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In Boston’s mayoral race, BPD scandal becomes central theme

Two days after the city released 13 pages of a 105-page internal file on Patrick M. Rose Sr. covering allegations that he molested a 12-year-old child in 1995, the political fallout intensified.

Terrence Clarke was a high school star in New England before going on to play at Kentucky.
Terrence Clarke, Boston high school star who played at Kentucky, dies in car crash
Clarke played one year at Kentucky and had entered the NBA Draft.

Celtics join basketball world in mourning the death of Terrence Clarke

These 48 Massachusetts communities are at high risk for COVID-19, a decrease from 59 last week
This week’s total of 48 high-risk communities marks the second week in a row that the number of high-risk communities has dropped.

1,431 confirmed cases, 17 deaths, 94,047 vaccinations: See today’s COVID-19 data from Mass.

Encouraging signs emerge in Mass. and R.I. coronavirus data

While epidemiologists believe the vaccines are having an effect, they still advise caution.
Charts: Recent COVID-19 data shows promising indicators for Mass. CDC investigating Oregon woman’s death after J&J vaccine

Shock G, off-kilter Digital Underground leader, dead at 57

Shock G, who blended whimsical wordplay with reverence for ’70s funk as leader of the off-kilter hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died. He was 57.
Booties for a baby.

Explosion in Kingston, N.H., linked to gender-reveal party, police say

The party was held in a quarry where officers discovered the source of the explosion was 80 pounds of Tannerite, an over-the-counter explosive target used for firearms practice and sold as a kit, police said in a statement.
A rendering of the two connected towers that Massachusetts General Hospital wants to build on Cambridge Street.

MGH pushes ahead with nearly $2 billion expansion

Two new buildings on Cambridge Street would have hundreds of private rooms for patients, and the project would improve a busy commuter corridor in downtown Boston while potentially serving as a key cog in the linking of the MBTA's Red and Blue lines.
Here’s a look at what MGH has planned for downtown
Christopher Muther
A view of Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland.

Iceland is now open to fully vaccinated Americans. Here’s what to expect if you go

Greece is also open, while Israel is slowly lifting restrictions.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Mrs. Hynes "spoke up for what she believed in and was vocal about her opinions,” said her daughter, Vanessa.
Nicole Hynes, who said ‘I love you’ until the end, dies at 77
Through charitable work, Mrs. Hynes was a constant presence in arts, education, and health care circles.

New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang.
Andrew Yang, looking for endorsement, offends gay Democratic club
Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate and leading contender for mayor of New York City, met with a prominent LGBT Democratic political organization Wednesday to seek its endorsement. It did not go particularly well.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A.
SpaceX to launch astronauts for NASA: How to watch
At 5:49 a.m. on Friday, astronauts are set to hitch a ride on a private rocket to space. SpaceX, the rocket company started and run by Elon Musk, is scheduled to launch its latest mission for NASA.

Rockland Trust CEO Christopher Oddleifson posed for a portrait at the company's offices in 2015.
Rockland Trust inks billion-dollar deal to buy East Boston Savings Bank
The deal, announced after the markets closed on Thursday, is the latest among a scramble of regional bank mergers announced in recent months.

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin extended an olive branch to the insurgents, saying "Everyone makes mistakes.”
How soccer’s Super League fell apart
It is a story of egos and intrigue, avarice and ambition, secret meetings, and internecine strife.

TABLES
Workers prepared floor and table signage, hand sanitizing stations, and other measures in the dining area at Time Out Market in the Fenway last summer. The food hall is getting ready to reopen next month.
Benedetto closes, Time Out Market Boston readies for relaunch, and a 1920s cocktail lounge prepares to debut
Restaurant news you can use.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

How to help friends avoid conspiracy theories

One expert sees opportunities to aid those at risk of sinking into the bog.
April 20, 2021: New Yorkers react after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts, including murder, for killing George Floyd.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

We’re taking all the wrong lessons from the Chauvin verdict
A woman stands at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Armenia, Oct. 30, 2019.
Sarah Leah Whitson

Mr. President, recognize the Armenian genocide
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?
George W. Bush arrives at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden in January.
SCOT LEHIGH

The Republican establishment strikes back

Recommended reads

Globe Magazine
Illustration of a house, key, and outdoor activities to go with a story about how the pandemic has affected the real estate market, causing people to want more space and outdoor space in particular.
Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2021
Even amid a pandemic, these 24 communities saw the biggest leaps in house prices north, south, and west of Boston, plus in the city itself.

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.

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.

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.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

While most Boston schools remained closed, McKinley opened its doors. Yet almost no one came

The low attendance rates speak to the difficulty of compelling students who already disliked school to attend when it’s optional. Even before the pandemic, the neglected schools struggled to entice high school students to attend class.

metro

Chelsea Football Club fans outside the team's Stamford Bridge stadium in London this week.
KEVIN CULLEN

A supreme lesson

Ordinary English soccer fans dispatched the Super League with a populist putsch even before it had scheduled its first game.

As part of Earth Week, Governor Baker plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Mass. facilities

Some areas are getting a little touch of snow

Sports

Nick Pivetta lost his no-hitter with two outs in the sixth inning Thursday night.
Peter Abraham I On baseball

Red Sox righthander Nick Pivetta deserved better in his latest impressive start

Pivetta didn’t get the decision in a game the Sox lost, 7-3, in 10 innings.

Celtics join basketball world in mourning the death of Boston’s Terrence Clarke
GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Kemba Walker shines for the Celtics just when they needed him to

business

The Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington.

SEC to examine fund disclosure rules after Archegos blowup

Greentown Labs expands to Houston

Big-name developers vying to build on parcel just south of downtown

politics

House Speaker Nancy Pelos joined Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., left, at a news conference ahead of the House vote on H.R. 51, the Washington, DC Admission Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

D.C. statehood approved by House as Senate fight looms

D.C. statehood faces a crossroads with congressional vote

House votes to restrict future travel bans, moving to undo Trump’s legacy

Living Arts

Love Letters
LOVE LETTERS

Am I stuck in this marriage?

What’s happening in the arts world

At least it’s not called ‘Immortal Kombat’

education

The requirement comes as part of the university’s fall reopening plan, with the school preparing “for a return to normal campus operations for the next academic year."

UMass Amherst to require all students to be vaccinated for fall semester

Free feminine hygiene products for Maine schools approved in legislative committee
THE GREAT DIVIDE

While most Boston schools remained closed, McKinley opened its doors. Yet almost no one came

rhode island

Sagamore William Guy, left, is the principal chief of the Pokanoket Nation. Lorén Spears, right, is the executive director of the Tomaquag Indigenous Museum.
RI EDUCATION

Two local Indigenous leaders to deliver RWU’s commencement address for the first time
RI BUSINESS

Taxing unemployment and PPP loans would set Rhode Island apart from almost every other state

RI PNEWS

For Earth Day, Mayor Elorza asks Providence to reduce use of lawn and garden chemicals

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 Week 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

A woman stands at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Armenia, Oct. 30, 2019.
Sarah Leah Whitson

Mr. President, recognize the Armenian genocide
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?
George W. Bush arrives at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden in January.
SCOT LEHIGH

The Republican establishment strikes back
President Joe Biden in the Treaty Room of the White House on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Biden announced his plan to bring all US forces home from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

In Biden’s pledge to withdraw from Afghanistan, the prospect of turning an imperial tide
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
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
Illustration of a house, key, and outdoor activities to go with a story about how the pandemic has affected the real estate market, causing people to want more space and outdoor space in particular.
On the Cover

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2021
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

Caramelized pork with orange and sage.
Cooking

Oranges shine in 4 savory recipes, including a beef stir-fry
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

sports

Kiké Hernández slides head first into home, scoring on a wild pitch in the seventh inning of Thursday's game.

Red Sox somehow lose, 7-3, despite holding the Mariners to three hits

O’Bryant, Latin Academy to square off for Boston City League girls’ volleyball title

Bruins take control in victory over Sabres

metro

Mrs. Hynes "spoke up for what she believed in and was vocal about her opinions,” said her daughter, Vanessa.

Nicole Hynes, who said ‘I love you’ until the end, dies at 77

Two local Indigenous leaders to deliver RWU’s commencement address for the first time

Explosion in Kingston, N.H., linked to gender-reveal party, police say

Nation

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A.

SpaceX to launch astronauts for NASA: How to watch

Andrew Yang, looking for endorsement, offends gay Democratic club

CDC investigating Oregon woman’s death after J&J vaccine

World

Marriage leave was introduced in Taiwan as part of other employment benefits, such as public holidays and paid time off for illness and bereavement, when the island’s labor laws were established in 1984.

For extra days off, couple had 4 weddings and 3 divorces, officials say

Russian minister orders partial pullback from Ukraine border region

Fallen British Empire soldiers overlooked because of racism, inquiry finds

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

business

The Supreme Court's ruling is a triumph for business trade groups, which had urged the court to curb the Federal Trade Commission’s powers.

Supreme Court slashes FTC’s power to seek monetary awards

Comcast deploys free Wi-Fi zones in Greater Boston to help after-school students

New state unemployment claims fell last week to pandemic low

lifestyle

Encore Spa lobby.

Need some post-pandemic rejuvenation, stat? These spas have you covered

Feeling good vibrations at Shou Sugi Ban House

This summer, Nantucket is getting a ‘sexy’ hotel

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

President George W. Bush delivering a televised address from the White House on January 30, 2005.

The wholly undeserved rehabilitation of George W. Bush

Mr. President, recognize the Armenian genocide

How to help friends avoid conspiracy theories

food & dining

Workers prepared floor and table signage, hand sanitizing stations, and other measures in the dining area at Time Out Market in the Fenway last summer. The food hall is getting ready to reopen next month.

Benedetto closes, Time Out Market Boston readies for relaunch, and a 1920s cocktail lounge prepares to debut

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

travel

Guests at the Mayflower Inn & Spa can walk the trails and take out this canoe.

A major refresh for a Conn. inn can mean a major refresh for its guests

Need some post-pandemic rejuvenation, stat? These spas have you covered

Feeling good vibrations at Shou Sugi Ban House

Books

Illustration for review of "Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis" by Sehii Plokhy. 25Nuclear; BOOKS; 4-25-21

‘Nuclear Folly’ recalls when we edged close to the brink

Learning from the tumultuous politics of another century in ‘The Age of Acrimony’

Bill Buford on reading and learning from cookbooks

Movies

Hiroyuki Sanada in "Mortal Kombat."

At least it’s not called ‘Immortal Kombat’

Can a computer generate a simulation of the brain?

The Oscars: who should win, who will, who shouldn’t be here, who ought to be

Television

Elisabeth Moss in season four of "The Handmaid's Tale."

Remember when ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ used to be great?

Second time’s a charm for ‘How I Met Your Father’

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

music

Conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops rehearse their Mother’s Day celebration, which will include a performance by Pops violinist Ala Jojatu and her 16-year-old daughter, Maria.

Boston Pops announces a virtual spring season with six concert streams

What’s new, Tom Jones? Plenty, it turns out

That faint sound you hear? It’s the eventual return of live music

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

Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday announced a new effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and boost energy efficiency across state government.

As part of Earth Week, Governor Baker plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Mass. facilities

Riverside developers bring proposed life science buildings, other changes to Newton city councilors

Volunteers add flower-filled planters at restaurants throughout Newton as outdoor dining returns

Obituaries

Mrs. Hynes "spoke up for what she believed in and was vocal about her opinions,” said her daughter, Vanessa.

Nicole Hynes, who said ‘I love you’ until the end, dies at 77

Mao Ayuth, filmmaker who survived the Khmer Rouge, dies at 76

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