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The coronavirus resolutions we think we?ll keep (but won?t)

Our coronavirus pandemic resolutions are tethered to some imagined moment in the future when we get out of this jail. Things we?re going to do. Who we?re going to be. Those kinds of lies.

JANELLE NANOS

How will coronavirus change the way we shop? Here are 10 predictions about the future of retail

As we all look ahead to the still-distant day when we can indulge in simple pleasures like grabbing coffee in Harvard Square, browsing Back Bay boutiques, or ordering drinks at a favorite neighborhood haunt, we wonder: What will the new normal feel like? How will coronavirus remake us as consumers, changing what we buy, where we buy it, and why?

Jeneé Osterheldt

How our social lives have changed in the time of social distancing

Now is the time for us to wrap our arms around one another. But we can?t. So we look for other ways to find relief, to cultivate community, to remember happiness still lives here.

Coronavirus brings illness and death ? and sometimes stigma

While some families openly acknowledge that a loved one has died from the coronavirus pandemic, others fear the negative associations of the disease.

In remote Maine, the coronavirus is a distant threat

If the coronavirus has unnerved locals in Piscataquis County, the evidence is hard to find. And so is the disease. This sprawling county of tiny towns and spectacular wilderness was the last one in New England to record a case of coronavirus.

Assisted-living sites struggle with coronavirus in shadow of nursing home crisis

As the coronavirus sweeps through Massachusetts nursing homes, leaving a trail of deaths that now tops 1,300, a parallel crisis has been playing out with far less scrutiny in another setting housing vulnerable seniors: assisted living.

Virtual classes test kindergarten teachers

Kindergarten, like preschool, does not require extensive reading or long reports, but it requires a certain togetherness that is gone in the era of coronavirus.

Innovation Economy

At ezCater, they got a dreaded e-mail, and then 420 lost their jobs

More than 400 people lost their jobs at the Boston business catering startup. Here?s how it went down, from the perspective of the boss and an employee who was laid off.

Opinion

Put public health over profits

Mark Lampert, Jeremy Levin, Michel Vounatsos, and John Maraganore

Cautiously optimistic about discovering drugs to treat the coronavirus

Michael Rosenblatt

Restrictions on coronavirus patents would restrict research

MICHAEL A. COHEN

Say it loud, say it clear: Donald Trump needs to resign over his handling of the coronavirus

Tracking all the undrafted free agents the Patriots have picked up

Undrafted free agents are a key part of the team-building process.

Is the quarterback position important to Bill Belichick?

Twin sisters from N.J. each accepted to 5 Ivy League schools, including Harvard and Dartmouth

Jessica and Nicole Alexander of Clifton, N.J., must now choose between Harvard, Princeton, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, and Dartmouth.

The week?s TV: The healing powers of ?Parks and Rec,? Mindy Kaling?s new one, and back to ?Billions?

Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in TV.

John Krasinski had a potluck with Guy Fieri, Martha Stewart, and David Chang on ?Some Good News?

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Comfort Zone

Seniors, these exercise classes are zooming to your living room

How to keep a quarantine diary

?Big Band Bossa Nova? will transport you far, far away

Watch and weep: 5 movies for the cry you need

Woman has life-threatening injuries, three others hurt when MBTA bus crashes into cars in Dorchester

One woman is in life-threatening condition and three others were injured after a MBTA bus collided with three vehicles in Dorchester early Monday, said Officer James Moccia, a spokesman for the Boston Police Department.

32 days on a ventilator: One coronavirus patient?s fight to breathe again

Jim Bello, 49, an athletic and healthy lawyer, had developed a 103 degree fever in early March after a hike in White Mountains in New Hampshire and landed in a suburban emergency room six days later, struggling to breathe.

Surviving ventilators, only to find lives diminished

Caring for pets, veterinarians at MSPCA?s Angell hospital take extra precautions during pandemic

As hospitals across the region race to care for patients afflicted with the coronavirus, the pandemic has also had an impact on the care of Massachusetts? four-legged residents at Boston?s Angell Animal Medical Center -- where experts have taken steps to protect owners and their pets during the crisis.

Coronavirus ends daredevil life of double-lung transplant patient

Joanne Mellady, a Mass. resident, was a vivacious risk taker who died of the coronavirus in March. Her family recounts her thrilling life.

Healthy people in their 30s and 40s, barely sick with coronavirus, are dying from strokes

Once thought to be a pathogen that primarily attacks the lungs, coronavirus has turned out to be a much more formidable foe - affecting nearly every major organ system in the body.

Sunday?s Boston Globe runs 21 pages of death notices as coronavirus continues to claim lives

Some form of social distancing will probably remain in place through the summer, Deborah Birx, the White House's coronavirus task force coordinator, said Sunday.

The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

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Everett man, 31, arrested for alleged holdup in East Boston, is suspect in several armed robberies, police say

Her Campus to host virtual ?I?m Still Graduating? celebration for college seniors

Man killed in head-on crash in Easton

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Remembering UpToDate creator and Wellesley resident Burton (Bud) Rose, the ?Steve Jobs of medicine?

Coronavirus ?serosurvey? results are coming. Here?s how to kick their tires

Coronavirus resources

The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

Boston is still running

Town-by-town coronavirus data in Massachusetts

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

The race to save lives

Elegies for those lost to coronavirus

Recommended Reads

Saving Chelsea: A hotbed of coronavirus has become a hotbed of giving, too

The city of Chelsea had been turning around, but that progress has been stopped in its tracks by the virus. Now, ordinary people are trying to fill the gaps left by government.

What will summer be like now?

As the sun comes out and flowers burst open, new questions are arising that few of us are ready to contemplate: What will summer look like in the middle of a pandemic?

The lost year: High school seniors reflect on glory days they?ll never have

Like every senior class before them, the Class of 2020 was supposed to enjoy the long goodbye of their final semester in high school. Instead, the time of their lives has turned to heartbreak.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island reports seven more deaths from coronavirus

State death toll rises to 233, and total number of positive tests increases to 7,708.

At a Little League field, longing for a whiff of baseball

The zip codes with the most coronavirus cases in Rhode Island

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Caring for special kids during the coronavirus

OPINION | THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Google tightens its rules on ads ? finally

A new chance to close the digital divide

Postcards from the pandemic

Ideas | Nafeez Ahmed

This is hastening the end of the oil era

Ideas | Kat McGowan

When numbers fail: Coronavirus is a crash course in uncertainty

VISUAL STORIES

Inside Boston Medical Center: The heart of the coronavirus storm

Fenway Park is ready to play ball, even though we are not

When every call is a coronavirus call

Life during the coronavirus pandemic

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Somerville to launch on-demand coronavirus testing, fines for people who don?t wear masks

Drive-through, walk-up and bike-in testing will be available on demand in the city, and those who don't wear masks in public will face $300 fines.

Rhode Island reports seven more deaths from coronavirus

State death toll rises to 233, and total number of positive tests increases to 7,708.

Caring for pets, veterinarians at MSPCA?s Angell hospital take extra precautions during pandemic

As hospitals across the region race to care for patients afflicted with the coronavirus, the pandemic has also had an impact on the care of Massachusetts? four-legged residents at Boston?s Angell Animal Medical Center -- where experts have taken steps to protect owners and their pets during the crisis.

White House details federal aid to Massachusetts for battle against coronavirus

Watch live at 2 p.m.: Mayor Walsh gives update on coronavirus

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Baseball shutdown is particularly problematic for Pawtucket Red Sox

This season obviously is in question, and they are supposed to move to Worcester in 2021, but stadium construction there is on hold too.

Six Patriots roster battles to watch now that the NFL Draft is over

The Patriots created competition in the trenches in the draft and generated it at the skill positions with undrafted free agents.

Change for the better: Globe reporters share their ideas to improve sports

From scheduling back-to-back rivalry games to making NBA courts a little wider to having MLB teams dress their best 25 players, the Globe sports staff is game to share its suggestions.

Sports Log

Doctors clear Ryan Newman to drive again

Instant replay: The best sports on TV Monday

Patriots

Here?s a breakdown of Patriots roster battles following the draft

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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

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

Business

US stocks rise as governments plan to ease virus lockdowns

Stocks around the world, including in the US, rose Monday as governments prepare to gradually lift restrictions they imposed on businesses to slow the sweep of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some countries and US states move to ease virus lockdowns

Some countries and US states are starting to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions and focus on fixing their battered economies.

Stephen Sondheim gets a starry but tardy birthday concert

Stop & Shop will extend 10 percent pay hike through May

US could be weeks from meat shortages with shutdowns spreading

How will coronavirus change the way we shop? Here are 10 predictions about the future of retail

Politics

Supreme Court tosses NY case that could have expanded gun rights

Americans? support for mail voting rising amid pandemic, poll finds

Naval destroyer USS Kidd reports rise in virus cases to 33

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Marijuana

Judge sides with Cambridge in marijuana equity fight

Montana urges judge to reject electronic signatures lawsuit over marijuana ballot initiative

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Jubilee Jim Fisk and the great Civil War score

Perspective | Magazine

How my dad and I stuck to our Red Sox Opening Day tradition

Is the coronavirus pandemic Mother Nature?s revenge?

Top spots to live in Greater Boston in 2020

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Saints, Jameis Winston in contract talks

Tracking all the undrafted free agents the Patriots have picked up

Patriots skip quarterbacks, wide receivers in draft, opting to load up at both positions with free agents

metro

Somerville to launch on-demand coronavirus testing, fines for people who don?t wear masks

Rhode Island reports seven more deaths from coronavirus

Caring for pets, veterinarians at MSPCA?s Angell hospital take extra precautions during pandemic

Nation

Coronavirus brings illness and death ? and sometimes stigma

Baker to give update on coronavirus response Monday

Americans? support for mail voting rising amid pandemic, poll finds

World

Meghan Markle?s lawsuit against British tabloid has court hearing

Meghan Markle lawsuit set for hearing in UK High Court

As Ramadan nears, religious leaders implore Pakistanis to ignore lockdown

politics

Americans? support for mail voting rising amid pandemic, poll finds

Naval destroyer USS Kidd reports rise in virus cases to 33

Coronavirus disinfectant riff is latest of many Trump science clashes

business

US stocks rise as governments plan to ease virus lockdowns

Some countries and US states move to ease virus lockdowns

Stephen Sondheim gets a starry but tardy birthday concert

lifestyle

John Krasinski had a potluck with Guy Fieri, Martha Stewart, and David Chang on ?Some Good News?

Coronavirus ends daredevil life of double-lung transplant patient

Boston Athenaeum?s Sos and Sam take story time online

marijuana

Judge sides with Cambridge in marijuana equity fight

Montana urges judge to reject electronic signatures lawsuit over marijuana ballot initiative

Reconsidering pot?s ?teaspoon? of tax revenue

opinion

Put public health over profits

Restrictions on coronavirus patents would restrict research

Cautiously optimistic about discovering drugs to treat the coronavirus

food & dining

Learn how to cook through online classes

The return of family dinner

Curbside at the Quincy Dairy Queen, you can get a Blizzard to help weather this storm

travel

The herring are running, all the more so as dams are razed

COVID-19 has offered a candid view into how different cultures address the same problem

Virtual ?hoppy hours? and dreams of Antarctica

Books

A marriage on choppy waters

New England Literary News

Bibliophiles in Quarantine: Reading, Watching, and Cooking

Movies

Watch and weep: 5 movies for the cry you need

In Polish drama ?Corpus Christi,? impersonation in pursuit of salvation

In ?True History of the Kelly Gang,? the western takes a detour down under

Television

?SNL at Home? returns with Brad Pitt as Dr. Fauci, Kenan Thompson as Big Papi

The week?s TV: The healing powers of ?Parks and Rec,? Mindy Kaling?s new one, and back to ?Billions?

Beyond the basic binge list

music

?Big Band Bossa Nova? will transport you far, far away

A dozen albums that are making alone time easier to bear

180 Beatles favorites, ranked

Theater/Dance

Playwrights are adapting to the change of scenery

Huntington, SpeakEasy, Moonbox lead the nominees for the Elliot Norton theater awards

Shakespeare & Company cancels summer season

globe local

Caring for pets, veterinarians at MSPCA?s Angell hospital take extra precautions during pandemic

Wood turtles get some help in the suburbs

Should Massachusetts ban the use of poison for rodent control?

Obituaries

Steve Dalkowski, hard-throwing pitcher and baseball?s greatest what-if story, dies at 80

BU?s renowned bat researcher Thomas Kunz dies at 81 of COVID-19

Alan Shestack, former director of the Museum of Fine Arts, dies at 81