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A man prayed next to burning pyres of victims who died of COVID-19 at a cremation ground Monday in New Delhi.
India’s virus surge is a flashback, and a warning, to many in Massachusetts
India’s surge is a reminder that, while more than 42 percent of the American population has received at least one vaccine shot, immunization has barely begun in many parts of the world.

What you need to know about the virus surge in India Here’s where reopening and restrictions stand in Mass.

The supermoon rose over the Scituate Lighthouse on Monday evening.
See photos of the ‘supermoon’ over Eastern Massachusetts
A “supermoon” was visible in clear skies Monday night over Massachusetts. It's one of two on the calendar for this year.

Stephanie Everett is executive director of Boston's Office of Police Accountability and Transparency.
She hasn’t even started work yet, but Stephanie Everett already has one of the toughest jobs at Boston City Hall
The Mattapan lawyer and former state government official was tapped earlier this month to become the executive director of the city’s Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, an office forged amid calls for racial justice after George Floyd’s murder last year by a Minneapolis police officer.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick tends to pull something out of his hat every year on draft day that confounds the experts.
chad finn

Bill Belichick can’t really pull off a huge surprise in this NFL draft, can he?

With the Patriots holding the 15th pick, and their needs clear, there are just too many plausible possibilities this year.
Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia (center) arrived at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse on Monday.

‘Shakedowns’ at center of former Fall River mayor’s federal corruption trial, prosecutors say

Former Fall River mayor Jasiel F. Correia II betrayed his constituents by extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars, a prosecutor told jurors during opening statements Monday in Correia’s federal corruption trial.
Carol Deane (center), at a charity event in 2015.
larry edelman

Widow of mall developer Disque Deane is sued by their children for fraud

Anne and Carl Deane filed a lawsuit last week in Boston against their mother, Carol Deane, alleging she defrauded them as minors by transferring to herself tens of millions of dollars in financial interests that belonged to them.
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Innovation Economy
At the Boston startup Neurable, they are developing a pair of headphones that can gauge your focus and attentiveness using EEG technology.
These headphones analyze how well you focus — and make recommendations to help
Boston startup Neurable's technology is intended to help you understand when you're focused and when you are distracted. The company aims to ship its product next year.

Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research, stands for a portrait Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Boston.
These are the most powerful people in Boston, according to Boston Magazine
The glossy mag’s annual list of movers and shakers has a number of new names and faces this year.

Susanne Bartlett, of Elizabeth City, held a sign as people occupy the sidewalks on Colonial Avenue in front of the Pasquotank County Public Safety building.
Andrew Brown Jr. was shot in the back of the head, had hands on steering wheel, family lawyers say
Attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter watched a 20-second portion of body camera video with the family of Andrew Brown Jr. on Monday.

Student’s Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case

Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy was having that kind of day where she just wanted to scream. So she did, in a profanity-laced posting on Snapchat that has, improbably, ended up before the Supreme Court in the most significant case on student speech in more than 50 years.

ASK MATTHEW
Cristin Milioti and Ray Romano in "Made for Love."
Why a good TV show can fall between the cracks
The abundance of subscriber-only streaming services is making it harder for TV viewers to keep up.

ADL audit finds anti-Semitic incidents declined in 2020 but remained at historic levels
Reports of anti-Semitic incidents in Massachusetts declined in 2020 but remained at historically high levels, with 73 cases of harassment, assault, and vandalism across the state, according to a new audit from the Anti-Defamation League.

Opinion

Edward J. Markey

America needs a Civilian Climate Corps

America needs to get back to work, and we can do that while confronting the intersecting crises of the coronavirus pandemic, racial injustice, economic inequality, and climate change.
A man walks through the Broadway East neighborhood on Oct. 14, 2020, in Baltimore, Md.
Michael Poulson

Biden’s infrastructure plan must curb structural racism
Army Reserves veteran Honoree Mary L. Anderson was honored with an Outstanding Woman Veteran Award during the Women Are Veterans Too! ceremony at the State House in November 2007. Since Massachusetts’ overall veteran population is far more diverse than that at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, diversifying Holyoke’s population should be an explicit goal for the future.
EDITORIAL

Who gets to live in a new Holyoke Soldiers’ Home?
How far will Biden’s handling of the pandemic take him when it comes to achieving other priorities?
Joan Vennochi

At 100 days, Biden is competent on COVID-19, but otherwise ‘meh’
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

Recommended reads

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
A family made the letters back in June. Since then, they’ve been used for dozens of pandemic birthday celebrations in town.

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.

‘A new first day’: 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.

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.

Want to garden? Join the waitlist

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

metro

Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia (center) arrived at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse on Monday.

‘Shakedowns’ at center of former Fall River mayor’s federal corruption trial, prosecutors say

Former Fall River mayor Jasiel F. Correia II betrayed his constituents by extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars, a prosecutor told jurors during opening statements Monday in Correia’s federal corruption trial.

India’s virus surge is a flashback, and a warning, to many in Massachusetts

forecast | dave epstein

A pink ‘supermoon’ is set for tonight, and rain is ahead for some

Sports

Shohei Ohtani scored three runs and had two RBIs in the Angels' 9-4 victory.

Angels’ Shohei Ohtani has two-way start of Ruthian proportions

Ohtani became the first home run leader to be the starting pitcher in a game since Babe Ruth in 1921.
High schools

Hope springs eternal for players, coaches on the first day of practice for the MIAA spring sports season
GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Celtics unexplainable lulls hard to ignore with so much still on the line

business

In this Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, President Biden paused after signing an executive order relating to US supply chains, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.

Biden to sign $15 minimum wage for federal contract workers
Innovation Economy

These headphones analyze how well you focus — and make recommendations to help

Raytheon CEO to become chairman as well

politics

In this April 21, 2021, file photo, President Biden spoke about COVID-19 vaccinations at the White House, in Washington.

What’s in Biden speech? Lawmakers race to add priorities

Homeland Security launches review of extremism within agency

Student’s Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case

Living Arts

Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research, stands for a portrait Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Boston.

These are the most powerful people in Boston, according to Boston Magazine
COMFORT ZONE

On the pages of his dad’s book, ‘The Boy Who Wanted to Rock’ gets his wish
ASK MATTHEW

Why a good TV show can fall between the cracks

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.

‘A new first day’: 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

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson will resume after a nearly two-week pause in Rhode Island.
CORONAVIRUS

Rhode Island will resume administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
RI BUSINESS

Lifespan, CNE file merger application with state health department, attorney general’s office
RI CRIME

Rhode Island man shot and killed by LAPD

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

COMFORT ZONE
Arlen Weiser, the inspiration for his dad's book, "The Boy Who Wanted to Rock."
On the pages of his dad’s book, ‘The Boy Who Wanted to Rock’ gets his wish
While his scientist wife was working on the rollout of Pfizer's vaccine, keyboard programmer David Weiser of Haverhill wrote a book inspired by the couple's AC/DC-loving 6-year-old.

MUSIC
Dropkick Murphys St. Patrick's Day livestream
20 concerts made during quarantine that you can stream right now
Musicians got creative during the pandemic and put on unforgettable performances you can still enjoy without leaving the couch.

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.

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

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
Joseph Carella

Community-centered senior living works for seniors and communities
Marisa Morán Jahn and Rafi Segal

Architecture plays a key role in reimagining care solutions
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

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Transmission electron micrograph of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle (UK B.1.1.7 variant), isolated from a patient sample and cultivated in cell culture. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID
We know a lot about Covid-19. Experts have many more questions
More than two dozen virologists, epidemiologists, and others responded to STAT's question about what they still most wanted to know.

Boston, MA -- 03/16/21 -- The cover of the summary report of the review hearing for Jospeh Messere, is seen on March 16, 2021, provided by his attorney David Apfel.(Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
Cement Head’s last fight: He was denied parole six times — until he was about to become a Covid-19 statistic
In lawyers' view, the Department of Correction was trying to make it seem like it had fewer Covid-19 deaths on its hands than it really did.

JAMA illo
Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race
Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

SCT illo
Despite resistance, researchers investigate the possibility of a new mental health disorder
Many researchers say the study of sluggish cognitive tempo, which is still in its early stages, can’t yet support a formal diagnosis.

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

Boston Bruins forward Charlie Coyle (13) could be sitting for Tuesday's game.

Whether by shuffles or substitutions, change could be coming to Bruins lines

Astros’ Jake Odorizzi out, but José Altuve returns after bout with COVID-19

Turner Sports gets the rights to second NHL package

metro

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson will resume after a nearly two-week pause in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island will resume administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

‘A new first day’: Thousands of Boston students return to full-time, in-person learning for first time since March 2020

Lifespan, CNE file merger application with state health department, attorney general’s office

Nation

In this April 21, 2021, file photo, President Biden spoke about COVID-19 vaccinations at the White House, in Washington.

What’s in Biden speech? Lawmakers race to add priorities

California recall has enough signatures to make ballot

Homeland Security launches review of extremism within agency

World

Queen Elizabeth II of Britain with Prince Charles; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince William; and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, in Westminster Abbey in London last year.

Prince Philip’s death adds new urgency to UK monarchy’s transition plans

Amid second virus wave, the world responds to India’s distress call

Russian authorities suspend operations of Navalny’s offices

politics

An attendee examined a firearm at a booth during the National Rifle Association convention in Dallas, May 4, 2018. The Supreme Court said on April 26, 2021, that it would review a New York law that imposes strict limits on carrying guns outside the home, setting the stage for its first major Second Amendment case in more than a decade.

Supreme Court to hear case on carrying guns in public

Three political takeaways from the latest Census numbers for New England and beyond

President Biden’s first address to Congress is invite-only

business

Lauren Farley and her mother, Susan, march through Kendall Square on their way to Biogen during a rally on March 30 for their aunt and sister-in-law, Lisa Stockman Mauriello, who has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of ALS. Her friends and supporters are beseeching Biogen to grant her compassionate use of a drug, tofersen, that could save her life.

Biogen to make experimental ALS drug available to dying patients

Biden creates pro-union task force headed by Harris

Widow of mall developer Disque Deane is sued by their children for fraud

lifestyle

In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, file photo, kids ate lunch at an elementary school in Paducah, Ky.

Biden expanding summer food program for 34m schoolchildren

The Oscar looks we loved — and the one we really didn’t

He deleted her ... then texted her

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

America needs a Civilian Climate Corps

Biden’s infrastructure plan must curb structural racism

Our climate change ‘Earthshot’

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

Cristin Milioti and Ray Romano in "Made for Love."

Why a good TV show can fall between the cracks

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

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