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Seven Lynn police officers placed on leave as department probes possible drug use, inappropriate texts

Police said the probe was launched after one officer was arrested in a domestic violence case out of Salem.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Tahmi Johnston, left, and Carly Henderson, both 17, raised up their hands after delivering a powerful speech about the racism they experienced in high school at a Worcester "Justice for George Floyd" rally in June 2020.
Worcester won’t fight lawsuit aimed at diversifying school committee
Worcester’s elected officials became the latest in Massachusetts to abandon an electoral method that constituents called discriminatory.

Is Massachusetts undercounting COVID deaths in nursing homes?

Some critics and researchers are puzzling over the state’s new approach, which they say may underestimate the true death rate.

Top White House official gives Mass., other New England states, a shout-out on vaccinations

A top White House official on Friday gave Massachusetts and several other New England states a shout-out for their level of coronavirus vaccinations, saying, “Well done. Let’s all get there.”
Five things to watch as Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine gets CDC panel review

These 48 Massachusetts communities are at high risk for COVID-19, a decrease from 59 last week
This week’s total of 48 high-risk communities marks the second week in a row that the number of high-risk communities has dropped.

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts Encouraging signs are beginning to emerge in Mass. and R.I. coronavirus data. Still, experts urge caution
New Kids on the Block performed at Fenway Park in 2017.

Red Sox set dates for 8 concerts at Fenway this summer

The Plainridge Park Casino Fenway Concert Series is set to kick off on July 16, with shows running through Sept. 14. The concerts, which were delayed last summer due to the pandemic, are still pending final approval by the City of Boston.
That faint sound you hear? It’s the eventual return of live music
The Patriots dropped the ball with the selection of cornerback Cyrus Jones in the second round in 2016, and have had trouble drafting top talent since then.
ben volin | on football

Why has the Patriots’ recent drafting been so poor?

The last five years have not been very fruitful for the Patriots. Let's take a closer look at the problem.
A person passed through the Boston Public Garden, where tulips are starting to bloom. The next few weeks are the best time to soak up the colorful array of flowers that dot the landscape in the country's oldest public botanical garden, city officials said.

‘Life is renewed.’ The Public Garden’s plant chief talks peak tulip season 🌷

The next few weeks are the best time to soak up the colorful array of flowers that dot the landscape in the country’s oldest public botanical garden, according to city officials.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Caitlyn Jenner.
Caitlyn Jenner to run for California governor
Caitlyn Jenner, the Republican former Olympian and prominent transgender activist, announced Friday that she plans to challenge Governor Gavin Newsom of California in this year’s recall election.

UMass Lowell College of Education associate professor Phitsamay Uy is helping to lead a mentoring project to expand the number of Asian American teachers in Massachusetts.
UMass Lowell professor helps lead effort to increase Asian American teachers
Phitsamay Uy is helping to lead a mentoring initiative aimed at expanding the ranks of Asian American teachers by supporting those new to the profession or aspiring to enter it.

Explosion in Kingston, N.H., linked to gender reveal party, police say

The party was held in a quarry where officers discovered the source of the explosion was 80 pounds of Tannerite, an over-the-counter explosive target used for firearms practice and sold as a kit, police said in a statement.

Sheila Hannen (second from right) was preparing to retire this summer after 42 years at Saint Vincent. Now she's on the picket line with her daughters, all nurses, (from left) Kelly, Emily, and Tara.
As nurses’ strike heads toward its eighth week, is there an end in sight?
The union representing 800 striking nurses at Saint Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester said it is prepared to return to the bargaining table next week in the hope of resolving a contract dispute that has led to one of the longest nurses’ strikes in recent history.

Connections | Magazine
Photo illustration of a mother and daughter in a field hugging.
My mother is at her best in a crisis, especially when the crisis is mine
An appreciation for my mother’s role in helping me move beyond the unthinkable.

LOVE LETTERS
Love Letters
Am I stuck in this marriage?
Can/should this marriage be saved? Help.

Opinion

A MBTA bus on Boylston St. in Boston.
Laurel Paget-Seekins

Free bus is tempting, but low-income fares better address affordability

A low-income fare program would provide lower cost, perhaps free, access to all MBTA services, a greater benefit to people for whom fares are a barrier.
AstraZeneca licensed its COVID-19 vaccine to the Serum Institute of India to hasten production for low- and middle-income countries. This and other collaborative deals are speeding vaccine deployment, and they wouldn’t be possible without intellectual property rights.
Michael Rosenblatt

The downside of suspending intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines
The Muddy River Flood Risk Management and Environmental Restoration project getting ready for work near Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in the vicinity of Brookline Avenue and Riverway on Feb. 12.
Renée Loth

Bringing Boston into the wild
SCOT LEHIGH

How to help friends avoid conspiracy theories
April 20, 2021: New Yorkers react after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts, including murder, for killing George Floyd.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

We’re taking all the wrong lessons from the Chauvin verdict

Recommended reads

A view of the new building at Cambridge and North Grove streets.
MGH pushes ahead with nearly $2 billion expansion
Two new buildings on Cambridge Street would have hundreds of private rooms for patients, and the project would improve a busy commuter corridor in downtown Boston while potentially serving as a key cog in the linking of the MBTA's Red and Blue lines.

Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2021

Even amid a pandemic, these 24 communities saw the biggest leaps in house prices north, south, and west of Boston, plus in the city itself.

Can I take a pain reliever? Should I avoid alcohol? Here’s what experts say you can do right after you’ve received a COVID-19 vaccine

For those who have yet to get their injections: Is it okay to take over-the-counter medicine right after? What should you do if your arm is feeling sore? Here’s what the experts say.

It’s rare and expected, but some fully vaccinated people are catching COVID-19

Infections like Sarah Graham's are rare and entirely expected; the three vaccines cleared for emergency use provided robust protection in clinical trials, but they aren’t perfect.

In Boston’s mayoral race, the Patrick Rose BPD scandal becomes a central theme

Two days after the city released 13 pages of a 105-page internal file on Rose covering allegations that he molested a 12-year-old child in 1995, the political fallout intensified.

metro

Tahmi Johnston, left, and Carly Henderson, both 17, raised up their hands after delivering a powerful speech about the racism they experienced in high school at a Worcester "Justice for George Floyd" rally in June 2020.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Worcester won’t fight lawsuit aimed at diversifying school committee

Worcester’s elected officials became the latest in Massachusetts to abandon an electoral method that constituents called discriminatory.

Watershed contest challenges people to explore the South Shore

UMass Lowell professor helps lead effort to increase Asian American teachers

Sports

The Patriots dropped the ball with the selection of cornerback Cyrus Jones in the second round in 2016, and have had trouble drafting top talent since then.
ben volin | on football

Why has the Patriots’ recent drafting been so poor?

The last five years have not been very fruitful for the Patriots. Let's take a closer look at the problem.
basketball

LeBron James, Jaylen Brown mourn Boston basketball star Terrence Clarke: ‘Words can’t even explain’

Terrence Clarke, Boston high school star who played at Kentucky, dies in car crash in Los Angeles

business

Michael Hammond will be the next president of Gordon College.

Gordon College picks Taylor administrator Michael Hammond to be its new president

Simone Biles leaves Nike for Gap’s surging Athleta brand

Five things to watch as Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine gets CDC panel review

politics

Caitlyn Jenner.

Caitlyn Jenner to run for California governor

D.C. statehood approved by House as Senate fight looms

D.C. statehood faces a crossroads with congressional vote

Living Arts

Maiesha McQueen portrays a variety of characters in "Until the Flood" at Merrimack Repertory Theatre.

In ‘Until the Flood,’ a portrait of a town and the ravages of racism

HomeFront: Oscar picks, Ed Helms x 2, ‘Romeo & Juliet’
LOVE LETTERS

Am I stuck in this marriage?

education

Tahmi Johnston, left, and Carly Henderson, both 17, raised up their hands after delivering a powerful speech about the racism they experienced in high school at a Worcester "Justice for George Floyd" rally in June 2020.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Worcester won’t fight lawsuit aimed at diversifying school committee

UMass Amherst to require all students to be vaccinated for fall semester

Free feminine hygiene products for Maine schools approved in legislative committee

rhode island

Lamar Odom, right, vies with Russia's Alexander Kaun during the World Championship quarter final basketball match USA vs. Russia, on September 9, 2010 in Istanbul.
RHODE MAP

Lamar Odom still has lots of love for Rhode Island
COLUMN: DAN MCGOWAN

The biggest test of Gina Raimondo’s political career
RI EDUCATION

Two local Indigenous leaders to deliver RWU’s commencement address for the first time

Newton

video

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 Week 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

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

US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about a jury's verdict in the case against former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, at the Department of Justice, on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
EDITORIAL

Policing the police makes a comeback
A woman stands at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Armenia, Oct. 30, 2019.
Sarah Leah Whitson

Mr. President, recognize the Armenian genocide
Washington, D.C., police cadets, officers, and recruits on the front lines of demonstrations following the police killing of George Floyd gather to meet with then-Police Chief Peter Newham and police leadership at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in 2020.
Joan Vennochi

Who wants to be a police officer?
George W. Bush arrives at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden in January.
SCOT LEHIGH

The Republican establishment strikes back
President Joe Biden in the Treaty Room of the White House on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Biden announced his plan to bring all US forces home from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

In Biden’s pledge to withdraw from Afghanistan, the prospect of turning an imperial tide
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
Illustration of a house, key, and outdoor activities to go with a story about how the pandemic has affected the real estate market, causing people to want more space and outdoor space in particular.
On the Cover

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2021
The Citizens Bank Opera House and Emerson Paramount are among the many performing arts spaces that have been closed because of the COVID pandemic.
Top Spots to Live

City living lost some appeal for condo hunters
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

Caramelized pork with orange and sage.
Cooking

Oranges shine in 4 savory recipes, including a beef stir-fry

sports

Nick Pivetta lost his no-hitter with two outs in the sixth inning Thursday night.

Red Sox righthander Nick Pivetta deserved better in his latest impressive start

What Kemba Walker did vs. the Suns is exactly why the Celtics signed him — a big-time performance that saved the day

The Red Sox held the Mariners to just three hits, but wound up with an extra-innings loss

metro

New Kids on the Block performed at Fenway Park in 2017.

Red Sox set dates for 8 concerts at Fenway this summer

Bikes on the McGrath Highway? The state’s preparing to redesign the urban artery

Lamar Odom still has lots of love for Rhode Island

Nation

A dose of vaccine being prepared at the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center vaccine clinic at the Prince Hall Grand Lodge in Dorchester this week.

Top White House official gives Mass., other New England states, a shout-out on vaccinations

CDC says pregnant women should get vaccinated against COVID-19

Is Massachusetts undercounting COVID deaths in nursing homes?

World

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Russia’s Alexei Navalny to end prison hunger strike on 24th day

For extra days off, couple had 4 weddings and 3 divorces, officials say

Russian minister orders partial pullback from Ukraine border region

politics

Rep. Judy Chu, sponsor of the No Ban Act, addressed a news conference ahead of the House vote on the bill.

House votes to restrict future travel bans, moving to undo Trump’s legacy

White House offers new tax credit to help spur COVID-19 vaccinations

Watch live: President Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccines

business

President Biden spoke during the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Jobs are a make-or-break argument for President Biden in his climate plan

SEC to examine fund disclosure rules after Archegos blowup

Greentown Labs expands to Houston

lifestyle

Encore Spa lobby.

Need some post-pandemic rejuvenation, stat? These spas have you covered

Feeling good vibrations at Shou Sugi Ban House

This summer, Nantucket is getting a ‘sexy’ hotel

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

The Muddy River Flood Risk Management and Environmental Restoration project getting ready for work near Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in the vicinity of Brookline Avenue and Riverway on Feb. 12.

Bringing Boston into the wild

The downside of suspending intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines

The wholly undeserved rehabilitation of George W. Bush

food & dining

Workers prepared floor and table signage, hand sanitizing stations, and other measures in the dining area at Time Out Market in the Fenway last summer. The food hall is getting ready to reopen next month.

Benedetto closes, Time Out Market Boston readies for relaunch, and a 1920s cocktail lounge prepares to debut

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

travel

Guests at the Mayflower Inn & Spa can walk the trails and take out this canoe.

A major refresh for a Conn. inn can mean a major refresh for its guests

Need some post-pandemic rejuvenation, stat? These spas have you covered

Feeling good vibrations at Shou Sugi Ban House

Books

Illustration for review of "Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis" by Sehii Plokhy. 25Nuclear; BOOKS; 4-25-21

‘Nuclear Folly’ recalls when we edged close to the brink

Learning from the tumultuous politics of another century in ‘The Age of Acrimony’

Bill Buford on reading and learning from cookbooks

Movies

Hiroyuki Sanada in "Mortal Kombat."

At least it’s not called ‘Immortal Kombat’

Can a computer generate a simulation of the brain?

The Oscars: who should win, who will, who shouldn’t be here, who ought to be

Television

Elisabeth Moss in season four of "The Handmaid's Tale."

Remember when ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ used to be great?

Second time’s a charm for ‘How I Met Your Father’

It took a heroic effort by Emerson professor Rae Shaw to create ‘Black Kung Fu Chick’

music

Conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops rehearse their Mother’s Day celebration, which will include a performance by Pops violinist Ala Jojatu and her 16-year-old daughter, Maria.

Boston Pops announces a virtual spring season with six concert streams

What’s new, Tom Jones? Plenty, it turns out

That faint sound you hear? It’s the eventual return of live music

Theater/Dance

Maiesha McQueen portrays a variety of characters in "Until the Flood" at Merrimack Repertory Theatre.

In ‘Until the Flood,’ a portrait of a town and the ravages of racism

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

Theater without theater

globe local

World's End in Hingham is one of the places to visit in the North and South Rivers Watershed Association's "Explore the South Shore" contest.

Watershed contest challenges people to explore the South Shore

UMass Lowell professor helps lead effort to increase Asian American teachers

As part of Earth Week, Governor Baker plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Mass. facilities

Obituaries

Greg "Shock G" Jacobs, leader for Digital Underground, performed The Humpty Dance during a halftime appearance in the Detroit Pistons' NBA basketball game.

Shock G, off-kilter Digital Underground leader, dead at 57

Nicole Hynes, who said ‘I love you’ until the end, dies at 77

Mao Ayuth, filmmaker who survived the Khmer Rouge, dies at 76