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House passes $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill in win for Biden and Democrats

The measure provides up to $1,400 direct payments to most Americans, extended emergency unemployment benefits, and hundreds of billions for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, schools, state and local governments, and ailing industries.
Highlights of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill that just passed

Zero Republicans voted for the COVID relief bill. Will that haunt them in the midterms?

Polls show the massive $1.9 trillion bill is broadly popular. But GOP lawmakers stood united against the bill anyway — a move that Democrats are hoping will spell doom for them in 2022.
Representative Jared Golden of Maine is lone Democrat to vote down COVID-19 bill

Senate confirms Merrick Garland as attorney general
The widely-respected, veteran judge takes the post as President Biden has vowed to restore the Justice Department’s reputation for independence.

Senate confirms Marcia Fudge as housing secretary Michael Regan confirmed as EPA chief

Analysis
The senator who is breaking the Internet (and liberal hearts) has a wild backstory
As many Americans noticed, on Friday as the Senate voted on whether raise the federal minimum wage, one senator decided to make a little spectacle out of her vote.

How the Red Sox, who own the No. 4 overall pick, are preparing for the MLB Draft
By this point in a typical draft year, the Red Sox would have crossed several names off their board.

Fate of Red Sox’ Michael Chavis may be sealed by having minor league options
The Sox, who have placed a premium on depth, can keep Chavis at Worcester while further assessing Christian Arroyo.

Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

George Clooney film ‘The Tender Bar’ takes over the South End

Hollywood rolled into the South End Wednesday as filming for “The Tender Bar” took over several locations around the neighborhood, including the South End Buttery on Shawmut Avenue and Aquitaine on Tremont.

Here’s where you can find the best slices in New England, according to all those ‘best pizza’ lists

In honor of National Pi Day, here’s a look at some of the best pizza around.
Take a DIY cider tour of Vermont They’re back: Boston-area restaurants are reopening

They met at Fenway in 1967, got engaged there in 1971, and returned to the ballpark to get the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021

Fenway Park has always been a special place for Donna and Thomas Wall.

Opinion

Joan Vennochi

Boston’s in a strange place these days — limbo

It feels like the city is moving in the right direction, but there’s no clearly charted path ahead and no one holding the compass.
EDITORIAL

Raise the curtain, light the lights — and keep ’em lit
Alan Wirzbicki

Why Americans should hope Britain ditches its monarchy
Jim Stergios and Christopher Anderson

A wealth tax, a SCOTUS case, and a likely Mass. exodus
JEFF JACOBY

Biden, like Trump, embraces the ‘Buy American’ folly

Perspective | Magazine
When the Boston theater curtains reopen, let’s not go back to how it was
The theater will thankfully again provide the opportunity to bring us together in person to heal. But let’s also remember the “good old days” weren’t good for everyone.

Love Letters
How do you overcome an awkward first kiss?
They had a bad experience, and haven’t tried again. But she’d like to.

Iowa reporter acquitted in case seen as attack on press rights
An Iowa jury on Wednesday acquitted a journalist who was pepper-sprayed and arrested by police while covering a protest in a case that critics have derided as an attack on press freedom.

Cuomo impeachment talk grows in New York Legislature
A vocal group of mostly progressive Democrats has called for Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign or be impeached amid twin scandals over his treatment of women and COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.

Authorities solve 1991 homicide of man whose body was found in trunk of car at Logan Airport
Kelly Ferrini said her father showed her how he cheated at games of chance he participated in while working as a professional gambler, a career that violently ended for Howard J. Ferrini on Aug. 14, 1991.

Man rescued after falling through ice while trying to ride his bike across Stoneham pond
A 22-year-old Malden man was rescued after he fell into ice covering Quarter Mile pond in Stoneham Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said.

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev suing over his treatment in supermax prison
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is making a variety of claims in a lawsuit over his treatment by federal prison officials, including that they are illegally preventing him from building relationships with his nieces and nephews — and undermining his chances of avoiding a death sentence.

Federal court dismisses R.I. students’ claims seeking tuition refunds from four universities
Students from Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, Johnson & Wales University, and Roger Williams University wanted a refund after the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to attend remotely.

Recommended reads

On remote Maine islands, a mission to vaccinate

Ministering to the hardy Mainers who live among the 10 unbridged, inhabited islands east of Boothbay Harbor are the staff members and volunteers from the Maine Seacoast Mission, who have traveled by boat and by plane to give coronavirus vaccines to rural residents.
Photos: Vaccine distribution on the far-flung isles of Maine Nearly a quarter of all Maine residents have had at least one vaccine shot in their arms

THE FINE PRINT
Need a parking space reserved for the disabled? Revere woman’s fight for one offers some lessons
When she lived in Everett, Paula Yebba had a handicapped-only parking space on the street in front of her rented apartment. But when she moved to Revere, the city said no. She needed to own her home, she was told.

OBITUARY
Carl J. Shapiro, expansive philanthropist who supported hospitals and universities, dies at 108
Once known as the “cotton king” for the popular dresses sold by his Kay Windsor Inc. garment company, Mr. Shapiro initially ran the business with his father, selling it in 1971 for $21 million.

metro

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Desperate measures
Republicans have also opened a new front in the culture war, launching a crusade to keep transgender girls from competing in school sports.

Right whale mother, calf spotted in waters south of Martha’s Vineyard
RI EDUCATION

Federal court dismisses R.I. students’ claims seeking tuition refunds from four universities

Sports

Red Sox
How the Red Sox, who own the No. 4 overall pick, are preparing for the MLB Draft
By this point in a typical draft year, the Red Sox would have crossed several names off their board.

Revolution hope Christian Mafla is the left back they have been seeking

Patriots reportedly fielding trade offers for WR N’Keal Harry

business

GE stock sinks as $30b sale of jet lessor fails to impress
GE tumbled 5.36 percent, after sliding as much as 7.7 percent, for the biggest intraday drop in five months. It closed Wednesday at $13.25.

On anniversary of Boeing Max crash, a victim’s family meets Buttigieg

Been vaccinated? You may have to prove it

politics

Cuomo impeachment talk grows in New York Legislature
A vocal group of mostly progressive Democrats has called for Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign or be impeached amid twin scandals over his treatment of women and COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.

Senate confirms Michael Regan as EPA chief

Representative Jared Golden of Maine is lone Democrat to vote down COVID-19 bill

lifestyle

Crowds gather in South End to watch George Clooney film ‘The Tender Bar’
Much of the movie’s action takes place in the 1980s, which meant plenty of extras sporting period-appropriate attire and '80-era cars and taxis on the streets.

Photos: George Clooney film ‘The Tender Bar’ takes over the South End

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

These new (and newly remodeled) Boston hotels offer a safe escape from the same four walls

arts

MOVIES
‘The Father’: Anthony Hopkins confronts the dying of the light
The Oscar winner gives a deeply moving performance as the title character, a London widower whose mental decline we experience from his point of view.

When Black Power meets the French New Wave in (where else) Philadelphia
TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Standout originals give Apple TV+ its strength

rhode island

RI EDUCATION
Federal court dismisses R.I. students’ claims seeking tuition refunds from four universities
Students from Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, Johnson & Wales University, and Roger Williams University wanted a refund after the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to attend remotely.

RI NEWS

Coalition calls for lowering barriers to mail ballots and allowing same-day voter registration in Rhode Island
RI NEWS

Remains of Cold War-era Russian submarine catch fire in Providence scrap yard

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."
MUSIC

Aoife O’Donovan can’t wait for ‘the sweat of performance’

The singer/songwriter will appear Friday with Chris Thile in a Celebrity Series of Boston streaming concert.
COMFORT ZONE

In Gloucester, a place to remember lost lives and ‘a year from hell’

The Cape Ann Museum COVID-19 Memorial opens Wednesday with an online ceremony. The public can visit in person through Sunday.
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

Jim Stergios and Christopher Anderson

A wealth tax, a SCOTUS case, and a likely Mass. exodus
JEFF JACOBY

Biden, like Trump, embraces the ‘Buy American’ folly
Alan Wirzbicki

Why Americans should hope Britain ditches its monarchy
Marcela García

A proxy culture war in Newton
EDITORIAL

Police reform: The long, hard slog ahead
IDEAS | JONATHAN BERK

Streets that put people first, not cars

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
Globe Magazine

Chaplains and the rise of on-demand spiritual support

Back to Nature

Eight great places for bird-watching in New England
Back to Nature

‘A shortcut to mindfulness’: Finding a way back to the great outdoors

Back to Nature

A plant lover's guide to 16 gorgeous gardens and arboretums

sports

Unfinished work at a Players Championship that didn’t start

The Eastern Mass. ‘Fall II’ high school football season starts Friday. Here’s a league-by-league preview

Fate of Red Sox’ Michael Chavis may be sealed by having minor league options

metro

State lawmakers poised to pass revised climate bill

Massachusetts unveils vaccine preregistration system to ease appointment frenzy

Man rescued after falling through ice while trying to ride his bike across Stoneham pond

Nation

Cuomo impeachment talk grows in New York Legislature

Attorneys in ex-cop’s trial probe jurors’ views about police

Zero Republicans voted for the COVID relief bill. Will that haunt them in the midterms?

World

UK politicians tread carefully in minefield left by Harry and Meghan’s interview

Puerto Rico reopens public schools amid COVID-19 fears

Royals’ comments raise race issue in Commonwealth nations

politics

Senate confirms Merrick Garland as attorney general

House passes $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill in win for Biden and Democrats

Fauci says COVID-19 restrictions could be lifted before US reaches herd immunity

business

GE, AerCap join air leasing businesses in $30 billion deal

Maker of Dove soap will drop the word ‘normal’ from beauty products

Boston insurance-tech startup Corvus to double workforce with $100 million investment

lifestyle

Take a DIY cider tour of Vermont

Here’s where you can find the best slices in New England, according to all those ‘best pizza’ lists

A virtual bike travel film festival, a Grand Canyon train adventure, and a pizza oven you can take on the road

marijuana

A guide to the Rhode Island Senate’s plan to legalize cannabis

Buying legal marijuana is more convenient than ever. Good luck finding somewhere to legally use it

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

opinion

Raise the curtain, light the lights — and keep ’em lit

Boston’s in a strange place these days — limbo

Here come the Biden bucks

food & dining

Here’s where you can find the best slices in New England, according to all those ‘best pizza’ lists

They’re back: Boston-area restaurants are reopening

Your pet — as a sculpture made from kitchen utensils

travel

These new (and newly remodeled) Boston hotels offer a safe escape from the same four walls

Take a DIY cider tour of Vermont

A virtual bike travel film festival, a Grand Canyon train adventure, and a pizza oven you can take on the road

Books

How ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ saved me

‘Phantom Tollbooth’ author Norton Juster dies at 91

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

Movies

‘The Father’: Anthony Hopkins confronts the dying of the light

When Black Power meets the French New Wave in (where else) Philadelphia

At this year’s Salem Film Fest, clashing views when crossing borders

Television

Standout originals give Apple TV+ its strength

Celebrating the epic and influential ‘Game of Thrones’

‘Generation’ is the newest show for today’s teens

music

Esther Nelson announces her finale as Boston Lyric Opera director

Aoife O’Donovan can’t wait for ‘the sweat of performance’

Lake Street Dive’s grown-up pop waxes and wanes on ‘Obviously’

Theater/Dance

Nonprofit will operate and program planned 300-seat theater in Kendall Square

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

globe local

Newton to decide two City Council races in Tuesday special election

Record-breaking warmth possible in the upcoming week

A lost year, chronicled through art

Obituaries

Allan McDonald dies at 83; Tried to stop the Challenger launch

Carl J. Shapiro, expansive philanthropist who supported hospitals and universities, dies at 108

Roger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93