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US in ‘complicated stage’ of COVID-19 pandemic with cases and deaths increasing while vaccinations ramp up, Walensky says

The United States is averaging about 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered per day. At the same time, the seven-day average of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have increased.

People entered the Hynes Convention Center COVID-19 vaccination site in Boston.
Having trouble securing a COVID-19 vaccination appointment in Mass.? Here are some tips
The outsize eligible pool coupled with varying amounts of appointments each week has set off a scramble for residents to book appointments for themselves or their loved ones. If you’re among those having trouble finding open appointments at the time you’re searching, here are a few tips.

All Mass. residents 16 and older are now eligible Over-the-counter COVID-19 tests available at CVS
Derek Chauvin Trial

‘He asked for help with his very last breath.’ Attorneys at Chauvin trial make closing arguments

Attorneys in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd, are making their closing arguments Monday. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.
Watch live: Closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, ex-cop charged with murder of George Floyd
Blooming trees herald the arrival of spring in the Public Garden.
Dave Epstein

A beautiful day is on tap for Tuesday before cold and showers arrive

The mild weather comes ahead of a cold front which will slice through the region Wednesday night, ushering in a day of chilly conditions for Thursday before moderation resumes.
An artist's rendering of the Fenway Center project, being built with air rights above the Massachusetts Turnpike.

Approaching Boston from the west will never be the same: Long-planned Fenway Center is about to rise

The Fenway Center project will put a two-acre deck, followed by a 350-foot tower, above the Massachusetts Turnpike between Brookline Avenue and Beacon Street.
Sydney Holloman-Pressley with her students at the Willard School, where they conducted research that led to Concord's decision to honor George Washington Dugan, the town's sole Black Civil War soldier.
TOM FARRAGHER

For this Concord class, history unfolds right in the middle of their town

After fifth graders at Willard Elementary School learned about George Washington Dugan, the town’s sole Black Civil War soldier, they were determined to right a wrong.
School Vacation Week | April 19-23
Maddyn Wise from Needham searched for clown fish at one of the New England Aquarium's exhibits.

The kids are about to be home (again). Here’s how to fill the time
Drawing of a young girl with a net trying to capture butterflies or something.

15 last-minute ideas for things to do with kids during April school vacation

Nibble Kitchen is part of Bow Market in Somerville.

10 kid-friendly patios for April vacation dining
Volunteer Coordinator Carol Carlson will read “Carl and the Meaning of Life” by Deborah Freedman and “Trees Make Perfect Pets” by Paul Czajak and Cathy Gendron at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

Eight Earth Day events for the whole family
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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An Amazon Prime truck at a warehouse in Dedham. Warehouses have recently been appearing in higher-profile locations to speed deliveries.
Needham officials hope to block Amazon facility from prominent Route 128 site
“That’s really the gateway to Needham,” said Greg Reibman, president of the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber. “You want something aspirational to appear in that spot, not a big warehouse with trucks coming in at all hours of the day.”

Pembroke mourns deaths of two former high school hockey stars

Joseph Birolini and William Hickey, both 23, who graduated from Pembroke High in 2016, died from injuries suffered in the crash early Saturday morning on Elm Street, officials said Sunday.

THE FINE PRINT
An extended warranty to cover vehicle repairs could end up costing more than the repairs.
Is an extended car warranty worth it?
Ads for CarShield are ubiquitous on cable television, making the case that it makes economic sense to buy an extended warranty to cover the cost of expensive car repairs. But does it really?

Demand for comfort increased L.L. Bean’s revenue five percent last year. Above, its store in Boston’s Seaport.
‘There will be extraordinary spending’: Retailers anticipate a post-pandemic consumption boom
The big question for many retailers is whether they can correctly predict what consumers will flock to next, and then keep enough inventory in stock during a period of supply-chain disruption.

Jabari Parker made his first appearance with the Celtics on Saturday.
What to know about Jabari Parker, the Celtics’ newest signing
The former No. 2 overall pick is looking to re-establish himself as a steady NBA scorer.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS
Ed Helms as Nathan Rutherford in Peacock's "Rutherford Falls."
This week’s TV: The Oscars at long last, Earth Day shows, and a new Ed Helms comedy
Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in TV.

Opinion

Pump jacks and wind turbines are visible inside of a cotton field near Lamesa, Texas, in 2015.
Frances Moore Lappé

It’s not too late to make a difference on the climate crisis

We can act now with proven tools to cut greenhouse gas emissions and store vastly more carbon in plants and the earth.
Smoke billows from a Marathon Petroleum refinery near a neighborhood in southwest Detroit.
Alex Papali and Rebecca Herst

Infrastructure investments move us toward an equitable climate resilient future
L. Rafael Reif

The ‘super wicked problem’ of climate change is our Earthshot
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Isreal (center) attends a Memorial Day ceremony honoring Israel's fallen soldiers, in Jerusalem, April 14.
EDITORIAL

Biden must be blunt with Israel about the Iran deal
An Amtrak Acela train sits at Union Station in Washington, D.C. January 2019.
EDITORIAL

New Amtrak funding should be directed to the places that use train travel the most

Recommended reads

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Students passed through a hallway at Blue Hills Regional Technical School.
Mass. education commissioner recommends vocational school admissions changes to boost fairness
Massachusetts’ education commissioner, Jeff Riley, has proposed changes to vocational-technical school admissions aimed at giving disadvantaged students a better shot at attending the coveted schools.

Shirley Leung

Elderly Asian Americans are living in fear as assaults, confrontations soar. A retiree worries: ‘If people beat me, I can die right away’

If white seniors had been the victims, this country would have declared a national emergency by now.

Former state lawmaker’s fraud scheme relied on elected office — until indictment ended his career

David Nangle’s gambling habit, which lived largely in the shadows through his two decades in public office, motivated years of fraud, with the lawmaker scrambling for money wherever he could find it.

‘One person at a time’: A Baptist pastor tries to vaccinate his deeply conservative N.C. hometown

Vaccine skepticism runs highest among white evangelicals and conservatives, according to polls. So, Nathan Murray, a Baptist pastor as well as a paramedic, is waging an exhausting battle to convince his neighbors to get inoculated.

Boston has empty office space, yet new high-rises are going up. Who will lease those towers when they’re finished?

Many businesses are re-thinking how much pricey real estate they will need, even as developers of tower projects are in the hunt for tenants. How these efforts play out in the coming months and years will say much about the appeal of downtown Boston as a business hub following the COVID-19 pandemic.

metro

Sydney Holloman-Pressley with her students at the Willard School, where they conducted research that led to Concord's decision to honor George Washington Dugan, the town's sole Black Civil War soldier.
TOM FARRAGHER

For this Concord class, history unfolds right in the middle of their town

After fifth graders at Willard Elementary School learned about George Washington Dugan, the town’s sole Black Civil War soldier, they were determined to right a wrong.
Dave Epstein

A beautiful day is on tap for Tuesday before cold and showers arrive

Janey appoints new environmental chief for Boston

Sports

Six Premier League teams – Manchester City, Manchester united, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham, and Arsenal – are part of a proposed European Super League.
Soccer

Super League players could be banned from World Cup and other events, UEFA president says

The governing body of European soccer reacted on Monday to the news a group of 12 teams wants to form its own league.
COLLEGE SPORTS

Stanford’s puzzling cut of field hockey leaves a Waltham athlete with a murky future in the sport
celtics

What to know about Jabari Parker, the Celtics’ newest signing

business

Emily and Greg wave to their virtual guests moments after getting married in their family's backyard.

Forget the conga line and bring a mask. Large weddings planned for 2021 will look different

Adagio raises $336 million to advance COVID-19 antibody treatment

A driverless Tesla crashed and burned for four hours, police said, killing two passengers in Texas

politics

Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush arrive in the Crypt of the US Capitol for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington.

In an interview, former president George W. Bush talks of ‘compassionate conservatives,’ his belief in unification

Half of US adults now have received at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot

One America News Network stays true to Trump

Living Arts

Nancy Fields and her daughter Kylee. A year ago, Fields was so sick she could barely move. Now she's healthy and having a baby.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A year ago she had COVID. Now she’s having a baby

As the gender reveal party death toll mounts, people ask ‘Why???’

Police: Stalker arrested at Taylor Swift’s New York building

education

Northeastern University has announced that students are required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus before returning to campus in the fall.

Colleges are starting to require student vaccinations

Massachusetts, other states need to increase spending for preschools, report says
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Mass. education commissioner recommends vocational school admissions changes to boost fairness

rhode island

Medical staff worked to keep things flowing smoothly at the vaccination clinic Central Falls High School in Rhode Island.
CORONAVIRUS

Everything you need to know about getting a coronavirus vaccine in Rhode Island

Over-the-counter COVID-19 tests available at CVS pharmacies this week
RHODE MAP

The best speech Vartan Gregorian ever gave

Newton

video

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
People in Boston and beyond can grab a free BlueBike to reach their vaccination site starting April 19.
Take a free Bluebike to your COVID-19 vaccine appointment
The complimentary trips will be available in Arlington, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Newton, Revere, Somerville, and Watertown.

COMFORT ZONE
Volunteer Coordinator Carol Carlson will read “Carl and the Meaning of Life” by Deborah Freedman and “Trees Make Perfect Pets” by Paul Czajak and Cathy Gendron at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Eight Earth Day events for the whole family
From your backyard to your favorite trail, enjoy these virtual (or socially distanced) events that make you proud to be an earthling.

COMFORT ZONE
Some of Carol Resende's propagating plants.
How houseplant propagation kept some Bostonians well-rooted through the pandemic
Enthusiasts regularly trade clippings and solicit gardening advice on Facebook groups like Boston Plant Swap. Instagram accounts devoted to succulent propagation have picked up thousands of followers, and “plantfluencers” are finding fertile ground on TikTok for doling out gardening advice.

Families can immediately purchase timed tickets for Saturdays and Sundays next month, with extended hours arriving in June.
Boston Children’s Museum brings back play with reopening in May
Families can immediately purchase timed tickets for Saturdays and Sundays next month, with extended hours arriving in June.

This "Postcards from Allston" image features a man walking by an Allston construction site.
‘Postcards from Allston’ photographer captures a changing neighborhood and its residents
Edward Boches set out to document "one of the most authentic communities in 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

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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

Reverend Erika Wilson, from the Awakening Spiritual Community of San Antonio, speaks at the Whole Women's Health clinic in 2019.
Mary Ann Sorrentino

The chipping away of a woman’s right to choose
Law enforcement officers cleared an area of demonstrators outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department during a protest on April 14 over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop.
Dean A. Strang and Nancy Gertner

Supreme Court rulings on traffic stops reinforce structural racism in policing
In an interview, Boston City Councilor and mayoral candidate Michelle Wu didn’t have concrete answers to some of the most controversial questions about BPS.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Can Michelle Wu fix Boston Public Schools?
Anne Bernays

Throw Shakespeare from the train
Tigrinyan refugee women prepared bread for their family in Umm Rakouba refugee camp in eastern Sudan in December 2020. President Biden is on track to admit fewer refugees than any president has since 1980.
EDITORIAL

Biden’s delay on refugees
ideas

The Future of Work

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
Drawing of a young girl with a net trying to capture butterflies or something.
School Vacation

15 last-minute ideas for things to do with kids on school vacation
MassArt student Bobbi Colburn wearing a face mask she created.
College & COVID

‘There’s so much beautiful work that’s come out of this’: College art students in the COVID era
MISS CONDUCT

Advice: How do you handle shower invitations for pandemic-style weddings?
Authors Live in Your Living Room features Adrian Miller, author of "Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue," on April 15.
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do, April 12-25

sports

Italy's Andrea Agnelli is chairman of Juventus, one of 12 European soccer clubs threatening to break away from the Champions League.

At a crossroads: How European soccer’s ‘Super League’ proposal could change the world’s most popular sport

Red Sox continue Patriots Day tradition with morning start time on Monday. Here’s a preview

Alex Bowman denies Denny Hamlin with swift late move at Richmond

metro

Medical staff worked to keep things flowing smoothly at the vaccination clinic Central Falls High School in Rhode Island.

Everything you need to know about getting a coronavirus vaccine in Rhode Island

Over-the-counter COVID-19 tests available at CVS pharmacies this week

Colleges are starting to require student vaccinations

Nation

The FedEx facility where eight people died and at least seven more were wounded in a mass shooting carried out by a former worker, in Indianapolis.

Man who fatally shot eight people at FedEx facility in Indianapolis never had ‘red flag’ hearing, prosecutor says

US in ‘complicated stage’ of COVID-19 pandemic with cases and deaths increasing while vaccinations ramp up, Walensky says

‘He asked for help with his very last breath.’ Attorneys at Chauvin trial make closing arguments

World

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks on as she sits alone in St. George’s Chapel during the funeral of Prince Philip, the man who had been by her side for 73 years.

Image of queen grieving alone prompts calls for Britain to revise COVID funeral restrictions

Jailed Navalny to be moved to a hospital in another prison

How the tiny kingdom of Bhutan out-vaccinated most of the world

politics

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis greeted then-Vice President Mike Pence upon his arrival at Tampa International Airport on Thursday, July 2, 2020, in Tampa.

GOP White House hopefuls move forward as Trump considers run

‘One person at a time’: A Baptist pastor tries to vaccinate his deeply conservative N.C. hometown

Fundraising surged for Republicans who sought to overturn the election

business

Demand for comfort increased L.L. Bean’s revenue five percent last year. Above, its store in Boston’s Seaport.

‘There will be extraordinary spending’: Retailers anticipate a post-pandemic consumption boom

Approaching Boston from the west will never be the same: Long-planned Fenway Center is about to rise

Is an extended car warranty worth it?

lifestyle

Bruce Springsteen is one of many celebrities offering up personal items for a charity online auction on April 28.

Memorabilia from Springsteen to ‘Phantom’ set for auction

Eight Earth Day events for the whole family

Take a free Bluebike to your COVID-19 vaccine appointment

marijuana

Jennifer Flanagan speaks during a meeting of the commission in Worcester in February 2020.

Cannabis Commissioner Jennifer Flanagan to resign from state marijuana board

Mass. cannabis commission launching online catalog of marijuana products

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

opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Isreal (center) attends a Memorial Day ceremony honoring Israel's fallen soldiers, in Jerusalem, April 14.

Biden must be blunt with Israel about the Iran deal

Infrastructure investments move us toward an equitable climate resilient future

It’s not too late to make a difference on the climate crisis

food & dining

A beer from Night Shift Brewing.

Crave comes to Allston, breweries launch beer gardens, and the South End welcomes a brasserie

Baseball packages, New England rail travel, and a food lover’s road trip

Cicada Coffee Bar: a restaurant, a cafe, a community

travel

People wait in line at National rental agency in the Miami International Airport Car Rental Center on April 12, in Miami. Customers are finding that car rental agencies have limited or no supply of vehicles as people begin traveling again after being locked down during the pandemic.

Why your next rental car might cost more than a plane ticket

All is not lost at The Lost Kitchen, as chef Erin French adjusts and reinvents, yet again

Chris Wallace on ear plugs, his Globe years, and that time he went to Russia right after a tough Putin interview

Books

Brave women fighting Nazis in ‘The Light of Days’

For Ruth Ware, it was the year reading ‘got squeezed into odd corners’

This thing called life in Elizabeth McCracken’s ‘The Souvenir Museum’

Movies

When the Oscars broadcast begins April 25 on ABC, there won’t be an audience. For the producers, the challenges of COVID are an opportunity to, finally, rethink the Oscars.

The pandemic has upended the Oscars. Good, producers say

When Orson Welles doesn’t make the cut

Doc Talk: bearing witness, creating Oz, watching whales

Television

Ed Helms as Nathan Rutherford in Peacock's "Rutherford Falls."

This week’s TV: The Oscars at long last, Earth Day shows, and a new Ed Helms comedy

‘Call My Agent’ gets a fifth season — and more

Cold? What a perfect excuse to spend the day watching TV

music

Mark Sandman (left) with bandmates Mike Rivard and Tom Halter (partially shown) at a Hypnosonics show at the Middle East in 1987 or 1988.

On two new releases, fans can hear Mark Sandman’s ‘secret band’ in full

Amplifying the Black composers who brought spirituals to classical music

Gil Shaham kicks off GBH concerts for German classical streaming service

Theater/Dance

Screen shot of Seth Rudetsky in "The Seth Concert Series."

Theater without theater

Huntington Theatre announces a full 2021-22 season of indoor productions

ART’s Diane Borger is stepping down

globe local

Caitlin Harding was arraigned via Zoom Friday in Middlesex Superior Court.

Former Hudson middle school teacher charged with raping student

To cut paper waste, Belmont entrepreneurs sell reusable cloth gift wrap

Lexington confronts history of slavery in liberty’s birthplace

Obituaries

Mr. Junkins, on the deck of the family home on Swan's Island, Maine. Permission: His son Dan Junkins provided verbal permission for free use of the family photo.

Donald Junkins, poet who led UMass Amherst creative writing program, dies at 89

Alma Wahlberg, mother of Mark, Donnie Wahlberg, dies at 78

Penelope Laingen, who united nation with yellow ribbons during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 89