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Michigan’s coronavirus cases are out of control and the governor is calling for personal responsibility

As outbreaks rip through her state, Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer isn't instituting shutdowns and is instead calling for Michigan residents to take voluntary actions to control the spread of the coronavirus. Her position reflects the shifting politics of the yearlong pandemic.

Brooke Roberts, a Boston University freshman student, showed her bandage after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at the Hynes Convention Center.
Elation and disbelief among those who suddenly find themselves eligible for COVID vaccines
This week may go down as the one in which all your friends and family became eligible for vaccination. The state guidelines, which went into effect Monday, grant vaccine eligibility to people of any age who suffer from an array of health problems, some strikingly common.

N.H. set to open up COVID-19 vaccine slots to out-of-staters More Black Americans are open to coronavirus vaccine after outreach efforts More COVID-19 vaccine news

A senator donated $137,000 to the state GOP. The party then spent that same amount aiding his wife’s campaign

In the churn of the November election, state Senator Ryan Fattman made a series of rapid-fire and hefty donations to the Massachusetts Republican Party, totaling $137,000.

Prince Philip’s funeral will be April 17; Harry will attend but Meghan won’t

Prince Philip’s funeral will be April 17 at Windsor Castle in a private family service, Buckingham Palace said Saturday.
Gun salutes mark death of UK’s Prince Philip Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies at age 99
The NFL Combine was canceled, and with it the ability for team doctors to get a hands-on look at 330 of the top prospects.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Getting hands-on medical examinations is not so easy in this year’s NFL Draft

Prospects and medical personnel gathered in Indianapolis for in-person physicals and other medical checks.
UMass defeated Minnesota Duluth in the semifinals.

A guide to UMass’s appearance in the men’s hockey national championship game

It's UMass vs. St. Cloud State on Saturday at 7 p.m. for all the marbles in men's college hockey.
Jose Altuve is among the prominent members remaining with the Astros from the 2017 scandal.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Astros are hearing it on the road from trash-talking fans

Enterprising fans in Oakland smuggled in small trash cans to mock the cheating 2017 Astros.
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FAMILY FUN

Mass Audubon will run online versions of nature activities during school vacation week.

Mass Audubon turns nature (and spring vacation week) inside out

Kids ages 5 to 8 can explore nature via Mass Audubon's virtual program.
Don Knotts, right, in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."

The Globe staff’s favorite kids movies

What was your favorite movie when you were a kid? Here are some of ours.
Takoyaki at Banyan Bar + Refuge in Boston.

Reopenings abound from Cambridge to the South End, and a star chef signs off

Tapas parlor Dali, vegan destination True Bistro, Haley.Henry wine bar, and more have reopened.
Nibble Kitchen is part of Bow Market in Somerville.

10 kid-friendly patios for April vacation dining

Burgers, empanadas, fries, and beer for the grown-ups.

Lee Delaney, the chief executive of Westborough-based BJ’s Wholesale Club, died unexpectedly on Thursday at age 49.
BJ’s Wholesale Club CEO Lee Delaney dies unexpectedly
Delaney, 49, passed away on Thursday due to presumed natural causes, the Westborough-based chain said in a statement Friday.

Union organizers drummed up support outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., last month.
Amazon defeated the biggest union push in the company’s history, raising questions for labor advocates nationally
Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama overwhelmingly voted against unionization, and while the union said it plans to file an objection, the failed effort could have a chilling effect on the labor movement, with workers less willing to take the risk of organizing if they think it might not pay off.

After passing a landmark climate law, Mass. officials now face the hard part: how to wean the state off fossil fuels
Some environmental advocates and lawmakers fear that continued investments in gas infrastructure could hinder the transition to renewable energy and leave ratepayers covering the costs of an obsolete energy system for decades.

A York County sheriff vehicle drives onto the property where multiple people, including a prominent doctor, were fatally shot a day earlier, Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Rock Hill, S.C.
Ex-NFL player’s brain to be probed for trauma-related harm
The brain of Phillip Adams — the former NFL player who killed a South Carolina physician, three family members and a repairman before fatally shooting himself — will be tested for a degenerative disease that has affected a number of pro athletes and has been shown to cause violent mood swings and other cognitive disorders, according to the local coroner.

Jon Hurst, president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts (pictured at the Belmont Wheelworks bicycle shop last August).
Employers face steep new fee increase to keep state’s unemployment insurance fund solvent
The business groups want state officials to use some of the billions in federal stimulus funds coming to Massachusetts to partially offset the costs of this increase.

The Battle for the GOP
Amanda Chase, a Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, has embraced the nickname "Trump in heels."
‘Do you have to go a little crazy to stop the ones that are crazier?’ Virginia’s governor’s race is a window into the GOP’s turmoil
The Virginia governor's race may turn into a test of whether the GOP base is willing to confront the electoral downsides of running as far as possible to the extreme.

‘Yippee!!!’: Trump officials celebrated efforts to change CDC reports on coronavirus, e-mails show

Opinion

EDITORIAL

States must take up the gun-safety fight

There is a greater prospect for progress in state capitals than in Washington, D.C.
A gay pride rainbow flag flies with the US flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan.
IDEAS | KALLE OSKARI MATTILA

Words failed me in Finnish, so I came out in English

The MBTA Commuter Line at the Upham's Corner station in May 2020.
IDEAS | Jarred Johnson and Luc Schuster

A key to a better Boston, hiding in plain sight
Plymouth County Sheriff Joe McDonald has entered into a 287(g) contract, which empowers Immigration and Customs Enforcement to co-opt state and local correctional personnel as immigration agents.
Antonio F. D. Cabral

Mass. should put an end to a shameful immigration program
MARCELA GARCÍA

The thrills and chills of going viral on TikTok

Recommended reads

This water fountain in the Public Garden is reportedly where baby alligators lived in the summer in 1901. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff)
Boston Public Garden used to have baby alligators — yes, alligators — and people fed them rodents
Great Floridian beasts these were not. But the alligators were, as you’d expect, quite a spectacle in often-chilly New England.

REVIEW

‘This Is a Robbery’ on Netflix revisits the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art theft

The docuseries — about one of the world’s most famous art heists — might not solve the three-decade old case, but does transform it into a frustrating and irresistible mystery.

State officials refer senator, MassGOP chief to prosecutors for potential campaign finance violations

In addition to the evidence against state Senator Ryan Fattman and Worcester County Register of Probate Stephanie Fattman, the Office of Campaign and Political Finance said it also found potential violations by Jim Lyons, the chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party.

‘People are buying houses left and right’: More people are moving to Vermont amid the pandemic

The pandemic spurred as many as 5,000 additional people to spend last summer in Vermont, according to a state estimate, many of them seeking refuge from hot spots and urban congestion that made them more susceptible to the virus. Now, many want to stay permanently.
Derek Chauvin Trial

For those in Boston watching Chauvin case, ‘it’s like racism is on trial’

Many in Boston and elsewhere see Derek Chauvin’s trial as an opportunity to take measure of the whole criminal justice system.

metro

Maria Roca received a car repaired by students of Northeast Metro Tech in partnership with Second Chance Cars Tuesday.

Northeast Metro Tech students repair car for Haverhill National Guard veteran

Over the last few months, students from Northeast Metro Tech partnered with a nonprofit to repair and present a Ford C-Max hybrid car to a Haverhill National Guard veteran Tuesday.

RMV says inspections system will be down until next Saturday

COVID outbreak prompts Holy Cross to suspend in-person activities

Sports

Jose Altuve is among the prominent members remaining with the Astros from the 2017 scandal.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Astros are hearing it on the road from trash-talking fans

Enterprising fans in Oakland smuggled in small trash cans to mock the cheating 2017 Astros.
red sox at orioles | 7:05 p.m. (nesn)

Game 8: Red Sox at Orioles lineups and notes
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Getting hands-on medical examinations is not so easy in this year’s NFL Draft

business

Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

‘We believe it’s time for Carlson to go’: Anti-Defamation League calls on Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson

After Amazon: Labor tries to regroup in wake of Alabama loss

Employers face steep new fee increase to keep state’s unemployment insurance fund solvent

politics

Matt Gaetz.

Gaetz faces House ethics probe; federal investigation widens
The Battle for the GOP

‘Do you have to go a little crazy to stop the ones that are crazier?’ Virginia’s governor’s race is a window into the GOP’s turmoil

Gaetz hires prominent New York lawyers amid federal probe

Living Arts

Open to anybody feeling overwhelmed, Chelvanaya Gabriel's Creative Dialogue Series focuses on recovery through nonverbal expression.
WELLNESS

Artist creates a space for healing on Zoom: ‘You’re stepping into resilience just by showing up’
TELEVISION

GLAAD Media Awards honor TV shows, movies, and more
TRAVEL

This Mass. beach is one of the best in the world, according to Condé Nast Traveler

education

School buses left after dropping students off at the Mattahunt elementary school in Mattapan in mid-December.

How many coronavirus cases have been reported in Mass. schools? Check our map

Coronavirus cases are rising among children and teens in Mass. Here’s a closer look at the numbers

The pandemic has upended college admissions with more surprises and more wait lists

rhode island

Dr. Susan Duffy, MD, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Hasbro Children's Hospital, poses for a photo in the hospital's healing garden in Providence, R.I., on April 9, 2021. The hospital has seen a decrease in ER visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
RI HEALTH

Emergency room visits for kids are down during the pandemic. But that’s not entirely good news
RI BUSINESS

Local artists partner with popular gift shop to help struggling restaurant workers in R.I.
RI BUSINESS

Consumer health care costs will not change with Lifespan-CNE merger, Brown University president says

Newton

‘The lesson of Passover is we are faced with challenges.’ Newton’s Jewish community celebrates with resilience, hope

video

Comfort Zone

WELLNESS
Open to anybody feeling overwhelmed, Chelvanaya Gabriel's Creative Dialogue Series focuses on recovery through nonverbal expression.
Artist creates a space for healing on Zoom: ‘You’re stepping into resilience just by showing up’
Open to anybody feeling overwhelmed, Chelvanaya Gabriel's Creative Dialogue Series focuses on recovery through nonverbal expression.

MUSIC
A Lexington 10th-grader named Phoebe, at right, wrote "We Are Proud to Be Asian" after the murders of six Asian women in Atlanta last month.
Lexington teen’s ‘We Are Proud to Be Asian’ song inspires weekend rally at Boston Common
An original music video will also be released at the event on Sunday.

IN THE FAMILY WAY
Nibble Kitchen is part of Bow Market in Somerville.
10 kid-friendly patios for April vacation dining
Burgers, empanadas, fries, and beer for the grown-ups.

BOTTLES
Travis Roy greets supporters at the Travis Roy Foundation Whiffle Ball Tournament in 2013.
Breweries team up for a Travis Roy tribute beer
Dorchester Brewing Co. and Worcester’s Wormtown Brewery come together to brew a beer called “24,” and $1 from every beer sold will be donated to the Travis Roy Foundation.

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
The Waltham theater's namesake reflects on a half-century of memories.

Special Projects

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.
See the full project Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

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

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST
The Globe launches Project Takeout, an effort to help restaurants make it to the other side of this pandemic.
Get takeout. It’s your civic duty.
Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

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.

Boston Globe Spotlight Report
Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Big dreams for transit need a dose of reality
A bus with doors on both sides pulls into a station in Indianapolis.
IDEAS | Julia Wallerce and Ari Ofsevit

Let’s board buses on both sides now
Producer, actor, filmmaker, and author Tyler Perry is 2,674 on Forbes' list of billionaires.
Kimberly Atkins

Why the racial wealth gap hitting Black American billionaires matters
The Biden administration announced in March that Gene Sperling, a former top economic official in the last two Democratic presidential administrations, will oversee the rollout of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that President Biden signed into law.
RENÉE LOTH

GOP lawmakers’ rejection of Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan doesn’t add up

The US capitol building on Dec. 25, 2019 and surrounded by a security fence on Jan. 8, 2021.
EDITORIAL

Keep the US Capitol open to the public
Bystanders watch as demonstrators march against anti-Asian violence in New York City on March 27.
IDEAS | NOAH Y. KIM

The power and the perils of an Asian American political awakening

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
The writer logs into her Emerson classes from home in Chicago.
College & COVID

I’ve never set foot in the college that I attend 1,000 miles away
The Little River flows through the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge in Wells, Maine.
Perspective

Terry Tempest Williams: We have to bridge our divides. My uncle reminded me how to begin
MISS CONDUCT

Can you invite people to a shower if they're not invited to the wedding now?
Muhammara.
Cooking

Recipes: A weeknight meal that makes the most of Middle Eastern ingredients

sports

Joe Musgrove celebrates with catcher Victor Caratini after throwing the first no-hitter in Padres history.

Joe Musgrove fires first no-hitter in Padres’ 52-year history

Career night for Jayson Tatum, and other observations from a battling Celtics victory against NBA-worst Minnesota

Strong second-half defensive effort helps Lincoln-Sudbury zero in on Dual County League championship

metro

School buses left after dropping students off at the Mattahunt elementary school in Mattapan in mid-December.

How many coronavirus cases have been reported in Mass. schools? Check our map

Coronavirus cases are rising among children and teens in Mass. Here’s a closer look at the numbers

It’s warming up in New England this weekend. But it won’t last

Nation

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer spoke in Lansing on Friday as Dr. Joneigh Khaldu, the chief medical executive of the state department of health and human services listened.

Michigan’s coronavirus cases are out of control and the governor is calling for personal responsibility

More Black Americans are open to coronavirus vaccine after outreach efforts

US to keep migrant families in hotels as amid rush for space

World

A man put a wreath outside Windsor Castle on Saturday, a day after the death of Britain's Prince Philip.

Prince Philip’s funeral will be April 17; Harry will attend but Meghan won’t

Gun salutes mark death of UK’s Prince Philip

St. Vincent awaits new volcanic explosions as help arrives

politics

President Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, spoke about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday.

‘We’ve got a long way to go’: Biden unveils actions on guns, says much more needed

Joe Biden promised more on guns

Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March

business

Union organizers drummed up support outside the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., last month.

Amazon defeated the biggest union push in the company’s history, raising questions for labor advocates nationally

Amazon warehouse workers reject union bid in Alabama

Biden budget seeks more for schools, health care, and housing

lifestyle

Nibble Kitchen is part of Bow Market in Somerville.

10 kid-friendly patios for April vacation dining

Mass Audubon turns nature (and spring vacation week) inside out

Here are the artists, writers, and thinkers named 2021 Guggenheim fellows from New England

marijuana

Stem founder Caroline Pineau stands inside her unfinished Haverhill marijuana store in 2019.

Marijuana store sues Haverhill, saying steep ‘impact’ fees are not justified

New York legalizes recreational marijuana

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

opinion

Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton has hands-on learning that is crucial to many of their vocational programs, from automotive technology and electrical to cosmetology and culinary arts.

What determines ‘fairness’ in vocational school admissions?

Bullish on Boston

States must take up the gun-safety fight

food & dining

Cuban sandwich at Deep Cuts Deli.

At Deep Cuts Deli, music and sandwiches exist in perfect harmony

8 things for diners to get excited about this spring

Chocolate lovers are going to want to make The Dean’s List

travel

Siasconset Beach on Nantucket

This Mass. beach is one of the best in the world, according to Condé Nast Traveler

Move over, Austin: These towns are weirder

Bike camps for girls, a whimsical glass exhibit in Vermont, and getting ready to ride the rails

Books

Taking on the Sacklers in ‘Empire of Pain’

A novel about theater and life in ‘Good Company’

Hanif Abdurraqib on reading poetry, becoming a poet

Movies

Don Knotts, right, in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."

The Globe staff’s favorite kids movies

Netflix scores streaming rights to new top Sony films

Famous producer, infamous boss

Television

Niecy Nash (pictured at an LA gala in December 2019) hosted this year's virtual GLAAD Media Awards. which streamed on YouTube.

GLAAD Media Awards honor TV shows, movies, and more

Whale secrets, superheroes, sitcoms, and a ’Sesame Street’ salute: 10 family-friendly TV picks for spring

Hunter Biden discusses new memoir, laughs off Trump criticism on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

music

BSO violinist Lucia Lin, photographed at home in Brookline, initially set out to create a pandemic project. Her "In Tandem" series evolved into something much more.

With a new series, BSO’s Lucia Lin insists: ‘Classical music is not Eurocentric’

Taylor Swift rereleases ‘Fearless’ with six tracks from the vault and plenty of contributors

Tanglewood’s 2021 season looks almost normal

Theater/Dance

From left: Michael Knowlton, Rachel Cognata, and Kadahj Bennett in the online production of Idris Goodwin's "Hype Man: a break beat play."

‘Hype Man’ returns, this time online, and it’s even more compelling

Erica Rhodes gets her laughs at the drive-in

Neil Diamond musical will have a pre-Broadway premiere at the Colonial in 2022

globe local

Rowan Broderick, 4, gets in the swing of spring in her family's Essex backyard.

It’s time to embrace your outdoor space

‘Learn how to garden with nature, and not fight it all the time’

Should cities and towns adopt the future net zero stretch energy code?

Obituaries

DMX.

DMX, hip-hop artist with a trademark delivery, dies at 50

Nemam Ghafouri, doctor who aided Yazidis in Iraq, dies at 52

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies at age 99