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Foxborough police Officer Brendan Fayles prepared to get his COVID-19 vaccination at Gillette Stadium.
As many workers resist COVID-19 vaccines, calls grow for state to make shots mandatory
A Globe survey of nearly two dozen of the state’s largest police, fire, and emergency medical departments shows swaths of others declining to get the shots through their employers, prompting calls for state government and private employers to make getting shots a condition of hiring.

Mass. will direct $100m in additional aid to four communities hit hard by coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine news, resources, and guidance
Analysis

5 takeaways from President Biden’s first formal news conference

A televised tradition dating back to President John F. Kennedy ,these events have been used by presidents as a way to fully utilize the so-called bully pulpit of the presidency, where pressure can be exerted, credit claimed, and blame doled out to someone else.
Biden assails GOP over voting rights bill, sets new vaccine goal Kayleigh McEnany credits Trump for US vaccination rate with tweet that gets called out for typo

Amazon claps back at Elizabeth Warren after she criticizes megaretailer

Amazon fired back at Senator Elizabeth Warren after she criticized the company on Twitter for not paying its “fair share” of taxes.

Harvard sanctions professor with close Jeffrey Epstein ties, closes program he ran

Maura Healey attacks Charlie Baker for contracts with McKinsey in wake of opioid settlement: ‘It’s outrageous’
Celtics coach Brad Stevens now has the option of going to Evan Fournier for an offensive spark.
Gary Washburn I On basketball

Celtics’ Danny Ainge finally did what was needed at the trade deadline

While Ainge had become attached to the roster he built, it was apparent that the current structure of the Celtics was mediocre.
Jaroslav Halak bows his head in disgust after giving up the game-winning goal in overtime.
Islanders 4, Bruins 3

Bruins again lose to Islanders, this time 21 seconds into overtime

Anthony Beauvillier scored early in overtime for the Islanders.
With approximately 2,000 fans in the building, the Bruins hosted the New York Islanders on Thursday night.
Photos

Bruins happy to have fans back inside TD Garden

The Bruins joined what has become a majority of NHL teams welcoming a smattering of fans back to arenas.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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A sign on the campus of the University of Rhode Island, in South Kingstown, R.I., Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
URI students, staff: Professor’s essay with ‘anti-transgender perspectives’ signals an ongoing problem
Students and staff say they were shocked but not surprised by Gender and Women’s Studies professor Donna Hughes’ essay, which compared “the gender identity movement” to right-wing conspiracy theory QAnon.

A "Not Haunted" sign was placed atop a "For Sale" sign outside of a home that recently hit the market.
A ‘Not Haunted’ sign was placed outside of a home for sale west of Boston — and people have questions
Margot Bloomstein has some questions about a home in her neighborhood that recently hit the market. Thousands of other people online also had some queries.

KEVIN CULLEN
A vaccine was prepared at the Hynes Convention Center.
I’m reluctant to get the COVID vaccine because I’ll lose every excuse for my slovenly lifestyle
After a year of high anxiety, months of unnerving trepidation, and weeks of sweaty anticipation, I was finally able to schedule a COVID vaccine shot and now have only one question: Does this mean I have to take a shower?

At Lombardo's, a wedding venue in Randolph, the grand staircase now leads to two courtrooms.
Pandemic jury trials go from the courtroom to a ballroom
With many courthouses lacking adequate space or ventilation to meet coronavirus guidelines, court officials are scrambling to find locations where trials can be held safely.

A pedestrian walked by the "Love Thyself," Afrocentric mural on Quincy Street in the Grove Hall neighborhood of Boston. The city, while not home to a significant share of the nation’s Black population overall, has the third-highest Black Hispanic population among metro areas, after New York City and Miami.
Diversity expanding within the growing Black American population, new data show
Blackness in the United States has long encompassed a wide range of communities, and in the past two decades as the Black population overall has grown, so too has diversity within it, a new report from Pew Research Center says.

Why the Georgia GOP’s voting rollbacks will hit Black people hard

After record turnout flipped Georgia blue for the first time in decades, Republicans who control the state Legislature moved swiftly to put in place a raft of new restrictions on voting access, passing a new bill that was signed into law Thursday.
Georgia Governor Kemp signs GOP election bill amid outcry

1-st-clare-road-unit18-medford-kitchen
Home of the Week: For $749,900, a penthouse with two decks and a sauna
There's even more “two” love: Two bedrooms, two baths, two parking spaces.

MATTHEW GILBERT
Claire Foy and Matt Smith in "The Crown."
The streaming services’ 10 best original shows, ranked
These are my 10 favorites — plus 10 more standouts from an era that began only eight years ago.

Opinion

Nery Martinez and Saviel Mieses, right, hold signs outside La Colaborativa while preparing for a protest in Chelsea, MA on March 16, 2021. More than 100 demonstrators rallied at City Hall to protest the amount of federal aid earmarked for the hard-hit city of Chelsea in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package. Led by staff and volunteers of the nonprofit La Colaborativa, protesters marched from the organization's Sixth Street food pantry, chanting in English and in Spanish their demands for more federal relief.
EDITORIAL

Congress failed Chelsea in COVID-19 relief law

President Biden’s huge economic relief package sends billions of dollars to cities and towns, but didn’t take into account the disparate impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Joan Wickersham

Messages from my mother
The Rose Kennedy Greenway featured Yinka Shonibare's "Wind Sculpture" in August 2020.
Renée Loth

From gripes to gratitude on the Greenway
A courtroom sketch of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, center, with his defense attorneys as his death sentence was read on May 15, 2015.
JEFF JACOBY

Death is the right penalty for Tsarnaev
Boston Marathon bombing survivor Celeste Corcoran stands on the marathon finish line in 2016 as she waits for runners in her running group, 50 Legs, to cross. Celeste lost both legs in the 2013 marathon bombing. Officials let her stand there to watch the runners.
Kimberly Atkins

Boston and the Marathon bombing survivors can’t shake Tsarnaev — unless Biden acts now

Recommended reads

LOVE LETTERS
Love Letters
My boyfriend ‘likes’ many pictures of women in bikinis
Is it OK for a partner to like other people's bikini pics? Help.

Once again, thousands of children have come to the border. So much for a new day on immigration

President Biden is facing an early test of his vision for a radically different and more humane approach to immigration. But not even 100 days into his presidency, his administration appears to have lost the thread.
RI EDUCATION

URI says it does not support professor’s statements that ‘espouse anti-transgender perspectives’

Gender and Women’s Studies Professor Donna Hughes, who wrote an essay decrying “the trans-sex fantasy” and comparing “the gender identity movement” to right-wing conspiracy theory QAnon, calls the university’s criticism “an egregious affront to my free speech and academic freedom rights.”

Mass. will direct $100m in additional aid to four communities hit hard by coronavirus

Chelsea, Everett, Methuen, and Randolph had previously received far less in direct aid than some of their neighbors, despite suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic more than almost any other cities and towns in Massachusetts.

‘I’m not ready for prime time’: Appearance anxiety is mounting as we emerge from our bubbles

Teeth are being whitened. Personal trainers are being retained. Wrinkles are being Botoxed. With the vaccine rollout accelerating, many people feel the race is on to prepare themselves for social life.

metro

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Amazon claps back at Elizabeth Warren after she criticizes megaretailer

Amazon fired back at Senator Elizabeth Warren after she criticized the company on Twitter for not paying its “fair share” of taxes.

Harvard sanctions professor with close Jeffrey Epstein ties, closes program he ran

57-year-old New Hampshire woman gives birth to baby boy

Sports

"I just couldn’t get my putter going," Michelle Wie West said.

Michelle Wie West shoots 81 in her return to LPGA Tour

Wie West, who gave birth to a daughter nine months ago, said she was just grateful to be back.

It was more than a game for Natick’s Jalyn Aponte and Nick Ofodile

Thursday’s Red Sox spring training report: Errors lead to early deficit against Twins

business

Former Boston mayor Martin Walsh (right) and his girlfriend Lorrie Higgins walked from City Hall after his confirmation to become the US secretary of labor.

Former city of Boston corporation counsel heads to D.C.

House speaker vows to increase state’s investment in offshore wind energy

Big Tech CEOs prodded on speech responsibility in House hearing

politics

President Biden spoke Thursday at his first formal news conference.

Biden assails Republicans over voting rights and defends record on border

‘My plan is to run for reelection’ in 2024, Biden says

Top moments from President Biden's first formal news conference

Living Arts

Tilda Swinton in "The Human Voice."
HOMEFRONT

HomeFront: 4 stars for Almodóvar, TV’s streaming standouts, new digs for ancient Egyptian art

With ‘Banned in Boston,’ Urban Improv keeps the Faith
MURRAY WHYTE

What if American cities were built for Blackness?

education

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attended The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005, in New York City.

Harvard sanctions professor with close Jeffrey Epstein ties, closes program he ran

Mass. reports 682 new coronavirus cases among public school students, 228 among school staff members

Here are the Mass. school districts whose requests to delay full-time, in-person learning were approved and denied

rhode island

A sign on the campus of the University of Rhode Island, in South Kingstown, R.I., Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
RI EDUCATION

URI students, staff: Professor’s essay with ‘anti-transgender perspectives’ signals an ongoing problem

CORONAVIRUS

Advocates call for mass vaccination weekend for people of color in R.I.
CORONAVIRUS

‘We are broken now’: A year after the pandemic began, one family loses two loved ones to COVID-19

Newton

video

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
Lily King's latest novel is "Writers & Lovers"
Lily King’s ‘Writers & Lovers’ will be adapted for film and directed by Toni Collette
The Mass.-native's best-selling novel, about an aspiring writer, is set in Boston

ART AUCTION
Before the auction begins, visitors will be able to attend free preview parties.
MassArt’s annual auction, virtual this year, supports student scholarships
Holding live and silent auctions virtually means no space constraints and the potential for much wider reach.

Gloria Steinem in her New York apartment
For her 87th birthday, Gloria Steinem opens her apartment to visitors, online
The virtual tour lets you see where the feminist icon has lived since 1966.

ARTS
Julie Weitz’s “Golem v. Golem” photo installation graces the façade of Beacon Hill's Vilna Shul Jewish center.
In Beacon Hill, the Golem rises as ‘a protector of all people’ for Passover
Julie Weitz’s “Golem v. Golem” photo installation graces the façade of Beacon Hill's Vilna Shul Jewish center.

The documentary follows the work of break dancer, skateboarder, and artist Bill Shannon over two decades.
‘Crutch’ star went straight from walking to moonwalking
The documentary follows the work of break dancer, skateboarder, and artist Bill Shannon over two decades.

Special Projects

The Globe launches Project Takeout, an effort to help restaurants make it to the other side of this pandemic.
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

A man repacked the food he got from a food pantry on Broadway in Chelsea. Chelsea has been one of the places in Greater Boston hardest hit by the pandemic.

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength
A mural on the side of the Mayor Bill Carpenter Garage in Brockton.

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation
Evening light sets upon stores and restaurants on Hancock Street in Quincy Center.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Boston Marathon bombing survivor Celeste Corcoran stands on the marathon finish line in 2016 as she waits for runners in her running group, 50 Legs, to cross. Celeste lost both legs in the 2013 marathon bombing. Officials let her stand there to watch the runners.
Kimberly Atkins

Boston and the Marathon bombing survivors can’t shake Tsarnaev — unless Biden acts now
A coal miner near Wylo, W. Va.
IDEAS | SUSANNE BROOKS & DANIEL RAIMI

Give former fossil fuel workers a stake in the clean energy future
New research indicates that when cold viruses are circulating widely, COVID-19 case counts could be lower than would otherwise be expected.
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

The common cold could inhibit COVID-19 — and what else?
People with gray hair are doing it right, the author says: "Throw away every last one of your disguises."
IDEAS | ANNE BERNAYS

I’m old, and I know things
JEFF JACOBY

Does the GOP have a problem with the vaccine?
IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

Just what is the BettyLab cooking up for girls?

STAT

Road ahead illo
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.

Ahoskie Mayor Weyling White, left, and Hertford County Magistrate Deborah Morrison, right, pose for a portrait on railroad tracks that divide the predominantly White and predominantly Black parts of town in Ahoskie, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo © Landon Bost 2020)
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.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 12: People walk through the snow and sleet in Manhattan on February 12, 2019 in New York City. New York City, in a winter that has been light on snow this season, is expected to receive two inches of snow before the storm moves later this evening. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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.

Boston, MA -- 06/04/2020 -- Yoldana Desir displays a photograph of her late sister, Marie Deus, who died of Covid-19, after contracting it as a food service worker at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
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
A ball of dry brown garden grass.
Perspective

Lawn care for the lazy: Turns out being eco-friendly can be the easy way
MISS CONDUCT

Following current events can be upsetting. Is it OK to stop paying attention?
Savory Bread Pudding With Mushrooms, Gruyère, and Tarragon.
Cooking

Make-ahead recipes for Easter brunch
An illustration of William Shakespeare peeking through writing quills.
On the cover

How a college dropout in New Hampshire found a Shakespeare secret all the PhDs missed

sports

Jaroslav Halak bows his head in disgust after giving up the game-winning goal in overtime.

Bruins again lose to Islanders, this time 21 seconds into overtime

No. 1 Dustin Johnson battled to a draw at Match Play by Bob MacIntyre. Who?

Celtics’ Danny Ainge finally did what was needed at the trade deadline

metro

57-year-old woman gives birth to baby boy

Maura Healey attacks Charlie Baker for contracts with McKinsey in wake of opioid settlement: ‘It’s outrageous’

URI students, staff: Professor’s essay with ‘anti-transgender perspectives’ signals an ongoing problem

Nation

President Biden spoke Thursday at his first formal news conference.

Biden assails Republicans over voting rights and defends record on border

Funeral to be held for Atlanta spa shooting victim

Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany credits Trump for US vaccination rate with tweet that gets called out for typo

World

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test fire of newly developed new-type tactical guided projectile by the Academy of Defense Science, at an undisclosed place in North Korea, Thursday, March 25, 2021.

North Korea confirms missile tests as Biden warns of response

Giant ship blocking Suez Canal could take ‘days, even weeks’ to free

Riders are abandoning buses and trains. That’s a problem for climate change

politics

President Biden

5 takeaways from President Biden’s first formal news conference

Biden pledges 200 million COVID-19 doses in his first 100 days

Once again, thousands of children have come to the border. So much for a new day on immigration

business

CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg.

Lawmakers press Big Tech CEOs on speech responsibility

Unemployment claims drop to a pandemic low as reopenings offer hope

MGM Springfield fined over underage gambling, drinking

lifestyle

Hippie Cakes from the Farmer's Daughter restaurant in Sudbury.

At The Farmer’s Daughter in Sudbury, brunch is the main attraction

It’s all about nature at these four family-friendly New England resorts

Excerpt from Mia Bay’s ‘Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance’

marijuana

Five White House staffers have been fired because of their past use of drugs, including marijuana.

Five will exit White House over past use of marijuana

Marijuana-infused ice cream is coming to a dispensary near you, just in time for summer

A green wave? Mexico’s marijuana market may be middling

opinion

The Rose Kennedy Greenway featured Yinka Shonibare's "Wind Sculpture" in August 2020.

From gripes to gratitude on the Greenway

Messages from my mother

Death is the right penalty for Tsarnaev

food & dining

Paul Barker, owner of Pauli's North End sub shop, posed for a portrait with his 14-ounce "Lobsta Sub" on April 24, 2013.

Free sandwiches after COVID-19 vaccines, Easter specials, and more

At The Farmer’s Daughter in Sudbury, brunch is the main attraction

Boston has a long tradition of Asian women chefs and restaurateurs. Here are eight standout businesses to support

travel

Susan Wilson feeds pigeons on the Seine in Paris.

She loves Paris, pastries, and ‘Women Who Rock’

It’s all about nature at these four family-friendly New England resorts

Excerpt from Mia Bay’s ‘Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance’

Books

Caught in between in ‘Of Women and Salt’

New books about life in our galaxy, and beyond it.

C. Pam Zhang on reading books to start each day

Movies

Sir David Attenborough in London's Richmond Park.

Species threatened, corporations ascendant, death discussed

George Segal: a point man for his times

‘The Human Voice’: an Almodóvar marvel, short on length, long on everything else

Television

Claire Foy and Matt Smith in "The Crown."

The streaming services’ 10 best original shows, ranked

Bo Burnham as Larry Bird? He will be in upcoming HBO series.

Mass. native Bo Burnham to play Larry Bird in a new HBO series

music

Elton John after performing "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again," at the 2020 Oscars. John is celebrating his 74th birthday on Thursday — and he's sending fans a very rare present. Six deep cuts have been made available on streaming and digital formats for the first time.

It’s Elton John’s birthday, and he’s got rare music for fans

Sudbury singer-songwriter Lauren Weintraub on her Nashville dreams and the ‘random thing’ that got everyone’s attention

Strike up the band! Live music will return to Tanglewood this summer

Theater/Dance

Faith Soloway

With ‘Banned in Boston,’ Urban Improv keeps the Faith

New PBS documentary illuminates choreographer Twyla Tharp’s expansive, trailblazing career

With delightful studio performances, Boston Ballet celebrates the classical art form

globe local

Newton City Hall

Newton Youth Commission reaches out with mental health campaign

Art reflecting our world: Peabody Essex Museum launches exhibits that portray today’s concerns

At age 100, a veteran looks back at D-Day, Battle of the Bulge

Obituaries

Mr. Segal was nominated for an Oscar for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''

George Segal, durable veteran of drama and TV comedy, dies at 87

Charley Hill, art detective who found ‘The Scream’ and studied the Gardner heist, dies at 73

George Bass, archaeologist of the ocean floor, dies at 88