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Baker relaxes outdoor mask mandate in Mass., announces timeline for reopening bars, other businesses
Massachusetts’ outdoor mask order will be relaxed effective April 30. The state also released a schedule for loosening gathering limits and reopening bars, amusement parks, and other businesses through summer.

DCF has long failed families with disabilities, advocates say. A pair of investigations is spurring a reckoning

The state’s child welfare agency has long struggled to properly accommodate children and parents with disabilities, failing them in ways both small and devastating, according to a review of lawsuits, independent reports, and interviews.

‘We came here and created a blank slate.’ Rick Santorum, CNN under fire following commentator’s dismissal of Native American culture

Santorum, who is a senior political commentator at CNN, made the remarks at an event hosted by the conservative group Young America’s Foundation. At least three organizations affiliated with Native Americans have called on the network to fire him.

In a boost for home cooks with small-business hopes, Boston will soon allow ‘retail residential kitchens’

Boston City Councilor at Large Julia Mejia hopes the measure fosters entrepreneurial growth for chefs who can’t afford brick-and-mortar rents.

Lucia Ristorante co-owner Philip Frattaroli set up tables in the courtyard of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in the North End.
In pandemic times, this North End restaurant and St. Stephen’s Church lend each other a hand
Lucia Ristorante needed a patio to keep business going. The church had a patio to offer, but one that could use a little TLC.

NFL Draft

chad finn
Patriots coach Bill Belichick tends to pull something out of his hat every year on draft day that confounds the experts.
Bill Belichick can’t really pull off a huge surprise in this NFL draft, can he?
With the Patriots holding the 15th pick, and their needs clear, there are just too many plausible possibilities this year.

ben volin | on football

The time has come: Patriots must draft a quarterback in the first round
nfl draft

Your guide to the 2021 NFL Draft: How to watch, what to know, and more

🏈 Join us Wednesday for a subscriber-only event previewing the NFL Draft
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Traffic is pictured in Denver. After booming population growth over the past decade, Colorado will gain an eighth US House seat following the release of new US Census Bureau data on Monday.
These charts show what we learned from the 2020 Census
The United States Census Bureau reported Monday that the country’s population grew at the second-slowest rate in history, and some states gained congressional representation while others lost it.

R.I. vaccine subcommittee was ‘blindsided’ by news of state lifting pause on Johnson & Johnson shot

It is unclear who made the final decision to resume administering the one-dose COVID-19 vaccine.

India’s COVID-19 surge is a flashback, and a warning, to many in Massachusetts

The surge is a reminder that while more than 42 percent of the American population has received at least one vaccine shot, immunization against the coronavirus has barely begun in many parts of the world.
What you need to know about the virus surge in India
larry edelman

Widow of mall developer Disque Deane is sued by their children for fraud

Anne and Carl Deane filed a lawsuit last week in Boston against their mother, Carol Deane, alleging she defrauded them as minors by transferring to herself tens of millions of dollars in financial interests that belonged to them.

The Encore Boston Harbor in Everett.
Encore Boston Harbor opens COVID-19 vaccination clinic
The Everett casino said it can vaccinate about 300 people per day.

ASK MATTHEW
Cristin Milioti and Ray Romano in "Made for Love."
Why a good TV show can fall between the cracks
The abundance of subscriber-only streaming services is making it harder for TV viewers to keep up.

Opinion

Edward J. Markey

America needs a Civilian Climate Corps

America needs to get back to work, and we can do that while confronting the intersecting crises of the coronavirus pandemic, racial injustice, economic inequality, and climate change.
A man walks through the Broadway East neighborhood on Oct. 14, 2020, in Baltimore, Md.
Michael Poulson

Biden’s infrastructure plan must curb structural racism
Army Reserves veteran Honoree Mary L. Anderson was honored with an Outstanding Woman Veteran Award during the Women Are Veterans Too! ceremony at the State House in November 2007. Since Massachusetts’ overall veteran population is far more diverse than that at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, diversifying Holyoke’s population should be an explicit goal for the future.
EDITORIAL

Who gets to live in a new Holyoke Soldiers’ Home?
How far will Biden’s handling of the pandemic take him when it comes to achieving other priorities?
Joan Vennochi

At 100 days, Biden is competent on COVID-19, but otherwise ‘meh’
A 111 bus heads over the Tobin Bridge from Chelsea to Boston.
Joe Boncore and María Belén Power

By investing in electric Silver Line buses, MBTA would be investing in healthier neighborhoods

Recommended reads

The supermoon rose over the Scituate Lighthouse on Monday evening.
See photos of the ‘supermoon’ from Eastern Massachusetts and around the world
A “supermoon” was visible in clear skies Monday night over Massachusetts. It’s one of two on the calendar for this year.

Are bars open yet? Are dinner parties OK? Here’s where reopening and restrictions stand in Mass.

As the possibility of more relaxed measures in Massachusetts looms, here’s a look at what’s open right now, what’s still closed, and the latest rules regarding masks and travel.

‘Shakedowns’ are at center of former Fall River mayor’s federal corruption trial, prosecutors say

Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia betrayed his constituents by extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars, a prosecutor told jurors during opening statements Monday in Correia’s federal corruption trial.

Giant ‘Happy Birthday’ letters have been passed around Arlington for months. They’ve become so popular, there’s a waiting list to claim them for a day

A family made the letters back in June. Since then, they’ve been used for dozens of pandemic birthday celebrations in town.

She hasn’t even started work yet, but Stephanie Everett already has one of the toughest jobs at Boston City Hall

The Mattapan lawyer and former state government official was tapped earlier this month to become the executive director of the city’s Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, an office forged amid calls for racial justice after George Floyd’s murder last year by a Minneapolis police officer.

metro

Mr. Kaminsky was a “friend of freedom and embodiment of the true hacker spirit,” the Electronic Frontier Foundation said.

Daniel Kaminsky, Internet savior, dies at 42

Mr. Kaminsky found and helped fix a fundamental flaw in the fabric of the Internet.

Baker relaxes outdoor mask mandate in Mass., announces timeline for lifting most capacity restrictions and reopening bars, other businesses

Watch live at 1:45 p.m.: Baker gives update on Mass. reopening

Sports

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the deal with Turner "will fuel continued growth for the NHL."

Turner Sports, NHL announce seven-year broadcast rights deal

The multimedia deal includes rights to air the Stanley Cup Final on TNT three times over the length of the contract.
nfl draft

A Cape Cod veterans advocate will announce the Patriots’ first-round draft pick
Red Sox at Mets | 7:10 p.m. (NESN, ESPN)

Game 24: Red Sox at Mets lineups and notes

business

The Encore Boston Harbor in Everett.

Encore Boston Harbor opens COVID-19 vaccination clinic

GE burns more cash than expected amid drag from jet engine unit

Biden to sign $15 minimum wage for federal contract workers

politics

Former US senator Rick Santorum in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 6, 2020.

‘We came here and created a blank slate.’ Rick Santorum, CNN under fire following commentator’s dismissal of Native American culture

Biden to sign $15 minimum wage for federal contract workers

What’s in Biden speech? Lawmakers race to add priorities

Living Arts

Earl Bradley (E. B.) Lewis's illustration for "The Other Side" by Jacqueline Woodson.

How picture books act as ‘windows and mirrors’ for kids learning about civil rights
PROJECT TAKEOUT

With patio weather upon us, Project Takeout is a wrap
GETTING SALTY

From a TV job in LA to bagel-making in Boston — a delicious career move any way you slice it

education

From left: second-grader Ku Swaray crossed the street with her twin sisters, Miatta and Emma, who are both in first grade as they return to F. Lyman Winship Elementary School.

‘A new first day’: Thousands of Boston students return to full-time, in-person learning for first time since March 2020

College graduations will vary widely this year, and families feel they’re missing out

Boston College to require all students and staff to be vaccinated for fall semester

rhode island

A sign on the campus of the University of Rhode Island, in South Kingstown, R.I., Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
RHODE MAP

The key contract details for URI’s new president
CORONAVIRUS

R.I. vaccine subcommittee was ‘blindsided’ by news of state lifting pause on Johnson & Johnson shot
RI NEWS

40 gallons of hydrochloric acid spilled at Rhode Island plant

Newton

Volunteers add flower-filled planters at restaurants throughout Newton as outdoor dining returns

Newton-based group showcases women playing jazz from around the world

video

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
Arlen Weiser, the inspiration for his dad's book, "The Boy Who Wanted to Rock."
On the pages of his dad’s book, ‘The Boy Who Wanted to Rock’ gets his wish
While his scientist wife was working on the rollout of Pfizer's vaccine, keyboard programmer David Weiser of Haverhill wrote a book inspired by the couple's AC/DC-loving 6-year-old.

MUSIC
Dropkick Murphys St. Patrick's Day livestream
20 concerts made during quarantine that you can stream right now
Musicians got creative during the pandemic and put on unforgettable performances you can still enjoy without leaving the couch.

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.

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

Gina Morrison and Susan McWhinney-Morse

Where will we live as we age?
0426SCHECTMAN
Amy Schectman and Elise Selinger

Aging in community

Renee Lohman

Smaller is better
Joseph Carella

Community-centered senior living works for seniors and communities
Marisa Morán Jahn and Rafi Segal

Architecture plays a key role in reimagining care solutions
Ingrid Zavala, right, with her mother and sister in 1990.
ideas

Left behind after my family’s deportations, I still dream of making it in America

STAT

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Transmission electron micrograph of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle (UK B.1.1.7 variant), isolated from a patient sample and cultivated in cell culture. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID
We know a lot about Covid-19. Experts have many more questions
More than two dozen virologists, epidemiologists, and others responded to STAT's question about what they still most wanted to know.

Boston, MA -- 03/16/21 -- The cover of the summary report of the review hearing for Jospeh Messere, is seen on March 16, 2021, provided by his attorney David Apfel.(Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
Cement Head’s last fight: He was denied parole six times — until he was about to become a Covid-19 statistic
In lawyers' view, the Department of Correction was trying to make it seem like it had fewer Covid-19 deaths on its hands than it really did.

JAMA illo
Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race
Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

SCT illo
Despite resistance, researchers investigate the possibility of a new mental health disorder
Many researchers say the study of sluggish cognitive tempo, which is still in its early stages, can’t yet support a formal diagnosis.

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

Shohei Ohtani scored three runs and had two RBIs in the Angels' 9-4 victory.

Angels’ Shohei Ohtani has two-way start of Ruthian proportions

Hope springs eternal for players, coaches on the first day of practice for the MIAA spring sports season

There’s so much still on the line for the Celtics, yet they can’t seem to stay motivated

metro

A sign on the campus of the University of Rhode Island, in South Kingstown, R.I., Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

The key contract details for URI’s new president

R.I. vaccine subcommittee was ‘blindsided’ by news of state lifting pause on Johnson & Johnson shot

40 gallons of hydrochloric acid spilled at Rhode Island plant

Nation

Pedestrians walked on Washington Street in Downtown Crossing in Boston.

CDC relaxes outdoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated Americans

Watch live at 1:15 p.m.: Biden speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic

Watch live: White House COVID-19 team holds a press briefing

World

Queen Elizabeth II of Britain with Prince Charles; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince William; and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, in Westminster Abbey in London last year.

Prince Philip’s death adds new urgency to UK monarchy’s transition plans

Amid second virus wave, the world responds to India’s distress call

Russian authorities suspend operations of Navalny’s offices

politics

In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington.

Homeland Security launches review of extremism within agency

Student’s Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case

Supreme Court to hear case on carrying guns in public

business

At the Boston startup Neurable, they are developing a pair of headphones that can gauge your focus and attentiveness using EEG technology.

Feeling distracted? These headphones can tell when you’re focused — and when you’re not

Raytheon CEO to become chairman as well

Biogen to make experimental ALS drug available to dying patients

lifestyle

Brewer Banner Designs owner Penny Brewer (with employee Dianne Veiga, left) lowered one of the shop's custom flags.

From ‘Little Women’ to ‘Dickinson,’ this New Bedford shop makes custom flags for the screen

Popular recipe site Epicurious is cutting out beef

In a boost for home cooks with small-business hopes, Boston will soon allow ‘retail residential kitchens’

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 111 bus heads over the Tobin Bridge from Chelsea to Boston.

By investing in electric Silver Line buses, MBTA would be investing in healthier neighborhoods

America needs a Civilian Climate Corps

Biden’s infrastructure plan must curb structural racism

food & dining

Clockwise from top left: herb-roasted salmon, Thai chili calamari, hanger steak from dbar in Dorchester.

With patio weather upon us, Project Takeout is a wrap

From a TV job in LA to bagel-making in Boston — a delicious career move any way you slice it

Essex County Brewing Company found its star in a batch of homebrew

travel

Outside the Louvre Museum in Paris on Aug. 2, 2020. American tourists who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to visit the European Union over the summer, the head of the bloc’s executive body said in an interview with The New York Times on Sunday.

EU finalizing plans to allow US tourists back this summer

These 5 Massachusetts hotels made Travel + Leisure’s worldwide ‘It List’

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

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

Director Chloé Zhao, left, with actress Frances McDormand on the set of "Nomadland."

‘Nomadland’ takes best picture at the Oscars, and director Chloé Zhao makes history

Chloé Zhao makes history with best director Oscar win for ‘Nomadland’

‘Another Round’ wins best international film at the Oscars

Television

From left: Dyllón Burnside as Ricky, Hailie Sahar as Lulu, Mj Rodriguez as Blanca, Indya Moore as Angel, and Angel Bismark Curiel as Lil Papi in "Pose."

‘Pose’ starting its final season with head held high

Why a good TV show can fall between the cracks

This week’s TV: A long look at late night, a new ‘Mosquito Coast,’ and the return of ‘Pose’

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

Max Ford-Diamond is Boston's tree warden.

He helps put the emerald in the Emerald Necklace

Sagamore Bridge expected to reopen fully Sunday, a month ahead of schedule

Massachusetts authorizes immediate use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Obituaries

Mr. Kaminsky was a “friend of freedom and embodiment of the true hacker spirit,” the Electronic Frontier Foundation said.

Daniel Kaminsky, Internet savior, dies at 42

Manufacturing CEO Beth Williams, ‘one of our brightest lights in the Black community,’ dies at 57

Thomas Brock, whose discovery paved the way for PCR tests, dies at 94