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Pedestrians passed people dining outside on Boylston Street.

Behind the empty storefronts, is Boylston Street about to bloom?

Retail rents around Boylston Street are back above pre-pandemic levels, though business hasn’t come back for everyone.

2,303 confirmed cases and 2 deaths. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

A blip? Or the beginning of a trend? Encouraging signal emerges in COVID waste water numbers.

Disney government dissolution bill signed by DeSantis

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill to dissolve Walt Disney World’s private government, after the entertainment giant criticized a measure that critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

Florida Governor DeSantis signs bill to limit discussion of race

What’s the wealthiest town in Rhode Island? See census data on income in the Ocean State.

Rhode Island has the 15th highest median income in the United States, but a closer look at recently released data reveals big income gaps within the tiny state.

Affordable housing developers to renovate South Providence’s run down ‘Clown Town’

The unvaccinated Tanner Houck will miss a start in Toronto.

Dan Shaughnessy

Vaccination issues could start costing the Red Sox games, and other thoughts

This is no longer strictly a medical or personal-freedom issue. It’s a baseball question. It’s a competition question. As in “Do Your Job.”

Dave Epstein | FORECAST

This weekend will bring a coastal chill to Massachusetts
One of the types of weather I really find fascinating is the backdoor cold front — and we’re going to experience one this weekend.

The state was supposed to rehabilitate them. Instead, hundreds of children were allegedly abused in N.H.
It was supposed to be a place to transition from a broken life to a better one. But many who spent time in New Hampshire's juvenile detention center depict it as a house of horrors. Rampant sexual abuse by staffers, beatings so severe they broke bones. The kind of violence that leaves lasting psychological damage, rippling through generations.

With another good performance in Game 2, Jayson Tatum and Payton Pritchard were enjoying the moment.

Seven thoughts on the Celtics as they look to extend their series lead on Nets

Kyrie Irving had some odd things to say after Game 2, but then again, Jaylen Brown made a curious comment as well.

Michelle Dockery as Kate Woodcroft in "Anatomy of a Scandal."

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Michelle Dockery has journeyed a long way from ‘Downton Abbey’

Project by project, Dockery is expanding her image beyond the haughty, sardonic, but increasingly sympathetic Lady Mary, a divergent career path she began navigating as soon as “Downton” wrapped up.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu hosted an Earth Day Celebration on Friday in Chinatown. Wu wrote her name in Chinese with chalk for Angela Jiang, 7, to see.

Wu announces plan to prepare Boston for extreme heat

The new Heat Plan aims to help Bostonians beat the heat, and includes strategies such as expanding shade-providing tree coverage, installing water bottle filling stations in schoolyards, and investing in cooling infrastructure.

Opinion

A scene from the town of Przemysl, Poland, near the border with eastern Ukraine, where Julio Salado, a Malden resident, has been volunteering with the international nonprofit World Central Kitchen.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why this Malden resident went to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees

Julio Salado is in Przemyśl, Poland, where he’s been working 12-hour daily shifts as a volunteer for World Central Kitchen.

Mapping environmental injustice

Julia Mejia, Gretchen Cook Anderson, Johannes Fruehauf, and Richard Taylor

Boston’s biotech boom must bring along Black and brown residents

The Supreme Court needs a code of ethical conduct

IDEAS | JEFF HOWE

It’s time to see nuclear power in a different light

The Globe turns 150

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150 YEARS OF THE BOSTON GLOBE

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe. We revisit some of the most impactful stories Globe journalists have covered, look back at 150 significant front pages, reflect on how the newsroom and Boston have changed, and much, much more.

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More recent stories

Kayla Montgomery, stepmother to missing Harmony Montgomery, makes brief court appearance

The stepmother of Harmony Montgomery, a 7-year-old girl who went missing in Manchester, N.H., in 2019 and whose father has been charged with assaulting her before she disappeared, made a brief court appearance Friday on charges of receiving stolen guns.

Officials: Mark Meadows was registered to vote in 3 states
Mark Meadows — a former chief of staff to President Trump who was removed from North Carolina voter rolls earlier this month — is still a registered voter in two other states, according to officials and a published report.

Biden signs order to protect old-growth forests from fire

President Biden on Friday signed an executive order intended to help restore national forests devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to press for more action on the environment.

On Earth Day, UMass Amherst unveils major renewable energy overhaul

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘She had a great smile that drew me in’
Will this competitive dancer win over her date?

Bill Russell game jersey sells for over $1 million at auction
The auction was part of a second installment of memorabilia sales from the Celtics legend’s personal collection.

From outer space, a front row seat on the Ukraine war, courtesy of commercial satellites
Every military in the world, including that of the United States, has been put on notice. From now on, all large-scale military operations will take place in public view.

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Charts: What’s the wealthiest town in Massachusetts? See Census data on income and poverty.

Massachusetts residents have some of the highest incomes in the nation, according to recently released Census data. But the state’s relative wealth masks income inequality across communities.

CONNECTIONS

Saying goodbye to Buffy the three-legged pit bull, my miracle dog
She visited patients at veterans hospitals and raised money for animal shelters. I take no credit for any of this.

Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022
A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

In an effort to curb Lyme disease, scientists hope to release thousands of genetically altered mice on Nantucket
A team of local scientists wants to use recent advances in powerful gene-editing technology to release hundreds of thousands of mice they’ve genetically altered to be resistant to Lyme disease, in hopes of interrupting its spread on Nantucket and on Martha’s Vineyard.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Sam Waterston as George Schultz in the Hulu series "The Dropout."

How does actor Sam Waterston do it all? ‘I love to work.’

Janis Ian (pictured in January) plays Lynn Auditorium April 23 in a stop on her final tour.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

AuthDesmond Hall will present as part of the virtual Newburyport Literary Festival this weekend.or photos of Desmond Hall.

NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

Celebrating 50 years of AGNI, a group reading of ‘Moby-Dick,’ and a virtual literary festival from Newburyport

Visitors to the United States Pavilion next to the "Satellite," part of the "Sovereignty" exhibition by Simone Leigh at the 59th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice.

At the Venice Biennale’s US Pavilion, Simone Leigh brings buried stories to the world

Special Projects

Paul Gunter.

Spotlight Team investigation

Unfinished Justice

The state’s high court in 2017 struck down a murder law that had condemned men who never killed to die behind bars. But what about those already facing that dire penalty? They are waiting.

Into the Red illustration.

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll routinely deals with housing, education, and infrastructure — the nuts and bolts of municipal government.

The race for lieutenant governor should be about ideas and experience. Not about $1 million.

"Even as we continue to kill one another, and even as nature too becomes a casualty of war, it remains for us a force of its own, like gravity or faith or love."

IDEAS | BRYAN PFEIFFER

Resilient nature amidst the ravages of war

Like those old sneakers that have lost their bounce, it’s time the Hynes was retired.

Back Bay’s white elephant has got to go

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was welcomed to the Kremlin by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2017.

CHRISTOPHER RHODES

The feminizing of fascism in Europe

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. The state has rejected 54 of 132 math textbooks proposed for use in public school classrooms because they incorporate social-emotional learning and critical race theory, according to the state's Department of Education.

Moscow in the Sunshine State

A Boston Herald-Traveler article about 14-year-old Rocky Chamberlain, who ran in the 1967 Boston Marathon and whose "Beatle-type" hair style caused some to think he was the third girl running in that year's race.

IDEAS | AARON SCHMIDT

Gender panic on Heartbreak Hill

Metro

Jemison’s role as city’s chief planner comes at a pivotal moment

Arthur Jemison, 51, was named by Mayor Michelle Wu to be the city’s chief planner. But that title doesn’t capture the breadth of the job.

Deaths of man and woman found in Concord, N.H. ruled homicides, officials say

Stephen Reid, 67, and Djeswende Reid, 66, had each been shot multiple times when their bodies were found in the area of the Broken Ground Trails, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said in a statement Friday.

Affordable housing developers to renovate South Providence’s run down ‘Clown Town’

The Barbara Jordan II development complex has been vacant since HUD sold the 26 brightly painted homes to Rhode Island Housing. On Monday, the revitalization of the area begins.

2,303 confirmed cases and 2 deaths. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Sports

Khris Middleton (center) exited Game 2 Wednesday after his left leg gave out on a spin move.

Bucks’ Khris Middleton hopes to return in two weeks from sprained knee

The three-time All-Star is eyeing a return in the Eastern Conference semifinals, if the Bucks advance.

Brad Marchand, normally a keg cog in the Bruins offense, has just one goal in his last 10 games.

Time is running out for the Bruins to fix their sagging offensive attack

The Bruins have just 24 goals in 10 games this month, and as coach Bruce Cassidy put it, "Some of our lines have gone stale."

Somerset Berkley boys' tennis coach Doug Chapman earned his 600th career victory with the program earlier this season.

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS NOTEBOOK

For longtime Somerset Berkley boys’ tennis coach Doug Chapman, winning is par for the course

Despite growing up in a family of golfers, his focus remains on the court, compiling 600 victories since being hired to lead the program in 1973 at age 19.

Seven thoughts on the Celtics as they look to extend their series lead on Nets

Robert Williams could return to Celtics as soon as Game 3 Saturday

nfl draft preview | offensive line

Central Michigan’s Bernhard Raimann found his preferred line of work at left tackle

Business

Affordable housing developers to renovate South Providence’s run down ‘Clown Town’

The Barbara Jordan II development complex has been vacant since HUD sold the 26 brightly painted homes to Rhode Island Housing. On Monday, the revitalization of the area begins.

Behind the empty storefronts, is Boylston Street about to bloom?

Retail rents around Boylston Street are back above pre-pandemic levels, though business hasn’t come back for everyone.

Disney government dissolution bill signed by DeSantis

‘Everyone wants to get back to normal’: As COVID wanes, conventions make a comeback

magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

Want to pay less for a Boston apartment? Move in with a nudist.

Five things every condo buyer should know

Seared Salmon With Chilies, Pickled Ginger, and Snap Peas

Make the most of spring produce with meals starring sugar snap peas

metro

A North Atlantic right whale fed on the surface of Cape Cod Bay, off the coast of Plymouth, Mass. on March 28, 2018. A federal appeals court on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, reinstated protections for endangered right whales in waters off New England.

NOAA’s whale protection rules come with a shortage of supply. Maine is calling for a postponement.

Bill Russell game jersey sells for over $1 million at auction

What’s the wealthiest town in Rhode Island? See census data on income in the Ocean State.

sports

Ben Simmons is 25 years old.

Ben Simmons says it’s ‘reasonable to think’ he will be ready to play in Game 4 of Nets-Celtics series

Baseball Hall of Fame changes the election process for Era Committee candidates

Coaching pioneer Heather Marini of Brown could have a quarterback drafted by NFL

business

Ginkgo Bioworks cofounder and chief executive Jason Kelly

Boston’s Ginkgo and German giant Bayer AG strike partnership

Stocks tumble for a third week as jitters over the Fed persist

Best Buy recalls 772,000 air fryers after fire and burning reports

politics

President Joe Biden delivered remarks on Russia and Ukraine from the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday.

Biden announces heavy artillery, other weapons for Ukraine

US to welcome Ukraine refugees but no longer through Mexico

Fla. House OK’s congressional map backed by DeSantis

Nation

House minority leader Kevin McCarthy pictured here on Capitol Hill. A tape with a recording of McCarthy telling other GOP officials he would be urging Then-President Donald Trump to resign after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot occurred has surfaced, rendering his previous dismissal of the statements wrong.

McCarthy’s lie puts GOP hypocrisy on Trump on display

2,303 confirmed cases and 2 deaths. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Florida Governor DeSantis signs bill to limit discussion of race

World

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Friday.

Britain, India call for immediate cease-fire in Ukraine

Macron extends poll lead over Le Pen as high-stakes French presidential campaigns end

Philadelphia health official says short mask mandate worked

opinion

‘Sexy’ spending on health care isn’t as rewarding as sensible spending

Moscow in the Sunshine State

Want to vex a legislative leader? Ask about a spring primary.

lifestyle

At the Moth's GrandSlam events, master storytellers compete for a chance to be named their city's champion.

Boston storytellers to compete for champion’s title at the Moth GrandSLAM

I do not feel like our five-year relationship is a romantic one

She didn’t choose me

food & dining

Hangar 420, a cannabis producer and distributor in Warwick, Rhode Island, has launched a cannabis-infused coffee syrup called Co-Pilot Syrup. The product is to mark the annual celebration of cannabis with a tribute to the official beverage of Rhode Island -- Coffee Milk.

A little cannabis in your coffee milk? New product celebrates 420 and a Rhode Island food staple

Rhode Island foodies, rejoice: Design plans for Union Station food hall have been approved

High Street Place was worth the wait

travel

An Aegean Airlines plane.

Aegean Airlines refunds one ticket but not the other

A new habitat for gorillas, images from Armenia, and ‘Golden Girls’ fans go cruising

Want to feel like you’re in some kind of CGI fantasy dreamscape? Visit Vancouver.

Arts

George Martin secured to a trailer paintings by Francis Hines that were found in a dumpster on Sept. 23, 2017, in Watertown, Conn. After fading into obscurity, Hines, who died in 2016, is again gaining attention after hundreds of his paintings were rescued by a car mechanic from a dumpster in Connecticut. An exhibit of that art will open May 5, 2022, at the Hollis Taggart galley in Southport, which is known for showing the works of lost or forgotten artists.

Mechanic finds paintings in Conn. dumpster, sparks appreciation for a forgotten artist

In ‘Neponset River,’ layers upon layers

Not child’s play

Books

At left: Buffy awaits customers at Wilson Farm in Lexington in February 2020. Top right: Buffy at home. Bottom right: The Buffy book featured at Browseabout
Books in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Saying goodbye to Buffy the three-legged pit bull, my miracle dog

In ‘Paradise Falls,’ home sweet, polluted home

Wil Haygood: Reading about history, race, and family

Movies

Tilda Swinton in "Memoria."

‘Memoria’: What you hear is what you get

‘The Bad Guys’ shows that crime does pay, at least for viewers

Boston’s Independent Film Festival is back — and back in theaters

Television

Michelle Dockery as Kate Woodcroft in "Anatomy of a Scandal."

Michelle Dockery has journeyed a long way from ‘Downton Abbey’

Travel Channel’s ‘Portals to Hell’ is heading to Plymouth, Mass.

How does actor Sam Waterston do it all? ‘I love to work.’

music

Andris Nelsons conducted an all-Strauss program April 21 at Symphony Hall.

At BSO, Nelsons returns to Strauss

The Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman gives introspection an ever-shifting sonic landscape

Portuguese music awards are coming to Providence

Theater/Dance

Toshi Reagon (center, with guitar) and the cast of "Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower."

Struggling to build a better world in ‘Parable of the Sower’

Through ‘Howards End,’ Matthew López found a portal into his epic drama about gay men

A family’s reckoning with the past — and with one another — in a sweeping ‘Our Daughters, Like Pillars’

globe local

Djeswende and Stephen Reid

Deaths of man and woman found in Concord, N.H. ruled homicides, officials say

As spring begins to bloom, so do community gardens

The Argument: Should Massachusetts require consumer notification before leased vehicles are repossessed?

Obituaries

Sylvia Stern-Stone grabbed Mr. Hinojosa-Smith for a photo before his presentation at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, in 2014.

Romeo Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Texas author who set series of novels along border dies

Former Raiders QB Daryle Lamonica dies at age 80

From Newton to Broadway to ‘Mad Men,’ Robert Morse, 90, did it all