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Biden unveils actions on guns, including new ATF director

President Biden announced a half-dozen executive actions Thursday aimed at addressing a proliferation of gun violence across the nation that he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment.”
Watch live: Biden announces executive action on gun control

Former NFL cornerback Phillip Adams kills five, then himself in South Carolina

Adams, who killed five people including a prominent doctor near his home in Rock Hill, briefly played for the Patriots in 2011.

Baker says no to vaccine passport proposals in Mass.

Governor Charlie Baker was clear on Wednesday when reporters asked him if state officials plan to roll out a COVID-19 vaccine passport for residents inoculated against the virus, an initiative being tried in other countries and some US locales to give vaccinated people license to travel, shop, and go to work freely.
Governments give varying advice on AstraZeneca vaccine See more COVID-19 vaccine news
Derek Chauvin Trial

Breathing expert testifies George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen

George Floyd's breathing was too shallow to take in enough oxygen while he was pinned facedown with his hands cuffed behind his back as Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck and back, said Dr. Martin Tobin, a lung and critical care specialist.
Watch live: The trial of Derek Chauvin

Patricia Baker (center) with Keller Williams Realty in Newton, talked with her clients after they left an open house.
The demand for homes in Greater Boston is high, but few owners are selling
The number of homes for sale in Greater Boston — especially single-family houses in the suburbs — is at its lowest spring level in years. For those home shopping, that means higher prices in a region already among the most expensive in the country.

JC Monahan.

In new essay, reporter JC Monahan describes her struggle with depression and anxiety: ‘I was drowning in my own thoughts’

NBC10 Boston reporter JC Monahan is opening up about her struggles with depression and anxiety, saying she hopes sharing her experiences might resonate with others who are struggling with their mental health.
The six-week lineup announced Thursday features all the usual suspects. Clockwise from bottom left: Andris Nelsons, John Williams, Yo-Yo Ma, Keith Lockhart, and Emanuel Ax.
A.Z. MADONNA

Tanglewood’s 2021 season looks almost normal

The six-week lineup announced Thursday features all the usual suspects: Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, John Williams, Keith Lockhart, and Andris Nelsons.
Amanda Gorman in a Louis Vuitton by Virgil Abloh Dress (left) and a Dior Haute Couture dress and headband (right).
NAMES

Amanda Gorman, poet and Harvard graduate, stuns on the May cover of Vogue

Gorman appears on two versions of Vogue's cover, both shot by Annie Leibovitz.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Three people had to be extricated from their vehicle after a Thursday morning crash, fire officials said.
Firefighters rescue three people after crash in Dorchester
Firefighters were able to use the “jaws of life” to safely extricate the vehicle’s three occupants at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, the Boston Fire Department wrote in a tweet. The crash occurred at 76 Gallivan Blvd. in Dorchester, the tweet said.

Ben Volin I On football
With the focus on quarterbacks and pass catchers early in the first round, could edge rusher Jaelan Phillips of Miami fall to the Patriots at No. 15?
What if the Patriots don’t draft a QB? Here are other options for them at No. 15
There may not be a huge gap in talent between taking one of the QBs at No. 15 and waiting until the second or third round.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
David Almond
A 14-year-old boy is dead. We may never fully know why
David Almond was the victim of horrific abuse by adults who should never have had custody of him in the first place.

‘Our little town has a serious problem’: Duxbury reels as school scandals raise questions of transparency

As the South Shore town grapples with recent allegations about two of its most prominent high school coaches, residents wonder how to move forward. To many, the handling of the controversies has been disappointing but not surprising, the product of a school administration that too often seems to prioritize secrecy over transparency and action.

‘We have no intention of paying ransom,’ Haverhill mayor declares after computer network attack that closed city schools
The attack affected the entire school system Thursday and delayed a much-anticipated return to in-person classes for some students.

The state’s vehicle inspection system has been knocked out for more than a week. Is a fix on the way?

After a more than weeklong outage in the state’s vehicle inspection system, service stations finally started receiving a software fix that is expected to solve the malware attack that hamstrung the state's testing program. Businesses say the snafu has cost them thousands of dollars in lost fees and lost repair work.

Opinion

An arial view of Soldier's Home in Holyoke.
EDITORIAL

Holyoke veterans deserve more than a new building

What ails the Soldiers’ Home won’t be solved without a change in how it is led and governed.
A person smokes a Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette.
Shaleen Title and Andy Tan

Big tobacco is coming for legal marijuana
Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey announced that she will be running for a full term at a morning press-conference in Roxbury Tuesday.
Joan Vennochi

Is equity a winning issue in a Boston mayoral race?
Roberto Dos Reis prepares a takeout order at Soleil in Roxbury, in January.
Michelle Wu and Sheldon Lloyd

To tackle racial injustice in city contracting, start with food
President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh in March.
SCOT LEHIGH

The senility-mongering of Biden

Recommended reads

REVIEW
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, as seen in "This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist."
‘This Is a Robbery’ on Netflix revisits the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art theft
The docuseries — about one of the world’s most famous art heists — might not solve the three-decade old case, but does transform it into a frustrating and irresistible mystery.

From 2018: Listen to 'Last Seen,' our podcast on the Gardner art heist Here's a look at what the stolen Gardner paintings look like

Lynnfield parent charged in ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal sues Netflix over portrayal in TV series

John Wilson’s civil complaint against Netflix maintains that he’s innocent of all charges and unfairly grouped with several other well-known defendants in the case who have pleaded guilty in the TV series.
Tara Sullivan

The Masters loves its traditions. But can Augusta National really reconcile with the political reality?

It wouldn’t be the Masters anywhere else but in Augusta. But MLB's decision to relocate the All-Star Game in the wake of restrictive voting legislation raises new questions about what's right.
TRAVEL

Missing European travel? New Hampshire’s grand hotels might be the perfect solution

There are no official, comprehensive lists of the country’s remaining grand hotels, but the Granite State has the largest remaining collection in New England and one of the largest in the country.

These are the 25 local names on Forbes’ billionaires list

The 25 billionaires in Massachusetts are worth more than $104 billion combined, according to the 2021 Forbes’ world’s billionaires list.

metro

Three people had to be extricated from their vehicle after a Thursday morning crash, fire officials said.

Firefighters rescue three people after crash in Dorchester

Firefighters were able to use the “jaws of life” to safely extricate the vehicle’s three occupants at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, the Boston Fire Department wrote in a tweet. The crash occurred at 76 Gallivan Blvd. in Dorchester, the tweet said.

Most of Massachusetts has ‘abnormally dry’ conditions, officials say

Baker says no to vaccine passport proposals in Mass.

Sports

With the focus on quarterbacks and pass catchers early in the first round, could edge rusher Jaelan Phillips of Miami fall to the Patriots at No. 15?
Ben Volin I On football

What if the Patriots don’t draft a QB? Here are other options for them at No. 15

There may not be a huge gap in talent between taking one of the QBs at No. 15 and waiting until the second or third round.
Red Sox at Orioles | 3:05 p.m. (NESN)

Game 7: Red Sox at Orioles lineups and notes
Sports business

Patriots owner Robert Kraft is 17th on Forbes’s list of richest professional sports owners

business

A customer walks by a now hiring sign at a BevMo store on April 2, in Larkspur, California.

US jobless claims rise to 744,000 as some employers continue cutting jobs

Eastern Bank to acquire Century Bank for $642 million, its biggest deal yet

MGH president Peter Slavin to depart after 18 years

politics

President Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, spoke about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday.

Biden unveils actions on guns, including new ATF director

Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March

Amid reported federal sex trafficking investigation, Matt Gaetz slated to speak at pro-Trump event hosted by women’s group

Living Arts

Love Letters

A question of performance

Doc Talk: Medical practice, paternity test, musical inspiration
A.Z. MADONNA

Tanglewood’s 2021 season looks almost normal

education

The practice sleds were idle last month after Duxbury High School fired football coach Dave Maimaron.

‘Our little town has a serious problem’: Duxbury reels as school scandals raise questions of transparency

Even as schools reopen, many students learn remotely, survey finds

With more applications than ever, Harvard admits a slightly more diverse class

rhode island

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks as White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki looks on during a daily press briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House April 7, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
RHODE MAP

Get ready to see a lot more of Gina Raimondo on TV
RI ARTS

The story behind the Rhode Islanders behind ‘Spring Break Zombie Massacre’
DAN McGOWAN

Sabina Matos doesn’t need to fix her accent. We need to embrace it

Newton

‘The lesson of Passover is we are faced with challenges’: Newton’s Jewish community celebrates with resilience, hope

video

Comfort Zone

THE WAITING
We've been holding on the phone much longer during the pandemic
‘Your call is important to us.’ Really?
Yes, you've been spending a lot more time waiting on the phone during the pandemic.

NAMES
Amanda Gorman in a Louis Vuitton by Virgil Abloh Dress (left) and a Dior Haute Couture dress and headband (right).
Amanda Gorman, poet and Harvard graduate, stuns on the May cover of Vogue
Gorman appears on two versions of Vogue's cover, both shot by Annie Leibovitz.

At Raynham Flea Market, dealers sell inside the mart and outside in the lot.
These five outdoor flea markets come to life on Sundays this spring
In Grafton, Hubbardston, Raynham, and other towns, vendors are returning to hawk everything from jewelry to power tools.

NAMES
Halle Berry (pictured at the Golden Globe Awards in 2018) will star in “The Mothership.”
Netflix to shoot Halle Berry sci-fi drama in Boston
Filming of "The Mothership" is scheduled to begin locally in mid-June.

COMFORT ZONE
The museum's façade features public awareness posters by contemporary artist Carrie Mae Weems.
At the MFA, artist posters call out COVID’s uneven toll
The museum’s façade features public awareness posters by contemporary artist Carrie Mae Weems.

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

White House press secretary Jen Psaki points to a chart showing the history of corporate tax rates in the United States.
IDEAS | James Pethokoukis

Face it: Trump’s tax cuts weren’t so bad
People passed through the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, in January.
JEFF JACOBY

The problem with Holocaust education
A Brooksville, Fla., resident receives a Moderna COVID 19 vaccine shot while receiving his CDC-issued Covid 10 Vaccination Card during a vaccination appointment, Tuesday, at Saint Leo University, East Pasco County.
EDITORIAL

Vaccine ‘passports’ — with crucial protections — can help get America through herd immunity limbo
In this video image from April 1, witness Courteney Ross answers questions in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of her boyfriend, George Floyd. Ross testified that both she and Floyd suffered from addiction to opioids.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Stop weaponizing addiction
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
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
The Little River flows through the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge in Wells, Maine.
Perspective

Terry Tempest Williams: We have to bridge our divides. My uncle reminded me how to begin
MISS CONDUCT

In the pandemic era, can you invite people to a shower if they're not invited to the wedding?
Muhammara.
Cooking

Recipes: A weeknight meal that makes the most of classic Middle Eastern ingredients
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

sports

Marcus Smart's 3-pointer with 36.4 seconds left keyed the Celtics' victory.

The Celtics needed a gutsy effort. Enter Marcus Smart

Vancouver Canucks say 21 players — nearly the whole team — have tested positive

Against the Knicks, the Celtics played a tough and complete game, and other observations from a key win

metro

FEMA will help pay for funerals for COVID-19 victims

Get ready to see a lot more of Gina Raimondo on TV

The story behind the Rhode Islanders behind ‘Spring Break Zombie Massacre’

Nation

President Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, spoke about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday.

Biden unveils actions on guns, including new ATF director

Breathing expert testifies George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen

Interpol warrant issued for suspect in Yale student’s death

World

Two years after the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, suffered stinging defeats in Syria and Iraq, the terrorist group has found a new lifeline in Africa.

In bid to boost its profile, Islamic State turns to Africa’s militants

Two presidents visited Turkey. Only the man was offered a chair

EU drug regulator finds ‘possible link’ between AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots

politics

Fans watched as the Texas Rangers took on the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.

Opening of baseball season showcases how those in red states and blue states are living different realities

Senate ruling gives Democrats a back door around an infrastructure filibuster

Fears of white people losing out permeate Capitol rioters’ towns, study finds

business

Dr. Anne Klibanski, the CEO of Mass General Brigham, says that in the search for heads of the company's two main hospitals she is looking for "a wise and steady leader" with a commitment to "move us into the future."

At Mass General and the Brigham, picking outsiders as presidents may be the best way to end old rivalries

Fidelity to hire about 600 people in New England

156 million coronavirus relief payments issued, US Treasury says

lifestyle

Alexander Smorczewski of Danvers dug in on vacation last summer. Plenty more people are expected to hit the beach this year.

‘We’ve never seen anything like it.’ The rush is on to book summer rentals

Celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna is diagnosed with dementia

Amanda Gorman, poet and Harvard graduate, stuns on the May cover of Vogue

marijuana

Stem founder Caroline Pineau stands inside her unfinished Haverhill marijuana store in 2019.

Marijuana store sues Haverhill, saying steep ‘impact’ fees are not justified

New York legalizes recreational marijuana

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

opinion

An arial view of Soldier's Home in Holyoke.

Holyoke veterans deserve more than a new building

Big tobacco is coming for legal marijuana

Pediatrician sees life-changing benefits of gender care — and foresees great harm of Ark.’s anti-trans law

food & dining

Huevos Rancheros at the Farmer's Daughter restaurant in Sudbury.

8 things for diners to get excited about this spring

Chocolate lovers are going to want to make The Dean’s List

Ketchup that kicks it up a notch (or three)

travel

"GLASSTASTIC" is at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

Bike camps for girls, a whimsical glass exhibit in Vermont, and getting ready to ride the rails

How to plan a national park visit in 2021

‘We’ve never seen anything like it.’ The rush is on to book summer rentals

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

Members of the staff at Cerrahpaşa Hospital, as seen in "Phases of Matter."

Doc Talk: Medical practice, paternity test, musical inspiration

In ‘Voyagers,’ teens make the scene — and the scene’s in outer space

In ‘The Truffle Hunters,’ Old Masters of a different sort of art

Television

Laura Donnelly as Amalia True in HBO's "The Nevers."

‘The Nevers’ has too many tricks up its sleeve

Remarkable ‘Pose’ is poised for final season

Mariska Hargitay’s staying power continues to drive ‘SVU’

music

The six-week lineup announced Thursday features all the usual suspects. Clockwise from bottom left: Andris Nelsons, John Williams, Yo-Yo Ma, Keith Lockhart, and Emanuel Ax.

Tanglewood’s 2021 season looks almost normal

Art, activism, optimism: Jazz pianist Vijay Iyer navigates uneasy times

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

Theater/Dance

Erica Rhodes recorded her special, "La Vie en Rhodes," at a drive-in show in the parking lot of the Rose Bowl.

Erica Rhodes gets her laughs at the drive-in

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

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

globe local

"Save Webster Woods!" signs displayed along Langley Road in Newton in 2016.

Newton, Boston College spar in court over value of Webster Woods

Newton to hold public hearing on updated Riverside proposal that includes two life sciences buildings

Four-alarm fire in Somerville quickly extinguished

Obituaries

Dr. Kantor taught at several schools, including Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine.

David Kantor, innovative psychologist of group dynamics and halfway houses, dies at 93

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

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