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Experts: If coronavirus cases rise to 100,000 daily, some health care systems could be overloaded

A Harvard professor said Wednesday that the 100,000 figure cited by Dr. Anthony Fauci seemed ?reasonably likely? based on current trends. Infections have been on the rise in some of the country, particularly in the South and West.
Six states have seen cases double

Coronavirus cases spike in Sunbelt, other states back off on reopening

Arizona recorded more coronavirus deaths, infections, hospitalizations and emergency-room visits in a single day than ever before Wednesday as the deepening crisis across the Sunbelt sent a shudder through other parts of the country and led distant states to put their own reopening plans on hold.
California reverses course on reopening Trump says he supports new round of direct coronavirus payments

Trump calls ?Black Lives Matter? mural outside NYC?s Trump Tower a ?symbol of hate?

President Donald Trump criticized New York Mayor Bill de Blasio?s plan to paint a Black Lives Matter mural on the street outside Trump Tower, saying the effort will antagonize police and will be ?denigrating this luxury Avenue.?

Opinion

Joan Vennochi

The face of power will change in Boston only if voters change it
IDEAS | Adam Levitin, Lindsay Owens, and Ganesh Sitaraman

In case of economic emergency: break glass

Marie St. Fleur and Imari Paris Jeffries

It?s time to take antiracist action
JEFF JACOBY

Trump?s ?Roger Mudd? moment augurs ill for his reelection

dan shaughnessy
Baseball is coming back ? but it?s going to be very different
The mini-season of 60 games, slated to start later this month, is going to be less fun, but it's the only baseball we have.

Baseball?s minor leagues left staring at unanswerable questions about the future

Analysis
The five people (not named Trump or Biden) who loom large over the 2020 presidential race
When Americans vote for president this fall, they basically face a choice between two men: President Trump and Joe Biden. But there are others who factor into the 2020 campaign's stakes and outcomes.

Researchers expected ?outrageously high? discrimination against Black renters. What they found was worse than imagined

An undercover investigation found that Black people were shown fewer apartments and that real estate agents cut off contact when renters gave Black-sounding names like Lakisha, Tyrone, or Kareem. In subtle and overt ways, Black renters experienced discrimination in 71 percent of the cases tested.
A ?tsunami of evictions? threatens to strike Boston

Boston police once resembled the community. But force has grown whiter as city becomes more diverse
The Boston Police Department has failed to keep up with the shifting demographics of the city. Despite pledges from Mayor Martin J. Walsh to diversify the city?s workforce, the police department has become slightly more white as the city?s population has become less so.

Healey demands that N.H. fireworks seller stop mailing ads to Mass.
The Massachusetts attorney general claims that the solicitations from Phantom Fireworks violate consumer protection law.

Where are all these fireworks coming from? New Hampshire, apparently

Kennedy, Markey locked in tight money race
Senator Edward J. Markey and Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, battling for the Democratic nomination for US Senate, each raised roughly $1.9 million during the quarter that ended June 30, according to their campaigns.

Boston comics return to their roots to celebrate Barry Crimmins and the Ding Ho
Steven Wright, Paula Poundstone, Bobcat Goldthwait, Denis Leary, and many others are scheduled to appear in the online reunion.

For Harvard Square denizens, Café Pamplona?s closure is a reminder that you can never go home again
The cafe's farewell encapsulates the tension between old and new in a neighborhood that's forever changing.

Readers share their memories of a bygone Harvard Square

More Recent headlines

Revere man arrested for allegedly spraying swastikas on car, ?white power? on street, police say

City of Boston to host drive-in movie showing every Wednesday through July

Neva Coakley-Grice, former police officer, named chief of Boston Public Schools safety department

Comfort Zone

What 6 Boston photographers saw in the first days of pandemic life

For teens, summer music courses centered on social justice and healing

The Provincetown International Film Festival isn?t canceled anymore

Rentals are one way to float your boat this summer

On StatNews.com

In the death of a kitchen worker at a Boston hospital, a microcosm of the pandemic

Is there a measured way to contain Covid-19, without full lockdowns?

Coronavirus

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Boston is still running

Have a tip about wrongdoing or injustice for the Globe?s Spotlight Team? We want to hear from you

Where the masks are ?art objects you can also wear?
Mobilia Gallery invited its roster of artists to create an array of strange, beautiful masks.

Cat, found severely injured on street in Boston, has tail amputated
An ?adorable and friendly? feline who lost its tail in an unknown accident is lucky to be alive -- and she may be up for adoption soon.

UMass Lowell will bring students back in the fall with online and face-to-face classes

The University of Massachusetts Lowell will hold a combination of in-person and virtual classes this fall and allow students to live in the dormitories, mostly in single-person rooms.
A college-by-college look at what some schools in Mass. are planning for the fall

Fox News fires Ed Henry after sexual misconduct allegation
The network said it had received a complaint from an attorney about the misconduct. An outside investigator was hired and, based on the results of that probe, Fox fired Henry.

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ADRIAN WALKER

Dorchester?s Karilyn Crockett is ready to lead the fight for equity

The first thing to know about Karilyn Crockett ? Boston?s newly appointed equity chief ? is that she is not remotely afraid of the firestorm she is walking into. That's because she views tumultuous times as the perfect soil for transformation.

DEVRA FIRST
I taste-tested 11 varieties of instant ramen to find out which is best
Cheap, easy, and everlasting: No wonder sales exploded during coronavirus. Here are my favorites.

A college-by-college look at what some schools in Mass. are planning for the fall
Here?s a look at what some colleges in Boston and across Massachusetts and New England are planning for the fall semester.

Rhode Island

With Fourth of July looming, Raimondo ?worried? about coronavirus spike

Raimondo said the state plans to provide 1,000 masks each to every city and town as they host Fourth of July celebrations, and workers from the Department Of Environmental Management will hand out masks at public beaches and parks throughout the weekend.

A night of flames and fury

It?s July 1. Here?s where the race for president stands today
Newton

Special report

The virus?s tale

Track the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts to its roots and you find a story driven by heroics, ingenuity, error, pain, and a hard question: How could a state famous for health care excellence have suffered such a vast loss of human life?
Seven takeaways from ?The virus?s tale,? an inside look at the spread of coronavirus in Massachusetts The first victims of coronavirus coped with an unexpected feeling: shame The virus's tale: a live discussion

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Josh Bernoff

Facebook and the economics of decency

Renée Graham

Downward, Christian soldier
Scot Lehigh

The Great Trumpkin battles the reverse curse
ONE FREE PRESS

Filipino journalist tops ?10 Most Urgent? list of press freedom cases
Barbara Smith

The problem is white supremacy
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

America has a policing problem. It?s bigger than you think

VISUAL STORIES

A night at the Wellfleet drive-in, still a Cape Cod staple

Food for the soul ... and the community

Photos from the protest and vigil in Boston on Tuesday

A funeral home copes with the surge during the coronavirus pandemic

metro

City of Boston to host drive-in movie showing every Wednesday through July
The City of Boston will host a public drive-in movie showing ? each a double-feature ? every Wednesday through July.

Kennedy, Markey locked in tight money race

Senator Edward J. Markey and Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, battling for the Democratic nomination for US Senate, each raised roughly $1.9 million during the quarter that ended June 30, according to their campaigns.

Neva Coakley-Grice, former police officer, named chief of Boston Public Schools safety department

Neva Coakley-Grice, a former Boston Police officer whose career included stints in the Youth Violence Strike Force and the unit responsible for building connections with neighborhoods, is now the head of the Boston Public Schools Safety Services Department.

With Fourth of July looming, Raimondo ?worried? about coronavirus spike

Cat, found severely injured on street in Boston, has tail amputated

sports

Six FC Dallas players test positive for virus

MLS says entire team will be quarantined ahead of tournament in Orlando.
Revolution

Revolution to host drive-in watch parties at Gillette for MLS is Back Tournament

Fans will be able to park on the stadium field, and view the game on the north and south end zone video boards in a socially-distanced environment.
NFL

NFL preseason schedule will be cut in half this summer, reports say

The Patriots would still have games against Carolina and Philadelphia.
celtics

Celtics coach Brad Stevens getting his team ready for ?a new season?

NHL expected to announce Toronto, Edmonton as hub cities, per report
michael silverman

Baseball?s minor leagues left staring at unanswerable questions about the future

STAT

The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power

In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson?s with a novel brain cell transplant

A cancer patient reconsiders her end-of-life wishes amid Covid-19

Covid-19?s future: small outbreaks, monster wave, or ongoing crisis

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

Business

Background checks, a metric for gun sales, hit an all-time high
Historic numbers of background checks to purchase or possess a firearm were done in June, a trend in a year marked by uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, a subsequent economic recession, protests over racial injustice, and calls to reduce police funding.

Coronavirus cases spike in Sunbelt, other states back off on reopening
Arizona recorded more coronavirus deaths, infections, hospitalizations and emergency-room visits in a single day than ever before Wednesday as the deepening crisis across the Sunbelt sent a shudder through other parts of the country and led distant states to put their own reopening plans on hold.

Virtual Coffee with Globe Reporter Jon Chesto

Healey demands that N.H. fireworks seller stop mailing ads to Mass.
CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Labor-backed group pushes Beacon Hill for new corporate taxes
Larry Edelman

Boston neighborhood health centers complete merger

Politics

Trump says he supports new round of direct coronavirus payments

Trump threatens to veto defense spending bill to keep Confederate base names

Billionaires? political spending grew 37-fold in just 10 years

Marijuana

East Boston pot shop can open as early as this week

Marijuana collectors expected to help with testing in Maine
magazine
Globe Magazine

How can Boston?s bar scene possibly recover from the COVID-19 shutdown?

GLOBE MAGAZINE

Inside the world of New England pigeon racing, where a win can bring $100,000

Connections

Who needs texting when a postcard really says it all?

Your Home | Summer Living

A century-old Rhode Island cottage updated to look original

sports

Ivy League to announce plan for fall sports next week

A rare glimpse inside Wally?s world

Who?s up first? NHL?s draft lottery left us scratching our heads

metro

City of Boston to host drive-in movie showing every Wednesday through July

Kennedy, Markey locked in tight money race

Neva Coakley-Grice, former police officer, named chief of Boston Public Schools safety department

Nation

Experts: If coronavirus cases rise to 100,000 daily, some health care systems could be overloaded

Coronavirus spike prompts big California about face on reopenings

Trump threatens to veto defense spending bill to keep Confederate base names

World

EU to list which citizens can enter; US likely to miss out

Even the South Pole is warming, and quickly, scientists say

Gunmen wage deadly battle at Pakistan stock exchange

politics

Trump threatens to veto defense spending bill to keep Confederate base names

Billionaires? political spending grew 37-fold in just 10 years

Trump officials promise massive fireworks display over Washington, D.C. on July 4th, no masks required

business

Background checks, a metric for gun sales, hit an all-time high

Coronavirus cases spike in Sunbelt, other states back off on reopening

Virtual Coffee with Globe Reporter Jon Chesto

lifestyle

Here are some alternative Fourth of July celebrations (minus the fireworks)

Taking Care with Meredith Goldstein featuring Start Strong

Trump gets his wall, but it?s not the one he asked for

marijuana

East Boston pot shop can open as early as this week

Marijuana collectors expected to help with testing in Maine

Pot slump creates distressed opportunities

opinion

Why climate policy can?t wait

Should we still believe in America?

COVID-19 isn?t letting up, and neither should we

food & dining

For Harvard Square denizens, Café Pamplona?s closure is a reminder that you can never go home again

I taste-tested 11 varieties of instant ramen to find out which is best

Black Massachusetts brewery owners share their experiences in a mostly white industry

travel

Trump gets his wall, but it?s not the one he asked for

Desperately seeking solace in the White Mountains

How to camp

Books

A Somali immigrant hopes his book for young adults will inspire others to tell their story

Four Takes: The mysteries of fatherhood

Bibliophiles: James McBride on music, narrative, and reading on subways

Movies

?Force of Nature? keeps you watching ? and only partly in disbelief (and, yes, that guy with the beard is Mel Gibson)

This heroic American life in ?John Lewis: Good Trouble'

Three cheers (and four stars): ?Hamilton? goes from Broadway to the screen

Television

Back-to-back ?Dick Van Dyke Show? episodes to honor Carl Reiner

Fox News fires Ed Henry after sexual misconduct allegation

Mahershala Ali puts on the gloves again to play boxing champ Jack Johnson

music

For teens, summer music courses centered on social justice and healing

Watch ?Laurel Canyon.? Then listen to these five albums

Great Scott?s landlord lines up a new tenant for the club?s space

Theater/Dance

Helen Pickett's "Home Studies" Solo

Boston comics return to their roots to celebrate Barry Crimmins and the Ding Ho

Harvard?s Jeraul Mackey is using improv to deepen the conversation about Boston and race

globe local

Newton councilors call on mayor to allow firefighters? flag at station

Pandemic puppies become part of the family

Newton Farmers? Market back in business in Newton South parking lot

Obituaries

William F. Thompson, prominent banker who helped found a venture capital firm, dies at 93

Arnie ?Woo Woo? Ginsburg, DJ whose ?Night Train? show ruled AM radio in the ?60s and ?70s, dies at 93

Dr. William Dement, leader in sleep disorder research, dies at 91