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CDC guidance says vaccinated people can travel safely in the US

The CDC updated its guidance to say fully vaccinated people can travel within the US without getting tested for the coronavirus or going into quarantine afterward.

Acting Mayor Kim Janey elbow bumped veterans while she arrived at the Medal of Honor Park to recognize National Medal of Honor Day.
Will Acting Mayor Janey run for a full term?
While Acting Mayor Kim Janey has yet to say whether she plans to run for a full term, she does not appear to be treating her new role as Boston’s chief executive as a months-long stewardship.

RMV vehicle inspection system shutdown could last into next week, company says

The company that operates the Registry of Motor Vehicle vehicle inspection program is warning that a shutdown caused by a malware attack could last into next week, a longer suspension than the Baker administration has so far acknowledged.

Providence superintendent: ‘We’ve paid more than $400,000 in union dues for people that don’t exist’

The city school department is refusing to pay any more, but the union president argues that the district is attempting to “exert authority they don’t have.”

Governor Baker, wife traveling to Florida this weekend

“Governor Baker and Mrs. Baker will travel to Florida to attend to family matters and the governor will return on Sunday,” a spokesperson said.

Former House Speaker John Boehner.
‘You could be a total moron and get elected’: Boehner’s new book takes swipes at Republicans
In an essay adapted from his new book and published by Politico on Friday, former House Speaker John Boehner unloads on members of the House past and present, as well as right-wing media personalities.

Derek Chauvin trial
Witness David Pleoger, a retired Minneapolis police sergeant, during testimony in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin.
Officers could have ended Floyd restraint, duty sergeant said
A Minneapolis police supervisory sergeant testified on the fourth day at the trial of since-fired officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with the murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death.

Watch live: The trial of Derek Chauvin, ex-cop charged with the murder of George Floyd

Rep. Matt Gaetz after speaking at an event to rally opposition against Rep. Liz Cheney.
Justice Dept. inquiry into Matt Gaetz said to be focused on cash paid to women
The investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz is focusing on their involvement with multiple women who were recruited online for sex and received cash payments, according to people close to the investigation and text messages and payment receipts reviewed by the New York Times.

Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
Vaccinations
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SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

North East District Fisheries Manager John Sheedy used a net to toss in some stragglers. He is one of two workers with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife who released 900 rainbow trout into Forest Lake in Methuen.
The trout bums are waiting
Each year, MassWildlife and trout fishermen engage in a curious game of hide-and-seek, as the state tries to sneak a half-million trout into local waters without the fishermen immediately pouncing. It rarely works.

1858-kennebago-river-road-stetson-maine-main-living
Home of the Week: The trout don’t want you to buy this Maine lodge
In the Rangeley Lakes area, a home for the fly-fishing enthusiast beckons.

Looking to spruce up your home this spring? Here’s what you need to know

Dinner with Cupid
RODRIGGO P. AND WALTER W.
Blind date: ‘I don’t get why people mention [exes] on a first date’
Can this pair recover from a passing reference to a past relationship?

Employers across the US added 916,000 jobs in March.
Boom! The US job market exploded in March
The hard-hit leisure and hospitality sector led the way, but most industries added workers.

US adds 916,000 jobs in March, nearly double February’s gain

Danny Ainge said he knows a few players won't get the vaccine.
Danny Ainge says ‘at least a couple’ Celtics players won’t want the COVID-19 vaccine
The Celtics have been one of the teams hardest hit by the virus.

IN THE FAMILY WAY
Here are some cheap, simple, healthy life hacks for the frazzled.
10 ways to make your days easier starting now
Cheap, simple, healthy life hacks for the frazzled.

Opinion

Bystanders watch as demonstrators march against anti-Asian violence in New York City on March 27.
IDEAS | NOAH Y. KIM

The power and the perils of an Asian American political awakening

The surge in hate crimes is feeding a new spirit of solidarity. But it’s also renewing a longstanding question for the movement: How do disparate sets of people unite without flattening their substantial differences?
Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo speaks at the West Side Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa, on March 26.
Jeff Jacoby

No! It’s too soon for the 2024 campaign
A new red scare is sweeping the land — or certain pixilated right-wing precincts of it, anyway.
SCOT LEHIGH

Beware the red scare
A sign outside the Capitol Rotunda in February memorializes Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Kimberly Atkins

Civil suits could be the path to holding Trump accountable for the insurrection
Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando in the 1951 film, which cut against the grain of Hollywood's usual populist consensus.
IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

Stanley Kowalski’s populist rage was a prescient warning

Recommended reads

Perspective | Magazine
A photo illustration of Boston Latin School's exterior being erased by a pencil.
It’s time for Boston to start talking about closing its exam schools
Improving the admissions process won't change the systemic disparities created by selective schools.

After 14 months of COVID-induced isolation, there was one thing they missed most: their grandchildren

Finally, the grandchildren would be here any minute. For more than a year, Jackie Jones and Jeffrey Abramson had ached for this moment.

Experts say ‘herd immunity’ could conquer COVID-19. But is it even possible?

The idea of “herd immunity” is simple enough: if enough people are vaccinated or otherwise become immune to the virus, it will run out of bodies to infect and eventually smolder out. But as the nationwide vaccine drive kicks into high gear, the concept of herd immunity is fraying under the scrutiny.
Globe Magazine

The exhaustion of being a Black teacher in a school when you’re one of too few educators of color

As well-intentioned schools with mostly white staffs scramble to respond to a reckoning on racism, an “invisible tax” of work falls on too few teachers and administrators like Malcolm Cawthorne in Brookline.
Globe Magazine

The costs of a secretive ‘wealth defense industry’ of shell companies, offshore tax havens, and empty luxury condos

When oligarchs and ultra-wealthy around the world game the system to hide riches in Boston and other cities, everyone else pays.

metro

Gov. Charlie Baker speaks at Father Bill's Place in Quincy on March 31, 2021.

Governor Baker, wife traveling to Florida this weekend

“Governor Baker and Mrs. Baker will travel to Florida to attend to family matters and the governor will return on Sunday,” a spokesperson said.
RI NEWS

Ancient coins found in R.I. may solve mystery of murderous 1600s pirate

Will Acting Mayor Janey run for a full term?

Sports

On a designed running play, Framingham quarterback Cody Coleman (2) is pursued by Winthrop's Bryan Conceicao (30), Ian Harris (45) and Mike Carter (70) at Miller Field Thursday night.

Unbeaten Winthrop picks off a sizable victory, stopping No. 15 Framingham

Senior quarterback Duke Doherty directed an efficient attack and the Viking D snared three interceptions.
Orioles at Red Sox | 2:10 p.m. (NESN)

Red Sox will begin season vs. Orioles in front of fans at 2:10 p.m.

Danny Ainge says ‘at least a couple’ Celtics players won’t want the COVID-19 vaccine

business

Employers across the US added 916,000 jobs in March.

Boom! The US job market exploded in March

US adds 916,000 jobs in March, nearly double February’s gain

FDA authorizes two changes to Moderna’s vaccine

politics

Former House Speaker John Boehner.

‘You could be a total moron and get elected’: Boehner’s new book takes swipes at Republicans
Analysis

The deadline is approaching for Biden to make a huge — and little-discussed — decision. And there is no easy answer

Jill Biden treats reporters to April Fools’ Day prank

Living Arts

Here are some cheap, simple, healthy life hacks for the frazzled.
IN THE FAMILY WAY

10 ways to make your days easier starting now
OUTDOORS

5 boardwalks to elevate the hiking experience
BOOKS

Rickie Lee Jones, memoirist: candid, cosmic, and so cool

education

Mass. education commissioner proposes waiving MCAS requirement for Class of 2022

Mass. reports highest weekly coronavirus case count in public schools all academic year: 801 student cases, 244 among staff

If Mass. doesn’t have a robust summer school this year, ‘shame on us,’ Baker says

rhode island

A 17th century Arabian silver coin that research shows was struck in 1693 in Yemen, rests against a piece of 17th century broken pottery featuring a likeness of Queen Mary, on a table in Warwick, R.I., Thursday, March 11, 2021. The coin was found at a farm, in Middletown, R.I., in 2014 by metal detectorist Jim Bailey, who contends it was plundered by English pirate Henry Every in 1695 from Muslim pilgrims sailing home to India after a pilgrimage to Mecca.
RI NEWS

Ancient coins found in R.I. may solve mystery of murderous 1600s pirate
RI BUSINESS

How could the American Jobs Plan improve Rhode Island’s infrastructure?

Governor McKee raises concerns about the ‘Act on Climate’ bill

Newton

video

Comfort Zone

FIRST PERSON
Online museum tours have been big during the pandemic.
Even in a year of staying put, I’ve gone far and wide — and even learned to folk dance
I’m taking full advantage of the virtual content that organizations have been offering during the pandemic. And it has gotten me through what would otherwise be a lonely time.

Text and photographs from MARTHA STEWART’S VERY GOOD THINGS. Copyright © 2021 by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Martha Stewart wants to help you turn up the charming
The gorgeous "Martha Stewart's Very Good Things" is packed with lovely little lifehacks for your home.

MUSIC
Andre 3000 and Rick Rubin at Shangri-La, Rubin's studio in Malibu, Calif.
A very good podcast about songs and songwriting
An old Bob Dylan tour bus serves as the studio for "Broken Record," a podcast about music-making.

BOKS wants to make movement and play a part of every child's day.
‘Boston Back In Motion’ campaign aims to keep kids active as schools reopen
The Boston Foundation and its partners are launching Back in Motion, a month-long movement to encourage children to exercise and “show us their moves.”

Cooking | Magazine
Rigatoni With Roman Broccoli Sauce.
Recipes: Pasta dishes that take a break from red sauce
Broccoli, spinach, and asparagus step in for tomatoes in these three simple weeknight dishes.

Special Projects

The Globe launches Project Takeout, an effort to help restaurants make it to the other side of this pandemic.
PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST

Project takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.

Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.
See the full project

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

Jeneé Osterheldt
A Beautiful Resistance
Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

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.

Globe Spotlight Investigation
Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored — one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

On Tuesday, mourners gathered at a makeshift memorial for the eight people who were killed on March 21 during attacks on three Atlanta-area spas.
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts’ hate crimes law needs an update

Sylvia Whitman inside the English and American literature Shakespeare and Co. bookstore, in Paris on Nov. 5. In February, following months of intense lobbying on the part of booksellers and the reading public, the French government decreed bookshops to be essential businesses.
IDEAS | OLIVIA SNAIJE

Another lockdown, but this time Parisians demand bookstores stay open
Decades of research show the costs of segregation are enormous. Academic performance suffers. Adult earnings, too. And students of all races miss out on vital opportunities to prepare for life in an increasingly multicultural society.
EDITORIAL

Time for state lawmakers to act on school integration

President Joe Biden Biden's infrastructure plan, part of his “Build Back Better” package, would boost clean power.
Joseph E. Stiglitz

Biden’s infrastructure plan calls for tax increases, and that’s a good thing
If infrastructure money comes through for the east-west rail link, no one expects such drama in Massachusetts. It’s more a question of priorities, and who’s driving the train — Baker or “Governor” Neal?
Joan Vennochi

With infrastructure money, who’s driving the train? Gov. Baker or ‘Gov.’ Neal?
IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

Just what is the BettyLab cooking up for girls?

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
Malcolm Cawthorne at Brookline High School.
on the cover

The exhaustion of being a Black teacher in a school when you’re one of too few educators of color

Illustration of someone shoveling piles of money.
Excerpt

The costs of a secretive ‘wealth defense industry’ of shell companies, offshore tax havens, and empty luxury condos

An illustration of a pair of scissors cutting through a pair of blue and white checked boxer shorts.
Connections

What would it take to teach my son not to leave his boxers on the bathroom floor?
Rigatoni With Roman Broccoli Sauce.
Cooking

Recipes: Pasta dishes that take a break from red sauce

sports

Bruins goaltender Dan Vladar was under siege by the Penguins in the first period.

Bruins can’t execute in lackluster loss to the Penguins, and look like a fourth-place team

COVID-19 concerns postpone Nationals-Mets opener in D.C.

Michelle Wie West back on leaderboard at ANA Inspiration

metro

Registry of Motor Vehicle vehicle inspection program is warning the shutdown caused by a malware attack could last into next week.

RMV vehicle inspection system shutdown could last into next week, company says

How could the American Jobs Plan improve Rhode Island’s infrastructure?

The trout bums are waiting

Nation

At Torre Unidad housing in Boston, Shuiying Cheung-Ma, 75, gets the COVID-19 vaccine shot from Sofie Ghitman, a BSN nursing student, on March 19.

Is Mass. heading for a third coronavirus surge? These charts show why experts are worried

CDC guidance says vaccinated people can travel safely in the US

‘You could be a total moron and get elected’: Boehner’s new book takes swipes at Republicans

World

Rescue workers near the site of a partial train derailment in Toroko Gorge in Taiwan's eastern Hualien region.

Train derails in eastern Taiwan, killing 48, injuring dozens

Christians mark Good Friday as holy sites gradually reopen

Myanmar soldiers, aiming to silence protests, target journalists

politics

Then-acting labor secretary Seth Harris held a round-table discussion with low wage workers at the ABCD Food Bank in Roxbury in 2013..

Biden and Walsh are strongly pro-union. But some progressives worry a top White House aide falls short on a big labor issue

Pelosi: Remove Representative Gaetz from committee if claims are true

Biden holds first Cabinet meeting amid infrastructure push

business

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.

Maura Healey finds consumers still losing millions by switching electricity suppliers

Looking to spruce up your home this spring? Here’s what you need to know.

Boston ad agency expands into Canada

lifestyle

Tempura East Coast oyster tacos at Nautilus Pier 4.

Where to dine al fresco, plus sweet deals at J.P. Licks

Jinny’s Pizzeria makes takeout pies exciting again

When bird is the word

marijuana

New York legalizes recreational marijuana

Prominent executive at NETA parent company fired after husband opens competing marijuana store

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

opinion

Anti-coup demonstrators prepare to confront police on Thursday in Yangon, Myanmar.

How to keep Myanmar from becoming another US failure

Bangladeshi cartoonist tops ‘10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases focused on retaliation in relation to posts online

The power and the perils of an Asian American political awakening

food & dining

Travis Roy greets supporters at the Travis Roy Foundation Whiffle Ball Tournament in 2013.

Breweries team up for a Travis Roy tribute beer

Where to dine al fresco, plus sweet deals at J.P. Licks

Jinny’s Pizzeria makes takeout pies exciting again

travel

The author’s son, Sam Wright, 9, explores a wintery landscape while hiking along the Nooksack River in Washington’s Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, during a winter camping trip in February.

Reflecting on a winter of snow camping and its many peaceful pleasures

Love animals? Here are some things not to do on your next vacation

When she needs a break, she zips down to the Cape for a lobster roll

Books

A new biography presents the unvarnished Philip Roth, revealing a complex man

Andrea Lee on living in Italy, and reading in English

Searching for ways to understand and survive ‘Girlhood’

Movies

Michelle Pfeiffer in "French Exit."

Michelle Pfeiffer on making an entrance in ‘French Exit’

Ken Burns: many hours, special moments

Oscar shorts nominees; madame, he’s Adam

Television

William Petersen (pictured with Marg Helgenberger in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation") will return to the role of Gil Grissom in "CSI: Vegas."

Going back for more ‘CSI’

In the film ‘Hysterical,’ female comics shine a light on some dark places

This American larger than life

music

Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee Jones, memoirist: candid, cosmic, and so cool

Maxwell’s slow-burning debut still simmers after 25 years

Groupmuse aims for ‘structural change’ with switch to musician-owned business model

Theater/Dance

The renowned Shakespeare & Company theater group in Massachusetts plans to resume live, in-person performances this summer with a production of “King Lear,” starring Christopher Lloyd (pictured). The organization said in a statement this week that “King Lear” will run July 2 through Aug. 29.

Shakespeare & Company to resume live, in-person performances this summer

From the lived experiences of scientists, Melinda Lopez crafts ‘Young Nerds of Color’

Reagle Music Theatre founder Robert J. Eagle to retire after 52 years

globe local

Marshalee Ellis-Kehlhem sang during a recent Sunday service held remotely from The Greater Framingham Community Church.

‘Death didn’t have the final say’: Easter delivers a message of hope after a year filled with despair

Should Massachusetts require auto insurers to refund premiums with people driving less during the pandemic?

Beverly Beckham: Love one another? It seems we have done everything but

Obituaries

Mr. Schmautz battled for the puck with Montreal Canadiens' Larry Robinson during Game Six of the NHL Stanley Cup semifinals at the Boston Garden in 1979.

Bobby Schmautz, whose OT goal lifted the Bruins in 1978 finals, dies at 76

G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies at 90

Jack Bradley, photographer of Louis Armstrong and jazz luminaries, dies at 87