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Actress Olympia Dukakis (left), cousin of presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, appeared at a New York City rally with him in April 1988.

Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress, dies

The cousin of former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, Olympia won the best supporting actress for her role in the romantic comedy “Moonstruck” in 1988, the same year Michael was the Democrat nominee in the US presidential election, which he ultimately lost to George H.W. Bush.

NFL DRAFT

NFL Draft 2021: Patriots add Oklahoma RB Rhamondre Stevenson, four others on Day 3

Michigan linebacker Cameron McGrone, Missouri safety Joshuah Bledsoe, Colorado offensive lineman William Sherman, and Central Florida wide receiver Tre Nixon round out the Patriots' draft class.

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Tara Sullivan

Like the other Patriots’ rookies, QB Mac Jones eager to start his NFL career under Bill Belichick’s tutelage

“New England’s just a great place. In watching them the past years, they do everything right,” Jones said.

Things to know about ‘battering ram’ Rhamondre Stevenson, the Patriots’ newest running back

Stevenson was a zero-star recruit in high school. After wowing at the juco level, he transferred to Oklahoma.

Kentucky DERBY

Mandaloun, who starts from the No. 7 position and is currently 15-1, has looked strong in recent workouts.

Handicapping the 2021 Kentucky Derby

There is a big piece missing in the injured Life is Good, but Essential Quality is a worthy favorite in what looks to be a wide-open race.

Fans watch a race before the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 1, 2021, in Louisville, Ky.

Photos: Here are some of the looks from the 2021 Kentucky Derby

From flowery hats to bright masks, spectators came out to Churchill Downs in their Kentucky Derby best on Saturday.

Demand for COVID-19 vaccines is starting to dip as Mass. steps up efforts to reach the wary

Many vaccination sites in Massachusetts reported large drops in the number of shots they gave last week, especially for people receiving their first doses. As a result, vaccine providers are pivoting to a new phase where outreach will become their top priority.

Mass. reports 7 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,115 cases Saturday

Massachusetts has a lot riding on India and other COVID hot spots

Mumbai is half a world away from Massachusetts, but the deepening COVID-19 crisis there, and throughout India, drives home how much we’ve got riding on other nations getting the pandemic under control.

Francisco Chavez Raymundo (left) and Gaspar Cobo Corio were in El Paso, Texas, on April 15. They waited in Mexico for 17 months to get asylum in El Paso.

Fleeing death in Guatemala, two Ixil Maya activists hope to continue their defense of indigenous rights from the US — if they can stay

Thousands of migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador have been allowed to enter the United States, as the Biden administration unwinds a Trump-era program requiring asylum seekers to wait out their pending cases in Mexico. For nearly all, refuge remains elusive.

First member of Aquinnah Wampanoag to attend Harvard Law driven by sense of community

Looking back at history, Samantha Maltais said she was often struck by how often the fate of tribal members in legal matters was left to outsiders who had to argue their cases in court. So she intends to become a lawyer.

Globe Magazine | Summer Travel

Wellfleet, MA- July 1, 2014- Globe Staff Photo by Stan Grossfeld- Damon Wolf, 13, New Paltz, N.Y. does a handstand as the sun sets into Cape Cod Bay in Wellfleet.

Pack patience along with your sunblock when heading to Cape Cod this summer

Record house rentals and booming hotel reservations mean the Cape could be busier than ever this summer. Here’s what you won’t want to miss.

Illustration for vacation travel guide for summer. Image of summer vacation scenes, including beach umbrella, car towing a trailer, an amusement park, a plane, etc.

You’re vaccinated and ready to roam. Here’s how to make the most of your summer vacation

Tips for saving money and exploring off-the-beaten-path destinations this summer.

Massachusetts 54th Regiment reenactors in front of the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial in 2018.

The Black Heritage Trail: A walking tour deep into Boston history

The trail leads visitors through Beacon Hill and offers a glimpse of the 19th-century Black experience.

On the Street

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development

Residents have come to know Dorchester’s Fields Corner as a place where newcomers can find a home. From Vietnamese to Haitian Creole to Spanish to Portuguese, signs in the store windows and chatter on the street reflect a neighborhood like few others in Boston.

A closed storefront on Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner.

A Vietnamese enclave faces growing pressure

A new style of apartment building pictured on the left, with a past style pictured on the right, on Faulkner Street in Fields Corner.

Creating small-scale solutions to a big housing crunch

Explore the full 'On the Street' series

On the Street: Fields Corner

Fields Corner, a Vietnamese enclave, boasts locally owned businesses. But as development continues, rising costs threaten to displace residents. ( Shelby Lum/Globe Staf )

STAGE REVIEW

Giving the structures of racism a shake in ‘TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever’

In his inventive satire, playwright James Ijames has reimagined the story of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, holding up a cracked mirror that reflects some larger truths.

Bruins 6, Sabres 2

Craig Smith’s hat trick helps Bruins blow out league-worst Sabres

Craig Smith had his first two-goal game as a Bruins

Seven thoughts about the Celtics’ colossal comeback Friday night, sparked by Jayson Tatum’s 60 points

If the Celtics are healthy in the postseason — a big if with this team — coach Brad Stevens will suddenly have some difficult choices to make with his bench.

In new book, Elizabeth Warren muses on why she didn’t win

In her new book "Persist," to be published in early May, Senator Elizabeth Warren candidly dissects why her presidential campaign wasn't successful. Yet the book is also an effort to reassert her ideas.

Call it ‘enforcement fatigue’: Restaurant workers are tired of fighting unruly customers

As more people are fully vaccinated, some patrons think the rules no longer apply to them, sparking sometimes nasty confrontations with businesses. And with the current dining restrictions in place until the end of May — and not eased entirely until August — those in the industry are frustrated.

‘It’s hard to build a team when you’re on Zoom’: Walsh tries to find his footing as Labor secretary

Former Boston mayor Marty Walsh is still learning the complexities of the federal bureaucracy and the power of his own statements, even as he begins selling the administration’s infrastructure bill and weighing complex economic decisions that fall to him in his new role.

Opinion

A voter filled out their ballot at the BCYF Shelburne Community Center in Roxbury neighborhood on Nov. 3.

A small electorate chooses Boston’s mayors. Let’s change that.

Shifting municipal elections to even-numbered years, so they align with national elections, would boost turnout dramatically.

Dr. Thomas Yadegar, left, cares for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, Calif. in December.

When doctors are afraid to seek help

A form that affirmed the health of travelers in 17th-century Italy.

IDEAS | HANNAH MARCUS

The long and messy history of vaccine cards

Rollins’s departure before her term ends in 2022 would be a loss to the city and could drain considerable energy out of the district’s criminal justice movement.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Suffolk County may lose one of its most prominent leaders on criminal justice

The claim that the Capitol invasion was a "nonviolent protest" is one of many untruths that have been festering in Republican circles.

The Republican Party’s big little lies

Recommended reads

More than 30 Boston officers made over $300,000 last year

Amid sustained calls for police reform, marches demanding an end to systemic racism, and an uptick in street violence, over 30 Boston police officers made more than $300,000 last year thanks in part to overtime earnings that yet again exceeded what the city had budgeted for the year. By contrast, the mayor makes $199,000.

Two Van Gogh exhibits. Two Secret Bostons. And now, a swirl of controversy

Secret Boston founder Michelle McCormack has accused a competitor of causing confusion and hurting her reputation.

Jeneé Osterheldt

Tim Scott is right. America has made progress. But it’s still racist

Tim Scott is right. America isn’t just a racist country. It’s a supremacist and individualistic nation where sometimes those who manage to navigate its hurdles tend to deny the systemic realities of a rotten foundation.

Is an era of fare-free buses coming to Boston?

The push for free public transit in Boston may soon gain a real foothold, as city officials and the MBTA are developing a trial of free bus service in parts of the city that have been among the hardest hit by the coronavirus, such as Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan.

In Maine, the debate over schools returning full-time rages town by town

Unlike Massachusetts and New Hampshire, where state officials have ordered schools to reopen, Maine has deferred to its school boards and the principle of local control.

metro

Jamal Khatib filled out paperwork at the Islamic Center in Wayland vaccination clinic to get his first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination shot.

‘Breaking bread with vaccine’: Wayland mosque mounts local interfaith vaccination clinic

A Wayland mosque opened its doors Saturday to serve as a local COVID-19 vaccination clinic as part of an interfaith effort to encourage more people to receive protection from the deadly virus.

RI POLITICS

Magaziner, McKee lead first quarter fund-raising

Maine seaweed growers set to break spring record

Sports

Rhamondre Stevenson, a Las Vegas native, hosted friends and family in a suite at a Vegas resort on Saturday.

NFL Draft 2021: Patriots add Oklahoma RB Rhamondre Stevenson, four others on Day 3

Michigan linebacker Cameron McGrone, Missouri safety Joshuah Bledsoe, Colorado offensive lineman William Sherman, and Central Florida wide receiver Tre Nixon round out the Patriots' draft class.

Like the other Patriots’ rookies, QB Mac Jones eager to start his NFL career under Bill Belichick’s tutelage

nfl draft

Scouting Patriots’ fifth-round pick Cameron McGrone, who is coming off an ACL tear at Michigan

business

A pedestrian walks along a near-deserted street on Thursday during a lockdown imposed to try and contain the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai.

Massachusetts has a lot riding on India and other COVID hot spots

Determined volunteers still search for capsized ship missing

How the pandemic led to a rental car crisis just as Americans are ready to bust loose

politics

Francisco Chavez Raymundo (left) and Gaspar Cobo Corio were in El Paso, Texas, on April 15. They waited in Mexico for 17 months to get asylum in El Paso.

Fleeing death in Guatemala, two Ixil Maya activists hope to continue their defense of indigenous rights from the US — if they can stay

GOP seeks to convince vaccine skeptics within its own ranks

In new book, Elizabeth Warren muses on why she didn’t win

Living Arts

Fans watch a race before the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 1, 2021, in Louisville, Ky.

Photos: Here are some of the looks from the 2021 Kentucky Derby

STAGE REVIEW

Giving the structures of racism a shake in ‘TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever’

Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress, dies

education

Samantha Maltais will be the first member of the Wampanoag Tribe to enroll at Harvard Law School.

First member of Aquinnah Wampanoag to attend Harvard Law driven by sense of community

How many coronavirus cases have been reported in Mass. schools? Check our map

Baker announces $70 million for summer learning programs

rhode island

General Treasurer Seth Magaziner

Magaziner, McKee lead first quarter fund-raising

RI SPORTS

Runners, rejoice: Real-life races resume in Rhode Island

RI POLITICS

R.I. Black and Latino caucus lists top legislative priorities

Newton

Newton

Newton mayor ‘frustrated’ over pace of 52 bus route’s return to service

Here are the top Massachusetts high schools, according to the 2021 rankings from US News & World Report

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Comfort Zone

MUSIC

‘I wish my dad was here to see it.’ Berklee student Grace Kinstler turns grief into gold on ‘American Idol’

Kinstler has been wowing the judges all season. Now she's the last local standing, having been voted into the Top 9 by viewers.

Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter to be honored at Boston Arts Academy event

The Springfield native has personal reasons for supporting the school.

Norwell High School senior well versed for Poetry Out Loud nationals

Rose E. Hansen recorded — and rerecorded — her entry for this year's virtual competition.

Meet the ‘rope broker’ who cleans up the Cape’s seafloor and supplies artists with the salvaged goods

Laura Ludwig will go to most any length to find new uses for rope, nets, buoys, traps, and other equipment hauled from the depths.

COMFORT ZONE

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.

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 bicyclist made his way across Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner.

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development

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

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

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PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST

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 police officer receives his COVID-19 vaccination at Gillette Stadium's vaccination site on January 15 in Foxborough. As of last month, 30 percent of State Police had not been vaccinated at department-run sites, indicating that many of them have yet to be vaccinated.

It’s time for employers to impose vaccine mandates

Joe Biden rolls the liberal dice

While the Trump administration was trying to stop the 2020 Census early, Rhode Island used innovative strategies to engage residents who were the hardest to reach.

The key to Rhode Island’s successful census? Counting immigrants.

Stacks of bitcoins sit near green lights on a data cable terminal in an office in London office.

A cryptic crypto explainer

If Governor Baker leaves office after two terms, what exactly did he stand for? He’s known for finding the safe middle ground, not for breaking new ground. And COVID-19 put any initiatives he did embrace on hold.

Baker will run. Probably.

Ingrid Zavala, right, with her mother and sister in 1990.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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

Wellfleet, MA- July 1, 2014- Globe Staff Photo by Stan Grossfeld- Damon Wolf, 13, New Paltz, N.Y. does a handstand as the sun sets into Cape Cod Bay in Wellfleet.

Pack patience along with sunblock when heading to Cape Cod

An illustration of a patient talking with a doctor via smartphone.

COVID-19 brought health care into the 21st century

Triple Ginger Scones With Chocolate Chunks

Recipes: Sweet brunch treats for Mother’s Day

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

sports

Rhamondre Stevenson celebrated being selected in the draft by the Patriots with a family party in Las Vegas.

Things to know about ‘battering ram’ Rhamondre Stevenson, the Patriots’ newest running back

Craig Smith’s hat trick helps Bruins blow out league-worst Sabres

English soccer leads social media racism boycott

metro

Samantha Maltais will be the first member of the Wampanoag Tribe to enroll at Harvard Law School.

First member of Aquinnah Wampanoag to attend Harvard Law driven by sense of community

Boston Children’s Museum reopens

Five crew members rescued from burning trawler off Cape Cod

Nation

Francisco Chavez Raymundo (left) and Gaspar Cobo Corio were in El Paso, Texas, on April 15. They waited in Mexico for 17 months to get asylum in El Paso.

Fleeing death in Guatemala, two Ixil Maya activists hope to continue their defense of indigenous rights from the US — if they can stay

Mass. reports 7 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,115 cases Saturday

76,000 California inmates now eligible for earlier releases

World

Candles flickered by an Israeli flag during a vigil in Habima Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday, a day after a deadly stampede killed 45 people in a northern Jewish pilgrimage town.

Recriminations intensify after deadly Israel stampede

Fierce Foes, Iran and Saudi Arabia secretly explore defusing tensions

Over 800 migrants rescued at sea head to Italy

politics

Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh spoke at a press briefing at the White House on April 2.

‘It’s hard to build a team when you’re on Zoom’: Walsh tries to find his footing as Labor secretary

US to restrict travel from India starting May 4 due to COVID-19 surge, White House says

Jill Biden plants tree to mark Arbor Day as White House readies for family cat

business

Rep. Matt Gaetz.

How the Gaetz probe grew from sex trafficking to medical pot

Boeing says it fired 65 workers for hateful words or actions

Call it ‘enforcement fatigue’: Restaurant workers are tired of fighting unruly customers

lifestyle

Elliot Page, left, with Oprah Winfrey during an episode of "The Oprah Conversation," an interview series on Apple TV+.

‘It is life-saving’: Elliot Page opens up about surgery

Running out of things to talk with your toddler about? These apps can help

Five charged in shooting of Lady Gaga’s dog walker

marijuana

Kathleen Owens, left, and Linda Noel grow hemp at Terrapin Farm in Franklin.

‘We feel like the ugly stepchildren of cannabis.’ Mass. hemp farmers wait in regulatory purgatory

On 4/20, Boston’s acting mayor turns to marijuana industry for campaign cash

US House passes marijuana banking bill with bipartisan support

opinion

A form that affirmed the health of travelers in 17th-century Italy.

The long and messy history of vaccine cards

A small electorate chooses Boston’s mayors. Let’s change that.

When doctors are afraid to seek help

food & dining

Contessa will open in June atop the Newbury Boston.

We now know the name of the restaurant that’s opening atop the Newbury

A modern tavern inspired by a historical one

Recipe: Giant break-apart sugar cookies to celebrate gathering for the first time in a long time in person

travel

David Bromstad in Mykonos, Greece.

HGTV star David Bromstad loves his annual tan, his pillow, and the Cape

Traveling with an autistic child is hopefully becoming less restrictive and stressful

Boston Harborwalk in four easy pieces

Books

Around the world

On finding freedom for every body

Reading Raymond Chandler and other mysteries

Movies

Actress Olympia Dukakis (left), cousin of presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, appeared at a New York City rally with him in April 1988.

Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress, dies

Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter to be honored at Boston Arts Academy event

Meet Ruth E. Carter, the costumer behind ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Malcolm X,’ and more

Television

Toni Collette (pictured in 2020) will star with Colin Firth in the HBO Max limited series.

Flipping the script in true-crime series ‘The Staircase’

It looks like John Mayer has another TV show

It’s the streaming era, but channel surfing and appointment TV are back

music

Kinstler has been wowing the judges all season. Now she's the last local standing, having been voted into the Top 9 by viewers.

‘I wish my dad was here to see it.’ Berklee student Grace Kinstler turns grief into gold on ‘American Idol’

Grammys may cut nomination review committees

Billboard Awards nominations include 16 nods for Weeknd, 6 for Morgan Wallen

Theater/Dance

Jared Troilo and Tah-Janay Shayoñe in "TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever."

Giving the structures of racism a shake in ‘TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever’

Playwright James Ijames on ‘TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever,’ reimagining history, and who gets to tell the story

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

globe local

Road to Responsibility has outfitted a group home in Norwell with iPads and other high-tech devices that residents can employ to accomplish everyday tasks on their own.

Nonprofit outfits ‘smart home’ in Norwell for people with disabilities

Nomination papers for Newton’s city election in November available starting Monday

Helping shelter dogs get to their forever homes

Obituaries

Over the course of nearly two decades, Mr. Broad and his wife, Edythe, donated $1.1 billion to the Broad Institute in Cambridge.

Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur, has died

Anne Douglas, widow of late actor Kirk Douglas, dies at 102

Jason Matthews, author of ‘Red Sparrow’ thrillers, dies