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Police officer who fired shot that killed Daunte Wright in Minnesota intended to discharge a Taser, chief says

The police chief in Brooklyn Center, Minn., said at a news conference Monday that the officer made a mistake, and he released body camera footage from the officer who fired.
Red Sox game in Minneapolis is postponed 'out of respect' after police fatal shooting of Daunte Wright

1,376 confirmed cases, 19 deaths, and 55,366 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.

The DPH said 36,775 people were estimated to have active cases of the potentially deadly virus, and 699 confirmed coronavirus patients were in the hospital.
More than 1,200 COVID-19 variant cases found in Mass.

Dr. Francisco M. Marty
Brigham and Woman’s Hospital doctor dies in tragic fall in Dominican Republic
Dr. Francisco M. Marty, a prominent infectious disease specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, died last week when he fell while photographing a waterfall.

Police officer is wounded and one person is dead in Tennessee school shooting

A confrontation in a Tennessee high school that involved police officers responding to a report of a possible armed man left one person dead and an officer wounded, authorities said.

Virginia police officer who pepper-sprayed and pointed gun at Black Army officer is fired

On Sunday, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said that he is directing Virginia State Police to investigate a traffic stop during which two police officers held an Army second lieutenant at gunpoint.
Laurel Wills, logistics and operations manager of the Thompson Island Outward Bound Educational Center Island in Boston Harbor, is the city's sole registered voter on the harbor islands.

Out in Boston Harbor, one voter is an island

On the beautifully isolated harbor islands, Laurel Wills is the single, solitary registered voter in Boston’s Precinct 15 of Ward 1.
Jacob Knowles, a fifth-generation lobsterman from Maine, has built a following on TikTok for his lobster-hauling content.

This Maine lobsterman has a popular TikTok account that’s all about ... well, catching lobsters

Jacob Knowles, a fifth-generation lobsterman, gives viewers an inside look at what it’s like to be out on the high seas, catching the crustaceans that end up on people’s plates.
Kevin McCord, the vocalist and guitarist for the band We Demand Parachutes, in his home studio with a laptop opened to his band's Spotify page. He would like Spotify to pay his band more money when people stream their songs, but he also welcomes wider audience that streaming affords.

As the music streams, artists see but a trickle in profits

Boston-area musicians are demanding higher royalty payments from Spotify and other music-streaming services. In March, the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers held protests at 31 Spotify offices worldwide.
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Delois Brown, 73, was shot and killed Saturday outside her home, according to her daughter, Shirley Brown, 48. Delois Brown is in this 2001 photo with granddaughter, Tatiana Shabazz.
‘Everyone in Boston is grieving’ - GoFundMe launched for family of slain Dorchester great grandmother
An online fundraiser for the family of a Dorchester great grandmother who was fatally struck by a stray bullet on Saturday night has raised more than $7,000.

SJC: Juvenile Court judge was wrong to find Black teenage girl in contempt for insulting comment

A Juvenile Court judge violated court rules when she found a Black teenage girl in contempt for insulting her in court using profanity and citing her race, and then ordered the apologetic girl to serve 90 days in custody, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday. The judge in the case is white.

kevin cullen
The University of Massachusetts men's hockey team celebrated with the trophy following the team's 5-0 victory against the St. Cloud St. Huskies to win the Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship on Saturday in Pittsburgh.
A big win for UMass
After the University of Massachusetts men’s hockey team shut out St. Cloud State, 5-0, to win the NCAA national championship Saturday night, revelers spilled out of dorms and apartment complexes across Amherst.

Dan Shaughnessy: A well-deserved salute to UMass athletics and the men’s hockey champs

Microsoft to buy Burlington technology firm Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion
The deal values Nuance at a 23 percent premium over its closing price on Friday. It would be Microsoft's second-largest acquisition, after LinkedIn.

Boston Fed president sees ‘unusually strong’ economic growth as pandemic wanes

Julie Craven, middle school principal, sat in front of a light that mimics sunlight, one of the many things she uses to try and alleviate her lingering COVID symptoms.
Fatigue, headaches, and worse: For some, neurologic symptoms are lingering after COVID
With no cure at hand for the mysterious syndrome, clinics are helping “long-hauler” patients manage their symptoms and gradually get better.

CDC studies of coronavirus ER visits, hospitalizations find racial disparities

The Sagamore Bridge will be down to one lane in each direction for several weeks.
Sagamore Bridge lane closures begin
The work comes as federal and state officials have said they intend to replace the bridges with two new structures at a cost north of $1 billion.

Opinion

Acting Mayor Kim Janey has a big platform to demand transparency from the Boston Police. But so far, she’s ducking.
Joan Vennochi

Wanted: A Boston mayor who stands up to police and for the public’s right to know

Acting Mayor Kim Janey needs to say three words: Release the records.
Rosa Yanes.
MARCELA GARCÍA

The lessons of a Chelsea family’s COVID-19 ordeal

Children watch a movie while getting ready for bed in the back of their family's van after being evicted from their three bedroom apartment in Biddeford, Maine, in 2019.
Larry Seamans, Kate Barrand, and Danielle Ferrier

The American Rescue Plan needs a long-term plan for homeless families
A March 23 Stop The Hate rally at Short Pump Park in Henrico County, Virginia. The group gathered in response to the March killings of eight people at spas in the Atlanta area. Six of the victims were women of Asian descent.
Leverett Wing

A seminal moment for the Asian American community
People demonstrate against anti-Asian violence and racism on March 27 in Los Angeles, California.
Colette Phillips and Robert Leikind

What antiracist allies can do to meet this moment

Recommended reads

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Nicole Calabrese, who chairs a ballot committee that supports eliminating Native American imagery from Wakefield's school logo, near a Wakefield Memorial High School scoreboard that displays the logo.
One Massachusetts town is putting its Native American logo to a vote. Residents say the debate is tearing the town apart
In this 27,000-person suburb north of Boston, the question of whether to eliminate Wakefield Memorial High School’s Native American Warrior logo has morphed from a School Committee discussion into a full-fledged and vitriolic political campaign.

Developers are hedging their bets in a six-way mayoral race

Campaign finance reports filed over the last week show a number of prominent Boston builders donating to four, five, and ― in one case ― all six of the major candidates.
Kevin Cullen

The obsession with the British royal family is absurd

Television networks paid an inexplicably disproportionate amount of attention to the passing of Prince Philip, in the US and in Britain. Even the BBC has been flooded with complaints from British viewers.

‘Someone took her life for no reason.’ Family mourns grandmother who was shot to death in Dorchester

Delois Brown, 73, was seated on the front porch of her home at 19 Olney St. when she was struck in the chest by a stray bullet when a suspect shot 11 times into a crowd of people gathered in front of the house her daughter, Shirley Brown, 48, said Sunday.
ESSAY | MARK SHANAHAN

After a year of hiding away, a return to normalcy feels ... abnormal

I quarantined to stay safe, but now it feels like a way of life.

metro

Dr. Christie Rizzo is a researcher at Lifespan and professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University.
INNOVATORS Q&A

Helping young women in the juvenile justice system avoid violent relationships

Lifespan researcher and Northeastern professor Dr. Christie Rizzo developed the Date SMART program, which uses techniques to help teens build skills necessary for healthy relationships

Out in Boston Harbor, one voter is an island
RI HEALTH

R.I. attorney general launches investigation into Eleanor Slater Hospital

Sports

Sam Bennett, who was traded to the Panthers Monday, was the fourth pick in the 2014 draft.

A full list of NHL trades completed ahead of Monday’s deadline

A flurry of moves took place on Monday as teams adjusted their personnel for the final stretch of the regular season and postseason.

Taking a look at Curtis Lazar, the center the Bruins acquired from Buffalo
MLB notebook

Three Nationals players reinstated from from COVID-19 protocol list

business

Ken Frazier, the Merck chief executive. Frazier has called on corporate executives to publicly state their support for broader ballot access.

Defying Republicans, big companies keep the focus on voting rights

Biden tells execs US needs to invest, lead in computer chips

As the music streams, artists see but a trickle in profits

politics

President Joe Biden.

Biden picks two Trump critics for border, immigration roles

Trump’s improved performance with Latino voters in 2020 was powered by a surprising source: women

Trump addresses GOP as power to shape national debate wanes

Living Arts

William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher in "Shameless."
TELEVISION

‘Shameless’ ending was more of the same
THEATER

ART’s Diane Borger is stepping down
COMFORT ZONE

ICA Watershed to return with massive installation built to evoke Caribbean ruins

education

Nicole Calabrese, who chairs a ballot committee that supports eliminating Native American imagery from Wakefield's school logo, near a Wakefield Memorial High School scoreboard that displays the logo.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

One Massachusetts town is putting its Native American logo to a vote. Residents say the debate is tearing the town apart

Northeast Metro Tech students repair car for Haverhill National Guard veteran

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

rhode island

Dr. Christie Rizzo is a researcher at Lifespan and professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University.
INNOVATORS Q&A

Helping young women in the juvenile justice system avoid violent relationships
RI HEALTH

R.I. attorney general launches investigation into Eleanor Slater Hospital
RHODE MAP

It looks like URI has found its next president

Newton

Newton police report five house break-ins Friday night

video

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
For season three, Chelsea Ursin is handing the microphone to some of her peers from the indie music scene.
‘Dear Young Rocker’ invites guests to revisit their own adolescent angst
In the new season that just launched, Chelsea Ursin is working with fellow female rockers, as well as trans and nonbinary performers, to address their own younger selves.

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.

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

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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

A March 23 Stop The Hate rally at Short Pump Park in Henrico County, Virginia. The group gathered in response to the March killings of eight people at spas in the Atlanta area. Six of the victims were women of Asian descent.
Leverett Wing

A seminal moment for the Asian American community
People demonstrate against anti-Asian violence and racism on March 27 in Los Angeles, California.
Colette Phillips and Robert Leikind

What antiracist allies can do to meet this moment
One of the signs at the March 27 Rally & Run to Stop Asian Hate in Hopkinton. The event was held to condemn acts of violence and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and to display the unity, resilience, and strength of the Asian American community.
Stephen Chan

The best counter to anti-Asian hate is to build AAPI power
A bigger House with smaller districts wouldn't be a panacea for everything that ails American politics. But it could help — including by fixing the problem of the Electoral College.
JEFF JACOBY

Supersize the House
A vigil was held in Cushing Square in Belmont for alleged hate crime victim Henry Tapia. Dean S. Kapsalis, 54, allegedly used a racial slur before driving his pickup truck into Tapia on a Belmont street in January, according to prosecutors.
Maura Healey, Adam Hinds, and Tram Nguyen

Massachusetts needs a hate crime law
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

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
Drawing of a young girl with a net trying to capture butterflies or something.
School Vacation

15 last-minute ideas for things to do with kids during April school vacation

The Bunker Hill Community College food pantry.
College & COVID

How the pandemic worsened food insecurity among college students
Michael and Elizabeth on their Zoom blind date.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Her March Madness bracket was busted like the rest of us’
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

sports

North Texas pitcher Hope Trautwein (center) celebrated her perfect game against Arkansas State Pine Bluff on Sunday.

North Texas softball pitcher throws a perfect game, really perfect, striking out all 21 batters

Here’s what Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft said about Julian Edelman’s retirement

Watch: Julian Edelman makes his retirement official, saying ‘It’s been the best 12 years of my life’

metro

Delois Brown, 73, was shot and killed Saturday outside her home, according to her daughter, Shirley Brown, 48. Delois Brown is in this 2001 photo with granddaughter, Tatiana Shabazz.

‘Everyone in Boston is grieving’ - GoFundMe launched for family of slain Dorchester great grandmother

A big win for UMass

MBTA plans to spend $2 billion on upgrades, repairs next year

Nation

Law enforcement officers respond to a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn. on Monday.

Police: Officer wounded, 1 dead in Tennessee school shooting

Derek Chauvin did not take actions of ‘reasonable officer,’ expert testifies

US government spent $660 billion more in March than it collected in revenue, the third-largest monthly deficit on record

World

Former British prime minister David Cameron has broken his silence on allegations that he improperly lobbied government officials on behalf of a financial services firm, saying there are “important lessons to be learned” from the scandal.

David Cameron faces inquiry into his dealings with finance firm

William, Harry remember Prince Philip’s wit, service to UK

More volcanic eruptions on Caribbean island of St. Vincent

politics

The Supreme Court

By 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court lifts restrictions on prayer meetings in homes

After Capitol riot, Pentagon announces new efforts to weed out extremism among troops

Gaetz faces House ethics probe; federal investigation widens

business

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston president Eric Rosengren, left (foreground), and Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell, in November 2019. Both officials forecast a strong economic recovery this year.

Boston Fed president sees ‘unusually strong’ economic growth as pandemic wanes

Microsoft to buy Burlington technology firm Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion

Ernst & Young opens program in Boston to attract autistic workers and other “neuro-diverse” recruits

lifestyle

Makeup artist Mikayla Nogueira has amassed more than 4.7 million followers on TikTok.

How a Massachusetts makeup artist built a TikTok empire

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

Should I do more kissing with my hot friend?

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

Acting Mayor Kim Janey has a big platform to demand transparency from the Boston Police. But so far, she’s ducking.

Wanted: A Boston mayor who stands up to police and for the public’s right to know

The lessons of a Chelsea family’s COVID-19 ordeal

The American Rescue Plan needs a long-term plan for homeless families

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

William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher in "Shameless."

‘Shameless’ ending was more of the same

On matters of misogyny, can you trust a male TV critic’s opinion?

Prince Philip vs. Philip of ‘The Crown’: Fact and fiction

music

For season three, Chelsea Ursin is handing the microphone to some of her peers from the indie music scene.

‘Dear Young Rocker’ invites guests to revisit their own adolescent angst

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

Theater/Dance

American Repertory Theater executive producer Diane Borger

ART’s Diane Borger is stepping down

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

Erica Rhodes gets her laughs at the drive-in

globe local

Elizabeth Hayden, the wife of Jim Hayden, who died on United Airlines Flight 175 on Sept. 11, 2001.

A 9/11 victim’s name to live on at Stonehill College where a seed of peace will blossom in his memory

It’s time to embrace your outdoor space

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

Obituaries

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark in 1974.

Ramsey Clark, former attorney general and rebel with a cause, dies at 93

Australian portrait photographer June Newton dies at 97

Ray Lambert, D-Day survivor, WWII torch bearer, dies at 100