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President Biden spoke, flanked by White House Chief Medical Adviser on COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, during a visit to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on February 11, 2021.
Biden, public health officials face crossroads on COVID-19
In recent weeks, the US battle against the COVID-19 pandemic has seen a decline in deaths and an increase in vaccinations. But federal government public health officials and other experts are not yet celebrating as they warn that the danger isn’t fully past us.

See more coronavirus news and resources

Patriots Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman hoists the Lombardi Trophy after New England's victory in 2019.
Julian Edelman retires, and he goes down in Patriots history as one of the greatest — and toughest
Edelman announced his retirement with a Twitter video, citing injuries as the reason he is hanging it up at 34.

Julian Edelman’s Top 10 moments with the Patriots Here’s what Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, and others said about Julian Edelman’s retirement

In this image made from Windsor (Virginia) Police video, Caron Nazario is helped by an EMT after he was sprayed with an agent by police after a traffic stop in December.
Virginia AG wants police records after Army officer stopped
Mark Herring’s office said in a statement Monday that he is “deeply concerned about the traffic stop” and believes the officers’ conduct “was dangerous, unnecessary, unacceptable, and avoidable.”

In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson questioned Dr. Jonathan Rich, a cardiologist, as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presided over court on April 12, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis.
Derek Chauvin Trial

Defense set to take turn in Chauvin’s trial in Floyd death

The defense for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death was set to start presenting its case Tuesday, following 11 days of a prosecution narrative that combined wrenching video with clinical analysis by medical and use-of-force experts to condemn Derek Chauvin’s actions.
Flowers adorned the fence surrounding the US Capitol in Washington, D.C, April 3, 2021, in honor of US Capitol police officer, William Evans.

Congress to honor second Capitol Police officer slain this year

Slain US Capitol Police officer William “Billy” Evans will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday during the second such memorial ceremony this year for a force that has edged close to crisis in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Police were at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn., after a shooting that wounded and officer and left one person dead.

Student fires at officers at Tennessee school, is killed

A student opened fire on officers responding to a report of a possible gunman at a Tennessee high school Monday, and police shot back and killed him, authorities said. The shooting wounded an officer and comes as the community reels from off-campus gun violence that has left three other students dead this year.
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Dr. Francisco M. Marty
Brigham and Women’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.

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.

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 $10,000.

As Beacon Hill begins budget debate, tax breaks come under scrutiny

A government report targets 10 tax breaks — collectively costing well over $200 million each year — that analysts say don’t earn enough money to justify their expense or are simply no longer relevant.

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

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

The T has been steadily increasing its annual spending on long-term projects.

Opinion

Rosa Yanes.
MARCELA GARCÍA

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

Rosa Yanes is a reminder of the lopsided impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the uneven devastation affecting the most vulnerable whose own return to normal will never be normal.
David Almond was found unresponsive in his family’s Fall River apartment.
EDITORIAL

Fixing the chasm that claimed the life of David Almond
Will Johnson

Crypto fans are revolutionizing online investing
Acting Mayor Kim Janey has a big platform to demand transparency from the Boston Police.
Joan Vennochi

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

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.

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.

In $19.7 billion deal for Nuance, Microsoft sees big opportunity in health care and artificial intelligence

The acquisition of Burlington-based Nuance Communications, subject to approval by shareholders and regulators, is Microsoft’s biggest since the company paid $26 billion in 2016 to acquire LinkedIn.
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

Rhode Island postal worker Tom Valletta with Coventry resident Amanda Comprone and her daughter.
RI NEWSMAKERS

The end of an era in Coventry, R.I.

A beloved postal worker, Tom Valletta, announced his retirement, and the town gave him the social media equivalent of a standing ovation for his decades of service
RI POLITICS

As mass shootings roil the country, Rhode Island debates gun safety laws -- again
RI EDUCATION

Providence native, a globetrotting academic, becomes URI president

Sports

Stephen Curry was congratulated on becoming the franchise's all-time leading scorer

Stephen Curry passes Wilt Chamberlain for most points in Warriors history

Curry scored 21 points in the first quarter, giving him 17,786 in his career.

Umpire Joe West awarded $500,000 in damages against former player Paul Lo Duca
Patriots

Tom Brady to Julian Edelman on his retirement: ‘You had an amazing football journey, an amazing life journey in New England’

business

John Cox is CEO of Cambridge biotech Repertoire Immune Medicines.

Cambridge biotech started by Flagship Pioneering raises another $189m

California’s ArcLight and Pacific Theaters to close for good

In $19.7 billion deal for Nuance, Microsoft sees big opportunity in health care and artificial intelligence

politics

Flowers adorned the fence surrounding the US Capitol in Washington, D.C, April 3, 2021, in honor of US Capitol police officer, William Evans.

Congress to honor second Capitol Police officer slain this year

In a bipartisan meeting, Biden makes the case for his infrastructure plan

Biden, public health officials face crossroads on COVID-19

Living Arts

LOVE LETTERS

Crush on my best friend’s brother
TELEVISION

‘Shameless’ ending was more of the same
THEATER

ART’s Diane Borger is stepping down

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

Rhode Island postal worker Tom Valletta with Coventry resident Amanda Comprone and her daughter.
RI NEWSMAKERS

The end of an era in Coventry, R.I.

RI POLITICS

As mass shootings roil the country, Rhode Island debates gun safety laws -- again
RI EDUCATION

Providence native, a globetrotting academic, becomes URI 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

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

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

Julian Edelman makes a remarkable catch during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LI.

Julian Edelman’s Top 10 moments with the Patriots

MIAA wrestling competition for the spring season is still a question mark

Don Sweeney added three new pieces to the puzzle, but will they be the right fit for the Bruins?

metro

City Councilor Andrea Campbell (left, with Councilor Lydia Edwards) was among those calling for the files’ release.

Boston Acting Mayor Janey to release police files from 1995 child rape investigation of former union president

As Beacon Hill begins budget debate, tax breaks come under scrutiny

Helping young women in the juvenile justice system avoid violent relationships

Nation

Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon looked on as the video of the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright was played during a press conference at the Brooklyn Center police headquarters on Monday.

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

Defense set to take turn in Chauvin’s trial in Floyd death

Congress to honor second Capitol Police officer slain this year

World

People sat at setup tables outside a pub in Soho, in London, on the day some of England's third coronavirus lockdown restrictions were eased by the British government.

British pubs serve first drinks after lockdown ends

Iran vows revenge for alleged Israeli attack on nuclear site

Myanmar’s ruling junta issues fresh charges for Suu Kyi

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

business

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Eric Rosengren (left foreground), and Fed chairman Jerome Powell both forecast a strong economic recovery.

The Fed is ‘running the economy hot’ to avoid another jobless recovery

Boston fund firm Columbia Threadneedle is expanding with Bank of Montreal acquisition

Raytheon names a new chief financial officer

lifestyle

Adobe Stock

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

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

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.

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

Fixing the chasm that claimed the life of David Almond

Crypto fans are revolutionizing online investing

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