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BPS nurses, teachers, bus drivers rally at City Hall against reopening schools without proper safety measures

Boston school nurses, teachers, and bus drivers demonstrated Wednesday at City Hall against reopening schools in the fall, saying conditions amid the pandemic would be too dangerous without massive investments in protective gear, new staff, rapid coronavirus testing, and buildings? air ventilation systems.

Mass. reports 356 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 29 new deaths

A University of Massachusetts model estimates the Massachusetts coronavirus death toll will near 9,000 by Aug. 22.
The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts Key pandemic metrics in Mass. Nantucket health board to consider earlier restaurant closings in wake of rise in coronavirus cases

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Amid widespread scrutiny, more police departments are adopting officer-worn body cameras

?Everybody is looking for the truth,? said Chris Burbank vice president for law enforcement strategy for the Center for Policing Equity. ?The truth does not lie in that video.?
Boston city council considers police review board with subpoena power

Ruth Bader Ginsburg undergoes medical procedure at hospital

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone a nonsurgical medical procedure in New York City and expects to be released from a hospital there by the end of the week, the Supreme Court said Wednesday night.

Opinion

Donald K. Stern

Trump?s Portland strategy makes everyone less safe
EDITORIAL

No, unemployment benefits do not discourage work
Joan Vennochi

Trump bets on law and disorder as a path to reelection
SCOT LEHIGH

The Judiciary Committee has a train-wreck hearing

Kayaker who responded to Maine shark attack recalls rescue efforts
A management consultant from Boston described how he and his wife jumped in a kayak to try and help save Julie Dimperio Holowach, a seasonal Maine resident who was attacked by a great white shark off Bailey Island.

What we know about Maine?s first recorded fatal shark attack Residents report other signs of shark?s presence after fatal attack in Maine

The Great Divide
?My voice matters?: Brighton Debate en Español team gives students a platform to grow
Throughout the winter, scores of Boston students devoted much of their weekends to fervently argue about a single topic: whether the United States should limit its arms sales. Teens in the Boston Debate League verbally jabbed back and forth, poking holes in their opponents? arguments.

Coronavirus

After a rise in COVID-19 cases, RI governor delays the next phase of reopening

Confirmed deaths from the coronavirus in the US hit 150,000, by far the highest toll in the world

Doctors uneasy about uptick in state coronavirus cases

Elegies for those lost to coronavirus

Red Sox 6, Mets 5
Red Sox show resiliency, walk high wire to snap four-game skid
Down after the first inning against back-to-back Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom, Boston hung tough, then sent nine batters to the plate in the eighth.

Malik Abdul Basit, longtime member of The Roots, has died
Malik B, a rapper and founding member of The Roots, was 47. The cause of death was not released.

Will you send your children back to school this fall?
The Globe wants to hear from local parents about how you?re making this decision. Are you waiting for more information from your child?s school? Have you made up your mind already?

Lincoln Project arrives in Maine Senate race with biting ad targeting Susan Collins
The Lincoln Project, a super PAC run by current and former anti-Trump Republicans, is turning its attention to the US Senate race in Maine between Senator Susan Collins and her Democratic rival.

Collins trails in Maine Senate race, according to poll

Convenience store owners meet with city leaders following violent robbery that left clerk in coma
Convenience store owners have been rallying around Tanjim Siam, the 23-year-old store clerk who was shot in the head during a robbery on July 14.

These 2 New England beaches were just ranked in the top 25 in the US
Two New England beaches recently made the top 25 list of sandy havens in the United States, according to Tripadvisor?s 2020 Travelers? Choice Awards, which were released on Tuesday.

More Recent headlines

Tufts will stagger arrival times for fall students, require COVID-19 testing and quarantine

Former star surgeon indicted in murder of estranged wife in Dover

Man and woman arrested day after 11-month-old overdosed in Fall River

On StatNews.com

Facebook?s vaccine misinformation problem faces a new test with Covid-19

Liberal group warns that the U.S. is unprepared to distribute a Covid-19 vaccine

Coronavirus

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

11 coronavirus vaccines to keep an eye on

Graphic: US shows little signs of being able to control coronavirus spread

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

Comfort Zone

At Boston Children?s Museum, they?re pouring TLC into the giant milk bottle

Watch Skip Marley and School of Rock cover Bob Marley?s ?Three Little Birds?

At MGH, a new painting depicts medical workers standing strong

Rhiannon Giddens is Silkroad?s new artistic director

Joe Kelly suspended eight games for role in Tuesday flap with Astros
Kelly reportedly plans to appeal the ruling, which also includes a one-game suspension for Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.

Mass. lawmakers move toward extending the legislative session
Hampered for months by one novel crisis, the Massachusetts Legislature is on the verge of something else that?s unprecedented: Spiking its own calendar to make laws.

Federal Reserve sees dim economic outlook as coronavirus pandemic squeezes economy
The Federal Reserve expressed concern Wednesday that the viral outbreak will act as a drag on the economy and hiring in the coming months and said it plans to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate pegged near zero.

Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google CEOs grilled on competition during House committee hearing
Fending off accusations of stifling competition, four Big Tech CEOs ? Facebook?s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon?s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple ? are answering for their companies? practices before Congress.

Recommended Reads

As Mass. eviction ban heads to court, it?s attracting attention nationwide

Chicago and Los Angeles are among the cities opposing an effort to overturn Governor Baker's freeze during the pandemic.

Dear family members-turned-office mates: Please read the updated HR handbook
It?s looking ever more certain that we?ll all be working from home, and going to college and kindergarten from here, and eating every meal onsite, and vacationing and exercising in place, too, until Q1 2021 at least.

TOM FARRAGHER
Young Joe was defined by his smile, not his illness
As the Kenneys mourn the loss of their beloved son, who died last fall at 24 from diabetic ketoacidosis, they have found a place where Young Joe Kenney?s memory will live on.

Rhode Island

Brown University fulfills its $10 million pledge to Providence public schools ? 13 years later

The new stream of funding comes nearly a year after a Globe report raised questions about why the university had not raised the $10 million it promised Providence schools, and at a time when institutions all over the country are reevaluating their commitment to people of color.

?We are partying too much?: Raimondo lowers R.I. limit on social gatherings amid rise in cases

After a rise in COVID-19 cases, RI governor delays the next phase of reopening
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

JEFF JACOBY

The ballpark is no place for the national anthem
EDITORIAL

Boston?s high schools need improvement. Can Brenda Cassellius get it done?
MICHAEL A. COHEN

The Justice Department under William Barr has crossed another dangerous line
EDITORIAL

Send Ed Markey back to the Senate
Renée Graham

Biden must choose a Black woman for vice president
IDEAS | MARCELLA BOMBARDIERI

The best route for moving up is in danger of being blocked

VISUAL STORIES

?I want to save everything?: In the era of COVID-19, a small army of animal lovers is providing triage for creatures in distress

Take a look at what the Red Sox have been up to inside Fenway Park

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

Food for the soul ... and the community

metro

Tufts will stagger arrival times for fall students, require COVID-19 testing and quarantine
Tufts University will stagger student arrivals for the fall semester over a four-week period in response to a mandatory quarantine and other restrictions in a travel order Governor Charlie Baker issued last week, school officials said Wednesday.

Rene Carpenter, astronaut?s wife who broke NASA mold, 92

Rene Carpenter, the last surviving member of the much-glorified cohort of Mercury 7 astronauts and their wives, whom Tom Wolfe immortalized in his bestselling 1979 book ?The Right Stuff,? died on Friday in Denver. She was 92.

BPS nurses, teachers, bus drivers rally at City Hall against reopening schools without proper safety measures

Boston school nurses, teachers, and bus drivers demonstrated Wednesday at City Hall against reopening schools in the fall, saying conditions amid the pandemic would be too dangerous without massive investments in protective gear, new staff, rapid coronavirus testing, and buildings? air ventilation systems.

Marshall Cole, one of the last Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire survivors, dies at 94
Adrian Walker

Citing unwelcoming atmosphere, Black Beacon Hill staffers call for change

sports

Peter Abraham | On baseball

In these times, this comeback win was good medicine for the Red Sox

After losing four straight, Sox proved they were capable of fighting back.

MLB instituting strict new COVID-19 protocols, report says

Surgical masks instead of cloth masks during travel and a COVID-19 compliance officer for each team are just two things MLB will be pushing.
NBA

Report: NBA?s academies in China abused athletes

The staff members, according to ESPN, said that Chinese coaches physically struck players and that athletes were housed in poor conditions and deprived of schooling that was promised when the academies began their relationship with the NBA.

A much different, but still safe and secure, NBA returns on Thursday

Red Sox show resiliency, walk high wire to snap four-game skid

Bruins invest $4.8 million in Anders Bjork?s promise up front

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

Plant closings send GM to second quarter loss, but signs of improvement
Even though General Motors was able to reopen its US factories for the last half of the second quarter, the company still lost $806 million from April through June.

Fed sees dim economic outlook as virus squeezes economy
The Federal Reserve said it plans to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate pegged near zero.

GE sees long recovery ahead after progress on costs, cash

This Lynn nonprofit is known for its murals. Now, it?s making hand washing stations

Federal Reserve sees dim economic outlook as coronavirus pandemic squeezes economy

Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google CEOs grilled on competition during House committee hearing

Politics

Ruth Bader Ginsburg undergoes medical procedure at hospital

Trump administration wants West Wing remodel money in coronavirus relief bill

Representative Gohmert tests positive for coronavirus, cancels Trump trip

Marijuana

While equity efforts flounder, Massachusetts police make millions off marijuana store traffic details

East Boston marijuana store, city?s second, now open
magazine
Perspective

The political battle over masks is making us lose the war on COVID-19
Your Home | Design Refreshers

A Provincetown guesthouse gets reinvented as a single-family
Cooking

Recipes: The perfect menu for a small, outdoor dinner

Miss Conduct

Advice: A guy yelled at me for petting his unleashed dog

sports

Kemba Walker finishes full practice, expected to play against Bucks on Friday

With ACC go-ahead, Boston College pushes ahead with plan for fall sports

Jonathan Lucroy let go for Chris Mazza, as Red Sox add more pitching depth

metro

Tufts will stagger arrival times for fall students, require COVID-19 testing and quarantine

Rene Carpenter, astronaut?s wife who broke NASA mold, 92

BPS nurses, teachers, bus drivers rally at City Hall against reopening schools without proper safety measures

Nation

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Trump administration wants West Wing remodel money in coronavirus relief bill

Residents report other signs of shark?s presence after fatal attack in Maine

World

China tells US to shut consulate in Chengdu, in retaliation for Houston closure

China tells US to close consulate in Chengdu in growing spat

Former concentration camp guard convicted in Germany

politics

Trump administration wants West Wing remodel money in coronavirus relief bill

Representative Gohmert tests positive for coronavirus, cancels Trump trip

Watch live: Big tech CEOs Bezos, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Cook set to testify before House committee

business

Plant closings send GM to second quarter loss, but signs of improvement

Fed sees dim economic outlook as virus squeezes economy

GE sees long recovery ahead after progress on costs, cash

lifestyle

Watch Skip Marley and School of Rock cover Bob Marley?s ?Three Little Birds?

Game on for the Providence Grays vintage baseball team

At Boston Children?s Museum, they?re pouring TLC into the giant milk bottle

marijuana

While equity efforts flounder, Massachusetts police make millions off marijuana store traffic details

East Boston marijuana store, city?s second, now open

Regulators, advocates press Legislature to follow through on promise of marijuana equity

opinion

On Markey, it?s the whys and wherefores that matter, not the where

Trump?s Portland strategy makes everyone less safe

Trump bets on law and disorder as a path to reelection

food & dining

To everything there is a season

Monumental Market puts pastries, coffee, and records under one roof

If you?re looking for comfort ? and who isn?t lately? ? put meatloaf on the menu

travel

These 2 New England beaches were just ranked in the top 25 in the US

These are trying times for loyalty reward programs

In the mood for some great chocolate? Check out Vermont?s sweetest DIY tour

Books

Living with woundedness

Mother and son hit the post-apocalyptic road in ?Afterland?

Local bestsellers for the week ending July 19

Movies

In ?The Fight,? four court battles, one ACLU

In Bob Marley documentary, catching a fire the world over

Covering Duterte, coming home, singing songs

Television

Regis Philbin, ?Millionaire,? and the price of network hubris

Lincoln Project ad makes Trump a laughing matter

?Ellen DeGeneres Show? workplace to be reviewed by WarnerMedia

music

4 ways to experience the Newport Folk Festival in 2020

Six albums from local artists making the most of their time away from the stage

?There?s nothing like live performance.? Bang on a Can returns to Mass MoCA

Theater/Dance

Livestream set for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company?s ?The Tempest?

Please dance ?Swan Lake? in your bathtub

A meeting of past, present, and future in Huntington?s ?Dream Boston?

globe local

It?s what?s outside that counts: At many house museums, gardens are the draw this summer

Should the state raise taxes on wealthy people and corporations to provide more local aid?

People (still!) get angry about masks

Obituaries

Rene Carpenter, astronaut?s wife who broke NASA mold, 92

Marshall Cole, one of the last Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire survivors, dies at 94

Malik Abdul Basit, longtime member of The Roots, has died