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Baker says Mass. residents not hesitant to get COVID-19 vaccine, urges ‘everybody’ to book appointments

Governor Charlie Baker said Monday that Massachusetts residents are less hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine than people elsewhere in the country and urged everyone age 16 and over in the Commonwealth to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
Mass. says vast majority of residents have been getting 2nd vaccine dose As Baker teases reopening announcement, here’s a reminder about current COVID-19 restrictions and closures in Mass.

Waste water coming into the Deer Island treatment plant is tested for traces of coronavirus every day.
Another good sign: Traces of coronavirus in MWRA waste water are on the decline again
In another encouraging sign, the amount of coronavirus is on the decline in waste water at the MWRA’s Deer Island treatment plant.

See more COVID-19 vaccine news and resources

Rhode Island expected to lose a seat in the US House of Representatives once census data is released

When the latest population figures are released at 3 p.m., the smallest state could go from the most over-represented to the most under-represented in the nation.
Your questions about the 2020 Census, answered

Supreme Court to hear case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense

The case — which will probably be argued in the fall — marks the court’s first foray into gun rights since Justice Amy Coney Barrett came on board in October, making a 6-3 conservative majority.

Apple announced on Monday that it plans to add “several hundred” new jobs in Massachusetts by 2026, as part of a commitment to help the country rebuild from the pandemic.
Apple plans to add hundreds of jobs in Massachusetts over the next five years
The Massachusetts investment is part of the company’s plan to invest $430 billion and add 20,000 new jobs across the country by 2026.

Apple announces first East Coast campus in North Carolina
Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia (center) arrived at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse on Monday.

After meteoric rise, former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia set to face federal corruption trial

More than five years after the Democrat earned national attention for being elected Fall River’s youngest mayor at age 23, Correia is heading to trial on widespread corruption charges.
From left: second-grader Ku Swaray crossed the street with her twin sisters, Miatta and Emma, who are both in first grade as they return to F. Lyman Winship Elementary School.

Thousands of Boston students return to full-time, in-person learning for first time since March 2020

More than 23,000 Boston Public Schools students are expected to return to full-time, in-person instruction Monday for the first time since the pandemic shuttered schools in March 2020.
Tom Flannery, 72, and his wife. Debbie Flannery. 71, were notified their annual premium for long-term-care insurance may go up to $19,000 — almost four times what they paid when they bought the policy in 2004.
THE FINE PRINT

Skyrocketing cost of long-term-care insurance leaves a couple in a bind

The long-term-care insurance industry as a whole has suffered gigantic losses due to pricing decisions made decades ago that proved to be far off the mark.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including Democratic Representative Frederica Wilson of Florida (right), met with President Biden and Vice President Harris in the Oval Office at the White House on April 13.
Democrats push racial justice measures as some Republicans briefly seek an ‘Anglo Saxon’ caucus
The push on civil rights has so far attracted zero Republican votes, while GOP party leaders spent last week tamping down a move by a handful of their more extreme members to form a caucus dedicated to celebrating “Anglo Saxon” heritage.

Public’s help sought investigating fatal New Bedford crash
State Police are asking the public for any information they may have about a fatal crash in New Bedford early Sunday that killed a 19-year-old man after he was ejected from his vehicle, according to the office of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn.

Outside the Louvre Museum in Paris on Aug. 2, 2020. American tourists who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to visit the European Union over the summer, the head of the bloc’s executive body said in an interview with The New York Times on Sunday.
EU finalizing plans to allow US tourists back this summer
The European Union is finalizing plans to allow tourists from the United States to travel to the 27-nation bloc this summer, officials said Monday.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS
From left: Dyllón Burnside, Hailie Sahar, Mj Rodriguez, Indya Moore, and Ange Bismark Curiel in "Pose," returning for its third and final season on FX.
This week’s TV: A long look at late night, a new ‘Mosquito Coast,’ and the return of ‘Pose’
Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in TV.

Natalie White, a 2020 Boston College graduate, is set to launch her new line of performance basketball shoes for women called Moolah Kicks.
She was fed up with how women’s basketball shoes were made. So she started her own company.
Boston College grad Natalie White created Moolah Kicks to fill the gap in the market for performance sneakers. “Why are we still in men’s stuff? That’s pretty powerful to a lot of players.”

love letters
Love Letters
He deleted her ... then texted her
Is the letter writer seeing a real red flag? Help.

Opinion

A 111 bus heads over the Tobin Bridge from Chelsea to Boston.
Joe Boncore and María Belén Power

By investing in electric Silver Line buses, MBTA would be investing in healthier neighborhoods

Who decides which Chelsea residents have cleaner air and which don’t? What about the residents of East Boston?
Joseph Carella

Community-centered senior living works for seniors and communities
Gina Morrison and Susan McWhinney-Morse

Where will we live as we age?
0426SCHECTMAN
Amy Schectman and Elise Selinger

Aging in community

Renee Lohman

Smaller is better

Recommended reads

Paola Sierra de Valerio will have guests at her Northern Essex Community College commencement. But many grads won’t.
College graduations will vary widely this year, and families feel they’re missing out
This spring, as vaccines are becoming more readily available, schools are diverging widely on how they’re celebrating their seniors.

As hopes rise for pandemic’s close, some are preparing for never-ending COVID

A pandemic-weary public is dreaming of Memorial Day barbecues, summer nights at Fenway Park, and putting the long-running curse of COVID-19 behind us. But in the medical and biopharma worlds, many are eyeing a more daunting prospect: coronavirus as a never-ending threat.
Adrian Walker

Tito Jackson’s fortunate adoption search

Tito Jackson, a former Boston city councilor and mayoral candidate, recently shared the revelation of a lifetime: that he had located, and connected with, his birth mother.

Young people are politically engaged, pro-Biden, and depressed, study finds

A new youth poll conducted by the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics found young millennials and members of Gen Z far more likely to be politically engaged than their predecessors.

Want to garden? Join the waitlist

Bostonians are desperate for a community plot to call their own. But lists can last years.

metro

U.S. Census 2020 mailings.
RI POLITICS

Rhode Island expected to lose a seat in the US House of Representatives once census data is released

When the latest population figures are released at 3 p.m., the smallest state could go from the most over-represented to the most under-represented in the nation.

Here’s when to look for the ‘supermoon’ tonight

Watch live: Baker speaks on road safety legislation

Sports

Natalie White, a 2020 Boston College graduate, is set to launch her new line of performance basketball shoes for women called Moolah Kicks.
SPORTS BUSINESS

She was fed up with how women’s basketball shoes were made. So she started her own company.

Boston College grad Natalie White created Moolah Kicks to fill the gap in the market for performance sneakers. “Why are we still in men’s stuff? That’s pretty powerful to a lot of players.”

Bill Belichick receives key to City of Annapolis at Army-Navy lacrosse game
Bruins Notebook

Should Jeremy Swayman be the Bruins’ backup goalie in the playoffs?

business

Apple announced on Monday that it plans to add “several hundred” new jobs in Massachusetts by 2026, as part of a commitment to help the country rebuild from the pandemic.

Apple plans to add hundreds of jobs in Massachusetts over the next five years

Apple announces first East Coast campus in North Carolina

Sanofi signs deal to help make Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in the US

politics

In this June 29, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Supreme Court to hear case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense

Democrats push racial justice measures as some Republicans briefly seek an ‘Anglo Saxon’ caucus

Months after Trump’s election defeat, Arizona Republicans are recounting the vote

Living Arts

Outside the Louvre Museum in Paris on Aug. 2, 2020. American tourists who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to visit the European Union over the summer, the head of the bloc’s executive body said in an interview with The New York Times on Sunday.

EU finalizing plans to allow US tourists back this summer
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: A long look at late night, a new ‘Mosquito Coast,’ and the return of ‘Pose’

Biden expanding summer food program for 34m schoolchildren

education

From left: second-grader Ku Swaray crossed the street with her twin sisters, Miatta and Emma, who are both in first grade as they return to F. Lyman Winship Elementary School.

Thousands of Boston students return to full-time, in-person learning for first time since March 2020

College graduations will vary widely this year, and families feel they’re missing out

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

rhode island

U.S. Census 2020 mailings.
RI POLITICS

Rhode Island expected to lose a seat in the US House of Representatives once census data is released

RHODE MAP

A new program to recruit teachers of color in Providence will cover up to $25,000 in student loans
INNOVATORS Q&A

This R.I. company is using antimicrobial technology in their stylish travel bags, face masks

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

Marisa Morán Jahn and Rafi Segal

Architecture plays a key role in reimagining care solutions
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
The John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in Boston. We need more federal district and appellate court judges, and the Biden administration and lawmakers on Capitol Hill would be better served by keeping their focus on that.
EDITORIAL

Pack the lower courts
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’
STEVE BRODNER

Oscars 2021: The director’s cuts
Ingrid Zavala, right, with her mother and sister in 1990.
ideas

Left behind after my family’s deportations, I still dream of making it in America

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

Australians Marc Leishman (left) and Cameron Smith (right) claimed the hardware after their one-hole playoff victory in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday.

Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman team up to win Zurich Classic in New Orleans

St. John’s Prep senior Nick Curley captures national wrestling title

The no-no that wasn’t: Madison Bumgarner holds Atlanta hitless in 7-inning game

metro

Arlington resident Cindy Gallagher set up the "Happy Birthday" letters in her front yard in January. The letters have been passed between residents for months, and are in high demand.

Giant ‘Happy Birthday’ letters have been passed around Arlington for months. They’ve become so popular, there’s a waiting list to claim them for a day

Thousands of Boston students return to full-time, in-person learning for first time since March 2020

A new program to recruit teachers of color in Providence will cover up to $25,000 in student loans

Nation

Bartender Mellie Wiersma, left, talked with diners on the patio at Chickadee restaurant in Boston.

As Baker teases reopening announcement, here’s a reminder about current COVID-19 restrictions and closures in Mass.

Baker says Mass. residents not hesitant to get COVID-19 vaccine, urges ‘everybody’ to book appointments

Supreme Court to hear case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense

World

A health care worker assisted a patient with COVID-19 at a hospital in Delhi, India, April 23, 2021.

Coronavirus is ‘swallowing’ people in India as crematoriums are overwhelmed

EU set to let vaccinated US tourists visit this summer

US military begins final withdrawal from Afghanistan

politics

President Biden departed St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday.

Americans give Biden mostly positive marks for first 100 days, Post-ABC poll finds

In rapidly changing Georgia, many Republicans remain obsessed with the last election

Biden recognizes atrocities against Armenians as genocide

business

A rendering of the King Boston memorial, to be built on the Boston Common.

Bank of America pledges $1 million to King Boston efforts, the biggest corporate gift so far

The pandemic pummeled nightlife. So Big Night bet on media, sports cards, and ghost restaurants

Skyrocketing cost of long-term-care insurance leaves a couple in a bind

lifestyle

Love Letters

He deleted her ... then texted her

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

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

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 111 bus heads over the Tobin Bridge from Chelsea to Boston.

By investing in electric Silver Line buses, MBTA would be investing in healthier neighborhoods

Where will we live as we age?

Smaller is better

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

Outside the Louvre Museum in Paris on Aug. 2, 2020. American tourists who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to visit the European Union over the summer, the head of the bloc’s executive body said in an interview with The New York Times on Sunday.

EU finalizing plans to allow US tourists back this summer

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

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

Director Chloé Zhao, left, with actress Frances McDormand on the set of "Nomadland."

‘Nomadland’ takes best picture at the Oscars, and director Chloé Zhao makes history

Chloé Zhao makes history with best director Oscar win for ‘Nomadland’

‘Another Round’ wins best international film at the Oscars

Television

From left: Dyllón Burnside, Hailie Sahar, Mj Rodriguez, Indya Moore, and Ange Bismark Curiel in "Pose," returning for its third and final season on FX.

This week’s TV: A long look at late night, a new ‘Mosquito Coast,’ and the return of ‘Pose’

An Oscar-cast with less glitz and a new script suits the moment

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

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

Max Ford-Diamond is Boston's tree warden.

He helps put the emerald in the Emerald Necklace

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

Massachusetts authorizes immediate use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Obituaries

Beth Williams, Roxbury Technology CEO, spoke during 2013 CEO round table.

Manufacturing CEO Beth Williams, ‘one of our brightest lights in the Black community,’ dies at 57

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