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Ryan and Stephanie Fattman.
State officials refer senator, MassGOP chief to prosecutors for potential campaign finance violations
Massachusetts’s top campaign finance regulator says he has evidence a state senator, his wife, and the head of the state Republican Party may have violated campaign finance laws,

‘An international embarrassment’: Biden unveils actions on guns, says much more needed

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.”
Background checks no longer required for Tennessee gun owners
James Pindell | Analysis

Joe Biden promised more on guns

Police: 1 killed, 4 wounded in shooting at Texas business

One person was killed and four people were wounded Thursday in a shooting at a cabinet-making business in Bryan, Texas, police said, and the shooter was not in custody.
Demonstrators in Boston last May protested the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
Derek Chauvin Trial

For those in Boston watching Chauvin case, ‘it’s like racism is on trial’

Many in Boston and elsewhere see Derek Chauvin’s trial as an opportunity to take measure of the whole criminal justice system.
Medical expert testifies George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen, not drugs or a bad heart
A York County sheriff's deputy is parked outside a residence where multiple people were fatally shot a day earlier. A source briefed on the mass killing said the gunman was former NFL player Phillip Adams, who shot himself to death early Thursday.

Former NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself, authorities say

Adams, who killed five people including a prominent doctor near his home in Rock Hill, briefly played for the Patriots in 2011.
What we know about the fatal shooting of five people in South Carolina involving a former Patriot
Julian Edelman's injury issues are likely to affect his ability to play a full season.

Report: Julian Edelman’s chronic knee issues put future with Patriots in doubt

Despite spending much of 2020 on IR, the Patriots receiver may not be healthy enough to play a full season.
What if the Patriots don’t draft a QB? Here are other options for them at No. 15
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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College during COVID | Globe Magazine

The writer logs into her Emerson classes from home in Chicago.

I’ve never set foot in the college that I attend 1,000 miles away

I daydream of escaping the Chicago suburbs and the computer screen, and pine for the bustle of Boston streets.
Two people share a moment near Berklee College of Music.

Dating in college is more difficult than ever. Students have found ways to keep romance alive

Why some students say they prefer "situationships" at least for now.
An illustration of a woman coping with stress, mental health.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way: The unrelenting stress of being in college during a pandemic

One study found that 18- to 23-year-olds seem to be experiencing pandemic-related stress at higher rates than any other adult age group.
The Bunker Hill Community College food pantry.

How the pandemic worsened food insecurity among college students

Researchers estimate half of the students at typical community colleges don’t get enough to eat, or enough healthy meals. These schools are working to help.

Beers on tap at the Samuel Adams Boston Tap Room.
Got your COVID-19 shot? Sam Adams will buy you a beer
Samuel Adams is giving those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 a way to ceclebrate.

Reopenings Roundup
Takoyaki at Banyan Bar + Refuge in Boston.
Reopenings abound from Cambridge to the South End, and a star chef signs off
Tapas parlor Dali, vegan destination True Bistro, Haley.Henry wine bar, and more have reopened.

The elite women's division runners break from the start of the 123rd Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass. Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling on the organizers of the Boston Marathon to move the already rescheduled date for the storied race from Oct. 11 because it conflicts with Indigenous Peoples Day.
Native Americans want Boston Marathon moved from Oct. 11 holiday
“Unfortunately, the Boston Athletic Association has decided that Indigenous Peoples Day is a ‘side’ holiday that can be usurped,” a committee says in a recently launched online petition. “By doing this, they are perpetuating the myth that Indigenous peoples are part of the past and irrelevant.”

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.

Listen to the episode Ready for a new beginning?

ComicConnect Chief Operating Officer Vincent Zurzola holding a copy of Action Comics #1 which sold for $3.25 million in a private sale, a new world record.
Superman Action Comics #1 sells for more than $3 million
A copy of Action Comics #1 sold for more than $3 million in a private sale, setting a new world record for the sale of a single comic book, online auctioneer ComicConnect announced Tuesday.

Director George Clooney talks with actors Tye Sheridan and Briana Middleton while filming a scene for "The Tender Bar" at the South End Buttery in March.
George Clooney keeps ‘Tender Bar’ cameras rolling, greets fans, and even poses for a selfie in Ashby
“Who is that masked man? That’s right, the one and only, Ashby PD’s own, Officer Brian Vautour,” the police department wrote in a cheeky Facebook post, which featured a photo of Clooney and Vautour.

Opinion

The author's father, Arthur Loewengart, returning to Rexingen c. 1970.
IDEAS | MIMI SCHWARTZ

When the Nazis came, not everyone divided neatly into ‘good’ neighbors and ‘bad’

Looking for those who helped the Jews and discovering that it’s not as simple as ‘good’ neighbors and ‘bad.’
SCOT LEHIGH

A filibuster work-around with long-term implications
The US capitol building on Dec. 25, 2019 and surrounded by a security fence on Jan. 8, 2021.
EDITORIAL

Keep the US Capitol open to the public
Producer, actor, filmmaker, and author Tyler Perry is 2,674 on Forbes' list of billionaires.
Kimberly Atkins

Why the racial wealth gap hitting Black American billionaires matters
A person smokes a Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette.
Shaleen Title and Andy Tan

Big tobacco is coming for legal marijuana

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.

The COVID 19 is real: Weight gain has been a problem for many during the pandemic

While plenty of people have relied on exercise to cope during a year filled with fear and loss, a recent survey found a startling level of weight gain, particularly among millennials and Gen Z.
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

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

It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster vacation year for the pandemic weary, now that they’ve got shots in their arms.
TRAVEL

Move over, Austin: These towns are weirder

Seeing America this summer? Put these offbeat burgs on your list.

metro

University Hall on Brown University's campus in Providence, R.I., was built by enslaved people.
RI EDUCATION

Will Brown University consider reparations after students voted to do so? Answer: It’s complicated

“Reparations can mean many different things in many different contexts,” the president of Brown University said. “I don’t know where we’re going to go. I think the conversation is worth having.”

Mass. reports new weekly high of coronavirus cases among public school students: 821 cases
CORONAVIRUS

Bill would protect R.I. residents who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Sports

Rafael Devers and the Red Sox powered up in Baltimore's home opener on Thursday, his two-run home run from the cleanup spot in the first inning among three extra-base hits in the frame.
RED SOX 3, ORIOLES 3

Sox bats ensure Eduardo Rodriguez’s long-awaited return is winning one in Baltimore

The Red Sox have scored 33 runs in winning four straight since their 0-3 start, their middle of the order battering Baltimore in its home opener to back the returning Rodriguez.
Bruins notebook

Rookie Jeremy Swayman back in net for the Bruins
Patriots

Report: Julian Edelman’s chronic knee issues put future with Patriots in doubt

business

In this aerial photo, mid-sized pickup trucks and full-size vans are seen in a parking lot outside a General Motors assembly plant where they are produced in Wentzville, Mo. The global shortage of semiconductors is forcing General Motors to further cut production at six North American factories as chip supplies seem to be growing tighter.

Chip shortage forces more production cuts by General Motors

US floats tax compromise targeting 100 international firms

Hologic to acquire European diagnostics company for $795 million

politics

President Joe Biden.
James Pindell | Analysis

Joe Biden promised more on guns

‘An international embarrassment’: Biden unveils actions on guns, says much more needed

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

Living Arts

From left: Michael Knowlton, Rachel Cognata, and Kadahj Bennett in the online production of Idris Goodwin's "Hype Man: a break beat play."
THEATER

‘Hype Man’ returns, this time online, and it’s even more compelling
MURRAY WHYTE

MFA’s Netherlandish art center raises difficult questions. And it hasn’t even opened yet.

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

education

Sara Similia, a nursing student, instructed first-grade student Hasan Mohammad Almohammadi as he gave himself a swab coronavirus test at the McGlynn Elementary School in Medford on Thursday.

Mass. reports new weekly high of coronavirus cases among public school students: 821 cases

‘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

rhode island

University Hall on Brown University's campus in Providence, R.I., was built by enslaved people.
RI EDUCATION

Will Brown University consider reparations after students voted to do so? Answer: It’s complicated
CORONAVIRUS

Bill would protect R.I. residents who refuse COVID-19 vaccine
RI BUSINESS

Brown University Medical School dean Dr. Jack Elias to focus exclusively on Lifespan-Care New England merger

Newton

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

video

Comfort Zone

BOTTLES
Travis Roy greets supporters at the Travis Roy Foundation Whiffle Ball Tournament in 2013.
Breweries team up for a Travis Roy tribute beer
Dorchester Brewing Co. and Worcester’s Wormtown Brewery come together to brew a beer called “24,” and $1 from every beer sold will be donated to the Travis Roy Foundation.

Robert Eagle shares a backstage laugh with the Lennon Sisters — (from left) Kathy, Mimi, and Janet — before a Mother's Day concert on the Reagle stage in 2014.
Reagle Music Theatre founder Robert J. Eagle to retire after 52 years
The Waltham theater's namesake reflects on a half-century of memories.

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.

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

The author's father, Arthur Loewengart, returning to Rexingen c. 1970.
IDEAS | MIMI SCHWARTZ

When the Nazis came, not everyone divided neatly into ‘good’ neighbors and ‘bad’
A person smokes a Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette.
Shaleen Title and Andy Tan

Big tobacco is coming for legal marijuana
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
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
An arial view of Soldier's Home in Holyoke.
EDITORIAL

Holyoke veterans deserve more than a new building
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

Duxbury football has been on pause for two weeks as the school investigates players’ use of Jewish and Holocaust-related terms in a game March 12.

Duxbury football’s return on hold; Marshfield has positive COVID-19 test

New England Revolution announce broadcast partnership with CBS Boston

Breaking down Tristan Thompson’s impact during his first game back with the Celtics

metro

Ryan and Stephanie Fattman.

State officials refer senator, MassGOP chief to prosecutors for potential campaign finance violations

Two Mass. men among 7 arrested in ongoing probe at N.H. youth facility

Brown University Medical School dean Dr. Jack Elias to focus exclusively on Lifespan-Care New England merger

Nation

These 77 Massachusetts communities are at high risk for COVID-19, an increase from 55 last week

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

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

World

President Biden speaks at the White House on Tuesday. The Biden administration is trying to calibrate a policy that protects democratic, technology-rich Taiwan without inciting a disastrous armed conflict.

Biden backs Taiwan, but some call for a clearer warning to China

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

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

politics

Representative Matt Gaetz spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 26, 2021.

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

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

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

lifestyle

Issues with the neighbors? Not in Monowi, Neb. The population in Monowi is one — that would be Elsie Eiler, shown here.

Move over, Austin: These towns are weirder

Reopenings abound from Cambridge to the South End, and a star chef signs off

At Deep Cuts Deli, music and sandwiches exist in perfect harmony

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

Producer, actor, filmmaker, and author Tyler Perry is 2,674 on Forbes' list of billionaires.

Why the racial wealth gap hitting Black American billionaires matters

A filibuster work-around with long-term implications

Keep the US Capitol open to the public

food & dining

Cuban sandwich at Deep Cuts Deli.

At Deep Cuts Deli, music and sandwiches exist in perfect harmony

8 things for diners to get excited about this spring

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

travel

Issues with the neighbors? Not in Monowi, Neb. The population in Monowi is one — that would be Elsie Eiler, shown here.

Move over, Austin: These towns are weirder

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

Books

Taking on the Sacklers in ‘Empire of Pain’

A novel about theater and life in ‘Good Company’

Hanif Abdurraqib on reading poetry, becoming a poet

Movies

Netflix scored a multi-year deal that will make it the new streaming home to Sony Pictures’ top releases in the U.S. Beginning next year, Sony’s new films will stream domestically on Netflix after their theatrical runs. That includes movies in popular franchises like “Spider-Man,” “Venom” and “Jumanji.” (Hiram Garcia/Sony via AP)

Netflix scores streaming rights to new top Sony films

Famous producer, infamous boss

Doc Talk: Medical practice, paternity test, musical inspiration

Television

From left: William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher, Noel Fisher as Mickey Milkovich, Cameron Monaghan as Ian Gallagher, Emma Kenney as Debbie Gallagher, and Christian Isaiah as Liam Gallagher in "Shameless."

Shamelessly devoted to the Gallaghers, right to the end

‘Pam and Tommy’ will spotlight a sex tape’s backstory

HBO’s ‘The Nevers’ is subtle not ever

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

From left: Michael Knowlton, Rachel Cognata, and Kadahj Bennett in the online production of Idris Goodwin's "Hype Man: a break beat play."

‘Hype Man’ returns, this time online, and it’s even more compelling

Erica Rhodes gets her laughs at the drive-in

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

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