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For grocery store employee, a hard life filled with work and happiness, suddenly gone

Vitalina Williams escaped poverty in Guatemala and moved to Salem, Mass., where she met someone, drawing him, he said, with her warm, generous nature. They got married, and bought a two-family house near the water. They worked hard: He stocked shelves at a Market Basket in Danvers; she ran the register at a Market Basket in Salem. Then the coronavirus pandemic struck. And suddenly, Vitalina was gone.
As more grocery store workers die, employees call for better protection

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More than 18,000 coronavirus-related deaths reported in US; Torn over reopening economy, Trump says he faces ?biggest decision I?ve ever had to make?

Walsh, banks, agree to mortgage deferral plan for coronavirus crisis

Boston?s major hospitals so far staying ahead of high demand for ICU beds
Boston's hospital officials say rising infection rates still require vigilance against over-capacity in intensive care units.

In one of the holiest weeks of the year, hospital chaplains offer hope ? and improvisation
Offering comfort in a crisis that requires physical distancing can be especially hard for hospital clergy who rely on the warmth of hands, eye contact, and the voice to deliver the solace of prayer. Chaplains are feeling vulnerable as they never have before.

For divorced couples with children, coronavirus creates added challenges
As families are urged to stay at home or shelter in place, many divorced parents are being forced to reconsider: Which home? Which place?

Opinion

EDITORIAL

More COVID-19 data from the state would save lives
Ideas | Jeff Howe

It?s possible to flatten the curve too much
Michael A. Cohen

Missing the human touch
RENÉE GRAHAM

Being a person of color isn?t a risk factor for coronavirus. Living in a racist country is
JENÉE OSTERHELDT

With coronavirus, racism is the underlying condition

Black and Latinx people are being infected and dying due to the coronavirus at higher rates around the United States, though disease is incapable of racism. Our country's preexisting infections of racial oppression and dehumanization have set us up for this.
Boston releases coronavirus data that point to stark racial disparities among those infected
Layoff tracker

A list of layoffs and furloughs in Massachusetts (so far) due to coronavirus

Explore the companies that have announced layoffs and furloughs in response to the coronavirus outbreak, and see how it affects their local employees.
THE RACE TO SAVE LIVES

At Newton-Wellesley Hospital, respiratory therapist Samantha Cafaro on the decision to induce a coma

The latest installment in our series following hospital professionals fighting the coronavirus pandemic at three Boston-area hospitals.

Justice Department opens civil rights investigation into coronavirus deaths at Holyoke Soldiers? Home
The Civil Rights Division of the US Justice Department and Massachusetts US Attorney Andrew Lelling said Friday they have opened a civil rights investigation into the operation of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home.

Treating addiction on the streets of Boston. Over the phone.
The need to respond to the peril, along with the temporary easing of federal and state regulations, has led to innovations that make addiction care more accessible.

Amid Boston?s construction suspension, city inspectors halt work at dozens of job sites
City authorities have shut down scores of construction job sites, from East Boston to Jamaica Plain, amid Boston?s suspension of such work brought on by the unprecedented coronavirus crisis.

RMV workers union calls for agency to shutter all branches

Gordon Hayward using time off to let injuries heal and spend time with family
The Celtics forward had lingering knee and foot injuries that have been allowed to heal.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS
As banks ramp up loans, many businesses still waiting for federal aid
The billions approved by Congress would allow small businesses to take out cheap loans of up to $10 million to keep workers on their payrolls, but after a rocky start to the application process, there?s a worry that the money could run out.

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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.

Reports of child abuse and neglect are plummeting across New England. That?s not a good thing
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Rhode Island

Rhode Island has the highest rate of unemployment claims in the country

Rhode Island has the highest share of unemployment claims as a percentage of the civilian labor force, at 15.2 percent, in the country, underscoring the influx of unemployment claims the state has received since its first coronavirus case was announced March 1.

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Rhode Island?s top doctor steps up to the podium amid the epidemic
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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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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.
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Rhode Island has the highest rate of unemployment claims in the country

Rhode Island has the highest share of unemployment claims as a percentage of the civilian labor force, at 15.2 percent, in the country, underscoring the influx of unemployment claims the state has received since its first coronavirus case was announced March 1.

Police find two bodies in a sedan in Providence, call it a double homicide

The dark colored sedan with Rhode Island license plates had been driven onto the tracks near a desolate stretch of Harris Avenue, near a ramp for Route 6. Police have taken a male "person of interest" into custody for questioning.

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White was forced to shut down his latest event, but he won?t give up.
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NFL plans to scrap pass interference reviews by replay

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Marijuana

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Dispatches from the Edge

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

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My 46-hour hunt for toilet paper

sports

US women?s hockey captain Meghan Duggan credited with an assist as virtual physical education sub

Sports flashback: What is the best trade by a Boston team?

USA Women's Ice Hockey Captain encouraging Danvers elementary school students to stay active

metro

Maintenance worker injured in Maine explosion discharged from Boston

Rhode Island has the highest rate of unemployment claims in the country

Police find two bodies in a sedan in Providence, call it a double homicide

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Global coronavirus deaths exceed 100,000, but US spread may be slowing

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After 2.5 months of quarantine, coronavirus-hit Wuhan cautiously revives

UN health agency on defensive after Trump slams it on virus

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Former president Obama urges mayors to ?speak the truth? as they battle coronavirus

Trump keeps talking. Some Republicans don?t like what they?re hearing

Senators block new coronavirus aid, Pelosi decries ?stunt?

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As banks ramp up loans, many businesses still waiting for federal aid

Walsh, banks, agree to mortgage deferral plan for coronavirus crisis

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Chapter 10: What?s your secret sauce?

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

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The coronavirus has exposed decades of underinvestment in basic services

More COVID-19 data from the state would save lives

food & dining

Chapter 11: We are all our own bartenders now

Chapter 10: What?s your secret sauce?

Chapter 9: Granola is a scam

travel

Glamping near Acadia, dreaming of Antarctica

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Shut in, and shut out from some outdoor spots

Books

Jerry Craft on graphic novels, raising readers

A brutal heartland

In ?A Luminous Republic,? a fable of dangerous children

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In ?Love Wedding Repeat,? ?I do? leads to much ado

Television

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

music

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In our empty public spaces, listening to the Great Diminuendo

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

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

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Idelle Weber, who stretched the meaning of pop art, dies at 88

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

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