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Boston Police Commissioner was notified of alleged molestation by officer, but patrolman was returned to duty amid union pushback, files show

Despite findings, Patrick Rose kept his badge, worked on child sexual assault cases, and ascended to power in the police union.
Timeline of the Boston Police Department’s Patrick Rose scandal

Nurse Stefanie Sampson prepared a dose of the vaccine last month at a clinic at the Prince Hall Grand Lodge in Roxbury. Massachusetts is the most receptive state in the nation when it comes to getting the vaccines, according to federal estimates.
These maps show where COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is strongest
Massachusetts has the lowest vaccine hesitancy rate in the nation, according to federal estimates. But some counties are more hesitant than others.

968 coronavirus cases, 3 deaths, and 79,162 vaccinations reported in Mass. Baker says state will see ‘a lot of traffic’ at COVID-19 vaccination sites in coming weeks

Lawmakers aim to bar Mass. gunmakers from selling weapons in other states

With Congress gridlocked on gun controls, Massachusetts Democrats have pinned their hopes on an economic lever: They can’t change other states’ gun laws, they said, but they can limit where Massachusetts-made guns end up.

Mass. board of education waives MCAS graduation requirement for Class of 2022

For the first time since 2003, when the MCAS became a graduation requirement in Massachusetts, state education leaders have decided to exempt an entire class of high-school juniors from having to pass the exam to graduate.
Passengers made their way to Terminal B at Logan Airport in November 2020.

Did it seem like lots of people moved out of Boston during the COVID-19 pandemic? New data confirm it

In 2020, more people moved out of Boston than arrived, while smaller Massachusetts communities saw an influx of residents, according to new Postal Service data.
Traffic at Logan Airport spiked last week
The Greater Boston housing market remained superheated in March.

Houses in Greater Boston cost more than ever last month

The median price of a single-family home was almost $725,000.
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Mary Ann Vecchio gestured and screamed as she kneeled by the body of a student lying face down on the campus of Kent State University in 1970. (AP Photo/Valley Daily News, John Filo)
The girl in the Kent State photo and the lifelong burden of being a national symbol
The photo of Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling over the body of Kent State University student Jeffrey Miller is one of the most important images of the 20th century.

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"I don’t need football to make me feel worthy as a person," said star Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
Kudos to Trevor Lawrence for his honesty and perspective, and other thoughts
The presumptive No. 1 NFL draft pick had thoughtful things to say about the role of football in his life — and the armchair analysts reacted hysterically.

Liverpool fans hung banners outside the team's Anfield Stadium protesting the Super League.
European Super League implodes as Liverpool, owned by Fenway Sports Group, pulls out
All six English clubs have withdrawn their interest from the 12-team breakaway competition.

Police searching for man who carjacked vehicle from Attleboro gas station with woman inside
Attleboro police are searching for a man who allegedly carjacked a vehicle from a Shell gas station while a 64-year-old woman sat in the backseat, officials said.

SJC orders new trial for man convicted in hammer attack on Westfield couple

The state’s highest court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for a Black man convicted in 2018 of attacking a couple with a hammer in Westfield, ruling the trial judge improperly barred the defense from calling an expert witness to discuss a possible white supremacist tattoo on one of the victims, which could’ve bostered the defendant’s assertion that he acted to protect himself during the encounter.
Love Letters

Her husband’s comments on her body have shaken her

She’s hurt but wonders if she should just let it go.
Love Letters Podcast: New crush, old bones

Opinion

A person celebrates the verdict of the Derek Chauvin trial at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020.
EDITORIAL

A first step, but justice means far more

The conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd was necessary and just. But it was not sufficient to achieve justice in America.
Smoke rises around Boston police on May 31, 2020, as they use pepper spray during a Black Lives Matter protest.
Andrea J. Campbell

Time and again, the Boston Police Department has proved it can’t be trusted to police itself
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow on Feb. 20, 2021.
EDITORIAL

Saving Navalny and the movement he spawned
In this image taken from courtroom video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens as his attorney, Eric Nelson, gives his closing defense argument Monday at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd.
Joan Vennochi

Believe what you saw. Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd
People are checked for a Florida ID as they enter a mass site to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on March 9 in Miami.
Harald Schmidt and Rebecca Weintraub

An ID shouldn’t be a requirement for the COVID vaccine

Recommended reads

Parents of transgender children and others gathered in Austin, Texas, recently to make their voices heard.
Republicans, out of power and squabbling, are targeting transgender kids to score political points, activists say
LGBTQ rights’ advocates argue that Republicans are targeting transgender youth now as a way to score political points with a segment of their base at a time when the party is out of power at the federal level and squabbling over some of the fundamental policies that used to unite them.

Joan Vennochi

Believe what you saw. Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd

Watching that video is a gut punch, one that should lead a reasonable person to conclude that the force Chauvin used was unreasonable, excessive, and disproportionate to the situation.
Jeneé Osterheldt

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

Coronavirus taught Nancy Fields not to take life for granted.

A year later, Boston officials recounted the vote. Now, the top vote-getter is suing to be seated

An obscure election for a seat on the GOP state committee is at the center of an unusual — and messy — legal battle that has entangled the City of Boston, Secretary of State William Galvin, and the Massachusetts Republican Party.

The Future of Work

The past year has shattered expectations of what workdays look like. Parenting while Zooming. An uncrowded T. Wary interactions with customers. In this special issue of Ideas, we explore which of these changes will stick — and how they’ll affect the quality of our lives.

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Boston Acting Mayor Kim Janey.

Watch live: Acting Mayor Janey speaks after Derek Chauvin found guilty of murdering George Floyd

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey is set to speak after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murdering George Floyd.

Lawmakers aim to bar Mass. gunmakers from selling weapons in other states

Mass. elected officials, activists hail guilty verdicts in Chauvin murder case

Sports

Mookie Betts remained in the game Monday night in Seattle after taking a pitch off his forearm in the ninth inning, but was given Tuesday off.
MLB NOTEBOOK

Mookie Betts held out of Dodgers lineup after hit by pitch

Manager Dave Roberts gave Betts a night off at least in part because LA is off Wednesday, prior to another big early season series against San Diego beginning on Thursday at Dodger Stadium.

Sports world responds to conviction of Derek Chauvin: ‘This verdict represents a step toward justice’
super league

English clubs abandon breakaway Super League by quitting

business

Bank of America has pledged $1.25 billion over the next five years to address racial and economic inequality.

Bank of America looks to link bond issuers with minority-run banks

A global tipping point for reining in tech has arrived

US takes steps to protect electric system from cyberattacks

politics

President Biden.

In phone call, Biden tells Floyd family after verdict: ‘We’re so relieved’

Watch live: Reaction to convictions in the murder of George Floyd

General says Afghan withdrawal will make terror fight harder

Living Arts

Cristin Milioti in "Made for Love."
TELEVISION

Cristin Milioti and Ray Romano are easy to like in ‘Made for Love’

Wulf’s Fish can ship you a lavish brunch, caviar and all
SEASONAL RECIPES

Recipe: Spoon a medley of sauteed mushrooms on crunchy crostini with creamy whipped burrata

education

Mass. board of education waives MCAS graduation requirement for Class of 2022

Colleges are starting to require student vaccinations

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

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In this image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn.
RI CRIME

‘No one is above the law’: Rhode Islanders react to conviction of Derek Chauvin in murder of George Floyd
RI CRIME

Providence police preparing for outcome in Chauvin trial
RHODE MAP

What 3 R.I. mayors have learned in their first 100 days

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Comfort Zone

Authors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka's latest YA novel, "What's Not to Love" is out April 20 from Penguin Random House, following two high school seniors vying for a coveted spot at Harvard.
YA authors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka on Harvard and high school love
The real life couple discuss their latest book, filled with hyper-competitive Ivy League longing.

The summer season at Jacob's Pillow will include a performance of “joyUS justUS" by CONTRA-TIEMPO.
After a lost summer, Jacob’s Pillow will return for a full season in 2021
The June 30-Aug. 29 season will also offer unprecedented online access to most festival programming.

COMFORT ZONE
Safiya Leslie
This musical journey around the globe comes once a month in a box
Berklee grad Safiya Leslie — a singer/songwriter and entrepreneur — is giving world music fans a chance to explore the sounds of a different country each month through her Safiya’s World Music Tour Playlist subscription boxes.

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.

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

EDITORIAL

There’s too much secrecy in state government. It’s time for a constitutional amendment to change that
Migrants from Central American countries wait to be taken to a Border Patrol intake station after being smuggled across the Rio Grande river in Roma, Texas, on March 30.
MARCELA GARCÍA

A young migrant’s perilous journey and the cost of inaction
Students sit separated by plastic dividers during lunch at Wyandotte County High School in Kansas City, Kan. on the first day of in-person learning on March 31.
Paul Reville

Pandemic learning loss can be a post-pandemic opportunity for education reforms
Steven Prescod as Tereek (left) and Robert Tarango as Artie, in a scene from "Feeling Through."
Dave Power

What TikTok users who doubt Helen Keller can learn this Oscar season
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
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The Future of Work

STAT

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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
Person wearing a "Hello I am ... bored" sticker on their shirt.
Perspective

Dear Grads: Don’t believe the myth that work has to be a slog

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
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

The 2024 US Senior Open will be the fifth USGA event held at Newport Country Club.

Newport Country Club to host 2024 US Senior Open

European Super League implodes as Liverpool, owned by Fenway Sports Group, pulls out

EMass girls’ volleyball: Concord-Carlisle’s Corinne Herr headlines Players of the Week

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In this image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn.

‘No one is above the law’: Rhode Islanders react to conviction of Derek Chauvin in murder of George Floyd

Timeline of the Boston Police Department’s Patrick Rose scandal

Boston Police Commissioner was notified of alleged molestation by officer, but patrolman was returned to duty amid union pushback, files show

Nation

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was taken into custody as his attorney after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial.

Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death

In phone call, Biden tells Floyd family after verdict: ‘We’re so relieved’

Sleeping too little in middle age may increase dementia risk, study finds

World

President Idriss Déby of Chad

President of Chad is killed as soldiers clash with rebels

European regulators decline to restrict use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, call blood clots very rare

Navalny’s doctors prevented from seeing him at prison clinic

politics

Former Vice President Walter Mondale during an interview on Dec. 12, 1983.

Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter’s vice president, dies at 93

Republicans, out of power and squabbling, are targeting transgender kids to score political points, activists say

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

business

President Biden.

Biden OKs more foreign seasonal workers as economy improves

In a first for the region, Hannaford says its grocery stores have achieved zero food waste

Houses in Greater Boston cost more than ever last month

lifestyle

Lady M, a boutique bakery chain with a shop in Boston, has a new Bon Bon collection.

New bon bons from Lady M, for Mother’s Day (or any day)

Recipe: Roll up lamb meatballs with minty yogurt sauce in flatbreads for this refreshing dinner

Creative bartenders are elevating the humble carrot

marijuana

Former Boston mayor Martin J. Walsh hands a pen to then-City Councilor Kim Janey after signing the new marijuana licensing ordinance she drafted at City Hall in 2019.

On 4/20, Boston’s acting mayor turns to marijuana industry for campaign cash

US House passes marijuana banking bill with bipartisan support

With marijuana legal in New York, and other states close behind, will Mass. dispensaries along state borders survive?

opinion

A person celebrates the verdict of the Derek Chauvin trial at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020.

A first step, but justice means far more

Saving Navalny and the movement he spawned

Social Studies: Less is more, subtle prejudice, and the height of power

food & dining

Wulf’s Fish, a seafood company, Deluxe Brunch Set for Mother’s Day.

Wulf’s Fish can ship you a lavish brunch, caviar and all

Recipe: Spoon a medley of sauteed mushrooms on crunchy crostini with creamy whipped burrata

Occo delivers spices in smaller amounts — and with recipe ideas

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

Dartmouth's Joshua Bennett is a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow and Whiting Award winner

Dartmouth professor Joshua Bennett awarded two major literary prizes inside a week

Brave women fighting Nazis in ‘The Light of Days’

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

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

Cristin Milioti in "Made for Love."

Cristin Milioti and Ray Romano are easy to like in ‘Made for Love’

Some shows are meant to be binged, not savored

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

music

Meklit Hadero performing in 2017.

Better late than never: Meklit finally makes her Celebrity Series debut

This musical journey around the globe comes once a month in a box

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

Theater/Dance

The summer season at Jacob's Pillow will include a performance of “joyUS justUS" by CONTRA-TIEMPO.

After a lost summer, Jacob’s Pillow will return for a full season in 2021

Theater without theater

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

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

In addition to her many other accomplishments, Dr. Barbara Rockett was a fine equestrian.

Dr. Barbara Rockett, first female president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, dies at 89

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

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