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Hospitalizations for coronavirus escalate in Greater Boston

Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Beth Israel Lahey health system all reported increases in the number of coronavirus cases.
US slashes testing rules to speed up coronavirus screening Editorial: Government must do more to stanch economic bleeding Stocks surge as Trump promises to ?go big? on aid for economy

Trump administration proposes $850 billion stimulus bill to blunt economic damage
The Trump administration is expected to propose a roughly $850 billion emergency economic stimulus to address the free-fall while considering checks to American workers trying to make their way in an economy deeply unsettled by the outbreak.

Experts say the true number of people with coronavirus in Mass. could be 6,500 Hospitals cancel hundreds of non-urgent procedures, surgeries, and medical appointments

Number of state coronavirus cases rises to 218 as Baker announces help to local health boards
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said Tuesday the state would distribute a down payment of $5 million in emergency funds to local boards of health across the commonwealth who are on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus.

SJC halts all trials in state courthouses and mistrials will be declared A detailed look at the latest coronavirus cases from Massachusetts

Live Updates
Treasury delays April 15 tax payment deadline by 90 days; NYC preparing for possible shelter-in-place order
Here are recent updates on what?s happening in New England, the United States, and around the world.

Boston University is shutting down its dorms

City plans pop-up clinics for treatment of homeless amid coronavirus outbreak
City officials have established a temporary medical clinic outside a South Boston homeless shelter are looking to create other pop-up, makeshift clinics across the city in order to test and quarantine the homeless.

Mayor Walsh says Boston won?t shelter in place, yet

the great divide
Students are hungry for more than food on the first day of Boston Public Schools closure
Many who flocked to the school meal distribution sites were looking for student work packets, medications, clarity about the length of the closures, and a sense of normalcy in deeply upended lives.

Jennifer Crystal
Why did it take so long for me to get tested for Covid-19?
I didn?t need an ambulance ride to a hospital; I just needed a test. But once I was taken to a hospital, I never should have been left to walk right back out and possibly infect someone on my way home.

Remote meetings. Shuttered offices. Amid outbreak, some fear government is receding from view

The traditional ways people access their elected officials and hold them to account are disappearing, threatening to drive many core government functions further from public view amid the pandemic.
Coronavirus restrictions will help protect the public. They may also crater the state budget As city halls and towns halls close across the state, local governments continue to operate
? ? Election 2020 ? ?

With three more victories, Biden pulls further away from Sanders
Joe Biden swept to victory in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday, increasingly pulling away with a Democratic presidential primary upended by the coronavirus and building pressure on Bernie Sanders to abandon his campaign. 7 minutes ago

Joe Biden commits to picking a female VP. Here are 9 possibilities of who it might be Board of Elections votes to move the R.I. primary from April 28 to June 2; needs governor?s okay

Florida

Update in 16

98.39% Reporting

Joe Biden

Joe BidenDeclared Winner

61.7%1,058,600 votes

Bernie Sanders
22.9%392,180 votes

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Illinois

Update in 16

90.48% Reporting

Joe Biden

Joe BidenDeclared Winner

59.1%796,120 votes

Bernie Sanders
36.3%488,920 votes

Source: AP

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Arizona

Update in 16

6.30% Reporting

Joe Biden

Joe BidenDeclared Winner

42.3%200,075 votes

Bernie Sanders
29.6%139,736 votes

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How coronavirus is changing everything

Sports

Coronavirus live updates: French Open postponed until September

Here are the latest developments as the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect sports worldwide.
Recommendations for sports movies and books TD Garden workers remain in the dark about compensation during coronavirus crisis
restaurants

Once we ate together in restaurants. That feels like another era

What makes these spaces so important? We are about to find out.
A running list of restaurant closures, delivery options, and takeout offers See the latest on how coronavirus is affecting the arts world
work

Service workers may have an especially tough time coping with the coronavirus outbreak

As the disease caused by the rapidly spreading coronavirus ravages the economy, service industry workers are especially vulnerable.
Education

Schools are shutting down but day-care centers remain open

Though more than 1 million Massachusetts students will stay home from school for the next three weeks to control the spread of the coronavirus, the state has left open child-care centers, which serve the youngest children who require the most hands-on care and who are notorious for spreading germs.

Opinion

Edward J. Markey and Peter L. Slavin

We need a Manhattan Project to fight the coronavirus pandemic
JEFF JACOBY

When demand soars, prices should too
Niall Ferguson

The first coronavirus error was keeping calm
Catherine D?Amato

A vital need in the coronavirus pandemic: food

MOVIES
10 forgotten gems from 2,000 Ty Burr movie reviews
A ?Between the Cracks? on-demand festival for enforced home viewing.

Woman?s family celebrates her 100th birthday by singing to her through nursing home window
When Millie Erickson turned 100 years old Sunday, her nursing home was restricting outside visitors due to concerns about the coronavirus. But that didn't stop her family from celebrating with her.

dave epstein
Our chilly St. Patrick?s Day isn?t the end to the cold
Weather systems are moving quite quickly across the country right now, as is typical for this time of year, and this week at various points we may get more snow ? and temperatures nearing 70.

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After crowds on the Blue Line, MBTA to increase service

One injured in single crash in Hamilton

?An unprecedented order in unprecedented times? ? SJC halts trials in state courts

Coronavirus resources

At senior living homes, a heightened readiness as coronavirus looms

Is it possible the Olympics will be canceled because of the coronavirus?

With coronavirus lurking, forgive me if I don?t shake your hand

Love in the time of coronavirus

Keeping your hands clean in the time of coronavirus
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IDEAS | MATTIA FERRARESI

A coronavirus cautionary tale from Italy: Don?t do what we did

Many of us were too selfish to follow suggestions to change our behavior. Now we?re in lockdown and people are needlessly dying.

How long should Americans expect to live like this ? separated from friends, co-workers, and classmates? Experts say they don?t know.
In one study, experts predicted the outbreak in the US will continue to escalate over the next several weeks, with the number of hospitalizations for Covid-19 peaking nationwide in May.

Perspective | Magazine
Lessons from an Ebola survivor: Here?s what we can do about the coronavirus
The coronavirus isn?t ?just a flu.? It?s also not the apocalypse.

Rhode Island

Board of Elections votes to move the R.I. primary from April 28 to June 2; needs governor?s okay

Election officials want to hold the election mostly through mail ballots, although some number of polling sites must remain open for voters with disabilities.

Raimondo: Two new coronavirus cases brings R.I. total to 23, and testing could unveil more

Sanitizer, toilet paper, and ammo: In Rhode Island, the new normal is anything but
Newton

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe?s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

Trump?s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president?s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump?s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats

Prayers in Vegas, slumped shoulders in N.H. ? inside the final days of Warren?s campaign

Elizabeth Warren reflected on what was happening in a series of behind-the scenes interviews with the Globe in the final month of her campaign.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
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Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation?s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis ? a very slow moving crisis ? that puts our region?s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

RENÉE GRAHAM

Pandemics aren?t partisan

Mike Stanton

We saw it coming, but Tom Brady?s departure is still stunning for Patriots Nation
Michael A. Cohen

No one is in charge of the coronavirus pandemic
EDITORIAL

Be good to each other
Dot Joyce and Mitchell Weiss

When Greater Boston shut down in 2013, we came together ? we can again for the coronavirus
IDEAS | Miles Howard

Maybe more of us should live in public housing

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: Tom Brady?s 20-year career with the Patriots

Photos: Coronavirus concerns empty public spaces around the world

Photos: Revisiting the Red Sox spring training camp

Polar plungers: Photos of Ice Swimming in New England

metro

Boston University is shutting down its dorms
Boston University announced Tuesday night that it plans to shut down its dorms by Sunday, leaving undergraduates, many of whom were at home after spring break, rushing back to campus to collect their belongings.

Hospitalizations for coronavirus escalate in Greater Boston

Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Beth Israel Lahey health system all reported increases in the number of coronavirus cases.

Students are hungry for more than food on the first day of Boston Public Schools closure

Many who flocked to the school meal distribution sites were looking for student work packets, medications, clarity about the length of the closures, and a sense of normalcy in deeply upended lives.

Board of Elections votes to move the R.I. primary from April 28 to June 2; needs governor?s okay

What happens to the homeless in the age of coronavirus?

STAT

Health worker infections underscore the chaos of coronavirus response

Alzheimer?s group sees signs of progress against a grim disease. Is it real?

Opinion: Should ?broken? genes be fixed? My daughter changed my thinking

Why don?t ads for new medical scrubs reflect all healthy physician bodies?

sports

Coronavirus updates

Kevin Durant among four Brooklyn Nets to have tested positive

Four Brooklyn Nets players, including Kevin Durant, have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total to seven known players in the NBA.

Patriots agree to deal with WR Damiere Byrd, report says

The 5-foot-9-inch, 190-pounder had 32 catches for 359 yards (both career highs) and a touchdown last year with the Cardinals.

TD Garden workers remain in the dark about compensation during coronavirus crisis
NFL Notebook

Carolina Panthers sign free agent quarterback Teddy Bridgewater

Politics

With three more victories, Biden pulls further away from Sanders

Business

Retail sales fall 0.5% in February, biggest drop since 2018

Marijuana

The busiest pot shop in Massachusetts has halted recreational sales amid coronavirus outbreak

magazine
Dinner With Cupid

Blind date: ?Airport time is fake and you can drink any time?
Miss Conduct

Advice: How to decline a handshake, and other social tips for coronavirus
Perspective

Lessons from an Ebola survivor: Here?s what we can do about the coronavirus
Cooking

Recipes: Harissa adds heat to a soup, potatoes, and a tagine

sports

In world of high school football, there?s no better role model than Tom Brady

Was it rain, or tears, falling at Gillette Stadium on Tuesday?

We will never see anything like the Tom Brady era again

metro

Boston University is shutting down its dorms

Hospitalizations for coronavirus escalate in Greater Boston

Students are hungry for more than food on the first day of Boston Public Schools closure

Nation

Trump mulls sending all who cross border illegally to Mexico

Treasury delays April 15 tax payment deadline by 90 days; NYC preparing for possible shelter-in-place order

Coronavirus restrictions will help protect the public. They may also crater the state budget

World

EU to ban most foreign travelers for 30 days to curb coronavirus spread

Italy struggles to make room for onslaught of coronavirus patients

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson reportedly released from hospital

politics

Five key primary takeaways: Joe Biden is Democrats? antidote

FBI probing cyber incident on federal network

US slashes testing rules to speed up coronavirus screening

business

Retail sales fall 0.5% in February, biggest drop since 2018

Amazon limits shipments to warehouses

Here?s what the state can do to alleviate the economic impact of the coronavirus

lifestyle

A proud dad gets to share a stage with his son

?Terrible but like, inevitable?: actress Vanessa Hudgens comes under fire for remarks about coronavirus

?Motherland: Fort Salem? creator Eliot Laurence talks Salem witches in the 21st century

marijuana

The busiest pot shop in Massachusetts has halted recreational sales amid coronavirus outbreak

Regional marijuana talks are helping coronavirus response, New York governor says

Dutch cafe closures spark panic buying of pot

opinion

Which news is worse?

Government must do more to stanch economic bleeding

Disability community will fight any attempt to discriminate over scarce medical resources

food & dining

A conversation with Sam Olivari of Black Lamb, Bar Mezzana, No Relation, and Shore Leave

10 Mass. IPAs to help get you through a self-quarantine

The resurgence of SPAM, and other mysteries of coronavirus-era shopping

travel

A proud dad gets to share a stage with his son

This spring, be a part of the gold rush

How to disinfect your space on an airplane

Books

In ?Suncatcher,? a vivid Sri Lankan boyhood

New England Literary News

Tall tales for tough times

Movies

10 forgotten gems from 2,000 Ty Burr movie reviews

How now ?First Cow?? Director Kelly Reichardt explains.

7 mini movie festivals you can watch from home

Television

Another dose of brilliance from David Simon

HBO?s ?The Plot Against America? is timely and sharp

This week?s TV: David Simon?s latest, ?Little Fires,? and more binge ideas

music

Here?s some of the classical music you can livestream for free

Singer/songwriter Erin McKeown juggles the demands of being ?not that famous?

Boston Symphony Orchestra cancels slate of March concerts

Theater/Dance

Losses mount as Boston theaters go dark

?Hamilton,? ?Dear Evan Hansen? to return in Broadway in Boston 2020-2021 season

A generation comes to grips with its toxic legacy in ?The Children?

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Doriot Anthony Dwyer, flutist who broke the Boston Symphony Orchestra?s gender barrier, dies at 98

Dana Zatopkova, champion javelin thrower

Barbara C. Harris, first woman to serve as an Episcopal bishop, dies at 89