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Baker gets high marks on pandemic handling in new poll

The survey reveals that most Commonwealth residents are giving Baker the benefit of the doubt as he grapples with an unenviable situation, navigating a tight supply of COVID-19 vaccines and a stubborn virus that’s upended nearly every aspect of daily life.
Read the full results of the latest Suffolk/Globe poll

CDC Director Walensky stresses ‘hope,’ not ‘doom,’ after touring Hynes Convention Center

Along with Governor Charlie Baker, Dr. Rochelle Walensky toured the mass vaccination site at the Hynes Convention Center on Tuesday, one day after she warned of a feeling of “impending doom” over rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths nationwide.
See a video of Walensky in Boston today More young people in Boston are getting the virus, Janey says

Baker addresses rising COVID-19 cases on Cape Cod: ‘We’re paying a lot of attention to it’

Governor Baker on Tuesday addressed rising rates of COVID-19 cases on Cape Cod, saying his administration is in constant contact with officials in the region.
1,683 confirmed cases, 18 deaths, and 73,642 vaccinations posted in Mass. today
Derek Chauvin Trial

‘He didn’t care’: Witnesses testify to feeling helpless as they watched George Floyd die allegedly at the hands of Derek Chauvin

Multiple witnesses described how Derek Chauvin was unmoved by their pleas to take his knee off George Floyd’s neck, with the teenager who took video of the arrest testifying that the officer gave the crowd a “cold” and “heartless” stare.

Matt Gaetz is said to face Justice Dept. inquiry over sex with an underage girl

Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, is being investigated by the Justice Department over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him, according to three people briefed on the matter.
The Mandarin Oriental hotel on Boylston Street in the Back Bay

How eight fancy Boston condos figure into a fight over the Saudi throne

A collection of condominiums at some of Boston’s swankiest addresses are part of a clash between warring factions of the Saudi regime, a power struggle with global political implications that also highlights Boston’s standing as a haven for international real estate investors.

bruins 5, devils 4
The Bruins Charlie Coyle is airborne as he puts the puck past Devils goalie Mackenzie Blackwood for the first Boston goal in the shootout.
The Bruins gave the puck away, were sloppy, lacked focus, and somehow finally beat the Devils
Charlie Coyle and David Pastrnak scored nifty goals in the shootout for the Bruins, who beat New Jersey for the first time in five tries.

Massachusetts General Hospital.
Can hallucinogenic mushrooms treat depression? New Mass. General center to study psychedelics’ potential
Massachusetts General Hospital has launched a program to study how psychedelic drugs can affect the brain and potentially treat mental illness.

Kids teased the writer, Kami Rieck, at school about being Chinese.
First person

For young Asian Americans like me, the rise in hate crimes reinforces a lifetime of racial trauma

I weep for 13-year-old me and Asian girls like me. I am learning that fortune, privilege, and adoration do not erase racial trauma I’ve experienced being a Chinese American woman in this country.
A 1924 photo of men in Ku Klux Klan garb gathered around the iconic John Harvard statue, by Massachusetts photographer Leslie Jones. The photo is titled "Harvard Class Day - Class Day at Harvard, Klans Klass 21 - have fun." CREDIT: Leslie Jones Collection/Boston Public Library

Student journalist finds photo of the Harvard KKK and documents school’s overlooked racist past

The photo, from 1924, has the casual feel of a yearbook snapshot: Harvard men gathered around the school's iconic John Harvard statue against a backdrop of ivy. Their shoes suggest the men are dressed formally, though it’s hard to know as they wearing the white robes and hoods of the Ku Klux Klan.
A handler walks Major, one of the dogs belonging to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden.

Joe Biden’s dog Major reportedly involved in second biting incident

President Biden’s rescue dog, Major, was involved in a second “biting incident” on Monday, according to CNN.
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Alexander Germany-Wald, 31, of Boston was arrested in Hawaii for manslaughter, officials said.
Boston man arrested in Hawaii on manslaughter charge
Alexander Germany-Wald, 31, was arrested after police responded around 2:10 a.m. Monday to a report of a man who was unresponsive and not breathing at a home in the 75-5800 block of Walua Road in Kailua-Kona, the Hawaii Police Department said in a statement.

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Woman killed on beach in Maine was attacked from behind by boyfriend, police say
Rhonda Pattelena of Bedford, Mass., was standing on a beach in York, Maine, with her boyfriend Jeffrey Buchannan when he allegedly attacked her from behind, striking her in the head in view of at least two horrified eyewitnesses, according to Maine State Police.

Is Bill Belichick still in the market for a quarterback?
Bill Belichick seen speaking with San Francisco 49ers executives at Mac Jones’s Pro Day
Belichick and the Patriots have long been rumored as a possible trade destination for Jimmy Garoppolo, who could become expendable if the 49ers draft a quarterback third overall.

Bicyclist killed in Westford crash
A 62-year-old man died Wednesday evening after he was struck by a Cadillac sedan while bicycling on Groton Road/Route 40 in Westford, according to the Middlesex district attorney’s office.

Boston man arraigned for aggravated rape of minor
Todd Corbett, 53,, who arrested Saturday at his home in the Fenway area, allegedly forced the minor to have sex in return for housing, drugs, and money over a period of several months, the Suffolk district attorney's office said.

Postal truck struck by stray bullets in Dorchester, man arrested
Dion Caruthers, 21, of Roxbury, who matched a description of a suspect, was arrested on firearms charges shortly after the incident, Boston police said.

Opinion

Grading Massachusetts on COVID-19 vaccination
Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, speaks during a news conference outside the Hennepin County Government Center on March 29 in Minneapolis.
Renée Graham

In a Minneapolis courtroom, America is on trial. Again.

"If you can’t get justice as a Black man in America for this,’ George Floyd’s brother asked, ‘what can you get justice for, then?"
Misdemeanor charges are too often applied unfairly — is that broken tail light and lapsed license a crime or another case of “driving while Black”?
EDITORIAL

Cutting low-level offenders a break really works
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
Act on Climate gives us the chance to fix the 2014 law and become climate leaders once again.
Timmons Roberts

Top 10 reasons Governor McKee’s first big signing ceremony should be for Act on Climate

Recommended reads

Retired Boston police Captain Richard Evans left Moakley US District Court Tuesday after his release from custody. Evans was arrested by federal authorities earlier in the day on payroll fraud charges.
Former Boston police captain who oversaw evidence warehouse arrested for alleged overtime fraud
The former Boston police captain pocketed more than $12,395 in fraudulent overtime payments for hours he didn’t work between 2015 and early 2019, authorities said.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Duxbury football anti-Semitism shows need for mandatory Holocaust education, antihate groups say

In Massachusetts, state education officials urge public schools to teach students about the Holocaust, but don’t require it, and bills mandating Holocaust education have been pending in the State House for two years.

Boston mayoral candidates find new ways to reach an audience amid a pandemic

As a historic mayor’s race revs up, candidates whose campaign activities have been curtailed by COVID-19 restrictions have found new outlets for their retail politics.

Slain Cambridge man, 19, remembered for ‘touching the lives of so many people’

Louis-Jacques was fatally shot early Saturday near the Rindge Park courts in Cambridge.

Prominent executive at NETA parent company fired after husband opens competing marijuana store

The parent company of NETA, the largest marijuana operator in Massachusetts, has fired a prominent executive and longtime advocate after her husband opened a competing cannabis store.

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The Massachusetts State House.

Read the full results of the latest Suffolk/Globe poll

The poll surveyed Mass. residents about their opinions on Governor Charlie Baker, the coronavirus vaccine rollout, schools, and more.

Baker gets high marks on pandemic handling in new poll

Slain Cambridge man, 19, remembered for ‘touching the lives of so many people’

Sports

No. 11 UCLA survived multiple potential game-winners to scrape past Michigan into the Final Four.
NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

Juzang sends No. 11 seed UCLA past Michigan to Final Four

Johnny Juzang's 28 points led the Bruins into the Final Four.
NCAA women's basketball

WBCA sends letter to Mark Emmert asking for independent review
NCAA men's basketball roundup

Gonzaga stays undefeated with 85-66 win over USC

business

Demonstrators stole a Metropolitan Police riot shield outside the US Capitol building during the insurrection on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump sued by two Capitol Police officers for inciting ‘wild’ insurrection

How eight fancy Boston condos figure into a fight over the Saudi throne

One of world’s greatest hidden fortunes is wiped out in days

politics

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) addressed a Senate Committee on Rules and Administration hearing in Washington on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, regarding the "For the People Act of 2021."

Here’s how Democrats’ sweeping voting rights law would work

Biden to pay for infrastructure plan with 15 years of corporate taxes

Biden announces actions to combat anti-Asian attacks

Living Arts

Robert Eagle shares a backstage laugh with the Lennon Sisters — (from left) Kathy, Mimi, and Janet — before a Mother's Day concert on the Reagle stage in 2014.

Reagle Music Theatre founder Robert J. Eagle to retire after 52 years
MOVIES

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’: Smash! Crash! Bash!

COMFORT ZONE

Hope blooms again as nasturtiums return to the Gardner Museum

education

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona met with Boston school officials and staff, and Acting Mayor Kim Janey, to discuss reopening schools.

To reopen high schools faster, vaccinate teens, says BPS superintendent

60 Boston Public Schools juniors and seniors temporarily relocated to Wentworth campus
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Duxbury football anti-Semitism shows need for mandatory Holocaust education, antihate groups say

rhode island

07RIinauguration Providence, RI 3/7/21 Governor Daniel J. McKee (cq) heads back into the State House after the inauguration ceremony. He was ceremonially sworn-in on the steps of the State House. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff) Reporter: Ed Fitzpatrick
RI POLITICS

Will Sabina Matos help Dan McKee win in 2022?
RI POLITICS

Sabina Matos tapped to be lieutenant governor
RI NEWSMAKERS

‘More than Roger’s wife:’ Local scholar committed to uncovering the untold story of Rhode Island’s first lady, Mary Williams

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Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
Six horticulturists are charged with transporting the nasturtiums from the museum’s Hingham greenhouse Tuesday.
Hope blooms again as nasturtiums return to the Gardner Museum
The spring tradition is especially sweet after a cancellation in 2020.

TELEVISION
Ernest Hemingway at his home in Cuba in the 1950s. The new Ken Burns-Lynn Novick documentary about the writer premieres next week.
Ken Burns on getting beyond the ‘toxic masculine’ myth of Ernest Hemingway
The new Ken Burns-Lynn Novick documentary about the writer premieres next week.

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.

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
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

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?
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

The Gamecocks advanced to their third Final Four after taking care of Texas on Tuesday.

South Carolina drubs Texas to reach Final Four

The Bruins gave the puck away, were sloppy, lacked focus, and somehow finally beat the Devils

Bill Belichick seen speaking with San Francisco 49ers executives at Mac Jones’s Pro Day

metro

07RIinauguration Providence, RI 3/7/21 Governor Daniel J. McKee (cq) heads back into the State House after the inauguration ceremony. He was ceremonially sworn-in on the steps of the State House. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff) Reporter: Ed Fitzpatrick

Will Sabina Matos help Dan McKee win in 2022?

Woman killed on beach in Maine was attacked from behind by boyfriend, police say

A woman, surrounded by friends and family, issues a heartbreaking, life-or-death plea to a big drug firm

Nation

In this image from video, Minneapolis Firrefighter Genevieve Hansen wiped her eyes as she testified as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presided Tuesday in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin.

Firefighter blocked from helping George Floyd returns to stand

Man charged with smuggling after California crash kills 13

Here’s how Democrats’ sweeping voting rights law would work

World

Demonstrators flash phone lights as police gather to disperse them in London for a vigil mourning Sarah Everard and demanding an end to violence against women on March 13. The killing of Everard, 33, has prompted soul-searching over violence against women in Britain. And the breaking up of a banned vigil in her memory has focused criticism on London's police.

Police response at Sarah Everard vigil was appropriate, investigators say

China sharply reduces elected seats in Hong Kong legislature

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

politics

A handler walks Major, one of the dogs belonging to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden.

Joe Biden’s dog Major reportedly involved in second biting incident

Blinken ends Trump human rights plan promoting conservative agenda in foreign policy

Biden announces diverse first slate of judicial nominees

business

Land in the vicinity of Central Maine Power's controversial hydropower transmission corridor is seen last month, north of The Forks, Maine.

Lawyers clash over $1b hydropower transmission corridor

Volkswagen’s US name change was an April Fool’s joke gone awry

A $1 billion company at home above a dollar store

lifestyle

Christopher Jeffcote checks on a pizza.

From brick mason to South Shore pizza king

In his quest to bake the perfect baguette, he had to think about the box

Pandemic daydreaming about Maine inspires Artifact’s new cider

marijuana

Cannabis advocate and attorney Kim Napoli held her daughter Gianna outside the Hempest store on Boston's Newbury Street in this 2013 file photo.

Prominent executive at NETA parent company fired after husband opens competing marijuana store

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

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

opinion

Misdemeanor charges are too often applied unfairly — is that broken tail light and lapsed license a crime or another case of “driving while Black”?

Cutting low-level offenders a break really works

In a Minneapolis courtroom, America is on trial. Again.

Top 10 reasons Governor McKee’s first big signing ceremony should be for Act on Climate

food & dining

The potato corn dog at Kimchipapi Kitchen.

Mastering the cheese pull at Kimchipapi Kitchen

Serve slices of these sweet date rolls for a healthy treat

Pandemic daydreaming about Maine inspires Artifact’s new cider

travel

Christopher Jeffcote checks on a pizza.

From brick mason to South Shore pizza king

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

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

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

Godzilla and King Kong in "Godzilla vs. Kong."

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’: Smash! Crash! Bash!

Species threatened, corporations ascendant, death discussed

George Segal: a point man for his times

Television

Netflix promotes the sense that they know you — you, specifically — and what you like.

Feeling like an island in the stream

Ken Burns on getting beyond the ‘toxic masculine’ myth of Ernest Hemingway

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

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

Robert Eagle shares a backstage laugh with the Lennon Sisters — (from left) Kathy, Mimi, and Janet — before a Mother's Day concert on the Reagle stage in 2014.

Reagle Music Theatre founder Robert J. Eagle to retire after 52 years

Bevin O’Gara is named interim artistic director at New Rep

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

globe local

Lauren Farley (right) and her mom Susan attended a rally Tuesday for her aunt, Lisa Stockman Mauriello, outside Biogen headquarters.

A woman, surrounded by friends and family, issues a heartbreaking, life-or-death plea to a big drug firm

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

Watch live: Governor Baker signs climate legislation

Obituaries

Jack Bradley and Louis Armstrong.

Jack Bradley, photographer of Louis Armstrong and jazz luminaries, dies at 87

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

Marie Mongan, who popularized hypnobirthing, dies at 86