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Mass. reports 1,114 new coronavirus cases, 82 new deaths; Walsh says pandemic battle could last a year

With Memorial Day weekend a day away, Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Thursday warned residents to stay vigilant of COVID-19, saying the region is still in the early stages of the pandemic. Meanwhile, the state reported that the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Massachusetts had risen by 82 cases to 6,148, and the seven-day weighted average of positive test rates rose slightly.
Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts CDC: keep cleaning frequently touched surfaces, but experts think coronavirus mainly spreads person-to-person

What Mayor Walsh said today about creating more outdoor dining in Boston
With the coronavirus seemingly here to stay for the next several months at least, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Thursday shed a little more light on how he imagines the city could help restaurants by creating more outdoor dining space.

FBI says Texas naval base shooting is ?terrorism-related?

A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead is being investigated as ?terrorism-related,? the FBI said Thursday.

Elizabeth Warren releases 2019 tax return, other financial disclosures
She and her husband made about $745,000 last year and have a total net worth between about $4.8 million and $11 million, according to their tax return and her Senate financial disclosure.

Opinion

Scot Lehigh

Notes on our plethora of ?scandals?
Jennifer B. Nuzzo and Lauren M. Sauer

America is driving blind on coronavirus testing
EDITORIAL

The public should know how many nursing home residents are dying of coronavirus ? and where
Joan Vennochi

No surprise: Joe Kennedy is running for Senate like a Kennedy
'THE MECHANIC'

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.

A note from Ben Mezrich

When The Boston Globe first approached me with the idea of writing a serialized novella that would run for 15 days in the paper and online, I was both excited and terrified.

Comfort Zone

Mount Auburn emergency physician authors apocalypse-era comic book

She brings uplifting messages to the windows of local storefronts

Jenny Slate encourages young writers during 826 Boston livestream event

Their doors are closed, but Boston?s independent movie theaters are streaming to your living room

Maskless Trump visits Michigan Ford plant
Trump visited Ypsilanti, outside Detroit, to tour a Ford Motor Co. factory that had been repurposed to manufacture ventilators, the medical breathing machines governors begged for during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

TELEVISION
Good and bad news about ?Some Good News?
The sweet unscripted DIY web series developed by John Krasinski during the pandemic is going to CBS, but Krasinski won't be the host.

When the movies get it just right
Here are a dozen examples of movies perfectly capturing some aspect of life.

Firefighters union endorses Kennedy in Senate race
Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III has been endorsed by a major Massachusetts firefighters? union in his primary race against incumbent Senator Edward J. Markey.

Chad Finn I Sports Media
ESPN to air nine-part series on Tom Brady in 2021
The docuseries, titled ?Man In The Arena", will share Brady?s accounts of the biggest moments in his career.

Report: Wynn Resorts made ?sincere commitment? to improve policies after sexual misconduct allegations

But investigators hired by the gaming commission also said there is internal frustration over the financial performance of the Encore casino.

More Recent headlines

Former Transit Police officer charged with raping two women while on duty

3 Mass. high school seniors named US Presidential Scholars

Man, 23, arrested with loaded gun during traffic stop in Roxbury, police say

On StatNews.com

How the Covid-19 virus hijacks cells

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Coronavirus resources

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

A look at what can reopen in each phase of Massachusetts? opening plan

The metrics that determine how fast the state can reopen

How to stay safe from coronavirus as you venture out during Mass. reopening

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

Boston is still running

Lori Loughlin and husband agree to plead guilty in college admissions scandal case

Hollywood star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband will plead guilty Friday to conspiracy charges for paying bribes totaling $500,000 to get their daughters into the University of Southern California as phony crew recruits, legal filings show, capping one of the most closely watched cases in the nationwide ?Varsity Blues? college admissions scandal.
Highlights from the plea deal Loughlin case won?t change much about college admissions, expert says

RV sales and rentals are skyrocketing during pandemic
A desire to venture out while still social distancing drives interest in the humble motor home.

2.4 million more Americans file for unemployment claims as pandemic?s economic toll persists

Millions of Americans are still filing new jobless claims each week as the pandemic persists.

Memorial Drive will open to pedestrians on Sundays again
The Cambridge roadway has become a flash point in the debate over closing off streets to create more room for people to walk.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM

Asking too much of workers

Of course, we can?t shut down indefinitely. But let?s not kid ourselves about who is bearing the burden for our return to relative normalcy in this pandemic.

Men are taking on (slightly) more household chores amid the coronavirus pandemic
A new survey presents a glass-half-full perspective on the division of labor at home: Yes, men are doing less than women when they?re shut in at home, but they?re doing more than they were before the coronavirus pandemic.

For workers over 65, nothing says you?re old like a stay-at-home advisory
Governor Charlie Baker issued a new ?safer at home advisory" this week ? ?not an order,? he was quick to say ? asking employees 65 or older or those with underlying health conditions to remain in lockdown as their colleagues begin returning to the workplace.

Rhode Island

R.I. unemployment rate shoots up to 17 percent

The number of unemployed Rhode Island residents soared to 90,300 -- an increase of 63,800 from March. Over the year, the number of unemployed residents rose by 70,200.

Rhode Island?s June 2 presidential primary will look very different

You can pick the new ?I voted? sticker for Rhode Island. These are your choices
Newton

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Vanessa Kerry

Coronavirus exposes dangerous gaps in US health care
EDITORIAL

Congress must act to stop the rise of untraceable ?ghost guns?
Anatole Manzi

As long as the coronavirus remains unchecked anywhere in the world, it?s a threat everywhere
Sean Cahill

Gender identity and sexual orientation should be included in COVID-19 testing
LETTERS

Postcards from the pandemic
IDEAS | Jeff Howe

A letter from the summer of 2020

VISUAL STORIES

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

Photos: Celebrating Mother?s Day, from a social distance

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

What Mayor Walsh said today about creating more outdoor dining in Boston
With the coronavirus seemingly here to stay for the next several months at least, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Thursday shed a little more light on how he imagines the city could help restaurants by creating more outdoor dining space.

How three doctors ?? from the same family ?? beat the coronavirus

Dr. Charles Lowney, 82, was sidelined when he and his two sons, who are also physicians, became ill with COVID-19. But all three of them have managed to beat the disease.

CDC: Keep cleaning surfaces, but coronavirus mainly spreads person-to-person

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now advises that while it?s possible to contract the coronavirus by touching a contaminated surface, that isn?t ?thought to be the main way the virus spreads.?

Former Transit Police officer charged with raping two women while on duty

Firefighters union endorses Kennedy in Senate race

sports

MIAA Baseball Committee proposes 5 divisions, plus retaining Super 8 tourney

By 11-0 vote, committee approved plan to divide the state's 325 baseball programs into five nearly equal divisions in advance of 2022 statewide tournament.
chad finn | rewatch

Instant replay: The best sports on TV Friday

No live games to watch on television? We have you covered.
Chad Finn I Sports Media

ESPN to air nine-part series on Tom Brady in 2021

The docuseries, titled ?Man In The Arena", will share Brady?s accounts of the biggest moments in his career.

Bruins prospect Trent Frederic trying to stay ready in case he is needed

What the Patriots are getting in undrafted quarterbacks Brian Lewerke and J?Mar Smith

NFL looking at ?booth umpire,? alternative to onside kicks as part of potential rule changes

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

Report: Wynn Resorts made ?sincere commitment? to improve policies after sexual misconduct allegations
But investigators hired by the gaming commission also said there is internal frustration over the financial performance of the Encore casino.

Salons, barbershops grapple with reopening rules, while others in the beauty industry wait
Some salon owners are concerned about health risks and frustrated that the state's safety protocols aren?t more comprehensive.

2.4 million more Americans file for unemployment claims as pandemic?s economic toll persists

Facebook to push remote hiring, tells employees they can move

Netflix plans to automatically terminate inactive accounts

China proposes law limiting Hong Kong opposition activity

Politics

Maskless Trump visits Michigan Ford plant

Trump announces plans to exit Open Skies Treaty

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from federal prison

Marijuana

Here?s what curbside recreational marijuana sales will look like at Boston-area pot shops

Brazil police seize marijuana in nation?s ?biggest bust?
magazine
Cover story

The 5 scariest ways scammers try to rip us off
Class of 2020

The 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' author has a special message for this year's graduates
Cooking

Quick and easy asparagus recipes
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do online, May 11-17

sports

NFL looking at ?booth umpire,? alternative to onside kicks as part of potential rule changes

Two years later, Ryan Callahan gets in his licks on Brad Marchand

This isn?t the first time a revenue sharing dispute threatens to disrupt a baseball season

metro

What Mayor Walsh said today about creating more outdoor dining in Boston

How three doctors ?? from the same family ?? beat the coronavirus

CDC: Keep cleaning surfaces, but coronavirus mainly spreads person-to-person

Nation

Mass. reports 1,114 new coronavirus cases, 82 new deaths; Walsh says pandemic battle could last a year

Elizabeth Warren releases 2019 tax return, other financial disclosures

Walsh outlines aid for small businesses

World

Iran sees new surge in virus cases after reopening country

WHO bows to calls from countries for independent virus probe

Local officials push back against Mexico reopening

politics

Elizabeth Warren releases 2019 tax return, other financial disclosures

Maskless Trump visits Michigan Ford plant

Trump announces plans to exit Open Skies Treaty

business

Report: Wynn Resorts made ?sincere commitment? to improve policies after sexual misconduct allegations

Salons, barbershops grapple with reopening rules, while others in the beauty industry wait

2.4 million more Americans file for unemployment claims as pandemic?s economic toll persists

lifestyle

She wanted to empower women chefs who are out of work, so she created a space for them to teach

Tasty Burger returns to Harvard Square, a clam shack signs on in the Seaport, and several big-name restaurants say so long

More than 700 MIT graduates will sing one song together, virtually

marijuana

Here?s what curbside recreational marijuana sales will look like at Boston-area pot shops

Brazil police seize marijuana in nation?s ?biggest bust?

Payment and ID-check rules detailed for Mass. pot sales during coronavirus pandemic

opinion

Notes on our plethora of ?scandals?

America is driving blind on coronavirus testing

Trump?s history of extortion

food & dining

Tasty Burger returns to Harvard Square, a clam shack signs on in the Seaport, and several big-name restaurants say so long

I?m a restaurant critic ? and I?m not ready to eat in a restaurant right now

We want to know: When do you think you?ll eat in a restaurant again?

travel

American Airlines canceled my flight after the pandemic. Where?s my refund?

7 experts tell us where they go to find peace and beauty outdoors

Jesse Wegman makes a case for abolishing the Electoral College ? and for picking the window seat

Books

Alice Hoffman celebrates 25 years of ?Practical Magic?

For ?Sweetbitter? author Stephanie Danler, memoir writing felt like ?a tightrope walk?

Chapter 21: An ending and a beginning

Movies

Doc Talk: Mexican cuisine; seafood delicacy; feminist view; Oscar rules; grantsmanship

In ?The Ghost of Peter Sellers,' why Inspector Clouseau as a pirate wasn?t such a good idea

In Focus: ?The Rabbi Goes West? goes online

Television

I?ve been watching a lot of TV lately. How do you do this for a job and stay sane?

Good and bad news about ?Some Good News?

Chris Cooper relishes his new role: man of mystery

music

For music fans, all the world?s a screen

With virtual choirs and celebrity guests, Boston Children?s Chorus keeps young singers connected

These masked singers are way ahead of the (flattened) curve

Theater/Dance

Streams of innovation in an interactive ?State vs. Natasha Banina?

In isolation, theater couples entertain new ideas ? and each other

Gloucester Stage cancels summer season

globe local

Death toll among Newton residents with COVID-19 reaches 105, mayor reports

Hudson elastic manufacturer in high gear to meet demand for mask attachments

Are the annual motor vehicle inspections required by the state beneficial?

Obituaries

Raj Marphatia, Harvard Law Review president known for his brilliance and kindness, dies at 60

Michel Piccoli, star of French stage and screen, at 94

Phyllis George, trailblazing sportscaster, dies at 70