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Mass. ends quarantine requirement for 3 more states; Maine governor drops travel restrictions for Mass. visitors

Travelers from Missouri, Oregon, and Washington no longer need to quarantine when arriving in Massachusetts, the state said Friday.
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5 things to know if you want to sign up for a vaccine today in Mass.
Eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine? Anxious to protect yourself and others — and to get back to a more normal life? Here's what you need to know if you’re looking to sign up Friday to get a vaccination.

Fenway Sports Group partner donated $250,000 to Florida governor after his private community was vaccinated

Limited partner Bruce Rauner lives in an "ultra-exclusive neighborhood" that received its vaccinations before much of the state.

Democrats split on jobless benefits slows relief bill in Senate
Democrats laid aside one battle over boosting the minimum wage but promptly descended into another internal fight Friday as the party haltingly tried moving its $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill through the Senate.

5 indicted in separate cheating, assault cases at Encore casino

A Middlesex County grand jury on Friday handed up indictments against an Encore Boston Harbor card dealer and two other people in connection with an alleged scam to pilfer $23,500 over two nights by cheating at a game called Baccarat, state Attorney General Maura Healey’s office said.

Mark Pavelich, member of Miracle on Ice gold-medal winners, found dead

The 63-year-old Pavelich, who friends and family believed suffered from CTE, was declared mentally unfit to stand trial following an August 2019 attack of a neighbor.

Gillian Anderson on Alec Baldwin’s accent snark, and Prince Harry’s view of ‘The Crown’

In a live, online conversation Friday with Brandeis history professor Alice Kelikian, "The Crown" actress discussed recent and upcoming work.
Dave Epstein | Weather

Don’t put away those winter coats just yet

It will not be as cold nor as windy as with the first arctic outbreak, but temperatures will be significantly below average for the next three days.

How Dr. Seuss became the second highest-paid dead celebrity

Earning $33 million in 2020, the children's book author is second only to Michael Jackson among deceased celebrities. Where does the money come from?
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Ben Affleck (and his Dunkin’ iced coffee) arrives in Back Bay Friday to shoot ‘The Tender Bar’
The Oscar winner showed up bright and early at the Harvard Club of Boston on Commonwealth Avenue wearing a puffer jacket over a gray pinstripe suit and toting his favorite beverage, a Dunkin' iced coffee.

Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ‘The conversation started off really easy and stayed that way’
Will these two Angelenos find a connection in Boston?

Love Letters: I’m now vegetarian. How will that change my dating life?

Opinion

Marcela García

At Boston’s public exam schools, it’s equity vs. privilege

A recently filed lawsuit isn’t about equity. It’s about preserving the disadvantageous status quo.
George Q. Daley, David E. Golan, Arlene H. Sharpe, and Bruce D. Walker

Collaboration is the cure for COVID-19
Shazia Ahmed

All hail the bus as the answer to vaccine inequities
Flavia C. Peréa

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

A new color, out of the blue

Here are midseason evaluations of the Celtics’ starters
The Celtics arrive at the All-Star break at 19-17 after an up-and-down first half. Here is a look at individual performances.

Chad Finn | Sports Media
Viewers continue to lose out in dispute between NESN and YouTube TV
NESN, the regional sports network home of Bruins and Red Sox broadcasts, was dropped by YouTube TV on Oct. 31.

SJC: Christian college can’t claim former social work professor was minister in legal dispute
The duties of a former social work professor at a Christian college in Wenham did not meet the legal definition of a religious minister at the school, meaning she was entitled to protections against workplace discrimination that are unavailable to ministers at faith-based insitutions, the state Supreme Judicial Court ruled Friday.

‘Coming 2 America’ flag flies at Boston Harbor Hotel as Eddie Murphy sequel premieres
The hotel is flying the flag from its rotunda to celebrate the much-anticipated premiere of the “Coming to America” sequel, “Coming 2 America,” starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall.

Court documents reveal man found Tiger Woods unconscious after crash
The man told deputies that Woods would not respond to his questions.

Connections | Magazine
My mother’s old travel diary took me on journeys abroad and to the past
At the end of every journey, she wrote the identical words, “This trip was one of the best we’ve ever had. Where next?”

‘You never know what your DNA’s gonna bring up’: Connecticut women find out they’re biological sisters after working at the same restaurant

When Cassandra Madison met Julia Tinetti working at a restaurant in New Haven, they knew they had a lot in common. But it wasn't until they started digging into their past that these fast friends realized just how connected they really were.

RI BUSINESS
RI attorney general opposes Champlin’s Marina expansion plans on Block Island
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha said his office has a constitutional and common law obligation to protect the environment and shared natural resources.

Recommended reads

Thomas Farragher

As pandemic roars, the credits may roll for a small-town movie house

Revenues down over 90 percent. There’s hand sanitizer on the counter. The lobby's carpet features small round disks asking patrons to keep their distance. Welcome to the movies in 2021.

Massachusetts spent 20 years refining its own mass vaccination plan. Then it looked elsewhere
Days after federal drug regulators authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine, the state abandoned its blueprint and entrusted a handful of private companies with running its mass vaccination sites.

Where city leaders once saw a potential Olympic stadium, Amazon eyes a massive distribution center
The new owners of Widett — just south of downtown between South Boston and the Southeast Expressway ― are in serious talks with the e-commerce giant about building a shipping hub on the roughly 20-acre site, according to several people familiar with the discussions.

metro

RI NEWS
Making a push for a Rhode Island state coral
Don’t underestimate the importance of astrangia poculata. It’s New England tough.

DCYF says neglect contributed to deaths of young sisters in Providence house fire

Rosalyn Koo, 94, dies; fund-raising powerhouse for Chinese communities

Sports

Putting his CPR training into play, UMass Dartmouth baseball coach Bob Prince helped save the life of a 12-year-old AAU basketball player
“I’m so thankful I had the training. If I had not, I would have been standing there helpless," Prince said.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Eduardo Rodriguez feels ‘joy’ over first Red Sox start in nearly a year
celtics

Here are midseason evaluations of the Celtics’ starters

business

Here’s a look at who’s running the state’s mass vaccination sites
Some of the executives running the state’s mass vaccination sites believe that their entrepreneurial mindset and ability to scale operations quickly gives them an advantage. The state apparently agrees.

Fed Chair Powell offered a patient message. Markets quivered anyway.

US added a strong 379,000 jobs in February as hiring rebounded in hopeful sign for economy

politics

Democrats split on jobless benefits slows relief bill in Senate
Democrats laid aside one battle over boosting the minimum wage but promptly descended into another internal fight Friday as the party haltingly tried moving its $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill through the Senate.

House impeachment manager sues Trump, allies over riot
Analysis

Governors of both parties are increasingly following politics and not science in reopening

lifestyle

‘Coming 2 America’ flag flies at Boston Harbor Hotel as Eddie Murphy sequel premieres
The hotel is flying the flag from its rotunda to celebrate the much-anticipated premiere of the “Coming to America” sequel, “Coming 2 America,” starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall.

NAMES

Gillian Anderson on Alec Baldwin’s accent snark, and Prince Harry’s view of ‘The Crown’
ART

Get lost inside a masterpiece with ‘Imagine Van Gogh’

arts

BOOKS
How Dr. Seuss became the second highest-paid dead celebrity
Earning $33 million in 2020, the children's book author is second only to Michael Jackson among deceased celebrities. Where does the money come from?

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Season 3 of ‘Shtisel’ premieres this month on Netflix
TY BURR

In ‘Moxie,’ on Netflix, trying to make school cool — or at least less toxic

rhode island

RI NEWS
Making a push for a Rhode Island state coral
Don’t underestimate the importance of astrangia poculata. It’s New England tough.

DCYF says neglect contributed to deaths of young sisters in Providence house fire
RI BUSINESS

RI attorney general opposes Champlin’s Marina expansion plans on Block Island

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

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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

Alex Beam

Driving across the United States of COVID
EDITORIAL

Winter is almost over. Almost.
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Biden promises diplomacy but offers more militarism
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
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

Friday’s Red Sox spring training report: Michael Chavis’s walkoff home run beats Rays

After mastering Providence in regular season, Northeastern takes on Friars in Hockey East final

Mark Pavelich, member of Miracle on Ice gold-medal winners, found dead

metro

SJC: Christian college can’t claim former social work professor was minister in legal dispute

RI attorney general opposes Champlin’s Marina expansion plans on Block Island

Mass. education commissioner wins authority to force school districts to bring students back to classrooms full-time

Nation

1,677 cases, 25 deaths, and 74,520 shots, including J&J doses: See today’s COVID-19 data from Mass.

Pressure grows on Biden to end filibuster

Democrats split on jobless benefits slows relief bill in Senate

World

UK waits for Harry, Meghan’s take on royal split in Oprah interview

Prince Philip transferred back to private hospital after heart procedure

Pope arrives in Iraq to rally Christians despite pandemic

politics

Governors of both parties are increasingly following politics and not science in reopening

Quiet and low profile, Mike Donilon is Biden’s White House ‘wise man’

Highlights: What’s changed in the Senate’s virus relief bill

business

Where city leaders once saw a potential Olympic stadium, Amazon eyes a massive distribution center

Mass General Brigham names CFO, treasurer

State, city embark on a million-dollar study to improve Morrissey Boulevard corridor

lifestyle

Ben Affleck (and his Dunkin’ iced coffee) arrives in Back Bay Friday to shoot ‘The Tender Bar’

A Medford couple is bringing diverse children’s books to families every month

Dr. Seuss dominates Amazon’s bestsellers list following news of discontinued titles

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

Streets that put people first, not cars

Collaboration is the cure for COVID-19

All hail the bus as the answer to vaccine inequities

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

How Dr. Seuss became the second highest-paid dead celebrity

Human nature and ‘Beloved Beasts’

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

Movies

In ‘Moxie,’ on Netflix, trying to make school cool — or at least less toxic

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’

Television

Season 3 of ‘Shtisel’ premieres this month on Netflix

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

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

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

Rosalyn Koo, 94, dies; fund-raising powerhouse for Chinese communities

Walter Gretzky, father of NHL star Wayne Gretzky, dies at 82

Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies