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For her first major task as VP, Kamala Harris is handed a thorny diplomatic mission

President Biden has deputized her to solve the “root causes” of the migrant crisis at the southern border, a politically unsavory assignment that has only gotten more difficult since Biden took it on himself as vice president in 2014.

After passing a landmark climate law, Mass. officials now face the hard part: how to wean the state off fossil fuels

Some environmental advocates and lawmakers fear that continued investments in gas infrastructure could hinder the transition to renewable energy.

From left, Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts, third baseman Rafael Devers, and outfielder Alex Verdugo.
Red Sox unveil yellow jerseys as part of ‘City Connect’ venture with Nike
The jerseys will be worn by players and team personnel on April 17-18 to commemorate Patriots Day in Massachusetts.

Former Boston Celtic legend Paul Pierce was fired Monday by ESPN as an NBA studio analyst.
ESPN fires Celtics legend Paul Pierce after Instagram Live video
Pierce, an NBA analyst for the network since 2017, posted videos of himself smoking, drinking, and cavorting on Instagram on Friday.

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey in Nubian Square Tuesday morning.
Acting Mayor Kim Janey makes it official: She’s running for a full term
Ending months of intense speculation, Acting Mayor Kim Janey announced Tuesday she is running for a full term as the city’s chief executive, joining an already-crowded field in this year’s race.

Tracker: Here's who is running for mayor in Boston so far

Ben Volin I On football
Sam Darnold may be a former No. 3 pick and only 23 years old, but he hasn’t done much in three seasons.
What the Sam Darnold trade means for the Patriots’ draft strategy
The Jets on Monday traded Darnold to the Panthers for a sixth-round pick in 2021 and second- and fourth-round picks in 2022.

Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
Vaccinations
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GETTING SALTY
Chef-owner Rachel Miller of Nightshade Noodle Bar in Lynn.
She started her career at a truck stop. Now Rachel Miller is helping to revitalize downtown Lynn
She arrived in Boston with nothing but her bicycle; today she owns Lynn's Nightshade Noodle Bar.

THE NEXT COURSE
Mary Ting Hyatt owns Bagelsaurus.
Mary Ting Hyatt envisions a bagel shop for a post-pandemic era
She’s spent the year keeping Bagelsaurus relevant.

Project Takeout: 3 places we supported this week

Police stand at the scene on Pine Bluff where six people were found fatally shot.
Six family members shot to death in Texas after brothers formed murder-suicide pact, police said
On early Monday, police forced their way into a red brick house in Allen, Texas. Inside, they found six people dead.

DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL

Derek Chauvin was trained to defuse situations, police official testifies

Four years before George Floyd’s death, Officer Derek Chauvin took a 40-hour course on crisis intervention that included training on how to recognize people in crisis and how to use de-escalation techniques to calm them down, the jury at Chauvin’s murder trial was told Tuesday.
Watch live: The trial of Derek Chauvin

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and wealthiest person in the world, will hand over the reins of the e-commerce giant this summer and transition into the role of executive chairman.
Forbes’ annual world billionaires list exploded during the pandemic
As the pandemic wreaked havoc on most of the world over the past year, 660 more people were added to the Forbes global list of billionaires.

Neil Diamond leads the crowd in "Sweet Caroline" at Fenway Park in 2013. The singer recalled that day and his ties to Boston in a statement about "A Beautiful Noise," a musical about his life that will premiere at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in 2022.
Neil Diamond musical will have a pre-Broadway premiere at the Colonial in 2022
"A Beautiful Noise" will chronicle his life and career, with a score built on his own songs.

Opinion

A man held up a "Latinos for Trump" sign at a protest in Austin, Texas on Nov. 7 following Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election win.
Marcela García

A nuanced post-mortem on the 2020 Latino vote emerges

A new analysis tells a sobering story about decision-making in the ballot box and the relative effectiveness of Republican messaging to Latinos ahead of the last election.
EDITORIAL

Biden’s tax plan shouldn’t leave Social Security behind
A rendering of Don Chiofaro's proposed tower. It doesn’t seem fair for developers to negotiate with the city for years and then find out all that time, energy, and money mean nothing because one state entity wrongly deferred decision-making to another.
Joan Vennochi

Boston needs believers like Don Chiofaro

A suit by Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby alleges that Donald Trump was guilty of “intentional, wanton and reckless conduct” as he “spurred” a violent crowd “already primed by his months of inflammatory rhetoric” to cause grave damage and injury to property and persons, including the two Capitol Officers, on Jan. 6.
Laurence H. Tribe

Capitol police have the best case against Trump for the insurrection
Taylor Trudon

The kids are not OK

Recommended reads

Love Letters Podcast Season 5, Ep 1
Love Letters Podcast: A kiss on the shoulder
Impossible to meet someone in a pandemic, right? Wrong. In the first episode of the Season 5, Meredith shares the story of a couple who found each other — and then sexiness — in restraint and boundaries.

‘We all have a lot of work to do’ to overcome Boston’s reputation as a racist city, Janey says

Acting Mayor Kim Janey expressed hope Monday that a new campaign promoting neighborhoods of color to tourists will help alter the perception of Boston as a racist city, saying that “we all have a lot of work to do” to improve the situation.

A year into the pandemic, DCF workers visiting only about half of children in-person

Workers in Massachusetts’ child welfare agency are seeing only about half of the children under their watch in-person each month, state data show, illustrating the state’s heavy reliance on remote check-ins during the pandemic even as schools, day cares, and others have returned mostly to face-to-face interactions.

Selective colleges see surge in applications from first-generation students

Large, selective private colleges are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of first-generation and low-income applicants, as well as applicants of color this year, following the decision by most schools to make standardized tests optional.

Welcome to Somerville’s socialist revolution

Long known for its progressive politics and left-wing activism, Somerville would seem a natural place for socialists to make electoral inroads.

metro

Acting Mayor Kim Janey on Monday.

Watch live: Acting Mayor Janey gives a COVID-19 update

Acting Mayor of Boston Kim Janey is set to launch a public awareness campaign to encourage residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine and give a coronavirus update on Tuesday afternoon.

Boston city archives twitter account recalls 19th century Smallpox outbreak

Husband of Lori Loughlin released from federal prison, reports say

Sports

Evan Fournier has given the Celtics an offensive boost lately.
Celtics

Celtics guard Evan Fournier to miss Tuesday’s game because of COVID-19 protocols

Fournier averaged 20 points per game over Boston’s last two wins and was 11 for 16 from beyond the 3-point line.
Ben Volin I On football

What the Sam Darnold trade means for the Patriots’ draft strategy
Rays at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 5: Rays at Red Sox lineups and notes

business

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and wealthiest person in the world, will hand over the reins of the e-commerce giant this summer and transition into the role of executive chairman.

Forbes’ annual world billionaires list exploded during the pandemic

MIT scientists launch Future Founders Initiative to solve biotech’s ‘missing women’ problem

Clarence Thomas warns free speech is in the ‘hands of a few private parties’ after Supreme Court dismisses Trump, Twitter case

politics

The flag continues to fly at half-staff following the death of a US Capitol Police officer last week.

Slain Capitol officer ‘Billy’ Evans to lie in honor in Capitol rotunda

For her first major task as VP, Kamala Harris is handed a thorny diplomatic mission
Analysis

The era of big populism is over. The era of big corporations running the American political conversation is back

Living Arts

Napa Cabbage Egg Roll Bowl.
SEASONAL RECIPES

Recipe: Trendy keto bowls are packed with Napa cabbage egg roll filling, served with unketo wonton crisps
SEASONAL RECIPES

Recipe: An easy oven paella with shrimp and artichokes makes a weeknight feast
THE CONFIDENT COOK

Recipe: No pasta, or red sauce in this roasted eggplant ‘lasagna’

education

Boston Latin Academy.

Federal judge to hear Boston exam school admission case Tuesday

In Malden and statewide, mixed emotions as elementary schools resume full-time in-person learning

Selective colleges see surge in applications from first-generation students

rhode island

Martha L. Wofford is Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island's new president and CEO.
RI BUSINESS

Meet the new boss at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island

COVID-19 vaccine information for every city and town in Rhode Island

R.I. Haitian-American leaders call for end to deportations

Newton

video

Comfort Zone

Love Letters Podcast Season 5, Ep 1
Love Letters Podcast: A kiss on the shoulder
Impossible to meet someone in a pandemic, right? Wrong. In the first episode of the Season 5, Meredith shares the story of a couple who found each other — and then sexiness — in restraint and boundaries.

ASK MATTHEW
Jeffrey Tambor, Penny Johnson Jerald, and Gary Shandling in "The Larry Sanders Show."
Look behind the scenes for some great TV shows
Shows that upend the entertainment business, from “The Dick Van Dyke Show” to “30 Rock” to “The Larry Sanders Show,” make up one of TV’s richest genres.

COMFORT ZONE
Louie Phipps, 9, has the stage to himself during a taping of a live performance at the Wang Theatre.
The Wang stage isn’t too big for 9-year-old Louie Phipps
The Northampton third-grader had plenty of jitters beforehand, but when he got onstage to perform three of his songs, “it was just wicked.”

Ernest Hemingway's passport from the 1920s, from the Hemingway archives at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Ernest Hemingway’s vast archives reside in Boston. How’d that happen?
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum contains a trove of treasures — 11,000 photos, manuscripts, letters, bullfight tickets, even good-luck charms.

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.

Special Projects

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.
See the full project Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

On the Street

A man repacked the food he got from a food pantry on Broadway in Chelsea. Chelsea has been one of the places in Greater Boston hardest hit by the pandemic.

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength
A mural on the side of the Mayor Bill Carpenter Garage in Brockton.

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation
Evening light sets upon stores and restaurants on Hancock Street in Quincy Center.

This time, Quincy Center’s revival looks legit

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

More

PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST
The Globe launches Project Takeout, an effort to help restaurants make it to the other side of this pandemic.
Get takeout. It’s your civic duty.
Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Boston Globe Spotlight Report
Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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 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
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
Amazon headquarters in Seattle.
IDEAS | BRIAN ALEXANDER

If you think the health care industry is unhealthy now, just wait till Amazon gets in deeper
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

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

Roger Goodell and the NFL will host this year's draft in Cleveland.

NFL Draft: See all the Patriots picks in April’s draft

Red Sox unveil yellow jerseys as part of ‘City Connect’ venture with Nike

Baylor captures first NCAA men’s basketball title in impressive win over Gonzaga

metro

Firefighters responded to 22 Longwater Drive in Norwell to put out a fire at the Zildjian cymbal company’s headquarters on Monday.

Fire extinguished at Zildjian cymbal company headquarters in Norwell

Acting Mayor Kim Janey makes it official: She’s running for a full term

MIT grad is part of NASA team that will determine whether helicopter can fly on Mars

Nation

Minneapolis Police Crisis Intervention Coordinator Ker Yang testified as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presided on Tuesday in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin.

Derek Chauvin was trained to defuse situations, police official testifies

Navy medic shoots two, is shot and killed on base, Navy says

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

World

A demonstrator held up a sign during a March 4 Justice rally at Treasury Gardens in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday, March 15, 2021.

‘The most unsafe workplace’? Parliament, Australian women say

European countries scramble to tamp down latest virus surge

Rift in Jordan’s royal leadership is soothed, palace says

politics

President Biden on Monday.

Biden boosted by Senate rules as GOP bucks infrastructure

AP-NORC poll: Border woes dent Biden approval on immigration

Yellen calls for minimum global corporate income tax

business

Castle Island Brewing founder Adam Romanow, at the Norwood location.

Castle Island Brewing to open a taproom in Southie, home to the company’s namesake

Dozens of America’s biggest businesses again paid no federal income tax

Wayfair joins companies investing in Black economic fund

lifestyle

Chef-owner Rachel Miller of Nightshade Noodle Bar in Lynn.

She started her career at a truck stop. Now Rachel Miller is helping to revitalize downtown Lynn

3 places we supported this week

Mary Ting Hyatt envisions a bagel shop for a post-pandemic era

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

Police stepped up patrols across New York City late last month in the wake of a vicious Times Square attack on an Asian American woman.

Add ageism to the list in considering hate-crimes laws

Biden’s tax plan shouldn’t leave Social Security behind

A nuanced post-mortem on the 2020 Latino vote emerges

food & dining

Napa Cabbage Egg Roll Bowl.

Recipe: Trendy keto bowls are packed with Napa cabbage egg roll filling, served with unketo wonton crisps

Recipe: An easy oven paella with shrimp and artichokes makes a weeknight feast

Recipe: No pasta, or red sauce in this roasted eggplant ‘lasagna’

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

Author and filmmaker James McBride poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. McBride’s "Deacon King Kong" a fictional snapshot of a Brooklyn neighborhood in the late 1969, has won the inaugural Gotham Book Prize, given for outstanding writing about New York City.

James McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ wins inaugural Gotham prize

Books by Steinbeck, Alexie among those objected to in 2020

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

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

Paul Ritter attended the "Friday Night Dinner" photocall at Curzon Soho in 2020 in London.

‘Chernobyl’ and ‘Harry Potter’ actor Paul Ritter dies at 54

Look behind the scenes for some great TV shows

Ernest Hemingway’s vast archives reside in Boston. How’d that happen?

music

Louie Phipps, 9, has the stage to himself during a taping of a live performance at the Wang Theatre.

The Wang stage isn’t too big for 9-year-old Louie Phipps

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

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

Theater/Dance

Neil Diamond leads the crowd in "Sweet Caroline" at Fenway Park in 2013. The singer recalled that day and his ties to Boston in a statement about "A Beautiful Noise," a musical about his life that will premiere at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in 2022.

Neil Diamond musical will have a pre-Broadway premiere at the Colonial in 2022

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

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

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