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Top moments from President Biden's first formal news conference
President Joe Biden doubled his original vaccine goal and said it’s his “expectation” that he’ll run for reelection during a news conference Thursday. ( Photo by Evan Vucci/AP )
Analysis

5 takeaways from President Biden’s first formal news conference

A televised tradition dating back to President John F. Kennedy, presidents have used these events as a way to fully utilize the so-called bully pulpit of the presidency, where pressure can be exerted, credit claimed, and doled out to someone else.
Biden pledges 200 million COVID-19 doses in his first 100 days ‘My plan is to run for reelection’ in 2024, Biden says

Readying vaccines at the Hynes Convention Center last week
2,274 confirmed cases, 39 deaths, and 72,088 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.
The state said 28,078 people were estimated to have active cases of the potentially deadly virus, and 631 confirmed coronavirus patients were in the hospital.

Baker says Mass. will receive about 40,000 more J&J vaccine doses than expected next week Advocates call for mass vaccination weekend for people of color in R.I. The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts Charts: Who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts, and how many doses has the state received?

Here are the Mass. school districts whose requests to delay full-time, in-person learning were approved and denied

Massachusetts Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley this week approved most of the 77 requests local districts made to delay the start of full-time in-person learning.
Mass. reports 682 new coronavirus cases among public school students, 228 among school staff members

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As Mass. vaccinates older residents, positive cases increase among younger people, Baker says

These 32 Massachusetts communities are at high risk for COVID-19

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

COVID cases are going up in Mass. Vaccination rates are mostly flat. So what does that mean?

The rate of coronavirus cases is ticking up, while the rate of people getting vaccinated has plateaued. The good news: Governor Charlie Baker says he's optimistic the state will get more doses.
COVID-19 vaccine news, resources, and guidance See how many people have received a COVID-19 vaccine in your Mass. town

Evan Fournier is averaging 19.7 points per game.
Celtics acquire Evan Fournier and Moe Wagner in separate deals, trade Daniel Theis to Bulls
Jeff Teague and Javonte Green also are leaving town, and the Celtics used part of the Hayward trade exception in the bartering.

A list of all Thursday’s reported trades in the NBA Denver Nuggets get aggressive at deadline, trade for Magic’s Aaron Gordon

Georgia lawmakers pass GOP election reform bill amid outcry

It's part of a wave of GOP-backed election bills introduced in states across the country after Donald Trump stoked false claims that fraud led to his defeat in the presidential election.

As many workers resist COVID-19 vaccines, calls grow for state to make shots mandatory

Amid pockets of vaccine hesitancy, calls are growing for state government and private employers to make getting COVID-19 shots a condition of hiring.

Jessica Walter attends the LA Premiere of "Arrested Development" Season Five in in 2018.
‘Arrested Development’ actor Jessica Walter dies at 80
The actor's best-known film roles also included playing the stalker in Clint Eastwood's 1971 thriller, “Play Misty for Me." Walter's death was confirmed Thursday by her daughter.

The University of Southern California's Engemann Student Health Center in Los Angeles.
USC agrees to $852 million payout in sex abuse lawsuit
The University of Southern California has agreed to an $852 million settlement with more than 700 women who accused the college’s longtime campus gynecologist of sexual abuse.

Vincenza Bitto, left, of Brockton, Mass., and her daughter Connie Bitto Medeiros, both lost their husbands to COVID-19 in March 2021.
‘We are broken now’: A year after the pandemic began, one family loses two loved ones to COVID-19
As businesses and schools reopen and the vaccine rollout accelerates, COVID-19 continues to claim victims.

Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

A "Not Haunted" sign was placed atop a "For Sale" sign outside of a home that recently hit the market.
A ‘Not Haunted’ sign was placed outside of a home for sale west of Boston — and people have questions
By Thursday, thousands of other people online also had some queries, as the tweet was shared more than 14,000 times.

LOVE LETTERS
Love Letters
My boyfriend ‘likes’ many pictures of women in bikinis
Is it OK for a partner to like other people's bikini pics? Help.

An image provided by the National Weather Service shows the elevated risk for strong storms across much of the south. Severe thunderstorms threatened to unleash an outbreak of tornadoes across a swath of the Southeast on Thursday, forecasters said.
Tornado destroys homes in Alabama as violent storms hit Southeast
Severe thunderstorms threatened to unleash an outbreak of tornadoes across a swath of the Southeast on Thursday, forecasters said, forcing residents in several states to brace for hail and powerful winds just days after facing a similar bout of destructive weather.

A pedestrian walked by the "Love Thyself," Afrocentric mural on Quincy Street in the Grove Hall neighborhood of Boston. The city, while not home to a significant share of the nation’s Black population overall, has the third-highest Black Hispanic population among metro areas, after New York City and Miami.
Diversity expanding within the growing Black American population, new data show
Data analyzed by Pew Research Center show fast-growing Black immigrant, multiracial, and Hispanic communities — as well as socioeconomic differences between groups.

MATTHEW GILBERT
Claire Foy and Matt Smith in "The Crown."
The streaming services’ 10 best original shows, ranked
These are my 10 favorites — plus 10 more standouts from an era that began only eight years ago.

A person placed flowers next to a police vehicle as a memorial for slain Boulder Police officer Eric Talley at the Boulder Police Department on Thursday in Boulder, Colo.
Colorado shooting suspect held without bail after first court appearance
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, the suspected gunman in this week’s mass shooting in Boulder, Colo., will be held without bail, judge Thomas Mulvahill ruled Thursday.

Bo Burnham will portray Larry Bird in "Showtime," HBO's adaptation of Jeff Pearlman’s book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.”
Bo Burnham as Larry Bird? He will be in upcoming HBO series.
The show, from Adam McKay, is going to be based on Jeff Pearlman’s book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.”

Don Aucoin: ‘Magic/Bird’ misses the mark on Broadway

Hippie Cakes from the Farmer's Daughter restaurant in Sudbury.
At The Farmer’s Daughter in Sudbury, brunch is the main attraction
Get chicken and waffles all week long.

Free sandwiches after COVID-19 vaccines, Easter specials, and more

Opinion

Nery Martinez and Saviel Mieses, right, hold signs outside La Colaborativa while preparing for a protest in Chelsea, MA on March 16, 2021. More than 100 demonstrators rallied at City Hall to protest the amount of federal aid earmarked for the hard-hit city of Chelsea in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package. Led by staff and volunteers of the nonprofit La Colaborativa, protesters marched from the organization's Sixth Street food pantry, chanting in English and in Spanish their demands for more federal relief.
EDITORIAL

Congress failed Chelsea in COVID-19 relief law

President Biden’s huge economic relief package sends billions of dollars to cities and towns, but didn’t take into account the disparate impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Boston Marathon bombing survivor Celeste Corcoran stands on the marathon finish line in 2016 as she waits for runners in her running group, 50 Legs, to cross. Celeste lost both legs in the 2013 marathon bombing. Officials let her stand there to watch the runners.
Kimberly Atkins

Boston and the Marathon bombing survivors can’t shake Tsarnaev — unless Biden acts now
New research indicates that when cold viruses are circulating widely, COVID-19 case counts could be lower than would otherwise be expected.
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

The common cold could inhibit COVID-19 — and what else?
A coal miner near Wylo, W. Va.
IDEAS | SUSANNE BROOKS & DANIEL RAIMI

Give former fossil fuel workers a stake in the clean energy future
People with gray hair are doing it right, the author says: "Throw away every last one of your disguises."
IDEAS | ANNE BERNAYS

I’m old, and I know things

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Acting Mayor Kim Janey was sworn in on a family Bible held by her 6-year granddaughter Rosie while Chief Justice Kimberly Budd administered the oath at Boston City Hall on Wednesday. Budd is the first Black woman to serve as the chief justice of the state's Supreme Judicial Court. Janey is the first Black Bostonian and the first woman to serve as the city's mayor.
See photos of Kim Janey’s historic swearing-in ceremony
During the event, Kim Janey basked in the pride of her loved ones while promising to bring an urgency to her new job. As acting mayor she’ll face a number of challenges, some that existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic and some that have cropped up in the past year.

Once again, thousands of children have come to the border. So much for a new day on immigration

President Biden is facing an early test of his vision for a radically different and more humane approach to immigration. But not even 100 days into his presidency, his administration appears to have lost the thread.
RI EDUCATION

URI says it does not support professor’s statements that ‘espouse anti-transgender perspectives’

Gender and Women’s Studies Professor Donna Hughes, who wrote an essay decrying “the trans-sex fantasy” and comparing “the gender identity movement” to right-wing conspiracy theory QAnon, calls the university’s criticism “an egregious affront to my free speech and academic freedom rights.”

Mass. will direct $100m in additional aid to four communities hit hard by coronavirus

Chelsea, Everett, Methuen, and Randolph had previously received far less in direct aid than some of their neighbors, despite suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic more than almost any other cities and towns in Massachusetts.

‘I’m not ready for prime time’: Appearance anxiety is mounting as we emerge from our bubbles

Teeth are being whitened. Personal trainers are being retained. Wrinkles are being Botoxed. With the vaccine rollout accelerating, many people feel the race is on to prepare themselves for social life.

metro

Foxborough police Officer Brendan Fayles prepared to get his COVID-19 vaccination at Gillette Stadium.

As many workers resist COVID-19 vaccines, calls grow for state to make shots mandatory

Amid pockets of vaccine hesitancy, calls are growing for state government and private employers to make getting COVID-19 shots a condition of hiring.

Newton Youth Commission reaches out with mental health campaign

Art reflecting our world: Peabody Essex Museum launches exhibits that portray today’s concerns

Sports

Zach Wilson arrived on the national scene in 2020 when he threw for nearly 3,700 yards and 33 touchdowns in leading BYU to an 11-1 mark.
NFL Draft | Scouting the QBs

NFL Draft: BYU quarterback Zach Wilson’s skill set and explosiveness make him a tantalizing prospect

Wilson has the size and arm strength to thrive as a pocket passer but also the athleticism to operate outside the pocket and extend plays with his legs.
NBA notebook

Denver Nuggets get aggressive at deadline, trade for Magic’s Aaron Gordon

Boston Pride is one of four teams to compete in playoffs as National Women’s Hockey League resumes season

business

Lawmakers pressed Google's Sundar Pichai, Twitter's Jack Dorsey, and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg over their responsibility to prevent hate speech and misinformation from their social media content.

Big Tech CEOs prodded on speech responsibility in House hearing

Lawmakers press Big Tech CEOs on speech responsibility

Unemployment claims drop to a pandemic low as reopenings offer hope

politics

President Biden.

‘My plan is to run for reelection’ in 2024, Biden says

Top moments from President Biden's first formal news conference
Analysis

5 takeaways from President Biden’s first formal news conference

Living Arts

Walter J. Hood's "Black Towers/Black Power," on view at the Museum of Modern Art.
MURRAY WHYTE

What if American cities were built for Blackness?

What’s happening in the arts world
MATTHEW GILBERT

The streaming services’ 10 best original shows, ranked

education

A classroom at Boston Preparatory Charter School in Boston.

Mass. reports 682 new coronavirus cases among public school students, 228 among school staff members

Here are the Mass. school districts whose requests to delay full-time, in-person learning were approved and denied

Janey talks schools, mayoral election with Al Roker on ‘TODAY’ show

rhode island

Dr. Luis Daniel Muñoz speaks during a news conference at the Rhode Island State House on Thursday.
CORONAVIRUS

Advocates call for mass vaccination weekend for people of color in R.I.
CORONAVIRUS

‘We are broken now’: A year after the pandemic began, one family loses two loved ones to COVID-19
CORONAVIRUS

R.I. to open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to residents 50 and over on April 5

Newton

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Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
Lily King's latest novel is "Writers & Lovers"
Lily King’s ‘Writers & Lovers’ will be adapted for film and directed by Toni Collette
The Mass.-native's best-selling novel, about an aspiring writer, is set in Boston

ART AUCTION
Before the auction begins, visitors will be able to attend free preview parties.
MassArt’s annual auction, virtual this year, supports student scholarships
Holding live and silent auctions virtually means no space constraints and the potential for much wider reach.

Gloria Steinem in her New York apartment
For her 87th birthday, Gloria Steinem opens her apartment to visitors, online
The virtual tour lets you see where the feminist icon has lived since 1966.

ARTS
Julie Weitz’s “Golem v. Golem” photo installation graces the façade of Beacon Hill's Vilna Shul Jewish center.
In Beacon Hill, the Golem rises as ‘a protector of all people’ for Passover
Julie Weitz’s “Golem v. Golem” photo installation graces the façade of Beacon Hill's Vilna Shul Jewish center.

The documentary follows the work of break dancer, skateboarder, and artist Bill Shannon over two decades.
‘Crutch’ star went straight from walking to moonwalking
The documentary follows the work of break dancer, skateboarder, and artist Bill Shannon over two decades.

Special Projects

The Globe launches Project Takeout, an effort to help restaurants make it to the other side of this pandemic.
PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST

Project takeout: Get takeout. Save restaurants you love.

Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.
See the full project

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

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.

Globe Spotlight Investigation
Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored — one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Boston Marathon bombing survivor Celeste Corcoran stands on the marathon finish line in 2016 as she waits for runners in her running group, 50 Legs, to cross. Celeste lost both legs in the 2013 marathon bombing. Officials let her stand there to watch the runners.
Kimberly Atkins

Boston and the Marathon bombing survivors can’t shake Tsarnaev — unless Biden acts now
A coal miner near Wylo, W. Va.
IDEAS | SUSANNE BROOKS & DANIEL RAIMI

Give former fossil fuel workers a stake in the clean energy future
New research indicates that when cold viruses are circulating widely, COVID-19 case counts could be lower than would otherwise be expected.
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

The common cold could inhibit COVID-19 — and what else?
People with gray hair are doing it right, the author says: "Throw away every last one of your disguises."
IDEAS | ANNE BERNAYS

I’m old, and I know things
JEFF JACOBY

Does the GOP have a problem with the vaccine?
IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

Just what is the BettyLab cooking up for girls?

STAT

Road ahead illo
The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

Ahoskie Mayor Weyling White, left, and Hertford County Magistrate Deborah Morrison, right, pose for a portrait on railroad tracks that divide the predominantly White and predominantly Black parts of town in Ahoskie, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo © Landon Bost 2020)
From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients’ need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 12: People walk through the snow and sleet in Manhattan on February 12, 2019 in New York City. New York City, in a winter that has been light on snow this season, is expected to receive two inches of snow before the storm moves later this evening. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Covid-19’s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

Boston, MA -- 06/04/2020 -- Yoldana Desir displays a photograph of her late sister, Marie Deus, who died of Covid-19, after contracting it as a food service worker at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus — and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

magazine
An illustration of William Shakespeare peeking through writing quills.
On the cover

How a college dropout in New Hampshire found a Shakespeare secret all the PhDs missed
Stacey Kokaram, the clinic manager for a vaccination site at the Reggie Lewis center, checks on the booths where the shots are given.
Globe Magazine

Inside the effort to build trust in COVID vaccines
Jennifer and Manuel on their Zoom blind date.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I told him to ignore any weird snoring cause my dog was sleeping’
Saxophonist Tim Hall gives a free online performance on Sunday.
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do online, March 22-28

sports

Cornerback Malcolm Butler had four interceptions and a career-high 100 tackles last season with the Titans.

Malcolm Butler signs one-year deal with Cardinals

Live updates: Celtics trade Daniel Theis, Jeff Teague, and Javonte Green ahead of deadline

Road to an MIAA spring state tournament will require detailed navigation

metro

A classroom at Boston Preparatory Charter School in Boston.

Mass. reports 682 new coronavirus cases among public school students, 228 among school staff members

At age 100, a veteran looks back at D-Day, Battle of the Bulge

Here are the Mass. school districts whose requests to delay full-time, in-person learning were approved and denied

Nation

Readying vaccines at the Hynes Convention Center last week

2,274 confirmed cases, 39 deaths, and 72,088 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.

See how many people have received a COVID-19 vaccine in your Mass. town

These 32 Massachusetts communities are at high risk for COVID-19

World

Sotheby's personnel display, "Scene de rue à Montmartre" (Street scene in Montmartre), a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at Sotheby's auction house in Paris.

Rarely seen Van Gogh masterpiece goes under hammer in Paris

Owner of ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal offers apology

South Korea says North Korea fires 2 missiles into sea

politics

President Joe Biden.

Biden pledges 200 million COVID-19 doses in his first 100 days

Once again, thousands of children have come to the border. So much for a new day on immigration

Biden taps Harris to lead response to border challenges

business

The MGM Springfield casino.

MGM Springfield fined over underage gambling, drinking

Clorox bets big on not going back to normal

Pfizer says dosing has begun in vaccine trial for children under age 12

lifestyle

Hippie Cakes from the Farmer's Daughter restaurant in Sudbury.

At The Farmer’s Daughter in Sudbury, brunch is the main attraction

It’s all about nature at these four family-friendly New England resorts

Excerpt from Mia Bay’s ‘Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance’

marijuana

Five White House staffers have been fired because of their past use of drugs, including marijuana.

Five will exit White House over past use of marijuana

Marijuana-infused ice cream is coming to a dispensary near you, just in time for summer

A green wave? Mexico’s marijuana market may be middling

opinion

A Soviet poster from 1918 that urged women to work on cooperative farms.

The Soviet Union may have had an idea that was ahead of its time

Congress failed Chelsea in COVID-19 relief law

Give former fossil fuel workers a stake in the clean energy future

food & dining

Paul Barker, owner of Pauli's North End sub shop, posed for a portrait with his 14-ounce "Lobsta Sub" on April 24, 2013.

Free sandwiches after COVID-19 vaccines, Easter specials, and more

At The Farmer’s Daughter in Sudbury, brunch is the main attraction

Boston has a long tradition of Asian women chefs and restaurateurs. Here are eight standout businesses to support

travel

Susan Wilson feeds pigeons on the Seine in Paris.

She loves Paris, pastries, and ‘Women Who Rock’

It’s all about nature at these four family-friendly New England resorts

Excerpt from Mia Bay’s ‘Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance’

Books

Caught in between in ‘Of Women and Salt’

New books about life in our galaxy, and beyond it.

C. Pam Zhang on reading books to start each day

Movies

Sir David Attenborough in London's Richmond Park.

Species threatened, corporations ascendant, death discussed

George Segal: a point man for his times

‘The Human Voice’: an Almodóvar marvel, short on length, long on everything else

Television

Claire Foy and Matt Smith in "The Crown."

The streaming services’ 10 best original shows, ranked

Bo Burnham as Larry Bird? He will be in upcoming HBO series.

Mass. native Bo Burnham to play Larry Bird in a new HBO series

music

Elton John after performing "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again," at the 2020 Oscars. John is celebrating his 74th birthday on Thursday — and he's sending fans a very rare present. Six deep cuts have been made available on streaming and digital formats for the first time.

It’s Elton John’s birthday, and he’s got rare music for fans

Sudbury singer-songwriter Lauren Weintraub on her Nashville dreams and the ‘random thing’ that got everyone’s attention

Strike up the band! Live music will return to Tanglewood this summer

Theater/Dance

The new PBS documentary "American Masters: Twyla Moves" looks at the long career of choreographer Twyla Tharp as she approaches her 80th birthday.

New PBS documentary illuminates choreographer Twyla Tharp’s expansive, trailblazing career

With delightful studio performances, Boston Ballet celebrates the classical art form

Playwright Mary McCullough is thinking ahead at Hibernian Hall

globe local

Newton City Hall

Newton Youth Commission reaches out with mental health campaign

Art reflecting our world: Peabody Essex Museum launches exhibits that portray today’s concerns

At age 100, a veteran looks back at D-Day, Battle of the Bulge

Obituaries

Mr. Segal was nominated for an Oscar for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''

George Segal, durable veteran of drama and TV comedy, dies at 87

Charley Hill, art detective who found ‘The Scream’ and studied the Gardner heist, dies at 73

George Bass, archaeologist of the ocean floor, dies at 88