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‘Darnella Frazier changed the world’: Following Chauvin verdict, praise pours in for teenager who captured Floyd’s murder

On the day of George Floyd’s murder last May, then 17-year-old Darnella Frazier recorded on her cellphone Floyd gasping for air as former police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into the man’s neck, and later uploaded the footage on Facebook.

‘A giant step forward in the march toward justice in America,’ Biden says after Chauvin verdict

President Biden said Tuesday the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a giant step forward” for the nation in the fight against systemic racism.

People reacted after the verdict was read in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
A range of voices from around the country hailed the verdicts
Elizabeth Warren, Stacey Abrams, the Obamas, and other officials and notable names reacted to the murder and manslaughter convictions of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.

In Boston, the Derek Chauvin verdict brings a sense of justice Blowback after Speaker Pelosi thanks George Floyd for ‘sacrificing your life for justice’

A crowd gathers to protest in the neighborhood where a Columbus police officer fatally shot a teenage girl Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus police officer shoots, kills girl holding knife
Police shot and killed a teenage girl Tuesday afternoon in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.

Patrick M. Rose Sr., then-president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, testified during a 2016 body camera hearing at Suffolk Superior Court.

Boston police commissioner was notified of alleged molestation by officer, but patrolman was returned to duty amid union pushback, files show

Despite findings, Patrick Rose kept his badge, worked on child sexual assault cases, and ascended to power in the police union.
Boston mayoral candidates respond to release of Patrick Rose files
Alex Verdugo, Kiké Hernández and Hunter Renfroe come together to celebrate following the final out of Tuesday's win.
red sox 4, blue jays 2

Big fourth inning keeps Red Sox, Eduardo Rodriguez on winning track

Xander Bogaerts delivered his first home run of the year, a three-run shot, as four Red Sox pitchers held Toronto to just four hits.
In the first period in Buffalo, Brad Marchand puts the puck past Sabres goalie Dustin Tokarski for his 24th goal of the season.
bruins 2, sabres 0

Bruins blank Sabres as Tuukka Rask gets his 51st career shutout

Brad Marchand and Connor Clifton scored for the Bruins.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Nurse Stefanie Sampson prepared a dose of the vaccine last month at a clinic at the Prince Hall Grand Lodge in Roxbury. Massachusetts is the most receptive state in the nation when it comes to getting the vaccines, according to federal estimates.
These maps show where COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is strongest
Massachusetts has the lowest vaccine hesitancy rate in the nation, according to federal estimates. But some counties are more hesitant than others.

968 coronavirus cases, 3 deaths, and 79,162 vaccinations reported in Mass.

Liverpool fans hung banners outside the team's Anfield Stadium protesting the Super League.
European Super League implodes as English six, including Fenway Sports Group-owned Liverpool, pull out
All six English clubs have withdrawn their interest from the big-money breakaway competition.

English clubs abandon breakaway Super League by quitting

Mass. board of education waives MCAS graduation requirement for Class of 2022

For the first time since 2003, when the MCAS became a graduation requirement in Massachusetts, state education leaders have decided to exempt an entire class of high-school juniors from having to pass the exam to graduate.

Did it seem like lots of people moved out of Boston during the COVID-19 pandemic? New data confirm it

In 2020, more people moved out of Boston than arrived, while smaller Massachusetts communities saw an influx of residents, according to new Postal Service data.

The Greater Boston housing market remained superheated in March.
Houses in Greater Boston cost more than ever last month
The median price of a single-family home was almost $725,000.

Lawmakers aim to bar Mass. gunmakers from selling weapons in other states

With Congress gridlocked on gun controls, Massachusetts Democrats have pinned their hopes on an economic lever: They can’t change other states’ gun laws, they said, but they can limit where Massachusetts-made guns end up.

Opinion

Smoke rises around Boston police on May 31, 2020, as they use pepper spray during a Black Lives Matter protest.
Andrea J. Campbell

Time and again, the Boston Police Department has proved it can’t be trusted to police itself

The department needs transparency and accountability. But that won’t happen in a vacuum. It requires hands-on leadership.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow on Feb. 20, 2021.
EDITORIAL

Saving Navalny and the movement he spawned
People are checked for a Florida ID as they enter a mass site to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on March 9 in Miami.
Harald Schmidt and Rebecca Weintraub

An ID shouldn’t be a requirement for the COVID vaccine
EDITORIAL

There’s too much secrecy in state government. It’s time for a constitutional amendment to change that
Migrants from Central American countries wait to be taken to a Border Patrol intake station after being smuggled across the Rio Grande river in Roma, Texas, on March 30.
MARCELA GARCÍA

A young migrant’s perilous journey and the cost of inaction

Recommended reads

RENÉE GRAHAM
A person stands outside the Hennepin County Courthouse on April 19 in Minneapolis.
Being Black isn’t exhausting. Racism is exhausting.
I will not perpetuate a narrative that tries to define Blackness as inherently broken or burdensome.

Joan Vennochi

Believe what you saw. Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd

Watching that video is a gut punch, one that should lead a reasonable person to conclude that the force Chauvin used was unreasonable, excessive, and disproportionate to the situation.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A year ago she had COVID. Now she’s having a baby

Coronavirus taught Nancy Fields not to take life for granted.

Republicans, out of power and squabbling, are targeting transgender kids to score political points, activists say

LGBTQ rights’ advocates argue that Republicans are targeting transgender youth now as a way to score political points with a segment of their base at a time when the party is out of power at the federal level and squabbling over some of the fundamental policies that used to unite them.

The Future of Work

The past year has shattered expectations of what workdays look like. Parenting while Zooming. An uncrowded T. Wary interactions with customers. In this special issue of Ideas, we explore which of these changes will stick — and how they’ll affect the quality of our lives.

metro

Protesters march to the state house during a Black Lives Matter rally in Providence, Rhode Island on June 5, 2020.
COLUMN: DAN MCGOWAN

After the Chauvin verdict, it’s time for Rhode Island to get serious about police reform

Instead of action, we’re getting ambivalence from our elected officials.

A range of voices from around the country hailed the verdicts
JENÉE OSTERHELDT

This isn’t justice — George Floyd is still dead

Sports

Eduardo Rodriguez was a picture of focus in his first Fenway Park start since September 2019.
PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Even before beating Blue Jays, return to Fenway mound a victory for Eduardo Rodriguez

The Red Sox lefthander, who missed the 2020 season with complications from COVID-19, allowed two runs in six-plus innings in his first home start since September 2019.
RED SOX 4, BLUE JAYS 2

Big fourth inning keeps Red Sox, Eduardo Rodriguez on winning track

Bruins blank Sabres as Tuukka Rask gets his 51st career shutout

business

Collin Knight, founder of Live Like A Local Tours in Boston, shares a drink with Ray Berry, founder of White Lion Brewing in Springfield. 21Brewer; BUSINESS; 4-21-21

Massachusetts craft brewers team up to diversify their industry

BJ’s has a new president and CEO

Bank of America looks to link bond issuers with minority-run banks

politics

In this March 11, 2021, file photo, President Biden held up his face mask as he spoke about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Hitting latest vaccine milestone, Biden pushes shots for all

‘A giant step forward in the march toward justice in America,’ Biden says after Chauvin verdict

Blowback after Speaker Pelosi thanks George Floyd for ‘sacrificing your life for justice’

Living Arts

Philip Berk speaks during the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual installation luncheon on July 20, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Globes group ousts member over his Black Lives Matter email
TELEVISION

Cristin Milioti and Ray Romano are easy to like in ‘Made for Love’

Wulf’s Fish can ship you a lavish brunch, caviar and all

education

Students at Blue Hills Regional Technical School attended socially distanced classes in person in September in courses such as automotive technology, electricity, cosmetology, and culinary arts.

Under pressure, state education officials vote to change admissions requirements for vocational schools

Mass. board of education waives MCAS graduation requirement for Class of 2022

Colleges are starting to require student vaccinations

rhode island

Protesters march to the state house during a Black Lives Matter rally in Providence, Rhode Island on June 5, 2020.
COLUMN: DAN MCGOWAN

After the Chauvin verdict, it’s time for Rhode Island to get serious about police reform
RI POLITICS

‘It’s not all about COVID’: McKee, Matos launch briefings on everything but the pandemic
RI CRIME

‘No one is above the law’: Rhode Islanders react to conviction of Derek Chauvin in murder of George Floyd

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Comfort Zone

Authors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka's latest YA novel, "What's Not to Love" is out April 20 from Penguin Random House, following two high school seniors vying for a coveted spot at Harvard.
YA authors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka on Harvard and high school love
The real life couple discuss their latest book, filled with hyper-competitive Ivy League longing.

The summer season at Jacob's Pillow will include a performance of “joyUS justUS" by CONTRA-TIEMPO.
After a lost summer, Jacob’s Pillow will return for a full season in 2021
The June 30-Aug. 29 season will also offer unprecedented online access to most festival programming.

COMFORT ZONE
Safiya Leslie
This musical journey around the globe comes once a month in a box
Berklee grad Safiya Leslie — a singer/songwriter and entrepreneur — is giving world music fans a chance to explore the sounds of a different country each month through her Safiya’s World Music Tour Playlist subscription boxes.

COMFORT ZONE
People in Boston and beyond can grab a free BlueBike to reach their vaccination site starting April 19.
Take a free Bluebike to your COVID-19 vaccine appointment
The complimentary trips will be available in Arlington, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Newton, Revere, Somerville, and Watertown.

COMFORT ZONE
Volunteer Coordinator Carol Carlson will read “Carl and the Meaning of Life” by Deborah Freedman and “Trees Make Perfect Pets” by Paul Czajak and Cathy Gendron at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Eight Earth Day events for the whole family
From your backyard to your favorite trail, enjoy these virtual (or socially distanced) events that make you proud to be an earthling.

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

People are checked for a Florida ID as they enter a mass site to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on March 9 in Miami.
Harald Schmidt and Rebecca Weintraub

An ID shouldn’t be a requirement for the COVID vaccine
EDITORIAL

There’s too much secrecy in state government. It’s time for a constitutional amendment to change that
Migrants from Central American countries wait to be taken to a Border Patrol intake station after being smuggled across the Rio Grande river in Roma, Texas, on March 30.
MARCELA GARCÍA

A young migrant’s perilous journey and the cost of inaction
Students sit separated by plastic dividers during lunch at Wyandotte County High School in Kansas City, Kan. on the first day of in-person learning on March 31.
Paul Reville

Pandemic learning loss can be a post-pandemic opportunity for education reforms
Steven Prescod as Tereek (left) and Robert Tarango as Artie, in a scene from "Feeling Through."
Dave Power

What TikTok users who doubt Helen Keller can learn this Oscar season
ideas

The Future of Work

STAT

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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
Person wearing a "Hello I am ... bored" sticker on their shirt.
Perspective

Dear Grads: Don’t believe the myth that work has to be a slog

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 on school vacation
MassArt student Bobbi Colburn wearing a face mask she created.
College & COVID

‘There’s so much beautiful work that’s come out of this’: College art students in the COVID era
Authors Live in Your Living Room features Adrian Miller, author of "Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue," on April 15.
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do, April 12-25

sports

Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin is 145-78-1 in 14 years with the Steelers.

Steelers give Tomlin 3-year extension

Putting the ‘win’ in Winchester, program continues dominant run through Middlesex League

Mookie Betts held out of Dodgers lineup after hit by pitch

metro

Acting Mayor Kim Janey bowed her head while the Rev. Willie Bodrick ll prayed during a press conference in response to the conviction of Derek Chauvin.

In Boston, the Derek Chauvin verdict brings a sense of justice

In Minneapolis, Chauvin’s jury said George Floyd’s life mattered

Boston mayoral candidates respond to release of Patrick Rose files

Nation

In this March 11, 2021, file photo, President Biden held up his face mask as he spoke about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Hitting latest vaccine milestone, Biden pushes shots for all

Columbus police officer shoots, kills girl holding knife

‘A giant step forward in the march toward justice in America,’ Biden says after Chauvin verdict

World

President Idriss Déby of Chad

President of Chad is killed as soldiers clash with rebels

European regulators decline to restrict use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, call blood clots very rare

Navalny’s doctors prevented from seeing him at prison clinic

politics

People hug outside the Hennepin Country Government Center in Minneapolis.

Watch live: Reaction to convictions in the murder of George Floyd

General says Afghan withdrawal will make terror fight harder

Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter’s vice president, dies at 93

business

Big technology companies such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook are facing regulatory scrunity throughout the globe.

A global tipping point for reining in tech has arrived

US takes steps to protect electric system from cyberattacks

Biden OKs more foreign seasonal workers as economy improves

lifestyle

Lady M, a boutique bakery chain with a shop in Boston, has a new Bon Bon collection.

New bon bons from Lady M, for Mother’s Day (or any day)

Recipe: Roll up lamb meatballs with minty yogurt sauce in flatbreads for this refreshing dinner

Creative bartenders are elevating the humble carrot

marijuana

Former Boston mayor Martin J. Walsh hands a pen to then-City Councilor Kim Janey after signing the new marijuana licensing ordinance she drafted at City Hall in 2019.

On 4/20, Boston’s acting mayor turns to marijuana industry for campaign cash

US House passes marijuana banking bill with bipartisan support

With marijuana legal in New York, and other states close behind, will Mass. dispensaries along state borders survive?

opinion

People celebrate as the verdict is announced in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in a case that roiled the United States for almost a year, laying bare deep racial divisions.

We knew Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. But Black people never expect justice.

A first step, but justice means far more

Saving Navalny and the movement he spawned

food & dining

Wulf’s Fish, a seafood company, Deluxe Brunch Set for Mother’s Day.

Wulf’s Fish can ship you a lavish brunch, caviar and all

Recipe: Spoon a medley of sauteed mushrooms on crunchy crostini with creamy whipped burrata

Occo delivers spices in smaller amounts — and with recipe ideas

travel

People wait in line at National rental agency in the Miami International Airport Car Rental Center on April 12, in Miami. Customers are finding that car rental agencies have limited or no supply of vehicles as people begin traveling again after being locked down during the pandemic.

Why your next rental car might cost more than a plane ticket

All is not lost at The Lost Kitchen, as chef Erin French adjusts and reinvents, yet again

Chris Wallace on ear plugs, his Globe years, and that time he went to Russia right after a tough Putin interview

Books

Dartmouth's Joshua Bennett is a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow and Whiting Award winner

Dartmouth professor Joshua Bennett awarded two major literary prizes inside a week

Brave women fighting Nazis in ‘The Light of Days’

For Ruth Ware, it was the year reading ‘got squeezed into odd corners’

Movies

When the Oscars broadcast begins April 25 on ABC, there won’t be an audience. For the producers, the challenges of COVID are an opportunity to, finally, rethink the Oscars.

The pandemic has upended the Oscars. Good, producers say

When Orson Welles doesn’t make the cut

Doc Talk: bearing witness, creating Oz, watching whales

Television

Cristin Milioti in "Made for Love."

Cristin Milioti and Ray Romano are easy to like in ‘Made for Love’

Some shows are meant to be binged, not savored

This week’s TV: The Oscars at long last, Earth Day shows, and a new Ed Helms comedy

music

Meklit Hadero performing in 2017.

Better late than never: Meklit finally makes her Celebrity Series debut

This musical journey around the globe comes once a month in a box

On two new releases, fans can hear Mark Sandman’s ‘secret band’ in full

Theater/Dance

The summer season at Jacob's Pillow will include a performance of “joyUS justUS" by CONTRA-TIEMPO.

After a lost summer, Jacob’s Pillow will return for a full season in 2021

Theater without theater

Huntington Theatre announces a full 2021-22 season of indoor productions

globe local

Caitlin Harding was arraigned via Zoom Friday in Middlesex Superior Court.

Former Hudson middle school teacher charged with raping student

To cut paper waste, Belmont entrepreneurs sell reusable cloth gift wrap

Lexington confronts history of slavery in liberty’s birthplace

Obituaries

In addition to her many other accomplishments, Dr. Barbara Rockett was a fine equestrian.

Dr. Barbara Rockett, first female president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, dies at 89

Donald Junkins, poet who led UMass Amherst creative writing program, dies at 89

Alma Wahlberg, mother of Mark, Donnie Wahlberg, dies at 78