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Along the Northeast Corridor and beyond, what can Amtrak buy with $80 billion?

While the corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C. would undoubtedly benefit, the prospect of truly high-speed rail remains remote.
Biden’s infrastructure plan hits GOP blockade

Biden steps up federal efforts to combat domestic extremism

The administration has taken a series of steps to prioritize dealing with white supremacists and militias, especially after the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testified during a hearing on the federal coronavirus response on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2021.
Fauci pushes back on GOP criticisms, calls claims ‘bizarre’
Facing criticism from several high-profile Republicans in recent weeks, the country's top infectious-disease expert, Anthony Fauci, pushed back on some of the claims, calling the remarks flat-out “bizarre.”

Fauci talks challenges, looks ahead on pandemic

Derek Chauvin trial
In this March 29, 2021 file image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listened as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presided over pre-trial motions.
Trial in George Floyd’s death expected to turn to Derek Chauvin’s training
The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death is expected to turn toward Derek Chauvin’s training on Monday after a first week that was dominated by emotional testimony from eyewitnesses and devastating video of Floyd’s arrest.

ALEX SPEIER | RED SOX 3, ORIOLES 11
Opening weekend got out of hand for Marwin Gonzalez and the Red Sox, who managed only 15 hits and five runs in being swept in three games by the Orioles.
Red Sox can’t lose sight of the many warning signs from terrible opening weekend
While it was only three games, the team's struggles during the sweep against the Orioles are similar to the issues that plagued the 2019 and 2020 campaigns.

Garrett Whitlock gets high 5 for strong major league debut

Gary Washburn | CELTICS 116, HORNETS 86
Celtics coach Brad Stevens believes the Celtics are headed in the right direction but can they stay the course?
If Celtics buckle down, they can still grab that fourth playoff spot
The Celtics want to avoid the play-in tournament and vie for home-court advantage in the first round.

Celtics make easy work of shorthanded Hornets
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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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.

Commonwealth Avenue in Kenmore Square in 1972 (left) and in 2021 (right), where businesses have been forced to permanently close.
For Kenmore Square, does the end of an era mean a promising future?
The recently announced permanent closure of Eastern Standard and its siblings in the lobby of the Hotel Commonwealth — Island Creek Oyster Bar and The Hawthorne — feels to many like the end of an era for Kenmore Square.

A reservoir near the old Piney Point phosphate mine in Bradenton, Fla., could be near collapse.
Florida works to avoid ‘catastrophic’ pond collapse
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Sunday that crews are working to prevent the collapse of a large wastewater pond in the Tampa Bay area while evacuating the area to avoid a “catastrophic flood.”

This image released by Netflix shows Sacha Baron Cohen, center left, and Jeremy Strong in a scene from "The Trial of the Chicago 7."
‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ takes top honors at SAG Awards
The starry cast of Aaron Sorkin’s 1960s courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7” took the top prize Sunday at a virtual, pre-taped Screen Actors Guild Awards that saw Netflix snag Hollywood actors’ highest honor for the first time.

In this March 25, 2021, file photo, US Department of Defense members administered vaccines to people at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
Infection rates rise, but experts disagree on what to call surge
The country’s leading epidemiologists disagree about what to call this latest phase of the pandemic. Is the United States on the cusp of a “fourth wave”? Or is it instead seeing the last gasps of a crisis in its 14th month?

Boston mayoral candidate and state Representative Jon Santiago.
Marty Walsh (no, not that one) endorses someone in the Boston mayor’s race
In what may be the most confusing of Boston political endorsements, a union guy named Marty Walsh has plugged a candidate in the rapidly developing mayor’s race.

Police worked at the scene of a fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Chicago Police officer on Monday, March 29, 2021 in Chicago.
Chicago to release video of deadly police shooting of a 13-year-old
The shooting has tapped into a tide of anguish and frustration in Chicago neighborhoods that have been gripped by recurring gun violence.

Firefighters worked to put out a fire on Bennington Street in Lawrence where multiple houses between two streets went up in flames on Sunday.
Firefighters battle five-alarm blaze involving several homes in Lawrence
Lawrence Fire Chief Brian Moriarty said at the scene that one woman was injured Sunday, but in the street outside rather than in one of the burning buildings. Moriarty said high winds helped drive the flames.

Opinion

A report from the MBA urges Governor Charlie Baker to adopt new guidelines that would prioritize clemency for victims of domestic violence, those convicted at a very young age, and those who are now elderly, frail, or chronically ill.
EDITORIAL

State parole board, clemency process need reform

The Massachusetts Bar Association makes the case for more “justice” at the end of the criminal justice pipeline.
Taylor Trudon

The kids are not OK
Mary Beth Tinker in 2013. Tinker was just 13 when she spoke out against the Vietnam War by wearing a black armband to her Iowa school in 1965. When the school suspended her, she took her free speech case all the way to the US Supreme Court and won.
Alex Beam

It’s ‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ all over again
A woman is administered the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine by a medical technician in Bates Memorial Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky.
Tamara Rushovich and Sarah S. Richardson

The intersection of Black women, COVID, and death rates
White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci listen as President Trump speaks at a coronavirus briefing at the White House on March 20, 2020.
EDITORIAL

Let’s hear the truth, for once, from former Trump officials

Recommended reads

The Battle For The GOP
Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, has become a growing power in American politics. He is positioning himself to reach his ultimate goal: speaker of the House.
‘An incredibly difficult balancing act’: Will Kevin McCarthy lead the fractious House Republicans to the majority?
McCarthy is positioning himself to reach his ultimate goal — speaker of the House — if he can navigate the land mines of being a Republican leader in the post-Trump era.

Mass. becomes state with most cases of new COVID-19 variant after Cape Cod outbreaks

The new P.1 variant of COVID-19 first found in travelers from Brazil has been detected in Massachusetts more than anywhere else in the country, according to researchers.

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.

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.
Yvonne Abraham

State has hopefully struck a fatal blow to Springfield power plant

The Department of Environmental Protection on Friday revoked its approval of the Springfield biomass-fired power plant, citing an overlong interruption in its construction.

metro

The Licht Judicial Complex in Providence, which houses the Rhode Island Supreme and Superior Courts.
RI CRIME

Jury trials still haven’t resumed in Rhode Island, and there’s no clear answer why not

At this rate, the presiding judge at the Superior Court expects that it will take a year for the trial pace to return to normal.
INNOVATORS Q&A

An affordable housing or home-office solution? Shipping containers

Mass. moves one step closer to normalcy, reaching major COVID-19 reopening milestones

Sports

Celtics coach Brad Stevens believes the Celtics are headed in the right direction but can they stay the course?
Gary Washburn | On basketball

If Celtics buckle down, they can still grab that fourth playoff spot

The Celtics want to avoid the play-in tournament and vie for home-court advantage in the first round.

Shohei Ohtani throws fastest pitch by starting pitcher this season, crushes hardest-hit home run

Celtics make easy work of shorthanded Hornets

business

Leader Bank has taken over sponsorship duties for Rockland Trust at Live Nation's waterfront amphitheater.

The old Harbor Lights concern tent has a new sponsor: Leader Bank

For the hospitality industry, struggling to recover, it’s a moment of reckoning

Facebook data on more than 500M accounts found online

politics

In this March 31, 2021, file photo, President Biden delivered a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh.

Biden’s big infrastructure plan hits McConnell, GOP blockade

Biden steps up federal efforts to combat domestic extremism

After fatal attack outside Capitol, security concerns wrestle with need for public access

Living Arts

This image released by Netflix shows Sacha Baron Cohen, center left, and Jeremy Strong in a scene from "The Trial of the Chicago 7."

‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ takes top honors at SAG Awards
COMFORT ZONE

PBS Kids celebrates Autism Awareness Month with new friends
COMFORT ZONE

How Lauren E. Banks used ’90s Boston history to prepare for ‘City on a Hill’ season 2

education

A line of boys, lead by 6-year-old Teddy Anderson, plays with the hula hoops. Kindergarteners from the Merrymount and Squantum schools have recess at Quincy After School, held at Merrymount Elementary School, during the continuing coronavirus pandemic.

Rising coronavirus cases among students and staff members don’t mean schools are unsafe, officials and health experts say

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

‘It is a great investment in our institutions’: Community colleges to receive lifeline in $1.9 trillion stimulus plan

rhode island

The Licht Judicial Complex in Providence, which houses the Rhode Island Supreme and Superior Courts.
RI CRIME

Jury trials still haven’t resumed in Rhode Island, and there’s no clear answer why not
INNOVATORS Q&A

An affordable housing or home-office solution? Shipping containers

CORONAVIRUS

After a year of isolation and worry, teens at high risk of COVID-19 find hope

Newton

video

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
Hikers took in views from the boardwalk at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Norfolk.
5 boardwalks to elevate the hiking experience
These trails are accessible, kid-friendly, and just a skip from Boston.

TELEVISION
From left: Brennan Hepler (whose stage name is Beane), Grace Kinstler, and Colin Jamieson have made the Top 24 on "American Idol."
3 singers with Boston ties advance to ‘American Idol’ all-star duets
Locals will sing April 4 and 5 with Joss Stone, Josh Groban, and Tori Kelly.

Einat Cohen's “Royal & Gold Textured Bell-Shaped Earrings,” made with tyvek paper and resin.
CraftBoston permanently hangs its sign online
A forever version of the popular expo kicks off with an online earrings show.

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.

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

Amazon headquarters in Seattle.
IDEAS | BRIAN ALEXANDER

If you think the health care industry is unhealthy now, just wait till Amazon gets in deeper
Jan Mijtens (Dutch, c. 1614–1670), Portrait of Maria of Orange with Hendrik van Nassau-Zuylestein and a Black Child (detail), c. 1655. Oil on canvas.
IDEAS | KELLY HORAN

How do museums exhibit the colonial past?
Josie and Lydia Jackson, Alaina Roberts's great-great-grandmother and great-great-great grandmother.
RENÉE GRAHAM

An overdue reckoning for Black Freedmen on native lands
Bandages and alcohol pads at a mass vaccination site at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn.
Elissa Ely

The pharmacist
A voter submits a ballot in an official drop box during early voting in Athens, Ga., Oct. 19, 2020. A new Georgia law, among other constraints on voting, restricts the availability of drop boxes for absentee ballots.
EDITORIAL

MLB, corporate leaders wake up to assault on voting rights
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

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

Opening weekend got out of hand for Marwin Gonzalez and the Red Sox, who managed only 15 hits and five runs in being swept in three games by the Orioles.

Red Sox can’t lose sight of the many warning signs from terrible opening weekend

Stanford tips Arizona in NCAA women’s basketball championship game

Pandemic has thrown high school players, coaches a myriad of last-minute scheduling obstacles

metro

Firefighters worked to put out a fire on Bennington Street in Lawrence where multiple houses between two streets went up in flames on Sunday.

Firefighters battle five-alarm blaze involving several homes in Lawrence

‘A joy to see all of you here,’ Cardinal O’Malley tells flock on Easter

Will Acting Mayor Janey run for a full term?

Nation

Governor Charlie Baker spoke to the media on the COVID-19 pandemic at the State House on Monday in Boston.

Who is eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Massachusetts?

Biden’s big infrastructure plan hits McConnell, GOP blockade

Trial in George Floyd’s death expected to turn to Derek Chauvin’s training

World

Bahrain’s Everest expedition climbers worked out at a gym in Kathmandu, on March 26, 2021, before heading to the Everest region.

As climbers return to Everest, an already dangerous ascent becomes extra perilous

US looks to build on secret portions of Taliban deal to reduce violence

Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter

politics

The US flag flies at half staff at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, April 3, 2021, in honor of US Capitol police officer, William Evans.

Capitol attack raises questions of security vs public access

Republicans say they may support a much smaller infrastructure plan as Democrats continue to push for it

Capitol suspect struggled before attack, but motive remains unclear

business

Aidan Shatz, 3, had his hair cut by Jillian Calnan as his mother, Nicky, stood by at Salon Capri in Newton.

Businesses are coming back to life in Massachusetts as vaccinated people venture out

For Kenmore Square, does the end of an era mean a promising future?

Plant-based diapers and tech for construction companies: A look at the winners from Harvard’s annual business competition

lifestyle

Vincent Petryk, founder and owner of J.P. Licks, opened the ice cream shop's doors in Jamaica Plain in 1981. The shop has remained a Boston staple ever since.

As Boston ice cream shop J.P. Licks celebrates its 40th anniversary, expect ‘flavors from the vault’

Wife wants to go on a college tour with her ex

10 ways to make your days easier starting now

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

A report from the MBA urges Governor Charlie Baker to adopt new guidelines that would prioritize clemency for victims of domestic violence, those convicted at a very young age, and those who are now elderly, frail, or chronically ill.

State parole board, clemency process need reform

It’s ‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ all over again

The intersection of Black women, COVID, and death rates

food & dining

Vincent Petryk, founder and owner of J.P. Licks, opened the ice cream shop's doors in Jamaica Plain in 1981. The shop has remained a Boston staple ever since.

As Boston ice cream shop J.P. Licks celebrates its 40th anniversary, expect ‘flavors from the vault’

Breweries team up for a Travis Roy tribute beer

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

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

First-time host Daniel Kaluuya on "Saturday Night Live."

Daniel Kaluuya highlights racism in Boston during ‘SNL’ debut

‘SNL’ takes aim at Matt Gaetz amid reported sex trafficking investigation

3 singers with Boston ties advance to ‘American Idol’ all-star duets

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

Fire crews from Somerville, Cambridge, and Malden battled a four-alarm fire in Somerville, near Davis Square.

Four-alarm fire in Somerville quickly extinguished

‘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?

Obituaries

This Jan. 1990 file photo shows playwright Arthur Kopit in Los Angeles.

Arthur Kopit dies at 83; playwright was a Tony nominee, Pulitzer finalist

Constance Demby, prominent New Age composer, dies at 81

Michael Friedlander, urban architect of offbeat designs, dies at 63