?s gritty ?Gomorrah?

music

?BSO at Home? serves up concerts and self-produced videos

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

Theater/Dance

Tony Awards postponed; no new date set

ART postpones remainder of its season, including ?1776?

Improv Asylum alum donates $25,000 to pay performers

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

Terrence McNally, Tony-winning playwright, dies at 81 of coronavirus complications

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

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