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1,464 new confirmed cases, 15 deaths, and 40,114 vaccinations. See today’s COVID-19 data from Mass.

The number of coronavirus vaccinations administered in Massachusetts rose by 40,114 to 3,409,635, state officials reported Monday.
Pfizer, Moderna coronavirus vaccines up to 90 percent effective at preventing infections, CDC study finds The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts COVID-19 vaccine news, resources, and guidance

State Ethics Commission clears Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins in alleged road rage incident

The state Ethics Commission has cleared Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins of wrongdoing in an alleged Christmas Eve road rage incident, removing a potential obstacle for the prosecutor to become the next US Attorney for Massachusetts. Rollins is one of three candidates to become the state's top federal prosecutor.

Duxbury football's season is on pause.
Thursday’s Duxbury football game called off in wake of players’ use of anti-Semitic terms
Last week, head coach Dave Maimaron was fired and the school announced it would launch an investigation. It's unclear if the final varsity game, scheduled for April 9, will be played.

Analysis
People walked by signs for mayoral candidate Andrew Yang on the streets of Chinatown in New York City.
4 extremely important political developments that have nothing to do with Washington
There are four developments happening in the states right now that are definitely worth paying attention to, even if they are not necessarily getting constant national attention.

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley gestured toward a crowd of supporters of then-President Donald Trump gathered outside the Capitol to protest the certification of Joe Biden's Electoral College victory on Jan. 6.

Josh Hawley became a pariah in Washington after the insurrection. Does it matter?

A total freeze out from nearly half the Senate might raise the danger of being seen unable to deliver for the voters back home. But in a world in which hundreds of Trump supporters mobilized to ransack the US Capitol, becoming a pariah inside its marble walls isn’t necessarily a political liability with the GOP grassroots.
Before COVID-19, Love Your Magic regularly held events empowering Black and brown girls and them. Now, they've gone virtual, but the dedication has only grown.
Jeneé Osterheldt

‘Lean into the joy’: COVID, racism, and how we mentor girls of color

A year after coronavirus arrived, a year after the murder of Breonna Taylor, and after a year of anti-Asian violence, mentoring Black girls and girls of color looks different. As it should.
It's a safe bet that the fans returning to Fenway Park won't be as quiet as last season's cardboard cutouts if the team drops to last place in the AL East.
opening day is thursday

The Red Sox believe better days are ahead. But how much longer will fans ride the roller-coaster of highs and lows?

For years, fans have waffled between joy (the 2018 World Series) and sadness (trading away Mookie Betts) so quickly that it's easy to see why they're getting frustrated. Winning cures everything, but for how long?
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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The city of Boston's chief financial officer, Emme Handy, is leaving her post.
In latest City Hall departures, head of finance, chief operating officer are leaving
Other officials have left in recent weeks amid a mayoral transition that saw Martin J. Walsh leave to become US labor secretary and Acting Mayor Kim Janey become the city’s first Black and first female chief executive.

Ghislaine Maxwell.
Sex trafficking crimes brought against Ghislaine Maxwell
Sex trafficking charges and another alleged victim were added to a superseding indictment returned Monday in the criminal case against financier Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend as prosecutors alleged that a conspiracy to sexually abuse girls stretched over a decade.

Defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, Nelson's assistant Amy Voss, back, and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, during the trial on Monday.
Jurors shown video at Derek Chauvin’s trial in George Floyd’s death
A prosecutor told the jury that the figure to remember is 9 minutes, 29 seconds — the amount of time Derek Chauvin’s knee was on George Floyd’s neck as the Black man pleaded for his life and went limp.

Becker College.
Becker College to close this spring as pandemic deals final blow, officials say
Clark University in Worcester said it will take over the school’s interactive media design program and help Becker students who study esports management and integrated graphic design, as well as business, criminology, and computer science, finish their degrees at Clark.

The Ever Given container ship after it was fully dislodged from the banks of the Suez Canal.
Watch: Team that helped free massive container ship from the Suez Canal celebrates
The jubilant group on a dredger called the Mashhour had just prevailed in its effort to free the Ever Given, the massive container ship that had spent days stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking a key maritime trade route.

‘We pulled it off!’ Massive container ship stuck in the Suez Canal has been set free

Rhonda Pattelena was remembered by friends as a loving mother who loved spending time on the beach at York, Maine. (HANDOUT PHOTO)
Bedford woman fatally beaten on Maine beach
Rhonda Pattelena was the mermaid in her family, the one who loved sand between her toes, the one who considered the beaches at York, Maine, her favorite place both as a child and as the mother of three boys, two of them teenagers.

Opinion

A Lebanese health worker prepares a shot of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine in Beirut on March 29.
EDITORIAL

No more drama in communicating about vaccine effectiveness

A flap between AstaZenaca and public health officials offered a case study in what not to do to maintain public confidence.
It’s a huge challenge for the public schools to effectively spend these new federal dollars, which amount to about one-third of BPS’s annual budget. That comes down to an astonishing $9,500 extra per student, with few strings attached.
Marcela García

Boston Public Schools are getting more than $400 million in stimulus dollars — how should the money be spent?
Vaccines are readied at the Hynes Convention Center.
Joan Vennochi

Don’t let the anti-vax ‘Flu-You’ crowd rule Massachusetts
Practicing COVID-19 safety protocols, a Market Basket in Nashua posted signs directing shoppers in April 2020.
Mary Ann D'Urso

The Grocery Stories: A year in my life from the aisles
A social distancing classroom at the Mildred Avenue K-8 in Mattapan on Sept. 9.
Brenda Cassellius

A renewed vision for Boston Public Schools

Recommended reads

Guiliana Perez started organizing the other tenants in her building at 15 Dana Ave. in Hyde Park after rumors spread that the landlord wanted all the tenants to leave.
To stay in their homes, tenants are unionizing
Newly created tenants unions have sprung up across the city, a local response to massive unemployment caused by COVID-19 and a widespread fear of eviction.

CDC extends eviction moratorium through June

Broadway In Boston plans a November return to the Opera House; season opens with ‘Hadestown’

The announcement of its 2021-22 season amounts to a bet that a full return to live, indoor performances will be possible in Boston by late fall.

Study shows no-prosecution policies may work

A study analyzed nearly two decades of Suffolk County data and found that not prosecuting low-level crimes helped direct nonviolent offenders away from the criminal justice system.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: A new ‘Law & Order,’ the story of ‘Mahalia,’ and a Netflix interface fail

Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in TV.

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

Cornelius Francis Healy can recall those events with details such as the type of German fighter that strafed a gravel road in France and nearly ended his life.

metro

Governor Phil Scott of Vermont is bucking all sorts of trends.

Vermont governor says give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free

Phil Scott, governor of Vermont, is asking the feds to increase the number of refugees allowed into his state.

Bedford woman fatally beaten on Maine beach

Massachusetts pool coronavirus testing in schools finds 0.7 percent positivity rate since February

Sports

Red Sox relief pitcher Matt Barnes will be back at spring training with the team after it was determined that he has a non-infectious case of asymptomatic COVID-19.

Matt Barnes cleared to rejoin Red Sox along with players who had close contact

It was determined that Barnes’s positive test result was consistent with an inactive or non-infectious result.
NFL notebook

Three more women come forward to accuse Texans QB Deshaun Watson
high schools

Thursday’s Duxbury football game called off in wake of players’ use of anti-Semitic terms

business

A Credit Suisse sign hung outside of its Manhattan offices on Monday in New York City. Major global banks, including Credit Suisse, are preparing to be hit with billions of dollars in losses after the US hedge fund Archegos Capital defaulted on margin calls last week.

Archegos-linked stocks sink on block-trade fallout fears

Contentious union vote at Amazon heads to a count

How Larry Summers went from Obama’s top economic adviser to one of Biden’s loudest critics

politics

People walked by signs for mayoral candidate Andrew Yang on the streets of Chinatown in New York City.
Analysis

4 extremely important political developments that have nothing to do with Washington

Watch live: President Biden gives update on COVID-19 vaccinations

Josh Hawley became a pariah in Washington after the insurrection. Does it matter?

Living Arts

A scene from the Broadway production of "Hadestown," the 2019 Tony Award winner for best musical.

Broadway In Boston plans a November return to the Opera House; season opens with ‘Hadestown’

Should I trust her?

‘Captain Underpants’ book pulled for ‘passive racism’

education

Students at Collicot Elementary School in Milton in September.

Massachusetts pool coronavirus testing in schools finds 0.7 percent positivity rate since February

Becker College to close this spring as pandemic deals final blow, officials say

Finegold speaks with Duxbury High football players about Jewish faith after anti-Semitic incident

rhode island

At her Barrington home, Dr. Priya Banerjee, a forensic pathologist, holds a human skull that was used for teaching purposes.
PROFILE

Forensic pathologist Dr. Priya Banerjee: Learning from the dead to help the living
RI EDUCATION

Poll: 63 percent of Latino parents in Providence support charter school expansion
RI EDUCATION

Brown University students vote to support reparations for descendants of enslaved people connected to the school

Newton

video

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
Antonia Gentry as Ginny and Brianne Howey as Georgia in Netflix's "Ginny & Georgia."
The idyllic New England town of Wellsbury from ‘Ginny & Georgia’ is closer than you think
While the show takes place in the fictional town of Wellsbury, Mass., the filming was done in Ontario. However, publications and fans alike are naming the town of Wellesley as the top contender for the inspiration.

COMFORT ZONE
Ellie Biscoe.
One South Boston woman brings her antiquing journey to TikTok, 60 seconds at a time
Ellie Biscoe set off on a journey to visit as many of the New England’s antique stores as she could. As of mid-March, her TikTok follower count had grown to 12,100 with her videos garnering more than 55,000 likes.

NAMES
Leonard Nimoy did his famous hand gesture after receiving an honorary degree at Boston University in 2012.
With a new sculpture, Leonard Nimoy’s legacy will ‘live long and prosper’
A hand-shaped memorial will stand outside the Museum of Science, just blocks from where the actor grew up.

COMFORT ZONE
Wellesley College's outdoor labyrinth is made from trees recovered from campus.
Walking in circles is healthy at these four local labyrinths
Find your way to relaxation with these outdoor spots around Boston.

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

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

Justice Stephen Breyer in 2018.
Renée Graham

It might be time for Stephen Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court
Sophia Moon sits with her four-year-old daughter Ariana Sophia Crowson on her first day of remote learning as a Boston Public Schools pre-kindergartener in September.
EDITORIAL

The path to universal pre-kindergarten
Stephen Miller films an interview for Fox News at the White House on July 15. Instead of normalizing him, more media outlets should focus on humanizing the migrants whom Miller has worked so hard to vilify.
Marcela García

Media are falling into Stephen Miller’s trap
Kim Driscoll

Legislature should not be exempt from Open Meeting Law
Practicing COVID-19 safety protocols, a Market Basket in Nashua posted signs directing shoppers in April 2020.
Mary Ann D'Urso

The Grocery Stories: A year in my life from the aisles
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
Illustration highlighting popular home renovation trends, including touchless faucets and backyard putting greens.
Globe Magazine

Most-wanted COVID-19 home renovations: More space, touchless faucets, and ... putting greens?
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

Sunday's loss to the Devils marked Zach Senyshyn's third NHL game of the season.

Bruins rookie Zach Senyshyn is displaying an uptick in strength and speed

Attleboro’s Missy Traversi hired as women’s basketball coach at Army West Point

Christian Vázquez bruised but unbroken after taking errant throw to the face

metro

The city of Boston's chief financial officer, Emme Handy, is leaving her post.

In latest City Hall departures, head of finance, chief operating officer are leaving

Forensic pathologist Dr. Priya Banerjee: Learning from the dead to help the living

‘Lean into the joy’: COVID, racism, and how we mentor girls of color

Nation

A 2011 auction signaled the demise of Solyndra, a solar company that went bankrupt despite federal aid.

Biden’s lesson from past green stimulus failures: Go even bigger

Jurors shown video at Derek Chauvin’s trial in George Floyd’s death

NY social service agency sued for not allowing X gender mark

World

The Ever Given container ship after it was fully dislodged from the banks of the Suez Canal.

Watch: Team that helped free massive container ship from the Suez Canal celebrates

An alliance of autocracies? China wants to lead a new world order.

‘We pulled it off!’ Massive container ship stuck in the Suez Canal has been set free

politics

A protest in front of the Massachusetts State House included people and students from Worker's Circle of Boston was well as City Life Vida Urbana.

Ban on renter evictions during COVID-19 pandemic is extended

Markey and progressive Democrats see infrastructure bill as a way to accomplish Green New Deal goals

White House says it’s working on access to migrant centers

business

President Joe Biden.

Biden urges states that have eased mask mandates to reinstate them as he outlines latest vaccine efforts

White House says private sector, not federal government, should lead on vaccine passports

Biden boosts offshore wind energy, wants to power 10 million homes

lifestyle

Ellie Biscoe.

One South Boston woman brings her antiquing journey to TikTok, 60 seconds at a time

The idyllic New England town of Wellsbury from ‘Ginny & Georgia’ is closer than you think

Rooftop restaurant, larger guest rooms: The former Taj Boston gets a new look

marijuana

In this March 26, 2019 file photo, Emily Ramos, of High Mi Madre Co-Operative, urged legislators to pass recreational marijuana legislation during a news conference at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y.

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

Can landlords really ban marijuana edibles? Usually not, but that hasn’t stopped them from trying

New York reaches deal to legalize recreational marijuana

opinion

A Soviet poster from 1918 that urged women to work on cooperative farms.

Is technology giving us what the Soviets intended?

No more drama in communicating about vaccine effectiveness

Boston Public Schools are getting more than $400 million in stimulus dollars — how should the money be spent?

food & dining

The sugary drink called PEPSI x PEEPS comes in 7.5-oz. cans and actually tastes like marshmallows.

Peeps-flavored Pepsi is a thing, but you have to be a winner to try it

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

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

travel

In one of many small touches, the hotel library features books curated by the Boston Public Library.

Rooftop restaurant, larger guest rooms: The former Taj Boston gets a new look

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

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

Books

Author Dav Pilkey at the premiere of "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie" in Los Angeles in 2017.

‘Captain Underpants’ book pulled for ‘passive racism’

Caught in between in ‘Of Women and Salt’

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

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

“Shtisel,” an Israeli drama about an ultra-Orthodox family in Jerusalem, has returned for a third season on Netflix.

This week’s TV: A new ‘Law & Order,’ the story of ‘Mahalia,’ and a Netflix interface fail

Watch Maya Rudolph play Beyoncé, Kamala Harris, and more on ‘SNL’

‘We’re so close to the end, let’s ruin it!’: ‘SNL’ mocks spring breakers in Miami amid pandemic

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

A scene from the Broadway production of "Hadestown," the 2019 Tony Award winner for best musical.

Broadway In Boston plans a November return to the Opera House; season opens with ‘Hadestown’

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

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

globe local

Gov. Charlie Baker held a press conference at the State House on March 25, 2021 to provide updates on COVID-19 vaccination in Massachusetts.

Watch live: Governor Baker signs climate legislation

Newton Youth Commission reaches out with mental health campaign

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

Obituaries

Ms. Mongan wrote "HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method'' and expanded the alternatives for the birthing process.

Marie Mongan, who popularized hypnobirthing, dies at 86

Howard Schnellenberger, 87, Miami, Louisville coach, dies

Liesbeth Stoeffler, a runner kept going by rare lung treatment, dies at 61