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1,410 confirmed cases, 42 deaths, and 62,433 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.

The total shots administered included 614,589 second shots. Those who have gotten their second shot of the currently approved two-dose vaccines are considered fully vaccinated.
Mass. reports 343 new coronavirus cases among public school students, 133 among school staff members The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts Charts: Who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts? Massachusetts coronavirus vaccine tracker

Fenway Park mass vaccination site to be moved to Hynes Convention Center

Governor Baker said the convention center will start accepting patients on March 18, while Fenway’s last day for taking patients will be March 27.
Five ways to build a better vaccine registration site See more COVID-19 vaccine news

12 Middlesex County superintendents urge state to provide ‘thoughtful plan’ before reopening elementary schools full time

Barros makes it official, joins Boston mayor’s race
John Barros, the city’s chief of economic development for the past seven years, officially launched his campaign for mayor Thursday, saying he has the experience and skillset to help Boston respond, recover, and reopen after the pandemic.

Days away from Walsh departure, Boston’s equity chief is resigning

Construction worker killed in Cambridge Wednesday is identified

Christopher Stuck , 56, of South Windsor, Conn., was apparently removing metal railings from a fourth-floor stairway inside a city-owned parking garage when the stairway collapsed, officials said in a statement Thursday.

Aly Raisman is calling for an independent investigation into USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal
Following the death of gymnastics coach John Geddert, Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman is calling for an independent investigation into USA Gymnastics.

Tara Sullivan: Suicide of coach charged with abuse can be a beginning, not an end

COMMENTARY
A library encounter with Seuss’s ‘If I Ran the Zoo’
I remember what I read and saw in the now discontinued book, and what I did — and wished I'd done then.

Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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TY BURR

Eddie Murphy is back, and back up to speed, in ‘Coming 2 America’

After 33 years, the belated sequel to Eddie Murphy’s most congenial hit lands on Amazon Prime largely in possession of the first film’s better qualities.
LOVE LETTERS

Five years in, it’s terrible

Help this reader say goodbye.

At Bridgewater State, the food-delivery workers are robots

From dawn to dusk, 15 squat, white, six-wheeled machines trundle across the campus, toting snacks and drinks between the university’s four restaurants and the 1,200 students in the school’s residence halls.

Opinion

Flavia C. Peréa

Dear Mayor Joe Curtatone, what happened to my son embodies the school-to-prison pipeline

I am calling on you to act.
EDITORIAL

Winter is almost over. Almost.
Kimberly Atkins

History will clearly see this existential moment for voting rights. Lawmakers must see it now
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Who owns your HBO password?
Joan Vennochi

Andrew Cuomo has a problem. But why are Democrats pushed to resign?

peter abraham | on baseball
What the Red Sox lose when they lose Jackie Bradley Jr. in center field
This does not compare with losing Mookie Betts, but Bradley was a key component of winning teams, a homegrown standout who made his corner outfielders better.

Red Sox prospect Triston Casas evaluated in Boston for non-baseball medical issue Thursday’s Red Sox spring training report: Orioles peck away at Tanner Houck

Alex Ovechkin was firing on all cylinders Wednesday against the Bruins, he just wasn’t hitting the net often
Ovechkin took 16 shots, but only five landed on net, and none in the back of the net.

Veterans Affairs administration ignored complaints of harassment and bullying, federal watchdog says
Henry Kerner, the head of the US Office of Special Counsel, said the Veterans Affairs administration showed “a willingness to resolve issues in favor of the agency, despite significant evidence to the contrary.”

State launches new measures to speed up unemployment claims, protect against fraud
The state’s beleaguered Department of Unemployment Assistance is launching new security measures to protect against fraud and speed up the identity verification process.

A lost year, chronicled through art
“Anthropause” at 6 Bridges Gallery in Maynard features paintings, photographs, and mixed-media works through the lens of the pandemic.

Yale banners and signs pop up near Harvard Square for George Clooney film ‘The Tender Bar’
There’s no mischief behind the signs that arrived just outside Harvard Square this week, and students from the New Haven, Conn., school are not to blame.

BLOTTER TALES
People love to fight over snow
Police are called to settle arguments over snow, a woman accuses a man of putting stickers on her car, and other odd tales from local police blotters.

Old Sturbridge Village receives record $5 million donation

The $5 million bequest from the estate of Helen A. “Susie” Titus is the largest single gift in the museum’s history, officials said.

Recommended reads

State Police colonel tasked with reform is accused of breaking rules to promote his allies

A lawsuit filed by three Massachusetts State Police veteran supervisors alleges recent improprieties around the agency’s promotional exam and promotions process, laying blame on Colonel Christopher Mason. The accusations could further damage trust in the state’s largest law enforcement agency.

Ty Burr
The Seuss controversy isn’t ‘cancel culture.’ It’s about recognizing changing attitudes
No, they’re not canceling Dr. Seuss. But a lot of people want you to think so. It’s worth thinking about why that is.

The Zoom public meeting: Revealing, civically engaging, and sometimes appalling
Politics has always been part performance art. But since public meetings have shifted online, many hearings have been relocated from council chambers to bedroom chambers, where local officials find a new level of exposure and pressure.

metro

Construction worker killed in Cambridge Wednesday is identified
Christopher Stuck , 56, of South Windsor, Conn., was apparently removing metal railings from a fourth-floor stairway inside a city-owned parking garage when the stairway collapsed, officials said in a statement Thursday.

A lost year, chronicled through art

Should the federal minimum wage be increased to $15?

Sports

Alex Ovechkin was firing on all cylinders Wednesday against the Bruins, he just wasn’t hitting the net often
Ovechkin took 16 shots, but only five landed on net, and none in the back of the net.

ACC women's tournament | Syracuse 67, BC 61

BC women eliminated in second-round loss to Syracuse in the ACC tournament

Ben Roethlisberger takes pay cut, agrees to new deal with Steelers

business

Unemployment claims climb again as storms hamper a slow recovery
Initial jobless claims rose last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, after a big drop in the previous week.

US suspends tariffs on UK goods in Airbus-Boeing dispute

State launches new measures to speed up unemployment claims, protect against fraud

politics

Senate energy panel backs Haaland for interior secretary
The committee's approval clears the way for a Senate vote that is likely to make Representative Deb Haaland the first Native American person to lead a Cabinet agency.

Police request 60-day extension of Guard at US Capitol

Police request 60-day extension of National Guard at US Capitol

lifestyle

FOOD
Rutchada Thai Cuisine was ‘meant to be’
A late-night decision to open a restaurant leads to a menu of classics in Roslindale.

THE VIP LOUNGE

Drew Bledsoe loves the beach but would also happily tackle a visit to Siberia
TABLES

A tavern comes to Brookline; a beer hall opens in Belmont; and Del’s Lemonade plans a Massachusetts flagship

arts

MATTHEW GILBERT
Turning on the TV doesn’t mean turning off your brain
To the Globe commenter who exclaims "go read a book": It's time to turn the page.

HOMEFRONT

HomeFront: Eddie Murphy is back, Dr. Seuss is complicated, plus a world of wonder at Peabody Essex
TELEVISION

Next up on the series revival list: ‘Party Down’

rhode island

RI BUSINESS
R.I. restaurants to allow up to 66 percent capacity starting Friday
The businesses have been at 50 percent capacity since former Governor Gina Raimondo’s three-week “pause” on the economy was lifted in late December.

RI BUSINESS

Ballys: R.I. COVID-19 business restrictions had negative impact on Q4
POLITICS

Raimondo: ‘We need to go fast and we need to go big’ to expand broadband in US

Newton

Special Projects

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST

Project takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.

Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.
See the full project

On the Street

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

This time, Quincy Center’s revival looks legit

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

Jeneé Osterheldt
A Beautiful Resistance
Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Globe Spotlight Investigation
Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored — one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

Comfort Zone

WORKING ON IT

Are you doing too much? Let the Dutch introduce you to the art of ‘niksen’

Nothing is good. These books about "niksen" – the art of doing nothing – help you get there.
PUNK

A JP resident and her punk rock aerobics star in Green Day’s new music video

The band's "Here Comes the Shock" is set to Hilken Mancini's homemade video of moves like the "Iggy punch" and "whack jacks."
COMFORT ZONE

Boston poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola is at HOME on the open mic

The theme interested the Chicago transplant long before the pandemic.
COMFORT ZONE

GBH’s ‘Masterpiece’ reflects on 50 Years with a new podcast

The three-part series is "a superhero origin story," according to host Jace Lacob.
ART

‘Against all odds,’ Peabody Essex show leads to discovery of second Jacob Lawrence painting

The piece was hanging all these years in a nurse's apartment on the Upper West Side.
COMFORT ZONE

Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves

The new host of WMVY's "Local Music Café" is excited to showcase New England artists.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Who owns your HBO password?
Kimberly Atkins

History will clearly see this existential moment for voting rights. Lawmakers must see it now
Joan Vennochi

Andrew Cuomo has a problem. But why are Democrats pushed to resign?
IDEAS | HEETEN KANTI KALAN

I am not ‘nonwhite’
EDITORIAL

How to get away with murder
IDEAS | Rachel Rebouché and Mary Ziegler

Could Roe v. Wade really become ‘the law of the land’?

STAT

The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients’ need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

Covid-19’s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus — and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

magazine
Pandemic Parenting

4 ways families can find silver linings from this terrible pandemic year
Pandemic Parenting

We can care about education and be OK writing this year off
Pandemic Parenting

What should kids expect at summer camps this year?
Cooking

Recipes: Thai stir-fried glass noodles plus soup and dessert

sports

Thursday’s Red Sox spring training report: Orioles peck away at Tanner Houck

Ex-NFL receiver Brandon Marshall will hold his own mini-combine in Florida

What the Red Sox lose when they lose Jackie Bradley Jr. in center field

metro

Mass. reports 343 new coronavirus cases among public school students, 133 among school staff members

Beverly Beckham: The love he gave keeps his grieving family going

Veterans Affairs administration ignored complaints of harassment and bullying, federal watchdog says

Nation

See how Massachusetts’ COVID-19 risk map has evolved week-by-week

Senate votes to open debate on Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill

These 19 Massachusetts communities are at high risk for COVID-19

World

Why hasn’t Biden reversed one of Trump’s most controversial sanctions orders?

American attitudes toward China are hardening, Pew survey shows

Hospitalized Prince Philip has successful heart procedure

politics

A conversation with Representative Ayanna Pressley

N.H.’s Maggie Hassan is the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection next year

With Biden’s backing, Democrats revive bill to overhaul policing

business

Fed predicts shortages from nurses to chips and containers

At Bridgewater State, the food-delivery workers are robots

Facebook ends ban on political advertising

lifestyle

Five years in, it’s terrible

7-year-old Alabama girl helps to fund her own brain surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital

With the Cantab all but gone, Boston Poetry Slam rewrites its way to the future

marijuana

Mass. marijuana has to be ultra-sterile. Just one problem: It’s a plant

Marijuana company sues Boston zoning board over rejection

New Jersey governor signs laws to set up marijuana market

opinion

Winter is almost over. Almost.

Who owns your HBO password?

History will clearly see this existential moment for voting rights. Lawmakers must see it now

food & dining

Rutchada Thai Cuisine was ‘meant to be’

A tavern comes to Brookline; a beer hall opens in Belmont; and Del’s Lemonade plans a Massachusetts flagship

At The Federal, a miracle to go: perfectly cooked steak

travel

Drew Bledsoe loves the beach but would also happily tackle a visit to Siberia

Advice for planning that family reunion you just can’t wait to have

My eyes have been opened to the very real threat of avalanches, even in New England

Books

Human nature and ‘Beloved Beasts’

Anne Lamott ponders life’s third act in ‘Dusk, Night, Dawn’

Ijeoma Oluo on laughing and crying while reading

Movies

Eddie Murphy is back, and back up to speed, in ‘Coming 2 America’

Yale banners and signs pop up near Harvard Square for George Clooney film ‘The Tender Bar’

Raise high the roof beam, Joanna

Television

Turning on the TV doesn’t mean turning off your brain

Next up on the series revival list: ‘Party Down’

For a housebound nation, foreign-language TV shows offer escape and connection

music

For NEC students, it’s been a year of improvising

With another album in the works, singer Lizzy McAlpine has left Berklee behind

Passim’s Matt Smith brings his love of local music to the airwaves

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet celebrates Jorma Elo in a rich program of new work and past highlights

On your screen but outside the box: Theater companies rise to a creative challenge

Stars to come out (remotely) for a new Boston clinic for homeless women

globe local

A lost year, chronicled through art

Should the federal minimum wage be increased to $15?

Beverly Beckham: The love he gave keeps his grieving family going

Obituaries

Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies

Vernon Jordan, former Clinton adviser, has died

Michael Downing, whose books illuminated his illness and the lives of others, dies at 62