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The Curious George books are part of HMH Books & Media, the unit being sold to HarperCollins.
‘It’s like a long marriage ending for me’: A storied chapter in Boston publishing history is coming to an end
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on Monday unveiled a $349 million deal to sell its trade division to HarperCollins. The Boston company will say goodbye to its consumer-focused titles to focus on its core school textbooks business, trim debt, and accelerate a shift to digital sales.

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins.
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.

Rhonda Pattelena.
Bedford woman who was beaten died on her favorite beach in Maine
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.

People gathered during a demonstration outside the Hennepin County Government Center on Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Witness describes seeing Floyd ‘slowly fade away’

A man who was among onlookers shouting at Derek Chauvin, then a Minneapolis police officer, to get off George Floyd last May was to continue testifying Tuesday, a day after he described seeing Floyd struggle for air and his eyes rolling back into his head.
Video at trial of Derek Chauvin shows him pinning George Floyd for 9 minutes, 29 seconds
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.
The Battle for the GOP

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.
In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, former vice president Mike Pence spoke after arriving back in his hometown of Columbus, Ind., as his wife Karen watched.

Pence reemerges, lays groundwork for 2024 run

Former vice president Mike Pence is steadily reentering public life as he eyes a potential run for the White House in 2024. He's joining conservative organizations, writing op-eds, delivering speeches, and launching an advocacy group that will focus on promoting the Trump administration's accomplishments.
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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.

Duxbury town leaders reaffirm commitment to inclusion amid football team crisis

PELICANS 115, CELTICS 109
Marcus Smart couldn't draw an offensive foul on Brandon Ingram in the second quarter on Monday night at TD Garden, and the Celtics couldn't reward their first home crowd in more than a year with a victory.
Observations after New Orleans, another sub-.500 team, handles the host Celtics
Without Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum had 34 points, but didn't get enough support to beat a beatable opponent.

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.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson.
Arkansas Senate OKs ban on treatments for transgender youth
The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved banning gender confirming treatments for minors, sending the governor a restriction on transgender youth that has been criticized by medical and child welfare groups. Governor Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, has not said whether he supports the measure.

The Ever Given on Monday after it was partially refloated in Egypt's Suez Canal.
Here were some of the best memes about the ship stuck in the Suez Canal
Few news cycles in perhaps the bleakest of years in recent memory have inspired — and churned out — such a rapid production of memes as the situation that unfolded this past week when a fully laden 220,000-ton vessel was lodged in Egypt’s Suez Canal.

With ship now freed, a probe into Suez Canal blockage begins

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.

Opinion

The US government has a responsibility to protect Americans, but sitting on stockpiles does nothing to provide that protection — and may increase the risks for Americans by allowing highly transmissible, virulent, and /or vaccine-evading variants to develop.
Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Govind Persad

US should share vaccines it’s not using with the world

Many vulnerable people worldwide remain entirely unprotected from COVID-19, while America sits on doses it is not using.
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
Vaccines are readied at the Hynes Convention Center.
Joan Vennochi

Don’t let the anti-vax ‘Flu-You’ crowd rule Massachusetts
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?
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 Boston, 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.
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.

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

Eduardo Birbuet of Providence received his COVID-19 vaccine last month at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island.
CORONAVIRUS

Starting today, if you’re an adult living in one of these eight ZIP codes, you can sign up for a vaccine

The eight affected ZIP codes are in parts of Providence, Cranston, and North Providence as well as all of Pawtucket and Central Falls.
RI EDUCATION

How Rhode Island’s takeover of Providence schools unraveled before it really got started

Thaddeus Buczko, former state auditor and judge, dies at 95

Sports

The NBA Draft will be held July 29 at a still-to-be-announced location.
Sports Log

NBA sets key dates, including draft July 29

The NBA's other key dates included the draft combine scheduled for June 21-27, and the draft lottery June 22 and July 19.
NCAA women's basketball tournament

UConn makes it 13 straight Final Fours in classic, beating Baylor
NCAA men's basketball tournament

Houston Cougars stave off Oregon State to earn Final Four berth

business

Tug boats pulled the Ever Given container ship along the Suez Canal after being freed from the canal bank in Suez, Egypt, on Monday.

With ship now freed, a probe into Suez Canal blockage begins

‘It’s like a long marriage ending for me’: A storied chapter in Boston publishing history is coming to an end

Archegos-linked stocks sink on block-trade fallout fears

politics

In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, former vice president Mike Pence spoke after arriving back in his hometown of Columbus, Ind., as his wife Karen watched.

Pence reemerges, lays groundwork for 2024 run

Biden wants $4 trillion infrastructure package approved over summer

Analysis

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

Living Arts

Jason Adam Katzenstein, cartoonist for The New Yorker and author of “Everything Is An Emergency,” is part of the lineup for The Jar's April Fools’ Day virtual event, which will also include stand-up comics Tehran, Kellye Jue, Dewayne Perkins, and Francesca Fiorentini.
COMFORT ZONE

On April Fools’ Day, The Jar will keep it light

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

Should I trust her?

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

Eduardo Birbuet of Providence received his COVID-19 vaccine last month at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island.
CORONAVIRUS

Starting today, if you’re an adult living in one of these eight ZIP codes, you can sign up for a vaccine
RI EDUCATION

How Rhode Island’s takeover of Providence schools unraveled before it really got started

COVID-19 vaccine information for every city and town in Rhode Island

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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

Marcus Smart couldn't draw an offensive foul on Brandon Ingram in the second quarter on Monday night at TD Garden, and the Celtics couldn't reward their first home crowd in more than a year with a victory.

Observations after New Orleans, another sub-.500 team, handles the host Celtics

This audience with Celtics was a long time coming for the fans

Celtics hope Evan Fournier is able to weave a little magic in Boston

metro

Providence, RI, March 2, 2021 - Rhode Island Lt. Governor Daniel J. McKee receives his covid-19 vaccination today at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence from RN Kerry Stanchina fo The Wellness Company. Kerry is from Barrington, RI. [The Providence Journal/Bob Breidenbach] ORG XMIT: 10041410A

COVID-19 vaccine information for every city and town in Rhode Island

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

Bedford woman who was beaten died on her favorite beach in Maine

Nation

President Biden plans to announce his first slate of judicial nominees on Tuesday.

Biden’s first slate of judicial nominees aims to quickly boost diversity in federal courts

Elderly Asian American woman assaulted, suspect sought, according to NYPD

Pence reemerges, lays groundwork for 2024 run

World

China's top legislature approved amendments to Hong Kong's constitution on Tuesday that will give Beijing more control over the make-up of the city's legislature.

China sharply reduces elected seats in Hong Kong legislature

Here were some of the best memes about the ship stuck in the Suez Canal

Virus origins remain unclear in WHO-China inquiry

politics

President Joe Biden.

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

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

Ban on renter evictions during COVID-19 pandemic is extended

business

A rally supporting Amazon workers at the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union building in Birmingham, Ala., last Friday. The outcome of a vote at a warehouse in Alabama could have far-ranging implications for both the company and the labor movement.

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

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

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

The US government has a responsibility to protect Americans, but sitting on stockpiles does nothing to provide that protection — and may increase the risks for Americans by allowing highly transmissible, virulent, and /or vaccine-evading variants to develop.

US should share vaccines it’s not using with the world

Is technology giving us what the Soviets intended?

No more drama in communicating about vaccine effectiveness

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

Jason Adam Katzenstein, cartoonist for The New Yorker and author of “Everything Is An Emergency,” is part of the lineup for The Jar's April Fools’ Day virtual event, which will also include stand-up comics Tehran, Kellye Jue, Dewayne Perkins, and Francesca Fiorentini.

On April Fools’ Day, The Jar will keep it light

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

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

globe local

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins.

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

Watch live: Governor Baker signs climate legislation

Newton Youth Commission reaches out with mental health campaign

Obituaries

Mr. Buczko served as judge after 16 years as state auditor.

Thaddeus Buczko, former state auditor and judge, dies at 95

Marie Mongan, who popularized hypnobirthing, dies at 86

Howard Schnellenberger, 87, Miami, Louisville coach, dies