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Court weighs request for criminal charges against Milton police officer

Westwood police have asked a court clerk to lodge criminal charges against a Milton police officer who allegedly directed a racist rant about the Black Lives Matter movement last September at two house guests, a Black teenager and a Hispanic teenager, who were at the home for a sleepover with the officer's sons.

Minn. police chief, officer who killed Daunte Wright both resign

The mayor of Brooklyn Center, Minn., said he hoped their resignations would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest. But police and protesters faced off once again after nightfall Tuesday.
Video shows North Carolina police punching Black man on ground; officers on leave

Blood clots related to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are extremely rare

Only six people out of 6.8 million experienced clots after taking the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. That’s fewer than one in a million.
Halt in J&J shots deepens vaccination uncertainties at a critical time

Data show Moderna’s vaccine continues to provide strong protection six months later

The company also said it has begun testing two tweaked versions of its COVID-19 vaccine on mice in the hope the shots will act against a variant called B.1.351.
1,401 confirmed coronavirus cases, 7 deaths, and 90,144 vaccinations posted today in Mass.

Patrick M. Rose Sr., then the president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, testified in a Suffolk Superior Court hearing about body cameras in 2016. Rose left the union and retired in early 2018. He's now charged with sexually abusing six children.
State child welfare agency also investigated Patrick Rose decades ago. It, too, believed the union chief had abused a child
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins, whose office is now prosecuting the former police union president, said the case is “an example of how systems can fail people.”

For years, the Boston Police kept a secret: the union president was an alleged child molester
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell (at the podium) said in a statement that the city "will closely review the report and take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that policing in our city is evenhanded.”

New Bedford police stopped, frisked, or questioned Black people at significantly higher rates than white people, report says

Ten officers were involved in nearly half of the incidents and primarily focused on Black or Latinx people, the data shows. Many of the incidents were clustered near public housing developments or schools.
Police officers formed a line as they faced off with demonstrators outside of the Brooklyn Center police station on April 12 in Minn. People took to the streets to protest after Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop.
Jeneé Osterheldt

‘Graphic and unedited’: Police violence against Black people is no mistake

The killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota should not be framed as an accident. Policing is violent.
Barry Brodd, a use of force expert, testified on Tuesday in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin.
Derek Chauvin Trial

Defense expert defends Derek Chauvin’s use of force during George Floyd arrest

A former Santa Rosa, Calif., police officer, said officers don’t have to wait for something bad to happen; they need only to have a reasonable fear that there’s a threat and then adjust their actions accordingly.
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Acting Mayor Kim Janey spoke Tuesday about public safety efforts, providing an update on the implementation of police overhaul measures.
Acting Mayor Janey names head of new police accountability office as critics rap her budget plan
Stephanie Everett, an attorney who runs her own private practice, will lead Boston's new Office of Police Accountability and Transparency.

US Senators Marco Rubio (L) and Rick Scott spoke to reporters outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 22, 2019.
Florida GOP senators say it’s too soon to weigh in on Gaetz’s future
Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are steering clear of voicing support for Representative Matt Gaetz, branding sex trafficking accusations against him serious but calling it premature to say what should happen to their fellow Floridian and GOP lawmaker.

The flag-draped casket of the late Capitol Police Officer William Evans is carried up the East Center Steps of the US Capitol Tuesday in Washington, DC. Officer Evans, who was killed in the line of duty during an attack outside the US Capitol on April 2, will lie in honor in the Capitol rotunda.
Photos: Capitol Police officer honored by Biden, Congress in rotunda
Capitol Police Officer William "Billy" Evans's casket was placed in the Capitol Rotunda for the second such memorial ceremony this year for a force that has edged close to crisis in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Biden, lawmakers at tribute to slain Capitol officer Funeral Mass for Capitol Police Officer William Evans will be held Thursday in Adams

Rhode Island man accused of swindling $4.2 million from investors in ‘Magic Mike Live’ show

The 10-count indictment stems from an alleged four-year scheme about a Las Vegas male strip show.

Nurse, capturing the feeling of a nation, gets stuck in mud at Constitution Beach in Boston

Camille Coelho just wanted to take a stroll on the beach and look for some sea glass. Instead, the Massachusetts nurse ended up feeling the way so many have felt during the pandemic: she was stuck in the mud.

Police seek public’s help in locating Somerville hit-and-run driver

State Police are seeking the public’s help to locate he hit-and-run driver who struck a pedestrian on McGrath Highway in Somerville Monday night.

Opinion

Grading Massachusetts on COVID-19 vaccination
Patrick Rose covers his face during his arraignment in August 2020.
EDITORIAL

Ending the code of silence for Boston police

The case of Patrick Rose should be a never-again moment for BPD. Officers of the law must be held accountable for breaking it.
Then-President Donald Trump speaks to the media with Florida Gov. Rick Scott at Eglin Air Force Base in Fla. in 2018.
SCOT LEHIGH

A GOP unity cruise hits the Great Trump-Barrier Reef
Central American migrants moving toward the United States are seen near the US-Mexico border fence in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, in 2018.
Ali Noorani and Kurt Ver Beek

How the Biden administration can address the situation at the border
David Almond was found unresponsive in his family’s Fall River apartment.
EDITORIAL

Fixing the chasm that claimed the life of David Almond
Damon Krukowski and Joyce Linehan

Spotify and the recording artist

Recommended reads

Analysis | James Pindell
President Biden spoke during a meeting with lawmakers to discuss his infrastructure plan in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday.
This is the week Biden’s infrastructure bill could fall apart
Everything has to go perfectly in order for President Biden’s infrastructure bill to pass. With Congress back in session this week, we are about to find out just how imperfect things may be.

Globe education reporter earns top prize for coverage of inequity in Massachusetts schools

The award recognizes Bianca Vázquez Toness for her reporting that highlighted “systemic failures and abuses during the pandemic — and beyond — through the stories of the students and parents most deeply affected.”

In a surprise, Bunker Hill guestbooks from Civil War emerge in auction

There are 42,000 signatures in three guestbooks kept at the Bunker Hill Monument during the Civil War, an extraordinary collection of American names ranging from leading politicians to captains of industry. The group that built the monument was surprised to find it had lost control of the books.

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

State Police are searching for white minivan with damage to its front involved in a hit-and-run crash that critically injured a pedestrian in Somerville Monday night.

Police seek public’s help in locating Somerville hit-and-run driver

State Police are seeking the public’s help to locate he hit-and-run driver who struck a pedestrian on McGrath Highway in Somerville Monday night.

New Bedford police stopped, frisked, or questioned Black people at significantly higher rates than white people, report says

Halt in J&J shots deepens vaccination uncertainties at a critical time

Sports

New Bruin Taylor Hall gets a high-five from captain Patrice Bergeron after the shootout victory over the Sabres.
Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

Newest Bruins were just OK, but they were part of a win, which is the goal

Ultimately, the most valuable thing the three bring is roster competition.
BRUINS 3, SABRES 2 (SO)

Bruins in battle to the finish, finally foil Sabres in shootout

Pria Parker, Hingham girls go the distance in Patriot Keenan track championship

business

Senate President Karen Spilka spoke at an event in March to celebrate the signing of a new climate bill.

Senate President pressed on big fee on businesses for unemployment benefits

Former congressman joins board of enVerid Systems

Executives call for deep emission cuts to combat climate change

politics

First lady Jill Biden.

White House: First lady Jill Biden to undergo ‘procedure’

Florida GOP senators say it’s too soon to weigh in on Gaetz’s future

Pelosi invites Biden to address Congress on April 28

Living Arts

Thousands of flowers have been gifted to Boston area medical workers, plus there's a towering Seaport art installation.
COMFORT ZONE

The marathon is canceled, but Boston’s yellow daffodils still stand tall

Final thoughts from Rep. John Lewis to be published in July
SEASONAL RECIPES

Recipe: Rosy blood orange juice stars in this olive oil loaf cake with pistachios

education

A first-grade classroom at McGlynn Elementary School in Medford.

Poll gives Mass. schools a passing grade for pandemic performance
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

rhode island

Pink spring blossoms at the Rhode Island State House, surround the dome on a cloudy day.
RI BUSINESS

When is a tax actually tax relief? McKee explains his proposal to tax a portion of forgiven PPP loans
RI ARTS

Broadway shows return to Providence this fall
RHODE MAP

Meet the Channel 12 reporter who has been stuck at home for 13 months

Newton

Australian portrait photographer June Newton dies at 97

video

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
Thousands of flowers have been gifted to Boston area medical workers, plus there's a towering Seaport art installation.
The marathon is canceled, but Boston’s yellow daffodils still stand tall
Thousands of flowers have been gifted to Boston area medical workers, plus there's a towering Seaport art installation.

COMFORT ZONE
Poet James Crews edited “How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope,” available April 13.
‘The mission is joy’ for editor of new all-star poetry collection
Editor James Crews wants to help readers love their lives as they are.

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.

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

David Almond was found unresponsive in his family’s Fall River apartment.
EDITORIAL

Fixing the chasm that claimed the life of David Almond
Damon Krukowski and Joyce Linehan

Spotify and the recording artist
Rosa Yanes.
MARCELA GARCÍA

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

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
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

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard went into Tuesday's game averaging 6.8 points and 18.8 minutes per game in his rookie season.

Oregon’s own Payton Pritchard excited for first NBA trip to Portland

Red Sox turnaround from calamitous 2020 revolves around the rotation

Bruins work all three trade deadline acquisitions into the lineup

metro

Boy Scouts cleared a walking trail in Medway on Sunday.

Boy Scouts clear walking trail in Medway

Court weighs request for criminal charges against Milton police officer

Boston College to hold commencement at Alumni Stadium

Nation

Protesters gathered outside the Federal Bureau of Investigation building in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on Tuesday to protest the death of Daunte Wright, 20, who was killed during a traffic stop.

Decision expected on charges for Minnesota cop who fatally shot Daunte Wright

White House: First lady Jill Biden to undergo ‘procedure’

Minn. police chief, officer who killed Daunte Wright both resign

World

People queued for COVID-19 vaccinations outside the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, April 7, 2021.

Concerns over Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine are another blow to Europe’s inoculation push

Anti-gay bias hindered Toronto police as a serial killer roamed

Record-holding giant rabbit stolen in UK

politics

Protesters scaled the wall of the US Capitol in Washington after then-President Trump spoke at a rally on Jan. 6, 2021.

Capitol Police told to hold back on insurrection response on Jan. 6, report finds

Biden to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

Biden, lawmakers pay tribute to slain Capitol Police officer

business

Automotive tires are stacked at the Continental Tire distribution center in Sumter, S.C. Snarled shipping lines are disrupting the movement of natural rubber, a key material used in tires as well as components under the hood.

Rubber scarcity creates new headache for beleaguered automakers

A trio of gigantic cargo cranes are headed to South Boston port from Shanghai

New York Times tech workers form a union

lifestyle

Grilled Asparagus with Creamy Garlic Vinaigrette.

Recipe: Grilled asparagus with creamy garlic vinaigrette goes with everything from tofu to steak

He turns expired beer into Craft Beer Vinegar

Recipe: Classic Cantonese steamed cod with ginger and scallions sits on a bed of zucchini

marijuana

Jennifer Flanagan speaks during a meeting of the commission in Worcester in February 2020.

Cannabis Commissioner Jennifer Flanagan to resign from state marijuana board

Mass. cannabis commission launching online catalog of marijuana products

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

opinion

Then-President Donald Trump speaks to the media with Florida Gov. Rick Scott at Eglin Air Force Base in Fla. in 2018.

A GOP unity cruise hits the Great Trump-Barrier Reef

An ‘accident’ in Minnesota

Ending the code of silence for Boston police

food & dining

Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake.

Recipe: Rosy blood orange juice stars in this olive oil loaf cake with pistachios

Recipe: Grilled asparagus with creamy garlic vinaigrette goes with everything from tofu to steak

He turns expired beer into Craft Beer Vinegar

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

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.. Some last thoughts from Lewis will be published this summer. Grand Central Publishing announced Tuesday that Lewis’ “Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation” will come out July 13, almost a year after he died at age 80.

Final thoughts from Rep. John Lewis to be published in July

‘The mission is joy’ for editor of new all-star poetry collection

Taking on the Sacklers in ‘Empire of Pain’

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

Boy Scouts cleared a walking trail in Medway on Sunday.

Boy Scouts clear walking trail in Medway

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

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