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Can I take a pain reliever? Should I avoid alcohol? Here’s what experts say you can do right after you’ve received a COVID-19 vaccine

For those who have yet to get their injections: is it okay to take over-the-counter medicine right after? What should you do if your arm is feeling sore? Here's what the experts say.
USDA extends free school meals through June 2022

It’s rare and expected, but some fully vaccinated people are catching COVID-19

Infections like Sarah Graham's are rare and entirely expected; the three vaccines cleared for emergency use provided robust protection in clinical trials, but they aren’t perfect.
1,370 coronavirus cases, 13 deaths, and 93,385 vaccinations reported in Mass. See more COVID-19 vaccine news and resources

After post critical of George Floyd appears on Fall River police department Facebook page, chief considers disciplinary action

The Fall River police chief on Wednesday said he’s considering disciplinary action after a person who manages the department’s social media shared a Facebook post critical of George Floyd on the department’s official Facebook page.

Former Boston police commissioner Paul Evans defends handling of 1995 child molestation charges against Patrick Rose

Evans is demanding that the city release the full internal affairs files of an accused child molester, arguing it will show his department did everything it could to hold former patrolman Patrick Rose accountable when the allegations surfaced in 1995.
Read the full statement on Patrick Rose Boston police commissioner was notified of alleged molestation by officer, but patrolman was returned to duty amid union pushback, files show
People cross the street next to restaurant-goers in Davis Square in Somerville, in this photo from October.

Somerville holds fast to tough restaurant restrictions, even as rest of state opens up

Restaurants across the state now operate with no precise limit based on a percentage of regular occupancy caps, and instead need to enforce six-foot distances between tables — a restriction that often means they can open up to between one half and two-thirds of their pre-pandemic capacity. But not in Somerville.
Robert George, sales representative, Shahid Qureshi, sales manager, and Walter Aguilar, sales and leasing professional, at Prime Toyota-Route 2 in Lancaster. The lot is usually full of cars, but a shortage of microprocessor chips has delayed vehicle deliveries.

Chip shortages are cramping car dealers, and consumers are paying the price

At auto dealerships in Massachusetts and nationwide, limited inventories are forcing many car buyers to wait longer, pay more, or settle for whatever they can get.
Chip shortages are cramping car dealers, and consumers are paying the price
In Minneapolis, a person reacted after the verdict was read.
JENEÉ OSTERHELDT

This isn’t justice — George Floyd is still dead

This country is many things. Just is not one of them. George Floyd should still be here, instead of being made a martyr for social change.
John Henry apologizes to Liverpool fans and employees for involvement in failed Super League
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In an image from a police bodycam video that the Columbus Police Department played during a news conference Tuesday night, a teenage girl, foreground, appeared to wield a knife during an altercation before being shot by a police officer Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus police officer fatally shoots 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, who swung knife
Officials showed a segment of the officer's bodycam footage Tuesday night, just hours after the shooting took place. The decision to swiftly release the video was a departure from protocol as the force faces immense scrutiny from the public following a series of recent high-profile police killings that have led to clashes.

dan shaughnessy
A banner on a gate at Anfield stadium, home of Liverpool FC, had a message for the Super League once it collapsed.
A huge victory for soccer fans, a huge setback for John Henry
The outrage over the Mookie Betts trade paled in comparison to what the Red Sox owner heard from Liverpool loyalists in response to plans for a Super League.

Brittany Collens' wins at UMass were vacated after the school self-reported a clerical error that had allowed Collens and a teammate to be reimbursed $252 for a phone jack they never used.
UMass tennis player whose wins were stripped over clerical error calls on NCAA to reverse course
Brittany Collens' wins at UMass were vacated after the school self-reported an error that had allowed Collens and a teammate to be reimbursed for a phone jack they never used.

stan grossfeld
Bobby Valentine, who managed the Red Sox for one season in 2012, has been athletic director at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut since 2013.
Catching up with Bobby Valentine, who says he ‘shouldn’t have taken that job’ to manage Red Sox in 2012
Reflecting on his one ill-fated season at the Sox helm, Valentine says there were many problems, including a matter of trust.

Chef and restaurant owner Tiffani Faison is participating in Boston's new B-Local rewards program
New citywide app lets residents get discounts at Boston stores and restaurants
With the B-Local app, users can amass points that they can redeem at participating Boston businesses.

Worcester District Attorney Joe Early addressed the media Wednesday morning outside the Worcester police station after a Worcester police officer fatally shot an armed suspect on Grafton Street early Wednesday.
Man claiming to have rifle, bomb fatally shot by Worcester police during confrontation
At a press briefing Wednesday, Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. identified the man as Phet Gouvonvong, 31, who he said had no prior record.

Opinion

Washington, D.C., police cadets, officers, and recruits on the front lines of demonstrations following the police killing of George Floyd gather to meet with then-Police Chief Peter Newham and police leadership at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in 2020.
Joan Vennochi

Who wants to be a police officer?

From society’s perspective, the more important question is: Who should be a police officer?
Air fresheners tied to a fence in front of the police station in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 15, hung by protesters after Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by an officer during a traffic stop. Wright's encounter with police was spurred, in part, by an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror.
Kimberly Atkins

Chauvin verdict brings sense of justice, but doesn’t erase the fear
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.
RENÉE GRAHAM

We knew Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. But Black people never expect justice
George W. Bush arrives at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden in January.
SCOT LEHIGH

The Republican establishment strikes back
"Happiness — at least the pandemic version — is a group video call with all microphones on."
IDEAS | MARISSA CONRAD

Unmute that Zoom call

Recommended reads

adrian walker
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd on Tuesday at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn.
In Minneapolis, Chauvin’s jury said George Floyd’s life mattered
We’ve seen these cases play out in exactly the opposite way for decades. In communities of color, the fear that police can literally get away with murder is a palpable, everyday reality.

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.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Being Black isn’t exhausting. Racism is exhausting.

I will not perpetuate a narrative that tries to define Blackness as inherently broken or burdensome.

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

A person used an umbrella to protect themself from light snow and rain at the Public Garden in Boston recently.

Keep an eye to the sky: Storms are rolling in to the Boston area

A line of strong storms is approaching the Boston area from the west, the National Weather Service warned.
RI CRIME

‘The pain is always there’: Families gather to mourn victims of violent crime.

After post critical of George Floyd appears on Fall River police department Facebook page, chief considers disciplinary action

Sports

Wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (7) opted out of last season at LSU, but the Tigers 2019 campaign when he caught 84 passes for 1,780 yards and 20 touchdowns is enough to make him one of the top receivers in the draft.
NFL

NFL Draft: Wide receiver prospects to know

Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith and Ja'Marr Chase are among the best of the class of wide receivers in the 2021 NFL draft.
Bruins notebook

Bruins are rolling, but their power play still needs work
nfl

NFL doesn’t pass any radical rule changes, but replay officials will have more responsibility

business

People cross the street next to restaurant-goers in Davis Square in Somerville, in this photo from October.

Somerville holds fast to tough restaurant restrictions, even as rest of state opens up

NYC to launch $30 million tourism marketing campaign in June

Europe proposes strict regulation of artificial intelligence

politics

President Biden spoke about COVID-19 vaccinations at the White House on Wednesday.

White House offers new tax credit to help spur COVID-19 vaccinations

Watch live: President Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccines

Dems push $25b to electrify school buses, a Biden priority

Living Arts

Rae Shaw's "Black Kung Fu Chick" was inspired by her longtime love of martial arts films. "When I was a kid, I wished there were more Black heroines ... but there weren’t really any women of color — except for these martial artists.”

It took a heroic effort by Emerson professor Rae Shaw to create ‘Black Kung Fu Chick’

For this ‘Romeo & Juliet,’ stars Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley were aligned

TELEVISION

Comedic and complex themes merge in ‘Rutherford Falls’

education

Jefferson County School District Department of Food Services staff member Raquel Mims-Cole, center, hands out several days of bagged lunches to a parent for his children in Fayette, Miss., in March.

USDA extends free school meals through June 2022

Rock star Van Zandt helping Connecticut students re-engage
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Under pressure, state education officials pass preliminary admissions changes for vocational schools

rhode island

Yvelinne Matos hugs victims advocate Geraldine Urena after Wednesday’s ceremony for National Crime Victims Rights Week in Providence. Matos’ son Otswald, 22, was killed last April.
RI CRIME

‘The pain is always there’: Families gather to mourn victims of violent crime.

RI BUSINESS

In R.I., you may have to look for work to stay on unemployment
CORONAVIRUS

R.I. receives $1.5m in federal funding to track COVID-19 variants

Newton

video

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 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.
RENÉE GRAHAM

We knew Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. But Black people never expect justice
"Happiness — at least the pandemic version — is a group video call with all microphones on."
IDEAS | MARISSA CONRAD

Unmute that Zoom call
Children pass members of a Taliban unit in the Alingar District of Laghman Province in Afghanistan, March 13, 2020.
JEFF JACOBY

Biden’s blunder in Afghanistan
People gathered after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd at City Hall in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
EDITORIAL

A first step, but justice means far more
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
ideas

The Future of Work

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
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

Antonio Brown is currently a free agent.

Antonio Brown settles sexual assault lawsuit involving his former trainer

Game 19: Blue Jays at Red Sox lineups and notes

In matchup of 5-1 squads, Hull football sizes up impromptu finale against Rockland

metro

Women in World Jazz features (from left) Ririka Tokushige, Laurie Goldsmith, Diane Gately, Candida Rose, and Tal Shalom-Kobi.

Newton-based group showcases women playing jazz from around the world

USDA extends free school meals through June 2022

Man claiming to have rifle, bomb fatally shot by Worcester police during confrontation

Nation

In this Feb. 1, photo, emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Independence, Mo.

With new goal of cutting greenhouse gases in half, Biden will signal US is again fighting climate change

Ohio police fatally shoot Black teenage girl just before Chauvin verdict

Garland announces Justice Dept. probe into Minneapolis Police Department

World

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II follows the coffin in a car as it made its way past the Round Tower during the funeral of Prince Philip.

Queen Elizabeth expresses thanks for ‘support and kindness’

EU reaches major climate deal ahead of Biden climate summit

Queen Elizabeth marking 95th birthday in low-key fashion

politics

People embraced in George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Justice Dept. to open sweeping investigation into Minneapolis policing

‘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’

business

A car dealer walked past cars for sale at a used car dealership in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Used-car prices leap on US economic recovery and supply crunch

Chip shortages are cramping car dealers, and consumers are paying the price

Gisele Bündchen joins DraftKings as special adviser for environmental and social initiatives

lifestyle

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

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

Air fresheners tied to a fence in front of the police station in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 15, hung by protesters after Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by an officer during a traffic stop. Wright's encounter with police was spurred, in part, by an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror.

Chauvin verdict brings sense of justice, but doesn’t erase the fear

Who wants to be a police officer?

Taking a knee

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

Imagine pedaling off-road through an area known as “Color Country” in southern Utah.

Pet-friendly vacations, hot air balloons, and a luxury bike trip

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

Books

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

Dartmouth professor Joshua Bennett awarded two major literary prizes inside of 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

Andrea Braein Hovig and Stellan Skarsgard in "Hope."

Love, mortality, and ‘Hope’

‘Street’ smarts, ‘Towns’ team, Down East dispatches

So happy ‘Together Together’? Maybe

Television

From left: Jessie Buckley as Juliet, Lucian Msamati as Friar Laurence, and Josh O'Connor as Romeo in "Romeo & Juliet," filmed at London’s Lyttelton Theatre.

For this ‘Romeo & Juliet,’ stars Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley were aligned

Comedic and complex themes merge in ‘Rutherford Falls’

Greta Thunberg docuseries amplifies her climate change fight

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

Women in World Jazz features (from left) Ririka Tokushige, Laurie Goldsmith, Diane Gately, Candida Rose, and Tal Shalom-Kobi.

Newton-based group showcases women playing jazz from around the world

Nathaniel Allen House undergoes transformation into a center for arts and culture

Former Hudson middle school teacher charged with raping student

Obituaries

Mr. Steinman was inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012.

Jim Steinman, composer of hit records for Meat Loaf, dies at 73

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