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Mass. reports 33 new coronavirus-related deaths, 868 new cases; Baker extends business closures, stay-at-home advisory to May 4

A limit on gatherings of 10 people or less is also being extended to May 4
A closer look at Governor Baker?s coronavirus extensions

Holyoke death toll rises to 13, as mayor accuses suspended Soldiers? Home director of concealing deaths
State and local officials did not learn until the weekend that a coronavirus outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers' Home had taken a deadly turn, Mayor Alex Morse said Tuesday.

He served his country on dangerous ground for 40 years. The Holyoke coronavirus outbreak took his life

The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

Mass. coronavirus peak likely in mid-April, some epidemiologists predict

Dow closes slightly down as S&P ends with first-quarter drop of 20%, its worst quarterly performance since 2008

Six-foot rule to protect against coronavirus is questionable, MIT professor says
Social-distancing strategies are critical in the current pandemic, but the current understanding of virus transmission in respiratory diseases comes from a 1930s model.

Should we wear masks? The discussion is underway

Blue Cross, Harvard Pilgrim waive patients? out-of-pocket payments for COVID-19

The moves expand upon a directive from the Massachusetts state Division of Insurance earlier in March that health insurers waive copays for any treatment related to COVID-19.

Cambridge biotech seeks OK for coronavirus test that delivers results in 15 minutes
Researchers at Mass. General are ?cautiously optimistic? that the product, which resembles a pregnancy test, is reliable.

Innovation Economy: What stimulus? Startups and venture investors hunker down in coronavirus era

Opinion

EDITORIAL

A president unfit for a pandemic
Robin Chase

Roads cleared of vehicle traffic should be open to foot traffic during the coronavirus pandemic
RENÉE GRAHAM

The futility of hate-watching Trump?s coronavirus briefings
JEFF JACOBY

Excluding Taiwan from the WHO is a political and medical outrage

Citing coronavirus, construction unions urge a statewide halt to building projects

A group representing 75,000 Massachusetts workers says it?s impossible to ensure on-site safety.

Social distancing may already be working, smart thermometer company data suggests

Social distancing appears to be working, according to a company that has more than a million smart thermometers in circulation.
Nursing home halts residents? move after a positive COVID-19 test, families say
Live Updates

US death toll from coronavirus eclipses China?s official count; Wuhan reopens for business

 UN chief says coronavirus is worst crisis since World War II

Interactives

New York?s staggering coronavirus outbreak, in five charts

How overwhelmed could New England hospitals become? Explore maps of different scenarios

The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country. Here?s how we got there

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The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

The coronavirus tracker

These maps track the path of coronavirus

Dos and Don'ts

How to keep kids connected with friends, even when they?re housebound

Does your mail have to be quarantined?

Tech tools aimed at assessing the likelihood that you have COVID-19

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

Tom Brady will wear No. 12 with the Buccaneers, thanks to his new teammate
Wide receiver Chris Godwin has worn the number since 2017, but offered it to Brady upon the quarterback's signing.

NFL owners vote to expand playoffs to 14 teams beginning in 2020

Parent in college admissions case sentenced to seven months in prison
A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday sentenced a California woman to seven months in prison for paying bribes to secure her daughter?s admission to Georgetown University as a fake tennis recruit and to facilitate SAT cheating as part of the Varsity Blues scandal, prosecutors said.

Lawyers for Mass. man accused in horrific N.H. crash calls initial police assessment ?deeply flawed?
Attorneys for the Massachusetts man who allegedly crashed his truck and attached trailer into a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire last June, killing seven people, are saying an initial police assessment of the horrific incident was deeply flawed.

More Recent headlines

Driver escapes barrage of bullets fired at car on I-91 in Springfield

In Boston, arrests continue to dip as pandemic rages on

Endangered sea turtles released back into ocean off Georgia after being stranded on Cape Cod

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
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Recommended Reads

At doctors? offices, this is the year of the rescheduled appointment

A cascade of calendar-clearing appointment delays and cancellations is adding to the sense of anxiety gripping older folks as coronavirus cases surge across Massachusetts.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
Without hair stylists, we?re suddenly in a hairy situation
Cooped up for weeks as we shelter-at-home, we've lost the valuable skills of stylists, colorists, and barbers, and the results aren't pretty.

Working from home reveals new, not always flattering side of romantic partners
It's a reality that millions of Americans are facing as they adjust to working from the couch with a new set of colleagues: their beloved family.

Rhode Island

R.I. Governor Raimondo pleads for retired doctors and nurses to help with the state?s coronavirus outbreak

Rhode Island is in ?desperate need? of trained medical and behavioral health professionals, Raimondo said. "If you?re out there, if you?re retired, if you?re only working part-time, I am calling you up," she said. ?I am asking you please to respond.?

The coronavirus has been devastating for Providence?s pension fund

With fewer patients, Lifespan places a ?small amount? of R.I. hospital employees on furlough
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

JEFF JACOBY

Excluding Taiwan from the WHO is a political and medical outrage
Tiffani Faison and Jon Hurst

Shuttered businesses need rent relief

Members of the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics

A message to the public from Mass. doctors, nurses, and ethicists about the coronavirus
Christopher Reddy

Lessons from Deepwater Horizon for coronavirus

LETTERS

Postcards from the pandemic
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

?The strong get stronger?: The coronavirus pandemic will exacerbate some of the most worrisome trends in American life ? unless we take action

VISUAL STORIES

Life during the coronavirus pandemic

Surf?s up in Narragansett: Riders are social distancing themselves on the waves

17 photos of the coronavirus?s effect around the world

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

metro

Newton
Newton closes city tennis, basketball courts to help combat coronavirus spread
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller also has prohibited people in separate households from playing sports together, according to a statement issued Monday.

Nursing home halts residents? move after a positive COVID-19 test, families say

The central Massachusetts nursing home that was being converted into the state?s first COVID-19 recovery center has halted its hurried relocation of residents after one who was preparing to move tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to the adult children of two residents.

City councilors, parents, educators blast state overhaul of Boston schools

Educators, families, and elected leaders from Boston pleaded with state education officials on Tuesday to freeze plans for overhauling the Boston Public School system, blasting the effort?s launch amid the coronavirus pandemic as inappropriate and insensitive.

Newly minted doctors march toward front lines to battle coronavirus

Newton schools propose 3.5 percent increase for fiscal 2021 budget

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

Chris Sale is latest example of Red Sox continuing to compound mistakes

The Sox erred with Jon Lester, and they erred by giving Sale a huge extension

What went right (a lot) and wrong (not much) for the Bruins this season

Before the season was paused, the Bruins appeared primed for another long playoff run.
tara sullivan

Remembering my best day as a Boston sportswriter

NFL owners vote to expand playoffs to 14 teams beginning in 2020

Politics

Early divisions as Congress weighs next help for economy

Business

What small business owners need to know about the $2 trillion stimulus package

Marijuana

Former NFL player Kyle Turley under fire for claiming CBD can cure coronavirus
magazine
Dispatches from the Edge

What I've learned dealing with anxiety may help you now
Dispatches from the Edge

Small business operators share their coronavirus stories
Dispatches from the Edge

My 46-hour hunt for toilet paper
The Kicker

Do you remember the moment you turned 'old'?

sports

Tom Brady will wear No. 12 with the Buccaneers, thanks to his new teammate

Matt Ryan, Luke Kuechly, Doug Flutie, and other BC football greats play social-distance catch

MLB extends weekly stipends for minor leaguers through May 31

metro

Newton closes city tennis, basketball courts to help combat coronavirus spread

Nursing home halts residents? move after a positive COVID-19 test, families say

City councilors, parents, educators blast state overhaul of Boston schools

Nation

Thousands sign online petition to allow only year-round residents and trucks over Cape Cod bridges amid coronavirus pandemic

State Police send troopers to patrol Springfield indefinitely in light of shortages caused by coronavirus pandemic

Watch live: White House officials give coronavirus briefing

World

Blissful ignorance? Submariners likely unaware of pandemic

Moscow goes into lockdown, rest of Russia braces for same

With more infections than China, Spain tightens lockdown

politics

Watch live: White House officials give coronavirus briefing

How will we vote? Outbreak revives debate on mail-in ballots

How dire projections, grim images dashed Trump?s Easter plan

business

Citing coronavirus, construction unions urge a statewide halt to building projects

Saudis start to unleash oil wave despite US pressure

Airlines refuse to collect passenger data that could aid coronavirus fight

lifestyle

Dishes you can make with what?s on hand

The year of the pandemic Passover

Chocolate care packages for you or a loved one

marijuana

Former NFL player Kyle Turley under fire for claiming CBD can cure coronavirus

Marijuana legalization left out of New York budget, according to draft summary

Mass. marijuana regulator joins fight to allow recreational pot stores to reopen

opinion

The futility of hate-watching Trump?s coronavirus briefings

Coronavirus crisis frames our election choice

Students still need to learn during the coronavirus pandemic

food & dining

The year of the pandemic Passover

Chocolate care packages for you or a loved one

Bustling tap rooms replaced with fear and sadness at local breweries

travel

When students have to evacuate Spain in two days, emotions run high

Why a Northampton family is staying put in Spain

?Skip-gen? travel trend adds a new segment to the family vacation

Books

Tom Perrotta on ?The Leftovers? and how we behave in times of fear and loss

Hilary Mantel on re-reading

?Too Much? draws a direct line from Victorian to contemporary restraints on women

Movies

A summer camp that enabled the disabled

R. Crumb?s cartoon therapy; a cruel solution to overpopulation

Extra-sensory perception from a trio of boundary pushers

Television

Take a good look at the consistently good John Turturro

?Some Good News,? with your anchor, John Krasinski

The time is right to revisit ?The Night Of?

music

From Rockport, Tom Rush reports he?s recovering from coronavirus

Boston Calling canceled amid coronavirus concerns

The epic dread of Bob Dylan?s ?Murder Most Foul?

Theater/Dance

John Douglas Thompson to star in Shakespeare on the Common?s ?Tempest?

In Cameron Esposito?s memoir, Boston ?plays a big role?

Boston Ballet announces dancer promotions for the 2020-2021 season

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

Last design: Dying of coronavirus, a famous architect planned his final resting place

Tom Coburn, the ?Dr. No? of Congress

Architect Michael McKinnell, co-designer of Boston City Hall, dies at 84