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President Biden.
Biden recognizes century-old atrocities against Armenians were genocide
President Biden has recognized that century-old atrocities against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in modern-day Turkey were genocide.

A health care worker inoculated Dr. Virma Rivas with the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine on Friday in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
As US moves from scarcity to abundance of COVID-19 vaccine, other nations are calling for help
In the United States, some states are turning down planned shipments of the coronavirus vaccine. But many nations are dealing with severe shortages.

Massachusetts authorizes immediate use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

The Department of Public Health is notifying all providers they may administer Johnson & Johnson again, effective immediately, state officials announced Friday night.
The FDA ends its recommended pause on J&J vaccine

People wore face masks while walking on Washington Street in Downtown Crossing in November.
Does Massachusetts have one of the strictest mask mandates in the country?
Massachusetts' current measure requires people to wear face coverings in public both indoors or outdoors, regardless of whether they can stay 6 feet away from others.

Boston College to require all students and staff to be vaccinated

The Sagamore Bridge is expected to reopen Sunday. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo)
Sagamore Bridge expected to reopen fully Sunday, a month ahead of schedule
With the project finished in time for the launch of tourism season on Cape Cod, the same team will move their equipment over to the Bourne Bridge and begin work on May 1, the Army Corps of Engineers said Friday.

The Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse in Maine's Acadia National Park.

Despite — and maybe because of — COVID-19, Acadia National Park in Maine just had its busiest winter ever

And as the park prepares for its peak season, which runs from May through October, it also recently announced a few changes worth noting.
The Rockery Trail, located at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, looks like something out of "The Flintstones."

Four local hikes with one big bonus: heavenly views

In our view, every hike is a good one. But some offer an extra element, some cool feature that adds to the experience. Here are some great options in the Boston area.
A person passed through the Boston Public Garden, where tulips are starting to bloom. The next few weeks are the best time to soak up the colorful array of flowers that dot the landscape in the country's oldest public botanical garden, city officials said.

‘Life is renewed’: Tulip time in all its colorful glory has returned to the Public Garden🌷

The next few weeks are the best time to soak up the colorful array of flowers that dot the landscape in the country’s oldest public botanical garden.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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New England native accused in 2019 killing on Appalachian Trail found not guilty by reason of insanity

James Jordan, who grew up on Cape Cod, was prosecuted in Virginia for a May 2019 attack on the Appalachian Trail that left one hiker dead and another seriously wounded.

Glenda Brown Thomas displays a photo of her nephew, Andrew Brown Jr., on her cell phone at her home in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Thursday, April 22, 2021.
Seven North Carolina deputies on leave after fatal shooting of Black man
The disclosure comes as calls increase for the release of deputy body camera footage amid signs, including emergency scanner traffic, that Andrew Brown Jr. was shot in the back and killed as he was trying to drive away.

After Chauvin verdict, Twelfth Baptist Church offers time to heal

On the 56th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s freedom rally in Boston, community and faith leaders gathered Friday evening in the historic Roxbury church were he once preached to reaffirm their commitment to end racial injustice and police brutality.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft seen from the International Space Station Saturday.
Old SpaceX capsule delivers new crew to space station
A recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, the third high-flying taxi ride in less than a year for Elon Musk’s company.

People are shown at Crane Beach in this file photo.
Body of missing Ipswich swimmer recovered
The body of 24-year-old Eric Pecina of Ipswich was recovered near Grape Island shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, several hours after he went swimming at Crane Beach, police said.

Ty Burr
Oscar statuettes lined up and ready to go — but to whom?
The Oscars: who should win, who will, who shouldn’t be here, who ought to be
This year’s awards, which will be broadcast live Sunday from both the Dolby Theatre and Union Station in Los Angeles, mask an industry in flux.

Opinion

A bird's-eye view of Charlestown in the early 20th century.
IDEAS | TOM SHEEHAN

Charlestown, 1935: A cold-water flat, a 7-year-old boy, and a bully called ‘Shove’

At 93, the author recalls a city gone by, the fear he felt there, and the satisfaction of getting revenge on his childhood tormentor.
The helicopter Ingenuity casts a shadow as it hovers above the surface of Mars on Monday, April 19, 2021. The little 4-pound helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the thin Martian air Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
JEFF JACOBY

Thirty seconds over Mars
STEVE BRODNER

Oscars 2021: The director’s cuts
A migrant family wearing face masks crosses the border into El Paso, Texas, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 26. February data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows the Biden administration has continued to use an existing public health rule, known as Title 42, to immediately expel more than 70 percent of asylum seekers and border crossers stopped at the border.
EDITORIAL

Don’t use public health to rationalize keeping the Mexico border closed to asylum seekers
President George W. Bush delivering a televised address from the White House on January 30, 2005.
RENÉE GRAHAM

The wholly undeserved rehabilitation of George W. Bush

Recommended reads

Last April, the Massachusetts National Guard was deployed to nursing homes to help with COVID testing. The state has altered the way it counts COVID deaths at nursing homes.
Is Massachusetts undercounting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes?
A change in methodology — to align the state with national standards — pegs the death rate at 1 in 7 residents instead of 1 in 4. Some critics and researchers are puzzling over the state’s new approach, which they say may underestimate the true death rate.

Globe Magazine

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.

Beth Williams, former Roxbury Technology CEO, dies at 57

Williams was a prominent leader in Boston's Black business community and has been involved in the city's efforts to close the gender wage gap.

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.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Worcester won’t fight lawsuit aimed at diversifying school committee

Worcester’s elected officials became the latest in Massachusetts to abandon an electoral method that constituents called discriminatory.

metro

The Sagamore Bridge is expected to reopen Sunday. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo)

Sagamore Bridge expected to reopen fully Sunday, a month ahead of schedule

With the project finished in time for the launch of tourism season on Cape Cod, the same team will move their equipment over to the Bourne Bridge and begin work on May 1, the Army Corps of Engineers said Friday.

Boston College to require all students and staff to be vaccinated for fall semester

After Chauvin verdict, Twelfth Baptist Church offers time to heal

Sports

ABC's "Wide World of Sports" changed sports television as we know it.
sports media

ABC’s ‘Wide World of Sports’ debut 60 years ago. It would go on to change sports television as we know it

Early in its run, skeptics thought the program wouldn't last. Thanks to longtime host Jim McKay, it remained a vibrant part of Saturday afternoons for more than 30 years.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Everything you need to know about this year’s NFL Draft
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL | LINCOLN-SUDBURY 42, READING 20

For Lincoln-Sudbury, season-ending victory a perfect substitute

business

Mattel Inc. Barbie dolls for sale at a Walmart store in Burbank, Calif., in 2019.

Mattel hits four-year high on surging Barbie purchases

Beth Williams, former Roxbury Technology CEO, dies at 57

Gordon College picks Taylor administrator Michael Hammond to be its new president

politics

President Biden.

Biden recognizes century-old atrocities against Armenians were genocide

Biden speaks to Erdogan as Armenian genocide question looms

Caitlyn Jenner to run for California governor

Living Arts

The Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse in Maine's Acadia National Park.

Despite — and maybe because of — COVID-19, Acadia National Park in Maine just had its busiest winter ever
TRAVEL

These 5 Massachusetts hotels made Travel + Leisure’s worldwide ‘It List’

Hasty Pudding honors Viola Davis as Woman of the Year in virtual ceremony

education

Tahmi Johnston, left, and Carly Henderson, both 17, raised up their hands after delivering a powerful speech about the racism they experienced in high school at a Worcester "Justice for George Floyd" rally in June 2020.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Worcester won’t fight lawsuit aimed at diversifying school committee

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

Free feminine hygiene products for Maine schools approved in legislative committee

rhode island

Frank O'Donnell poses for a photo in his back yard in Jamestown, Rhode Island on April 17, 2021. He began raising monarch butterflies after noticing them appearing in his yard following the death of his 15-year-old daughter Keri in 2010.
RI NEWS

Inspired by memories of his daughter, a father’s new mission is to save Monarch butterflies

Reed, Whitehouse secure $22m for clean water investments in Rhode Island
RHODE MAP

Lamar Odom still has lots of love for Rhode Island

Newton

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

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

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

More

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST
The Globe launches Project Takeout, an effort to help restaurants make it to the other side of this pandemic.
Get takeout. It’s your civic duty.
Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Boston Globe Spotlight Report
Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Acting Mayor Kim Janey has promised a full investigation into allegations against former Boston Police officer Patrick M. Rose Sr. of child sexual assault.
EDITORIAL

Rose files reveal union’s warped priorities
The Muddy River Flood Risk Management and Environmental Restoration project getting ready for work near Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in the vicinity of Brookline Avenue and Riverway on Feb. 12.
Renée Loth

Bringing Boston into the wild
Moderna, one of the patent-holders of the three US-approved COVID-19 vaccines, has licensed their intellectual property at no cost. This and other collaborative deals are speeding vaccine deployment, and they wouldn’t be possible without intellectual property rights.
Michael Rosenblatt

The downside of suspending intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines
SCOT LEHIGH

How to help friends avoid conspiracy theories
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?
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
The Citizens Bank Opera House and Emerson Paramount are among the many performing arts spaces that have been closed because of the COVID pandemic.
Top Spots to Live

City living lost some appeal for condo hunters
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

sports

Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto is one of many notable players on baseball's injured list.

Has the condensed 2020 season caught up with major leaguers in 2021?

Game 22: Mariners at Red Sox lineups and notes

Celtics shortcomings once again resurface

metro

Johnson & Johnson vaccines at the Chelsea Senior Center.

Massachusetts authorizes immediate use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Body of missing Ipswich swimmer recovered

Retired Middleton police chief makes a stir as a cooking coach

Nation

President Biden.

Biden recognizes century-old atrocities against Armenians were genocide

As US moves from scarcity to abundance of COVID-19 vaccine, other nations are calling for help

Biden to recognize atrocities against Armenians as genocide

World

Indonesian military chief Hadi Tjahjanto, center, talked to the media near debris items from a missing submarine.

Indonesia finds debris from missing submarine and declares it sunk with all 53 aboard dead

ASEAN leaders to meet Myanmar coup leader amid killings

French prosecutors open terror probe in official’s killing

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

business

Olympic gymnast Simone Biles leading the Houston Texans onto the field before an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Houston.

Simone Biles leaves Nike for Gap’s surging Athleta brand

Five things to watch as Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine gets CDC panel review

Jobs are a make-or-break argument for President Biden in his climate plan

lifestyle

Dropkick Murphys St. Patrick's Day livestream

20 concerts made during quarantine that you can stream right now

The aftermath with my boss

Four local hikes with one big bonus: heavenly views

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

A migrant family wearing face masks crosses the border into El Paso, Texas, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 26. February data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows the Biden administration has continued to use an existing public health rule, known as Title 42, to immediately expel more than 70 percent of asylum seekers and border crossers stopped at the border.

Don’t use public health to rationalize keeping the Mexico border closed to asylum seekers

Thirty seconds over Mars

Charlestown, 1935: A cold-water flat, a 7-year-old boy, and a bully called ‘Shove’

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

The bar at the Newbury Boston hotel.

These 5 Massachusetts hotels made Travel + Leisure’s worldwide ‘It List’

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

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

Adam McKay (pictured in 2019) recently said in a podcast: "I basically outlined the series with director Bong [Joon-ho] during the quarantine, with him overseeing."

‘Parasite’ series ‘in the same universe as the feature’

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

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

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

Maiesha McQueen portrays a variety of characters in "Until the Flood" at Merrimack Repertory Theatre.

In ‘Until the Flood,’ a portrait of a town and the ravages of racism

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

Theater without theater

globe local

The Sagamore Bridge is expected to reopen Sunday. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo)

Sagamore Bridge expected to reopen fully Sunday, a month ahead of schedule

Boston College to require all students and staff to be vaccinated for fall semester

Massachusetts authorizes immediate use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Obituaries

Thomas Brock (above, in 1992), who found heat-resistant bacteria in a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in 1966 that led to the development of the chemical process behind the test for COVID-19, died on April 4.

Thomas Brock, whose discovery paved the way for PCR tests, dies at 94

Shock G, frontman for hip-hop group Digital Underground, dies at 57

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