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Mass. reports 2,151 new coronavirus cases, 70 new related deaths; Baker promises to get benefits to unemployed workers
Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday vowed that the state will make every effort to deliver jobless benefits to the more than 470,000 residents who have filed unemployment claims in the last three weeks as the toll of the pandemic continues to rise.

Massachusetts will soon roll out expanded federal unemployment benefits. Here?s how to apply The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

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Fauci says US coronavirus deaths could be 60,000, half of earlier projections, because of social distancing
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US death toll from coronavirus reaches around 16,000; Democrats renew vote-by-mail push as coronavirus upends elections

Wall Street caps best week since 1974 on latest Fed stunner

Check out 10 people?s work-from-home office spaces during the coronavirus shutdown
We've been collecting stories about remote work adjustments from people in a range of professions, including legislators, executives, and athletes. Here's what their work-from-home setups look like.

Not feeling social? Just want to chill? Zoom hangouts are making it tough to cancel plans While juggling classes and reporting on coronavirus, college journalists from across the country join forces

Suspended head of Holyoke Soldiers? Home accuses state officials of lying
?There have been widespread reports in the media that state officials were kept in the dark about what was happening at the Soldiers? Home during the COVID-19 crisis. These reports are false,? Bennett Walsh wrote.

Before coronavirus, 2 out of 3 Mass. nursing homes broke the rules for preventing outbreaks Chelsea is 'epicenter' of COVID-19 outbreak and people should stay home 24 hours a day, city manager says

Editorial
Trump?s team finds new ways to harm our health
Polluters already were enjoying a reduction in enforcement, but the EPA keeps on giving. Lawmakers should keep the pressure on the agency.

Opinion

Scot Lehigh

John Prine said profound things in simple ways
IDEAS | ALEX GREEN

Just like the coronavirus, the 1918 flu pandemic ravaged group living facilities
Renée Loth

If the battle against coronavirus is war, it?s a civil war
Paul Watanabe

Coughing while Asian

Gun shops, others sue Baker to allow firearms sales amid pandemic

A coalition of gun shops, advocacy groups, and would be-gun owners sued Governor Charlie Baker in federal court Thursday in a bid to allow shuttered firearm dealers to legally reopen amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Amidst a peanut butter panic, Teddie steps up

As health care workers lead the fight against coronavirus from the front, Teddie has been one of the unsung companies fortifying the rear, with its employees drafted into a Rosie the Riveter role to fortify the supply lines that will help keep people at home.
On display in the dairy aisle, the kiss of life and lifelong friends
dan shaughnessy

Even during a pandemic, Tom Brady is ratings gold, and other thoughts

The splash Brady made with his radio appearance Wednesday shows that you can't overstate his popularity here.
Tom Brady, in a candid interview with Howard Stern, gave us some answers to questions we?ve been asking Making the case for Cam Newton as the Patriots? ?bridge? quarterback

Universities in Boston area to house health care workers, first responders during the COVID-19 crisis
Universities in the Boston area are opening up their residence halls to house those working on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. 2 hours ago

Coronavirus patients at four Mass. hospitals enrolled in trial of Sanofi drug

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Coronavirus exposed the lack of Internet access. Now some in Congress want to close that digital divide
The digital divide has been felt acutely in education after the outbreak forced schools to move classes online. Now, as congressional leaders begin to craft the next rescue package, some lawmakers want to target money to expand internet access.

How to get help if you?re not safe at home

At bat, Kevin Pillar expects to be right in the middle of things for the Red Sox
The outfielder acquired in the offseason is changing his plate approach from pull hitter to straight-away mode.

TIGER KING

Amid all its weirdness, ?Tiger King? reveals some ugly truths
Should we ignore the upsetting reality of people profiting off majestic, white-whiskered cats slumped in dirty cages? No, we shouldn?t.

No average Joes here, just some fame-seeking oddballs
The guiding principle of shows like "Tiger King" is that the most badly behaved people ? often cruel or deluded and usually outrageous ? are rewarded with more airtime.

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This Netflix special will help summon your courage

Should you text your ex? A flow chart.

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Charts: 10 US counties with the most coronavirus cases (beyond N.Y. and N.J.)

The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

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With ventilators running out, doctors say the machines are overused for Covid-19

?We?re being put at risk unnecessarily?: Doctors fume at government response to coronavirus pandemic

Trump faulted the WHO?s coronavirus response. But it?s guided by rules the US helped write

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Kids and the coronavirus: what you need to know

The unemployed now eligible for new, expanded unemployment benefits. Here?s how to apply

Yes, you can still get a package delivered. Just wash your hands, expert says

A coronavirus-inspired window sing-along version of ?Sweet Caroline? springs up in Boston

I tried to go 24 hours without touching my face. I made it 18 minutes
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What if we always loved supermarket workers as much as this?

In the midst of the pandemic, supermarket clerks and other low-wage workers have joined the pantheon of American heroes. Let's keep them there.

The race to save lives
The Globe has enlisted three medical workers to tell their stories in their own words. Throughout the coming days, you?ll meet a top emergency room doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital, a young critical care nurse at Tufts Medical Center, and a respiratory therapist at Newton Wellesley Hospital. All have opened up to Globe reporters about their patients and their experiences.

State releases sparse coronavirus race and ethnicity data, making virus?s impact hard to assess
The data was released as Governor Charlie Baker?s administration faced increasing pressure to be more transparent about the victims of the outbreak.

Rhode Island

Eight more Rhode Islanders have died and 277 more are infected, but the worst is yet to come

Rhode Island could start to see its highest rates of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths starting next week, but Governor Gina Raimondo said the exact slope of the curve ?is really difficult to say.?

The coronavirus is ruining the final season for the PawSox. And that?s bigger than baseball

The surreal experience of giving birth during the coronavirus crisis
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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.

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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.

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Editorial

Trump?s team finds new ways to harm our health
Timothy Scalona

Mourning senior year 2020
Scot Lehigh

Bernie and company must rally hard around Joe Biden
Renée Graham

Trump is battling his critics more fiercely than coronavirus
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A quarter million Americans could die from the coronavirus. Maybe more. How do we absorb that much death?

VISUAL STORIES

Globe staff photos of the month, March 2020

Life during the coronavirus pandemic

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17 photos of the coronavirus?s effect around the world

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KEVIN CULLEN
On display in the dairy aisle, the kiss of life and lifelong friends
Last April, Marsha Lawless was clinically dead on the floor of the dairy aisle of the Market Basket in Reading, but was brought back to life by a group of store workers, another shopper and Reading firefighters. She received the kiss of life, and the gift of lifelong friends who saved her life.

Eight more Rhode Islanders have died and 277 more are infected, but the worst is yet to come

Rhode Island could start to see its highest rates of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths starting next week, but Governor Gina Raimondo said the exact slope of the curve ?is really difficult to say.?
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The coronavirus is ruining the final season for the PawSox. And that?s bigger than baseball

Today was supposed to be opening day for the PawSox at McCoy Stadium, but all I can think about is my Little League team.

Man who allegedly stabbed woman with scissors in Raynham sought by police

Watch live: Mayor Walsh gives an update on the coronavirus response

STAT

Stay up to date with STAT?s Covid-19 Tracker

An interview with the CDC director on coronavirus, masks, and an agency gone quiet

Americans are underestimating duration of coronavirus crisis, experts say

A nurse?s coronavirus routine: Recording videos she hopes her family will never need to watch

sports

christopher l. gasper

Making the case for Cam Newton as the Patriots? ?bridge? quarterback

On the surface, it may not appear to be a good fit, but look closer, and he could be just what they need.
Julian McWilliams

At bat, Kevin Pillar expects to be right in the middle of things for the Red Sox

The outfielder acquired in the offseason is changing his plate approach from pull hitter to straight-away mode.

With Olympic dream deferred, Lynn?s Rashida Ellis will wait to fight another day
patriots positional report: safety

It?s safe to say Devin McCourty is one of the best at his position

Politics

White House tests journalists for COVID-19

Business

6.6 million more Americans seek unemployment aid as economic damage from coronavirus spreads

Marijuana

Mass. cannabis commission approves supply chain changes
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Perspective

What the US will be like after we conquer the coronavirus
Connections

A taste of my Italian family?s grace and humor in the time of coronavirus
Dispatches from the Edge

At risk populations: ?What helps is feeling like you?re not going it alone?

Dispatches from the Edge

My 46-hour hunt for toilet paper

sports

Read our live chat with Bruins beat writer Kevin Paul Dupont

Kemba Walker at the Jordan Brand retreat

UConn?s hero. Michael Jordan?s protégé. Boston?s hope: ?There was something about Kemba?

metro

On display in the dairy aisle, the kiss of life and lifelong friends

Eight more Rhode Islanders have died and 277 more are infected, but the worst is yet to come

The coronavirus is ruining the final season for the PawSox. And that?s bigger than baseball

Nation

Testing has begun on mask decontamination system in Somerville

The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

Mass. reports 2,151 new coronavirus cases, 70 new related deaths; Baker promises to get benefits to unemployed workers

World

Guatemala to resume deportation flights from US next week

EU court rules Poland must suspend disciplinary panel for judges

Pope creates new commission to study women deacons

politics

Biden joins growing call for release of racial data on coronavirus

After Sanders drops out, Biden signals support for lowering Medicare age and forgiving some student debt

Democrats renew vote-by-mail push as coronavirus upends elections

business

6.6 million more Americans seek unemployment aid as economic damage from coronavirus spreads

Wall Street caps best week since 1974 on latest Fed stunner

Federal Reserve announces $2.3 trillion in additional lending

lifestyle

International intrigue, political drama, armchair travel, and deep thoughts

Not feeling social? Just want to chill? Zoom hangouts are making it tough to cancel plans

Summertime cocktails, pizza for those who need it, and deals on carbs

marijuana

Mass. cannabis commission approves supply chain changes

Girl who inspired Charlotte?s Web marijuana oil dies after treatment as likely coronavirus patient

Nerds maker confirms THC-laced product at Utah food bank was not made by their company

opinion

Congress must protect Inspectors General

The Democratic primary: and then there was one

Federal government has failed to protect front-line workers

food & dining

New challenges for farmers, farmers? markets, and delivery services grappling with surge in demand

Cheese advice from a pro

Recipe: For the Easter table, pan-sear lamb chops and sprinkle with mint gremolata

travel

Glamping near Acadia, dreaming of Antarctica

7 virtual trips for kids that entertain and inform

Shut in, and shut out from some outdoor spots

Books

Harvard historian Bernard Bailyn takes a long look back in ?Illuminating History: A Retrospective of Seven Decades?

Local bestsellers for the week ending April 5

With ?Stay,? poet Nick Flynn combines his art with dozens of collaborators

Movies

Stuff to watch for free this week

?The Whistlers? is Romanian noir at its best ? which, as it turns out, is very good

Seeking justice, witnessing war, needing refuge

Television

In playing Shirley Chisholm, Uzo Aduba looked to another woman who could not be deterred

Seven mostly positive thoughts about the new season of ?Ozark?

Amid all its weirdness, ?Tiger King? reveals some ugly truths

music

In our empty public spaces, listening to the Great Diminuendo

Making music or weathering misfortune, Billy Conway and Laurie Sargent are in this together

James Taylor pays tribute to a ?hero of mine,? John Prine

Theater/Dance

Stages going dark in the Berkshires

Wake up your flagging spirits with 'The Drowsy Chaperone?

Melinda Lopez?s 'Mala? to be shown on WGBH 2

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

John Prine, poignant, comic chronicler of holes in the soul

Peter A. Brooke, dean of Boston?s venture capitalists, dies at 90

Al Kaline, Tigers? perennial all-around All-Star, 85