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Massachusetts approaches 5,000 deaths from coronavirus

The death toll from the coronavirus in Massachusetts is poised to cross 5,000 as soon as Monday, after another devastating weekend saw hundreds of new fatalities attributed to the dangerous illness that made its first known appearance here just three months ago.
See the latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

White House races to contain coronavirus in its ranks

The Trump administration is working to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 inside the White House as some senior officials believe that the disease is already spreading rapidly through the warren of cramped offices that make up the three floors of the West Wing.

State by state, region by region, it?s a patchwork approach: Here?s what reopening the economy looks like

As states across the country take their first steps toward reopening, a pattern is emerging: a range of different approaches with each region taking a unique path.
Trump?s economic advisers push for reopening of economy even as they see rising jobless rate Markey says one stimulus check not enough, calls for $2k per month

Rollins believes many domestic violence, child abuse cases are going unreported

Opinion

IDEAS | CHELSEA CONABOY

New mothers, don?t fear: You were made for times like this

IDEAS | DAVE ROSENTHAL

Becoming a grandparent during the coronavirus pandemic
IDEAS | David Shribman

A letter to new moms
KATE MITCHELL, HAGAR PALGI HACKER, TEJUMOLA ADEGOKE, AND KATHARINE HUTCHINSON

Hospitals are separating mothers and newborns during the coronavirus pandemic ? with little evidence it will help slow the spread of disease

THE MECHANIC' BY BEN MEZRICH

Start at the beginning of ?The Mechanic?

Read all the available chapters for the fictional thriller that entwines a card shark, the legacy of Paul Revere, and the Gardner art heist.

Latest chapters:

Chapter 11: Swallows and swans

Chapter 12: Flights of fancy

What to watch, listen to, and read this weekend

Pandemic TV has delivered the good and the bad

Where Norman Rockwell honed his American vision

Drive-in theaters, such a part of past moviegoing, may have a special role in the pandemic present

A music therapist on whether Mozart, or Linkin Park, can heal what troubles you

Comfort Zone

Now you can tour Newport mansions from your couch

Truly last-minute Mother?s Day gifts (for the social distancing age)

Six throwback snacks to help you forget reality

Blind date: ?She looked like she had gotten dressed up for our virtual date?

In season finale, ?Saturday Night Live? Mother?s Day special offers message of hope, calling it the last ?at home? episode
Alec Baldwin?s Donald Trump congratulated the ?class of COVID-19? in a season finale hosted by Kristen Wiig with musical guest Boyz II Men.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Mother?s Day during the coronavirus pandemic is especially poignant for people separated from their moms
For those with mothers in facilities locked down by the coronavirus, this Mother's Day presents extra challenges.

Education, Interrupted
?To mend wounds ... unattended:? A gifted young poet finds her voice in the pandemic
Only six months have gone by since a persistent chorus of teachers and friends hounded Alondra Bobadilla into applying to become Boston's first youth poet laureate. She didn?t think she had a chance of winning, and just the thought of it was terrifying: How could she ever find the courage to stand up and be vulnerable in front of her whole city?

Watch: Boston's Youth Poet Laureate explores quarantine through poetry

New video is said to show moments leading up to Ahmaud Arbery?s death in Georgia
Additional video emerged Saturday that is believed to show the moments before the death of Ahmaud Arbery, whose fatal shooting sparked widespread outrage and demands for action against local law enforcement officials who waited more than two months to arrest suspects in the killing.

Jeneé Osterheldt: A Black man was lynched in Georgia

Young medical residents worry their lives are on the line as they treat coronavirus patients
Their jobs were notoriously punishing long before the pandemic began. Now some medical residents say they have become the first line of defense in the grueling battle against COVID-19.

Former Rockford Peaches pitcher Mary Pratt dies at 101
Pratt grew up in Quincy and was believed to be the last surviving member of the original 1943 Rockford Peaches team made famous in 'A League of their Own.'

More Recent headlines

Mother?s Day 2020 in Boston is coldest since 1902

Power restored in Central Mass. after large tree falls on lines

R.I. police officer allegedly stabbed, shoots suspect

On StatNews.com

A snapshot of coronavirus in the U.S.: A high plateau of new cases portends more spread

Listen to latest ?Readout LOUD? podcast episode: How bad will the pandemic get?

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

Elegies for those lost to coronavirus

Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday in pivotal case related to Trump?s taxes and bank records
Justices are hearing arguments by telephone Tuesday in a key legal fight that could affect the presidential campaign. Rulings against President Trump could result in the quick release of personal financial information that he has sought strenuously to keep private.

Amid coronavirus pandemic, a growing list of colleges in financial peril
Nationwide, 110 more colleges and universities are in peril because of the financial impact of the coronavirus, bringing the total number to 345 institutions, Edmit found.

Jeneé Osterheldt | Appreciation
Andre Harrell helped kick in the door for the culture
The founder of Uptown Records, producer of New York Undercover, and mentor of Diddy, has died at age 59. He created a legacy that will be kickin? it forever.

Rock and roll legend Little Richard dies at 87
Little Richard, the self-proclaimed ?architect of rock ?n? roll? whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, died Saturday. He was 87.

When Little Richard gave up rock 'n' roll for Jesus

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Room Rater grades the homes of cable news commentators, politicians, and celebrities

The books! Those orchids! Endless bad lighting. On Twitter, Claude Taylor zooms in on houses that are not ready for their closeup.

Mass. gun shops reopen: ?Second Amendment should not be suspended during a health pandemic?
"We were very pleased that the judge got it right... the Second Amendment should not be suspended during a health pandemic,? said Toby Leary, co-owner of Cape Gun Works in Hyannis.

Teens up all night and sleeping half the day. Endless Netflix binges. In lockdown, kids carve out whole new schedules
The trials of adolescence are unspooling almost exclusively within the four walls of the family home.

Rhode Island

Some Rhode Islanders visit parks and stores as the governor?s stay-home order ends

Saturday was Rhode Island?s ?opening day,? the first day the governor?s stay-at-home order expired, allowing residents to travel about the state, shop at nonessential retail stores, and visit state parks again.

As R.I. reopens, Governor Raimondo warns residents: Don?t push your luck

Does Rhode Island meet the White House criteria to reopen? Pretty much.
Newton

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

MICHAEL A. COHEN

Congratulations President Trump: You?re the worst!
RENÉE GRAHAM

Let them eat coronavirus
Nicole St. Clair Knobloch

Governors can lead the way on climate too
LETTERS

Postcards from the pandemic
IDEAS | Ian Haydon

I got an experimental COVID-19 vaccine. I?m willing to put it to the ultimate test.

VISUAL STORIES

Patriots defensive end Chase Winovich may be confined, but he?s hardly at a standstill

Photos: Fighter jets fly over Boston hospitals

A funeral home copes with the surge during the coronavirus pandemic

Boston Globe staff photographer Erin Clark named Feature Photography Pulitzer finalist for 2020

metro

Without a parade, making way for ducklings at home
Around the time the Krygowski family began sheltering in their Westford home in March, they noticed a pair of new neighbors: two nesting mallards, watching over a dozen eggs.And on Saturday ?? a day before Mother?s Day, when the family would usually head into the Boston Public Garden for the annual ?Make Way For Ducklings? celebration ?? six tiny ducklings hatched into the world.

Improvisation and medical mysteries in the COVID-19 ICU

A fierce and unpredictable illness keeps doctors and nurses searching for solutions, without the help of time-tested science

Another casualty of the virus: scientific research

With much of the world still shut down, the coronavirus has hampered the painstaking work of many scientists whose findings rely on regularly collected data and seasonal experiments.

Massachusetts approaches 5,000 deaths from coronavirus

Mother?s Day 2020 in Boston is coldest since 1902

sports

Instant replay: The best sports on TV Monday

No live sports? We've got you covered. Here's a look at the best rebroadcasts each day.
MLB

MLB will reportedly discuss details this week involving a start to the 2020 regular season

MLB will reportedly hold conference calls with owners and players to go over a plan to start the 2020 regular season.

A first-timer?s first impressions of custom-fit hockey skates

Custom-fit skates can run north of $1,000, but for the avid player used to stock skates, they are well worth the upgrade.

Inside the 'NASA of hockey.? A look behind the scenes at Bauer?s R&D facility

Former Rockford Peaches pitcher Mary Pratt dies at 101

UFC 249 ushers in fan-free, mask-filled era of sports

STAT

Infect volunteers with Covid-19? A proposal lays bare a minefield of issues

Experts question Facebook?s approach to combat Covid-19 misinformation

Covid-19 has shuttered labs. It could put a generation of researchers at risk

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

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

Business

TECH LAB
This app promises to wreak revenge on robocallers. But be careful it doesn?t backfire
Joshua Browder, a British-born, Stanford-trained software engineer doesn?t just want to stop those infuriating calls; he wants the callers to suffer as we have suffered, and maybe a little more. Browder wants revenge, and he?s written some software that?s designed to get it.

Why pay your cable company a ?regional sports fee? when there are no games on?
Isn't it time for cable TV providers to refund customers for fees they charge for professional sports that are now on hold?

UK expected to stick to lockdown as Johnson outlines future

State by state, region by region, it?s a patchwork approach: Here?s what reopening the economy looks like

With the US economy in shambles amid coronavirus, advertising industry reinvents itself

US unemployment rate soars to 14.7%, worst since Depression era

Politics

White House Coronavirus Task Force face precautionary quarantine

Six charts that show the extent of the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic

Trump says in his mother?s eyes, he ?could do no wrong?

Marijuana

Oklahoma?s medical marijuana industry sees record sales in April

Probe into roll out of Missouri?s medical marijuana expands

magazine
Cover Story

The ?fourth trimester? and plight of new mothers during a pandemic
Life in the age of coronavirus

12 ideas to honor a special 2020 graduate in your life
Miss Conduct

Advice: My daughter?s useless boyfriend is sheltering in place with us. Help!
Cooking

Recipes: Singapore-style chicken satay and more for the grill

sports

Fall River?s Yorgan De Castro loses in unanimous decision

NHL considering draft in June

Union executive Charles Grantham saw both sides of the NBA?s resurgence

metro

Without a parade, making way for ducklings at home

Improvisation and medical mysteries in the COVID-19 ICU

Another casualty of the virus: scientific research

Nation

Jay-Z?s Team Roc calls for fast action in Ahmaud Arbery case

Visitors flock to Smoky Mountains park on reopening day

A stranger?s gift to an ICU nurse: A free NYC apartment

World

High-rise tower catches fire in United Arab Emirates

American schoolteacher imprisoned in Egypt is released

Trump denies ties to Venezuelan attack with 2 US men jailed

politics

Thomas Shack drops out of Fourth District race, endorses Cavell

Six charts that show the extent of the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic

Trump says in his mother?s eyes, he ?could do no wrong?

business

This app promises to wreak revenge on robocallers. But be careful it doesn?t backfire

Why pay your cable company a ?regional sports fee? when there are no games on?

UK expected to stick to lockdown as Johnson outlines future

lifestyle

Harvard Medical School student creates COVID-19 resources in over 30 languages

Milton native appears on NBC?s ?Songland?

Catching some laughs with my extroverted daughter

marijuana

Oklahoma?s medical marijuana industry sees record sales in April

Probe into roll out of Missouri?s medical marijuana expands

Director hired to run Georgia?s new medical marijuana program

opinion

A letter to new moms

Becoming a grandparent during the coronavirus pandemic

Accountability needed for deaths at the Holyoke Soldiers? Home

food & dining

Cassie Piuma of Sarma got a James Beard nomination, a bright spot as she cooks nightly in the pandemic

Summertime restaurant debuts from big names, plus new takeout options abound

Harpoon is bringing back a classic beer to support COVID-19 relief

travel

Crane Beach, World?s End, and more reopening May 19, the Trustees say

Virtual tours in Connecticut and a new bikeway in Maine

What hotels are doing to sanitize rooms during the pandemic

Books

Chapter 13: ?Ring the Bell!?

Chapter 12: Flights of fancy

Chapter 11: Swallows and swans

Movies

How John Krasinski has rewired our engagement with celebrity

In ?How to Build a Girl,? Beanie Feldstein is not-so-sweet 16

Drive-in theaters, such a part of past moviegoing, may have a special role in the pandemic present

Television

In season finale, ?Saturday Night Live? Mother?s Day special offers message of hope, calling it the last ?at home? episode

?SNL? to wrap up season, from home

Pandemic TV has delivered the good and the bad

music

When Little Richard gave up rock 'n' roll for Jesus

Andre Harrell helped kick in the door for the culture

Rock and roll legend Little Richard dies at 87

Theater/Dance

With ?Home Office,? a Boston couple concocts a workplace comedy from their tiny apartment

How will the performing arts emerge from this crisis? Five leaders ponder the way forward

Barrington Stage plans an August production, with social distancing

globe local

Take a walk on the wild side with these native plants

Should the state mail every registered voter a ballot for the November election?

86 Newton residents with coronavirus have died, and most were 80 or older, mayor reports

Obituaries

Andre Harrell, executive who bridged hip-hop and R&B, dies at 59

Ron Hutson, whose reporting illuminated Boston?s race relations, dies at 72 of coronavirus

Rosalind Elias, Lowell-born mezzo-soprano, at 90