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Battle for the GOP

Stripped of his megaphone and much of his influence, Trump still holds GOP in his thrall

It is becoming increasingly clear that the ex-president no longer needs the social media platforms that nurtured his devoted following and rocketed him to the presidency.
In op-ed, Cheney responds to calls to oust her from House GOP leadership

In reversing a Trump labor rule, Biden administration takes aim at ‘gig economy’

Tech companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart have disrupted the US economy by creating a labor force of millions of so-called gig workers. Now Washington appears poised to disrupt the disruptors, taking the first step in what appears to be a larger battle with industry giants to give those workers more rights.

Boston officials mull what should be done about ATVs and loud parties in and around Franklin Park

City residents, lawmakers, and officials Wednesday evening batted around ideas of what to do about off-road vehicles and loud parties in around Franklin Park, the city’s largest tract of open space.

TIGERS 6, RED SOX 5 (10 INN.)
Rafael Devers tosses the ball back to pitcher Martín Pérez after JaCoby Jones gave Detroit the lead in the sixth inning via a two-run single.
Red Sox left all wet, going from near walkoff to extra-inning loss vs. Tigers
After Xander Bogaerts had a potential game-winning double robbed in the ninth, Jeimer Candelario blasted a three-run homer off Garrett Whitlock in the 10th.

Gary Washburn | Celtics 132, Magic 96
Celtics guard Evan Fournier (right), who scored 18 points to go along with 5 rebounds and 4 assists in his return to Orlando, drives around Magic forward Ignas Brazdeikis (left) during the first half of Wednesday night's 132-96 rout over the Magic.
Evan Fournier was the feel-good story of the Celtics’ rout of the Magic
After struggling through a COVID-19 diagnosis, Fournier is on the road to improved health. "I'm very motivated to show everyone what I can do and how I can help this team,” he said.

Celtics have a rare easy night with rout of Magic in Orlando
Alden Shoe Company in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts shoe company executive pleads guilty to embezzling $30m

A former top executive at Alden Shoe Co. pleaded guilty to embezzling $30 million from the company and spending it on luxury items and travel for himself and another person, federal prosecutors in Boston said.
Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia arrived at the Moakley courthouse in Boston on Wednesday.

Former Fall River mayor received $75,000 bribe in city car, witness testifies

A local businessman testified Wednesday that he placed a $75,000 cash bribe directly into the hands of Jasiel F. Correia II.
Brenda Romero worked with staff and volunteers filling food boxes at La Colaborativa in Chelsea.

In Massachusetts, 1.6 million adults are struggling to get enough to eat

A new survey by the Greater Boston Food Bank found that people of color and families with children are disproportionately experiencing food insecurity.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN
Sterling Clinton Spellman, founder of Incred-A-bowl Food Company, third from left, speaks with Vice President Kamala Harris after a meeting at the Social Enterprise Greenhouse, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Providence, R.I.
Think Vice President Harris didn’t need to visit Rhode Island? Tell that to the people who met her
The vice president spent the day with real people who run real businesses, talking about the challenges they face.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is participating along with soprano Renee Fleming, the CEOs of Pfizer and Moderna, and the lead guitarist of Aerosmith among others in a unique three-day Vatican conference.
Three-day Vatican conference features Dr. Fauci, Pope Francis — and Aerosmith
An eclectic mix of participants are taking part in a unique three-day Vatican conference on COVID-19, other global health threats and how science, solidarity and spirituality can address them.

Caitlyn Jenner was interviewed by Fox News host Sean Hannity Wednesday night.
‘I move on,’ Caitlyn Jenner says to critics in Sean Hannity interview
Caitlyn Jenner, a Republican whose campaign for California governor has elicited angry reaction from some members of the LGBTQ community, said Wednesday that “I move on” when it comes to her critics.

The teneral stage is when the cicadas emerge from their nymphal case.
Nature at its craziest: Trillions of cicadas about to emerge
Within days, a couple weeks at most, the cicadas of Brood X will emerge after 17 years underground.

WORKING ON IT
Carrie Finison's "Don't Hug Doug" is about a boy who doesn't like to hug
Hugs are coming back, and for people like me, that’s not great news
Carrie Finison's children's book "Don't Hug Doug" can serve as a primer for adults, too.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER
Conan O'Brien (pictured at right interviewing Anthony Anderson on a 2017 episode of "Conan") will leave late-night TV on June 24.
For Conan O’Brien, the end nears for a sometimes bumpy but long and creative ride in late night
O’Brien’s 28-year-run, first on NBC and then on TBS, rivals the epic late-night tenures of David Letterman (33 years) and Johnny Carson (30 years).

Opinion

Ellen M. Burstein and Alan Zhang

Young Americans are facing a mental health crisis and need action

This issue cannot be pushed to the side, and our generation cannot be left to fend for itself.
Shanawaz Shaikh sold his SUV to raise funds for a service to provide oxygen cylinders to needy people in Mumbai.
IDEAS | ALOLIKA DUTTA

A young poet in Mumbai offers a glimpse of India’s catastrophe
Representative Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, has been threatened with the loss of her House leadership position because of her comments about — and vote to impeach — former president Donald Trump.
EDITORIAL

Deposing Liz Cheney would be the wrong move
A student stands atop the steps of the Idaho Capitol Building on April 26 in downtown Boise. The Idaho Senate has approved legislation aimed at preventing schools and universities from “indoctrinating" students through teaching critical race theory, which examines the ways in which race and racism influence American politics, culture, and the law.
Joan Vennochi

Did questioning his daughter’s world history course make David Flynn unfit to coach football?
Some people wore masks in the Public Garden and some did not on April 30 after Governor Baker eased the outdoor mask mandate.
Shira Doron

How to determine your personal risk once vaccinated

Recommended reads

Three designs that Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya created for the "We Are More" installation, now displayed around Boston.
City of Boston, MBTA unveil digital billboards celebrating Asian American strength, resilience
Amid Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, dozens of digital billboards around Greater Boston boast slogans supporting the country’s largest diaspora.

RI NEWS

A New Jersey mayor makes waves over beach access in Rhode Island

The mayor of Jersey City owns a house in Narragansett, and has waded into the battle over how the public — including local surfers — use the beach.
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Cape Cod’s stylish new Airstream hotel is a lesson in high-density luxury camping

Even with the trailers being so close together, AutoCamp takes glamping to a new level.

Former Beverly pizza shop owner charged with defrauding COVID-19 relief program of more than $660K

A former owner of a Beverly pizza shop was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he defrauded a federal COVID-19 relief program for businesses of more than $660,000 by spending the funds on personal items including a Vermont farm and several alpacas, authorities said.
ADRIAN WALKER

AGs Healey and Ellison have forged a bond in pushing for justice

Though the specific roles of attorneys general can vary from state to state, they have sought each other’s counsel in dealing with the many common issues they face.

metro

Sterling Clinton Spellman, founder of Incred-A-bowl Food Company, third from left, speaks with Vice President Kamala Harris after a meeting at the Social Enterprise Greenhouse, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Providence, R.I.
COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

Think Vice President Harris didn’t need to visit Rhode Island? Tell that to the people who met her

The vice president spent the day with real people who run real businesses, talking about the challenges they face.

Boston officials mull what should be done about ATVs and loud parties in and around Franklin Park

Former Fall River mayor received $75,000 bribe in city car, witness testifies

Sports

Rafael Devers tosses the ball back to pitcher Martín Pérez after JaCoby Jones gave Detroit the lead in the sixth inning via a two-run single.
TIGERS 6, RED SOX 5 (10 INN.)

Red Sox left all wet, going from near walkoff to extra-inning loss vs. Tigers

After Xander Bogaerts had a potential game-winning double robbed in the ninth, Jeimer Candelario blasted a three-run homer off Garrett Whitlock in the 10th.
Gary Washburn | Celtics 132, Magic 96

Evan Fournier was the feel-good story of the Celtics’ rout of the Magic

Manager Tony La Russa unaware of extra-inning rule and his gaffe stings White Sox

business

Google said that it expects about 20 percent of its workforce to still work remotely after the pandemic.

Google says 20 percent of workforce will stay remote, while 60 percent will be hybrid

Cruise lines can soon begin trial voyages with volunteer passengers, CDC says

Younger investors flock to Fidelity

politics

Social media interactions concerning Donald Trump have dropped 91 percent since January.
Battle for the GOP

Stripped of his megaphone and much of his influence, Trump still holds GOP in his thrall

In reversing a Trump labor rule, Biden administration takes aim at ‘gig economy’

US backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines

Living Arts

DJ WhySham was photographed in the studio while she worked on new music. The artist has been using TikTok to promote other Black women hip-hop artists from Boston.

DJ WhySham brought Boston’s Black women hip-hop artists to TikTok — and the world

City of Boston, MBTA unveil digital billboards celebrating Asian American strength, resilience
TRAVEL

A Maine for all seasons

education

Students waited in line to enter a New York City public high school in March.

NYC schools rename Columbus Day in effort to please both Italians and Indigenous people
THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘I was too scared to tell anyone’: In new survey, 61 percent of Muslim students say they’ve been bullied in school

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

rhode island

Sterling Clinton Spellman, founder of Incred-A-bowl Food Company, third from left, speaks with Vice President Kamala Harris after a meeting at the Social Enterprise Greenhouse, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Providence, R.I.
COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

Think Vice President Harris didn’t need to visit Rhode Island? Tell that to the people who met her
RI NEWS

Peregrine falcons on R.I.’s tallest building will hatch any minute now. You can watch live.
RI POLITICS

Infrastructure should include child care, Harris and Raimondo say

Newton

Newton

Newton schools, CAPS Collaborative partner to continue Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program next year

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

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

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.

video

Comfort Zone

It's been a trying year for the average American mother. Now she deserves something nice.
What burnt-out moms really want for Mother’s Day
It's been a trying year for the average American mother. Now she deserves something nice.

The group will celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a free Celebrity Series of Boston virtual concert.
Mariachi is high art for Verónica Robles and her all-woman band
The group will celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a free Celebrity Series of Boston virtual concert.

"Abuelita’s Pastelitos" by Jesus Pizarro
MassArt has a new student gallery. It’s all the way over in SoWa
The space is devoted to art by students and alumni of the college’s graduate programs.

Cooking | Magazine
Zucchini and Goat Cheese Omelet
Recipes: Goat cheese gives a tangy boost to omelets, pasta, and salad
Try the powerhouse ingredient in these three simple dishes.

FOOD
From left: Femita Ayanbeku, Noelle Lambert, and David Hiler toasted Born 2 Run at the marathon finish line.
A Vermont athlete created a beer for the foundation that gave him a running blade
Born 2 Run launched recently at the Boston Marathon finish line and will benefit the Born To Run Foundation.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina speaks at a June 2020 news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Scott is the only Black Republican senator.
JEFF JACOBY

Is America racist? Kamala Harris and Tim Scott say no.
hellebore-blooms-pink-adobe-stock
IDEAS | ANDREA CLARDY

H is for ‘hellebores’ — and other reminders of my mortality
EDITORIAL

Count counties out of federal aid program
People protest the police killing of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, in Columbus, Ohio, on April 21. The shooting happened the previous day when police responded to a 911 call.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Ma’Khia Bryant deserved better in life — and death
Mary Ann Sorrentino

The politician’s apple doesn’t fall far from the tree — mostly
This former bank building in Cleveland is being converted into "workforce housing" for people who make less than the city's median income.
ideas

What if we turned empty offices into housing?

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
Senator Elizabeth Warren visits a California day care and preschool in December 2019, not long before the start of the pandemic.
Perspective

Senator Elizabeth Warren on why we need universal child care

Massachusetts 54th Regiment reenactors in front of the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial in 2018.
Summer Travel

The Black Heritage Trail: A walking tour deep into Boston history
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.
Summer Travel

Pack patience along with sunblock when heading to Cape Cod
Zucchini and Goat Cheese Omelet
Cooking

Recipes: Goat cheese gives a tangy boost to omelets and more

sports

Celtics guard Kemba Walker (left) appeared in fine form after missing four games because of an oblique strain.

Celtics have a rare easy night with rout of Magic in Orlando

Sam Palmer delivers dominant mound effort in Medfield’s Tri-Valley League win over visiting Westwood

Celtics have played their worst against some of the NBA’s worst teams

metro

Mr. d'Amboise demonstrated a jump amid his young students backstage at New York's Lincoln Center in 1965.

Jacques d’Amboise, exuberant dancer, choreographer, and educator, dies at 86

Hebrew College’s photography exhibit explores faith amid isolation

‘They had to grow up, musically, a lot faster’

Nation

Caitlyn Jenner was interviewed by Fox News host Sean Hannity Wednesday night.

‘I move on,’ Caitlyn Jenner says to critics in Sean Hannity interview

Biden hits goal to reopen schools in first 100 days even as many students choose to learn remotely

888 confirmed cases, 13 deaths, and 90,894 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.

World

Dr. Anthony Fauci is participating along with soprano Renee Fleming, the CEOs of Pfizer and Moderna, and the lead guitarist of Aerosmith among others in a unique three-day Vatican conference.

Three-day Vatican conference features Dr. Fauci, Pope Francis — and Aerosmith

Israeli president taps opposition leader to form government

Scottish autonomy at heart of May 6 election

politics

Representative Liz Cheney listened to Representative Steve Scalise at a news conference in April 2021.

In op-ed, Cheney responds to calls to oust her from House GOP leadership, says Republicans need to steer away from ‘Trump cult of personality’

Amid infighting, these are probably the only two things Republicans agree on right now

Biden isn’t the ‘recruitment chairman’ that Trump was, but GOP still has midterms momentum

business

It appears Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will end up deciding whether Donald Trump can use the platform, after all.

Facebook’s non-decision on banning Trump settles nothing

Federal judge strikes down US eviction ban. What will that mean in Mass.?

CVS, Walgreens see golden opportunity slip away as vaccines wane

lifestyle

The author's Airstream hotel room at AutoCamp Cape Cod.

Cape Cod’s stylish new Airstream hotel is a lesson in high-density luxury camping

What it’s like to work where the magic happens

If Bill and Melinda Gates can’t make a marriage work, what hope is there for the rest of us?

marijuana

Bags of marijuana products lined the shelves of a Massachusetts dispensary in 2019.

Massachusetts sets marijuana sales records around 4/20 holiday

At federal corruption trial, marijuana vendor details alleged bribe to former Fall River mayor

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

opinion

Young Americans are facing a mental health crisis and need action

A young poet in Mumbai offers a glimpse of India’s catastrophe

The cost of winning at all costs in Duxbury

food & dining

Chef Daniel Humm stands for a portrait inside his restaurant Eleven Madison Park in 2017. The highly acclaimed Manhattan restaurant Eleven Madison Park announced on Monday that it would no longer serve meat or seafood when it reopens next month.

One of the world’s best restaurants — NYC’s Eleven Madison Park — is going meatless

What it’s like to work where the magic happens

This Cinco de Mayo, indulge in some tacos

travel

Maybe we should rename it “waterfall season.”

A Maine for all seasons

Cape Cod’s stylish new Airstream hotel is a lesson in high-density luxury camping

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

Books

Carrie Finison's "Don't Hug Doug" is about a boy who doesn't like to hug

Hugs are coming back, and for people like me, that’s not great news

Around the world

On finding freedom for every body

Movies

Jim Jarmusch, from "Some Collages," published by Anthology Editions.

Lights, camera … collage?

In ‘Gunda,’ a ‘now’ that never ends

In ‘malni … ,” the Pacific Northwest offers a fairy-tale beauty shot through with darkness

Television

Conan O'Brien (pictured at right interviewing Anthony Anderson on a 2017 episode of "Conan") will leave late-night TV on June 24.

For Conan O’Brien, the end nears for a sometimes bumpy but long and creative ride in late night

For theatergoers, TV’s siren song hits a few sour notes

‘Freaks and Geeks’ and clueless network suits

music

The group will celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a free Celebrity Series of Boston virtual concert.

Mariachi is high art for Verónica Robles and her all-woman band

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’

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

A mask-clad bust positioned in front of the “Faith in Isolation Expressed” photography exhibit at the Hebrew College in Newton April 20.

Hebrew College’s photography exhibit explores faith amid isolation

‘They had to grow up, musically, a lot faster’

Outdoors or on Zoom, Newton’s dance students are back on stage

Obituaries

Mr. d'Amboise demonstrated a jump amid his young students backstage at New York's Lincoln Center in 1965.

Jacques d’Amboise, exuberant dancer, choreographer, and educator, dies at 86

Martin Bookspan, broadcaster who brought classical music from concert halls into the home, dies at 94

Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress, dies