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Mass. reports 1,887 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 43 new deaths

The DPH said 25,986 people were estimated to have active cases of the potentially deadly virus, and 586 confirmed coronavirus patients were in the hospital.
20 Massachusetts communities are at high risk for COVID-19, first week-to-week increase since mid-January New federal guidance supports what Mass. school officials said for months: 3 feet of distance between most students can be enough The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts COVID-19 vaccine news, resources, and guidance

Days from his City Hall departure, Walsh details Boston’s next reopening steps

Police have long had a haphazard, lax response to domestic violence within the ranks
Experts say domestic abuse within policing is vastly underreported and often overlooked by those in power.

While slashing costs and workers, Massport was on the hook for six-figure payouts to retiring executives

Amid painful pandemic-induced cuts, the Massachusetts Port Authority gave payouts of more than $200,000 and $173,000 to two retiring executives last year, sums fueled by hundreds of unused sick days they accumulated under a since-abolished policy.

Report: Current aide accuses Cuomo of sex harassment

A woman who currently works in the office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he looked down her shirt and made suggestive remarks to her and another aide, according to a newspaper report published Friday.

Several dozen House Democrats call for expulsion of Marjorie Taylor Greene from House

Boston police officer arrested in N.H. drug case
Patriots Notebook

Patriots agree to terms with linebacker Raekwon McMillan on one-year deal

McMillan, 25, played for the Raiders last season and joins Matt Judon as another new face in New England’s linebackers room.
Bill Belichick ‘excited’ about additions to Patriots’ roster
Tara Sullivan

There’s no space for the NCAA’s inequitable treatment of women’s basketball players

From workout space to personal supplies, the NCAA has been caught valuing the men’s game above the women’s.
dan shaughnessy

LeBron James being a Red Sox part-owner is a good thing, and other thoughts

James’s name on the masthead represents progress for a franchise that admits being haunted by the institutional racism of a previous regime.
Garrett Whitlock turning heads, in control of an opportunity with the Red Sox
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Globe Magazine
How a college dropout in New Hampshire found a Shakespeare secret all the PhDs missed
Dennis McCarthy, a self-taught scholar working from his dinner table, is challenging decades of scholarship on the origins of the Bard’s greatest work.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team
Do you know anyone in this Boston class photo?
The photo, taken at a Boston school in the late 1940s, depicts something unusual from that time: Black and white students in roughly equal numbers, as well as one Asian student, sharing an elementary school classroom when the overall system was, in effect, largely segregated by race. A local man now wonders, what happened to my young classmates?

Three generations later, a family’s jewelry factory thrives in Rhode Island
As a child, she fell in love with her grandfather’s jewelry factory. Her aunt founded Alex & Ani. Now Rachel Ajaj has returned to her family’s factory with her own brand

Doctors are bringing COVID-19 vaccines to the doorstep of the needy
Throughout Boston, efforts are underway to inoculate residents of housing for the elderly and disabled. “You have to bring the vaccine to them,” says Dr. Alister Martin, an emergency physician at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Fierce divisions as hundreds testify on gun legislation in Rhode Island
As gun-rights advocates braved the cold outside of the State House, more than 300 people signed up to testify during the virtual hearings for 18 different bills on gun control

Next two Bruins games are postponed after four more players enter COVID protocol
David Pastrnak, Jake DeBrusk, David Krejci, and Craig Smith were placed in protocol Friday, joining Sean Kuraly, who tested positive Thursday.

Passenger travel at Logan is beginning to pick up
The airport this week recorded its highest passenger count in months.

Biden slips while boarding Air Force One; White House says he’s ’100 percent’ fine
A White House aide said that President Biden was “100 percent” fine after he slipped several times while climbing the stairs to Air Force One on Friday.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Donald Trump should make a high-profile effort to get his supporters vaccinated

Fox News needs to step up as well.
Bill McKibben

Harvard tries to subvert votes too
Marcela García

More stonewalling from the Boston police
EDITORIAL

Plymouth DA evades the sunshine
Alex Beam

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Call the Atlanta killings what they are: racial terrorism

If Tuesday's killing of these eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, is not a hate crime, laws need to be rewritten. And if we cannot see this mass shooting as terrorism, we need to redefine it.
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Dick Hoyt, ‘heart and soul of the Boston Marathon,’ dies at 80

Mr. Hoyt, an iconic presence at the Boston Marathon who stopped racing several years ago because of heart ailments, was 80 when he died of heart failure Wednesday morning in his home in Holland, just east of Springfield.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Civil rights groups urge state to change ‘discriminatory’ vocational school admissions policies to lottery

The state’s dozens of regional vocational-technical schools consider grades, attendance, and disciplinary histories for admission. The Vocational Education Justice Coalition said those factors are subjective and unfair.

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Somerville builds for future with $256 million high school

"Our kids deserve modern facilities that will allow us to lock in all the potential of 21st-century learning,” said Mayor Joseph A. Curatone.

Massachusetts Republican Party hosts Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton for a fundraiser

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Sports

With Indiana speculation rampant, Brad Stevens reiterates he will remain coach of the Celtics

Stevens, who is from Indiana, said he is not leaving to take over as coach of the Hoosiers.

Northeastern women’s hockey has the depth to persevere against Wisconsin

Bracket busters are back: No. 15 Oral Roberts ousts No. 2 Ohio State in OT thriller

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Passenger travel at Logan is beginning to pick up

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Go Down for Some Users

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politics

Report: Current aide accuses Cuomo of sex harassment

Several dozen House Democrats call for expulsion of Marjorie Taylor Greene from House

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Living Arts

OUTDOORS

Imagination reigns on the lawns of Watertown with YardArt project

Could I have been more patient about the bad timing?
NAMES

Marty Walsh goes to Washington with a new ‘mayoral portrait’

education

New federal guidance supports what Mass. school officials said for months: 3 feet of distance between most students can be enough

Boston Public Schools hit highest-ever four-year graduation rate in 2020

CDC changes school distancing guidance, recommending 3 feet between students instead of 6 feet

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RI POLITICS

Fierce divisions as hundreds testify on gun legislation in Rhode Island

RI POLITICS

R.I. poised to pass ‘Act on Climate’ bill, making carbon reduction goals mandatory
RI BUSINESS

Three generations later, a family’s jewelry factory thrives in Rhode Island

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Comfort Zone

OUTDOORS
Imagination reigns on the lawns of Watertown with YardArt project
More than 120 residences are festooned with original artwork for the inaugural YardArt Watertown.

NAMES
Marty Walsh goes to Washington with a new ‘mayoral portrait’
The small canvas painting features a graphic-style deception of Walsh’s face over the American flag.

MUSEUMS
MFA keeps up the Impressionism with second Monet show
"Legacy Illuminated" will feature fewer Monets but more historical context.

IN THE FAMILY WAY
In the rush to resume normalcy, don’t overlook your teenager’s mental health
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Make the most of spring muck
There are plenty of ways to enjoy New England’s mud season. Here are some ideas.

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.
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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

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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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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A massacre targeting Asians in Georgia wasn’t a ‘bad day.’ It was a hate crime.
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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
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Marquette moves on from Steve Wojciechowski

Short-handed Florida outlasts Virginia Tech in NCAA opener

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World

Taliban expect US withdrawal, vow to restore Islamic rule

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Child dies in accident involving Peloton treadmill

Top CBRE executive jumps to Beacon Capital

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Vincent’s replaces Cafe du Pays, Uni takes to the streets, and ‘Top Chef’ contestant Carl Dooley lands at Mooncusser

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Movies

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Theater/Dance

‘The Conjurors’ Club’ is not quite magical enough

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