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Biden quadruples Trump refugee cap after delay backlash

President Biden is formally lifting the nation’s refugee cap to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in lifting former president Donald Trump’s limit of 15,000.

Man accused of murdering two women ordered held without bail in Dorchester court

A 34-year-old man accused of murdering two women inside a Dorchester apartment was the person who called 911 for help and allegedly told Boston police that he woke up with a knife in his hand, his wife bleeding nearby, and with no idea what happened, a prosecutor said Monday.

Elected officials rebuke Boston police union tweet targeting City Councilor Andrea Campbell

A tweet from the Boston police union containing an apparent reference to City Councilor Andrea Campbell's brother prompted sharp criticism from a number of local elected leaders.

Shaw’s, Star Market truckers go on strike; company says it will resume negotiations this week

Truck drivers for Shaw’s supermarkets represented by the Teamsters went on strike Monday, stopping shipments to Shaw’s and Star Market grocery stores in New England.

New England leads the nation in vaccination rates, CDC data show

Massachusetts and other New England states are national leaders in the rate of people who have gotten at least their first shots of the coronavirus vaccine.

Mass. reports 481 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 18 deaths

Baker announces plans to close four mass vaccination sites in June, shift supply to regional sites

Citing vaccination progress, Governor Charlie Baker said Monday that the state will transition away from mass vaccination sites and shift focus to targeted efforts with regional collaboratives, mobile clinics, and more doses for hard-hit communities.

Here are the mass vaccination sites that are closing R.I. plans to close Dunkin’ Donuts Center vaccine site soon, Governor McKee says

What would it take to vaccinate the whole world? Let’s take a look

More than 600 million people worldwide have been at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19 — meaning that more than 7 billion still have not. It is a striking achievement in the shadow of a staggering challenge.

Reaching ‘herd immunity’ is unlikely in the US, experts now believe

Bill and Melinda Gates in 2018.

Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are ending their marriage

The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, who launched the world’s largest charitable foundation, said they would continue to work together at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in the 2003 film "Gigli," back when they were engaged. The pair have reportedly been spending time together again after Lopez split from ex-fiance Alex Rodriguez.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are reportedly spending time together again

Up next for Annabelle Hasselbeck and the BC's women's lacrosse team will be the NCAA tournament.

The first family of BC sports — the Hasselbecks — continues to flourish on campus

Matt and Sarah's daughter Annabelle is on the nationally ranked lacrosse team, and will be joined next season by sister Mallory.

Left to right are WPI students Brian Fay and Andy Strauss, professor Marko Popovic, and student Mia Buccowich. The students under the supervision of their professor are developing a partial hand prosthetic for a Texas college student.

At Worcester Polytechnic, students fashion a new prosthetic hand, and an abiding, long-distance friendship

“They’re all so motivated and kind and driven. Not just for the project though. But for me.”

Ruby is a 10-month-old German Shepherd mountain cur mix.

Going to the dogs

That I should fall in love with a dog, let alone be in the same room as one, is nothing short of astonishing.

How should Boston Public Schools spend $400 million in federal funds? The district launched a commission to figure it out

A newly launched commission will help Boston Public Schools allocate nearly $400 million in federal pandemic relief funds, coming in part from the American Rescue Plan.

With investors on board, a big redo of Bunker Hill public housing complex is set to begin

The ten-year effort will replace 1,100 apartments for some of Boston’s poorest residents and add nearly 1,600 new apartments — at mixed income levels — at a 26-acre site on the northern edge of Charlestown.

In Longwood Medical Area, jobs were being added about twice as fast as in the state overall

The Longwood Medical Area has come a long way from the days when Boston Children’s Hospital set up shop on Huntington Avenue with 60 beds and a herd of cows to provide kids with tuberculosis-free milk.

Calls for justice at North Carolina funeral of Andrew Brown Jr.

The Rev. Al Sharpton issued a powerful call for transparency and the release of body camera footage at the funeral Monday for Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot and killed by deputies in North Carolina.

Fidelity Investments to add 500 jobs in Smithfield, Rhode Island

Most of the positions are entry level and will not require finance experience or licensure.

A big factor in the Red Sox’ success this season: They’re having fun

The laundry-cart rides for home run hitters are just one way the team has been bonding and enjoying each other's company.

Opinion

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey speaks to reporters about public safety efforts in Boston, providing an update on the implementation of police reform and the creation of the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, April 13.

Police transparency in Janey’s hands

It’s time to release the report on Boston’s police commissioner and decide his fate.

Acting Mayor Kim Janey speaks during a press conference on April 20.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Can Kim Janey ‘act’ her way into the job?

Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell announced her bid for mayor in Roxbury on Sept. 24.

Who lives in ‘glass houses’? Not Andrea Campbell.

A row of triple-deckers in Mattapan.

How to make rent affordable in Boston

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Call Republican opposition to D.C. statehood what it is: Racist

Recommended reads

‘It’s everywhere. It’s every family. I get depressed by the hour.’ Mass. residents from India, Brazil watch from afar as COVID-19 horrors unfold

The suffering in India, which has overtaken Brazil as the pandemic’s global epicenter, has sown fear among the population, which is facing drastic shortages of hospital beds, oxygen, and medications.

As Democrats weigh fate of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, Republicans prepare to run in it

Many Democrats, including some who ran for president in 2020, say Iowa and New Hampshire shouldn’t hold the nation’s first nominating contests because their majority-white populations don’t reflect the Democratic electorate.

What will Acting Mayor Kim Janey do about Boston police?

The chief controversies swirling around the nation’s oldest police force are threefold, including the status of the city’s police commissioner, Dennis White, who is on paid administrative leave while an independent investigator probes a 1999 domestic abuse allegation.

Stop trying to push Black candidates out of the mayor’s race

For years, a small group of activists have pushed the idea that Black voters can only support one person at a time, and that everyone else should stand down.

Fleeing death in Guatemala, two Ixil Maya activists hope to continue their defense of indigenous rights from the US — if they can stay

Thousands of migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador have been allowed to enter the United States, as the Biden administration unwinds a Trump-era program requiring asylum seekers to wait out their pending cases in Mexico. For nearly all, refuge remains elusive.

metro

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson at Rhode Island Hospital in March 2021.

Report: Rare blood clots up to 10 times more likely from COVID-19 infection than from Johnson & Johnson vaccine

The chief of neurology at Lifespan Corporation says blood clots aren’t the only long-term effects she has seen in patients who have had COVID-19.

Kevin Cullen

Going to the dogs

'A Beautiful Resistance' is nominated for a Boston/New England Regional Emmy® Award

Sports

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser passed away at his home in Albuquerque at the age of 87.

Bobby Unser, three-time winner of Indianapolis 500, dies at 87

Unser was one of just 10 drivers to win the 500 at least three times and was one of six members of the Unser family to partake in the iconic race.

NFL notebook

Bills pick up fifth-year options on QB Josh Allen, LB Tremaine Edmunds

EMass boys’ lacrosse: BC High’s Carter Rice headlines Players to Watch

business

Bill and Melinda Gates smile at each other during an interview in Kirkland, Wash. The couple announced Monday, that they are divorcing. The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, with whom he launched the world's largest charitable foundation, said they would continue to work together at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill and Melinda Gates to Divorce After 27 Years of Marriage

Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are ending their marriage

Greater Boston chamber hires Crockett as program consultant

politics

President Biden was flanked by Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley to his left and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to his right as he arrived at the Pentagon in Washington in February. Milley said he is now open to considering a proposal to take decisions on sexual assault prosecution out of the hands of military commanders, ta potentially significant shift in the debate over combating sexual assault in the military.

Top general drops opposition to change in military sexual assault policy

Biden quadruples Trump refugee cap after delay backlash

Democrats must find narrow path to curb high medicine prices

Living Arts

Larry Katz (left) and Maurice Starr outside Starr's home in Roxbury, circa 1987.

Man-of-a-thousand-interviews Larry Katz is sharing his tapes with the world

COMFORT ZONE

Reece Cotton’s online comedy festival celebrates ‘Love for Humans’

LOVE LETTERS

Our age gap bothers my friend

education

Parents brought students to the side entrance of the Roger Clap Elementary School in Dorchester in April.

How should Boston Public Schools spend $400 million in federal funds? The district launched a commission to figure it out

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Biden’s universal preschool plan a ‘game-changer’ for Mass., but final version could look very different

‘Everything that you do impacts future generations to come’: First member of Aquinnah Wampanoag to attend Harvard Law driven by sense of community

rhode island

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson at Rhode Island Hospital in March 2021.

Report: Rare blood clots up to 10 times more likely from COVID-19 infection than from Johnson & Johnson vaccine

RI BUSINESS

Fidelity Investments to add 500 jobs in Smithfield, Rhode Island

RHODE MAP

New year, more campaign fund-raising for Rhode Island’s top pols

Newton

Newton

Newton mayor ‘frustrated’ over pace of 52 bus route’s return to service

Here are the top Massachusetts high schools, according to the 2021 rankings from US News & World Report

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Special Projects

A BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE

The AAPI History I Carry with Me

A Beautiful Resistance is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and AAPI joy, as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

See the full project Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

On the Street

A bicyclist made his way across Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner.

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development

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

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

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PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST

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.

video

Comfort Zone

MUSIC

‘I wish my dad was here to see it.’ Berklee student Grace Kinstler turns grief into gold on ‘American Idol’

Kinstler has been wowing the judges all season. Now she's the last local standing, having been voted into the Top 9 by viewers.

Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter to be honored at Boston Arts Academy event

The Springfield native has personal reasons for supporting the school.

Norwell High School senior well versed for Poetry Out Loud nationals

Rose E. Hansen recorded — and rerecorded — her entry for this year's virtual competition.

Meet the ‘rope broker’ who cleans up the Cape’s seafloor and supplies artists with the salvaged goods

Laura Ludwig will go to most any length to find new uses for rope, nets, buoys, traps, and other equipment hauled from the depths.

COMFORT ZONE

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Members of the news media report from the memorial at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, as the jury deliberates in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.

Press freedom fight never stops

Musicians rehearse at the Liceu opera house in Barcelona in June, 2020.

Joan Wickersham

The possibility of being an audience

A pedestrian passes murals on Ruggles Street in Nubian Square during January.

Joseph Rosenbloom

A complementary plan for King Boston, the Franklin Institute, and Nubian Square

Protestors in support of transgender rights gathered outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on March 30. Gender-affirming health care for transgender people is not a scientific argument; it’s a moral argument.

Gender-affirming care offers a model for all of health care

Demonstrators in Huntington Beach, Calif., in November.

A jewel in the crown of California’s democracy

This former bank building in Cleveland is being converted into "workforce housing" for people who make less than the city's median income.

What if we turned empty offices into housing?

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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.

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.

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.

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

Wellfleet, MA- July 1, 2014- Globe Staff Photo by Stan Grossfeld- Damon Wolf, 13, New Paltz, N.Y. does a handstand as the sun sets into Cape Cod Bay in Wellfleet.

Pack patience along with sunblock when heading to Cape Cod

An illustration of a patient talking with a doctor via smartphone.

COVID-19 brought health care into the 21st century

Triple Ginger Scones With Chocolate Chunks

Recipes: Sweet brunch treats for Mother’s Day

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.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2021

sports

Rookie Jeremy Swayman has been seeing a lot of playing time lately, but does that mean he will be the designated backup for the playoffs?

Goaltending rotation is a high priority for Bruins heading down the stretch

Steve Sarkisian believes Mac Jones is this year’s most NFL-ready rookie quarterback

A closer look at the WooSox’ initial roster, and which prospects to keep an eye on

metro

The Fidelity campus in Smithfield, R.I.

Fidelity Investments to add 500 jobs in Smithfield, Rhode Island

How should Boston Public Schools spend $400 million in federal funds? The district launched a commission to figure it out

New year, more campaign fund-raising for Rhode Island’s top pols

Nation

President Biden was flanked by Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley to his left and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to his right as he arrived at the Pentagon in Washington in February. Milley said he is now open to considering a proposal to take decisions on sexual assault prosecution out of the hands of military commanders, ta potentially significant shift in the debate over combating sexual assault in the military.

Top general drops opposition to change in military sexual assault policy

Migrants separated from their children will be allowed into US

San Diego boat wreck that killed 3 shows the risks of ocean smuggling

World

A US plane flies over the Bagram Air base in northern Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday.

Day 1 of the end of the US war in Afghanistan

What would it take to vaccinate the whole world? Let’s take a look

Germany cancels Oktoberfest for second year over coronavirus fears

politics

Facebook oversight board to rule on suspended Trump account

Liz Cheney slams Trump’s attempt to brand 2020 election ‘the Big Lie’

President Biden to speak at Coast Guard Academy commencement in Connecticut

business

People drink outdoors on the patio of Big Dean's Ocean Front Cafe in Santa Monica, Calif. Thousands of restaurants and bars decimated by COVID-19 have a better chance at survival as the government begins handing out $28.6 billion in grants —money to help these businesses stay afloat while they wait for customers to return. The Small Business Administration is accepting applications for grants from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund as of Monday.

Restaurant survival hopes pick up as $28.6B in grants begin

Verizon sells Internet trailblazers Yahoo and AOL for $5b

Moderna to supply 500 million vaccine doses to WHO’s struggling Covax initiative

lifestyle

A Southwest Airlines plane taxis to the gate after landing at Midway International Airport in Chicago last month.

Most of us were grounded in 2020, but complaints against airlines soared 400 percent

Trending and tasty: 9 viral TikTok recipe hacks worth revisiting

Photos: Here are some of the looks from the 2021 Kentucky Derby

marijuana

Kathleen Owens, left, and Linda Noel grow hemp at Terrapin Farm in Franklin.

‘We feel like the ugly stepchildren of cannabis’: Mass. hemp farmers wait in a regulatory purgatory

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

US House passes marijuana banking bill with bipartisan support

opinion

Acting Mayor Kim Janey speaks during a press conference on April 20.

Can Kim Janey ‘act’ her way into the job?

Police transparency in Janey’s hands

Who lives in ‘glass houses’? Not Andrea Campbell.

food & dining

Contessa will open in June atop the Newbury Boston.

We now know the name of the restaurant that’s opening atop the Newbury

A modern tavern inspired by a historical one

Recipe: Giant break-apart sugar cookies to celebrate gathering for the first time in a long time in person

travel

A Southwest Airlines plane taxis to the gate after landing at Midway International Airport in Chicago last month.

Most of us were grounded in 2020, but complaints against airlines soared 400 percent

HGTV star David Bromstad loves his annual tan, his pillow, and the Cape

Traveling with an autistic child is hopefully becoming less restrictive and stressful

Books

Around the world

On finding freedom for every body

Reading Raymond Chandler and other mysteries

Movies

Actress Olympia Dukakis (left), cousin of presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, appeared at a New York City rally with him in April 1988.

Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress, dies

Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter to be honored at Boston Arts Academy event

Meet Ruth E. Carter, the costume designer behind ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Malcolm X,’ and more

Television

From left: James Franco, Jason Segel, Linda Cardellini, Seth Rogen, John Francis Daley, Martin Starr, and Samm Levine in "Freaks and Geeks."

‘Freaks and Geeks’ and clueless network suits

This week’s TV: A girl-group comedy, ‘Ziwe,’ and reeling through the years at WBCN

Flipping the script in true-crime series ‘The Staircase’

music

Larry Katz (left) and Maurice Starr outside Starr's home in Roxbury, circa 1987.

Man-of-a-thousand-interviews Larry Katz is sharing his tapes with the world

‘I wish my dad was here to see it.’ Berklee student Grace Kinstler turns grief into gold on ‘American Idol’

Grammys may cut nomination review committees

Theater/Dance

Reece Cotton

Reece Cotton’s online comedy festival celebrates ‘Love for Humans’

Giving the structures of racism a shake in ‘TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever’

Playwright James Ijames on ‘TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever,’ reimagining history, and who gets to tell the story

globe local

Road to Responsibility has outfitted a group home in Norwell with iPads and other high-tech devices that residents can employ to accomplish everyday tasks on their own.

Nonprofit outfits ‘smart home’ in Norwell for people with disabilities

Nomination papers for Newton’s city election in November available starting Monday

Helping shelter dogs get to their forever homes

Obituaries

Actress Olympia Dukakis (left), cousin of presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, appeared at a New York City rally with him and his wife, Kitty, in April 1988.

Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress, dies

Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur, has died

Anne Douglas, widow of late actor Kirk Douglas, dies at 102