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Fauci says there’s ‘no doubt’ that US has undercounted its deaths from COVID-19

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is officially at 581,000 in the United States, but Dr. Anthony Fauci said it could be closer to 900,000.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy formally backs Stefanik over Liz Cheney

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said he would support New York Representative Elise Stefanik’s bid to replace Liz Cheney as GOP conference chair in a vote this week.

At New England’s biggest companies, CEO paychecks surged in 2020 as revenues fell

Executive pay these days is inextricably linked to a company’s stock performance. So in a period where the overall market is booming, as it did after the initial plunge from the pandemic last year, these pay packages can swell to outsize proportions.
See the top paid CEOs in the US

Police involved in shooting at Leicester police department Sunday morning

The Worcester district attorney is investing a police-involved shooting that took place at the Leicester Police Department building Sunday morning.

Churchill Downs suspends Bob Baffert after Medina Spirit fails drug test

The track suggested that it would invalidate Medina Spirit’s Kentucky Derby victory if the results of a failed postrace drug test are upheld.
This image released by NBC shows musical guest Miley Cyrus, from left, host Elon Musk, and Cecily Strong during promos in Studio 8H on Thursday.

‘Did you think I was also going to be a chill, normal dude?’ Watch Elon Musk’s ‘SNL’ monologue, sketches

The casting of the Tesla and SpaceX CEO marked a controversial choice for the sketch comedy show, which not only received waves of pushback from viewers but also a number of the cast and crew as well.
A resident at Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley in Littleton received a vaccination in December, part of a state program.

At nursing homes, fears of a viral rebound as workers decline COVID-19 vaccine and new residents struggle to get shots

Just two months after the ambitious nursing home vaccination program wrapped up, there are worrisome signs that the danger remains and may even be growing again.
COVID-19 vaccines may not provide protection for transplant recipients
Sam Hyun is a proud uncle and chairperson of the Asian American Commission.
Jeneé Osterheldt

The AAPI History I carry with me: Sam Hyun

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and AAPI joy as told to Jeneé Osterheldt. Sam Hyun is chairperson of the Asian American Commission of Massachusetts advocating for AAPI people across the state.
How to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month
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Former Fall River mayor Jasiel F. Correia II, right, left the John Joseph Moakley federal courthouse.
Pivotal moments from ex-Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia II’s corruption trial
Shakedowns, $700 high heels, and a middleman playing both sides. With a federal jury slated to hear closing arguments on Monday, here’s a recap of testimony over the past two weeks.

A Long March 5B rocket that carrried a module for a Chinese space station lifted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang in southern China's Hainan Province on April 29, 2021.
China says debris from its rocket landed near Maldives
Debris from a large Chinese rocket landed in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives early Sunday, China’s space administration announced.

Rhode Island woman among 3 shot in Times Square
The woman, 23, was sightseeing when she and two other innocent bystanders were injured after someone opened fire during a fight involving several men early Saturday evening, New York City Police said.

Police: 2 women, child shot in New York City’s Times Square

Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in Showtime’s award-winning TV show “Dexter.”
Showtime’s ‘Dexter’ spotted filming at the Whately Diner, elsewhere in Western Massachusetts
Filming for the newest installment of Showtime’s award-winning TV show “Dexter” wrapped up Friday in Whately. The crew will leave Sunday, after spending the last week at the Whately Diner.

Two women, wearing protective masks due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, cast their ballots at a polling station at Windham, N.H., High School, on Nov. 3, 2020.
In a small New Hampshire town near the Mass. border, the 2020 election still rages
A recount of election results has prompted questions, supported by conservative media, in Windham, N.H., just across the Massachusetts line.

In this April 14, 2009, file photo Malia Obama runs with Bo, followed by President Barack Obama and Sasha Obama, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Former President Barack Obama’s dog, Bo, died Saturday, May 8, 2021, after a battle with cancer, the Obamas said on social media.
Obama dog Bo, once a White House celebrity, dies from cancer
Former president Barack Obama’s dog Bo died Saturday after a battle with cancer, the Obamas said on social media.

Opinion

Widener Library at Harvard University. Harvard reported that, in 2021, the number of tenured women faculty from underrepresented minority communities was 33 and the number of white male tenured faculty was 620.
EDITORIAL

Academic tenure is in desperate need of reform

In order to promote diversity and better protect academic freedom, universities should begin introducing term limits for tenured faculty.
Empty offices in Frankfurt, Germany.
IDEAS | JON LEVY

The hybrid workplace probably won’t last

"THE GERRY-MANDER," published in the Boston Gazette, March 26, 1812.
IDEAS | RALPH KEYES

Face it, America: Boston has a way with words

Maria Mossaides, director of the Office of the Child Advocate, speaking about the agency's investigation report into the death of teen David Almond during the continuing coronavirus pandemic, March 31.
EDITORIAL

Lessons from the Almond case — and beyond

A demonstrator holds a sign that reads "A fascist will not erase our memory" during a protest on May 2 against the latest measures taken by the Legislative Assembly in El Salvador.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Nayib Bukele’s creeping authoritarianism in El Salvador

Recommended reads

In 2017, Martin J. Walsh kicked off his reelection campaign outside Florian Hall in Dorchester.
In a crowded, diverse mayoral field, where does Marty Walsh’s base go?
Walsh’s ascension from City Hall to US labor secretary not only triggered a crowded scramble in this year’s mayor’s race but also raised the question of which candidate might inherit the voter base that powered the Dorchester Democrat’s victories.

Another Boston restaurant company is suing its insurer over losses incurred during the pandemic

Glynn Hospitality Group owns nine bars and restaurants in the city, including The Black Rose.

Mass General Brigham’s plan for surgical centers in suburbs stirs controversy

An ambitious expansion plan by Mass General Brigham for Westborough, Westwood, and Woburn has set off a fight about the future of outpatient health care in Massachusetts. Competitors worry that the already dominant health care provider could become even more powerful.
KEVIN CULLEN

Is a public official accountable for the behavior of their closest relatives?

Like everything in life, that depends.

Testimony ends in federal corruption case against former Fall River mayor

Jasiel Correia’s lawyers called only three witnesses and the judge instructed jurors that they should not be influenced by Correia’s decision not to take the stand in his own defense.

metro

Sam Hyun is a proud uncle and chairperson of the Asian American Commission.
Jeneé Osterheldt

The AAPI History I carry with me: Sam Hyun

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and AAPI joy as told to Jeneé Osterheldt. Sam Hyun is chairperson of the Asian American Commission of Massachusetts advocating for AAPI people across the state.

Showtime’s ‘Dexter’ spotted filming at the Whately Diner, elsewhere in Western Massachusetts

Healey sues Publicis Health for allegedly ‘deceptive’ advertising tactics that fueled state’s opioid crisis

Sports

The Red Sox have shut down pitcher Tanner Houck.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox shut down pitcher Tanner Houck due to sore flexor muscle

Houck was pitching for Triple A Worcester at the time of the decision. He appeared in three games for the Red Sox this season, and manager Alex Cora was hopeful Houck will return to the team's 40-man roster soon.

Churchill Downs suspends Bob Baffert after Medina Spirit fails drug test

RED SOX AT ORIOLES | 1:05 P.M. (NESN)

Game 35: Red Sox at Orioles lineups and notes

business

Signage displayed on a fence at the Colonial Pipeline Co. Pelham junction and tank farm in Pelham, Alabama.

Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack

At New England’s biggest companies, CEO paychecks surged in 2020 as revenues fell

At Studs in the Seaport District, a holistic approach to ear bling

politics

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy formally backs Stefanik over Liz Cheney

Obama dog Bo, once a White House celebrity, dies from cancer

Liz Cheney is trying to turn Republicans away from Trump. She says she won’t let up

Living Arts

This image released by NBC shows musical guest Miley Cyrus, from left, host Elon Musk, and Cecily Strong during promos in Studio 8H on Thursday.

‘Did you think I was also going to be a chill, normal dude?’ Watch Elon Musk’s ‘SNL’ monologue, sketches

Tawny Kitaen, star of ’80s rock music videos, dies at 59

DEVRA FIRST

Amid restaurant closures in Boston, there is an opportunity to reshape the city’s dining scene for years to come

education

Last fall, protesters demanding to keep the admission test in place for exam schools rallied at Boston Latin School.
The Great Divide

Changes in admission rules for Boston exam schools boosted diversity of accepted students

Watch live: Baker holds press conference with Rob Gronkowski to announce renovation of Charles River playground

How many coronavirus cases have been reported in Mass. schools? Check our map

rhode island

A peregrine falcon with eggs and chicks atop the Superman building in Providence. The 2021 brood started hatching on Saturday, May 8.
RI NEWS

Peregrine falcons on R.I.’s tallest building are hatching. Take a look

RI CRIME

Man dies after encounter with police in Providence, investigation underway

RI ARTS

First-ever Providence Public Housing murals pay homage to immigrants

Newton

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 projectFollow @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
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

IN THE FAMILY WAY
Mom jeans.
Mom jeans make a comeback — to the chagrin of actual moms
Call it the sisterhood of the unflattering pants. This Mother’s Day, wear whatever makes you comfortable.

BOOKS
Caroline Kautsire donated copies of her memoir "What Kind of Girl" to libraries in Weymouth.
‘What Kind of Girl’ author shares her story — and her book
Caroline Kautsire came to the Boston area from Malawi when she was 17, and now she’s donating her memoir to libraries across Massachusetts.

FILM FESTIVALS
Jesmark Scicluna in "Luzzu" by Alex Camilleri, one of notable award-winning films from Sundance being screened at the 2021 Nantucket Film Festival.
See the complete lineups for the 2021 Provincetown and Nantucket film festivals
In-person events are making a comeback this summer. Here’s what else to expect.

An online music video also features Pops personalities with their own families. Conductor Keith Lockhart is pictured here with his mom, Marilyn.
Watch: Boston Pops and Dropkick Murphys dedicate this sea shanty ‘To Our Darlin’ Mothers’
An online music video also features Pops personalities with their own families.

Amy Ragus's "Spring has never failed me yet, May 2020."
Arnold Arboretum brings the blooms online for Lilac Sunday
With no formal in-person program this year, alternatives include a digital photo exhibition and virtual lilac tour.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The hard-working hands of Gloria Caballero, a single mother with a 9-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son who lost her job at the Milk Street Cafe in Boston at the start of the pandemic.
Katherine Clark

A blueprint to fix the nation’s failing care sector

Vandalized tombs in the Jewish cemetery of Westhoffen, west of the city of Strasbourg, eastern France, on December 4, 2019.
JEFF JACOBY

Canceling ‘anti-Semitism’

Peter Youngbaer exploring the New River Cave in Virginia.
IDEAS | Peter Youngbaer

Notes from underground

Cyber Ninjas owner Doug Logan (left) a Florida-based consultancy, and Ken Bennett, former Arizona secretary of state, talk about overseeing a 2020 election ballot audit at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, during a news conference, April 22, in Phoenix. The equipment used in the November election won by President Joe Biden and the 2.1 million Maricopa County ballots were moved to the site so Republicans in the state Senate who have expressed uncertainty that Biden's victory was legitimate can recount them and audit the results.
Scott Harshbarger and Lauren Stiller Rikleen

Only ‘Big Truth’ can defeat Trump and the GOP’s ‘Big Lie’

Friends Susannah Davis (left) and Madeline Gardner in Griggs Park. Masks are still required in outdoor spots in Brookline.
RENÉE GRAHAM

I’m fully vaccinated. I’m still wearing a mask outdoors.

ideas

The radical hope of Black motherhood

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
“As a law enforcement officer, you go into a variety of situations, all the way from homicide to minor disturbances. When you go in there with education, you go in there with solutions available to you,” says Anthony Roberson, the new chief in Central Falls and former Providence police officer.
Remaking Policy

A teacher said he was destined for failure. Now he’s a police chief with a PhD

Ervin Staub, a professor emeritus at UMass Amherst, is an expert on the science of intervention
Remaking Policy

Can police be taught to stop their own violence?

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

Zucchini and Goat Cheese Omelet
Cooking

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

sports

The Red Sox's patience at the plate with Bobby Dalbec has been justified this season because the pitching has been so dominant across the board.

Batters be aware, the year of the pitcher is upon us

Russell Westbrook pulls even with legendary Oscar Robertson on 181 triple-doubles

Xander Bogaerts continues to show why he’s among the game’s best shortstops in Red Sox’ rout of the Orioles

metro

Boston College will have a limited number of guests in attendance for commencement ceremonies scheduled for May 23 and 24, the university announced.

In a change of plans, Boston College will allow limited guests to attend graduation ceremonies

State reports more than 4 million Mass. residents have received COVID-19 vaccine as of Saturday

Northeastern touts its ‘most tested’ class at Fenway Park

Nation

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy formally backs Stefanik over Liz Cheney

Fauci says there’s ‘no doubt’ that US has undercounted its deaths from COVID-19

COVID forces families to rethink nursing home care

World

Afghans went through belongings left behind after deadly bombings on Saturday near a school, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday.

Death toll soars to 50 in school bombing in Afghan capital

As cases grow, India’s vaccination campaign falters

Israeli police beef up presence in Jerusalem, fearing unrest

politics

Two women, wearing protective masks due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, cast their ballots at a polling station at Windham, N.H., High School, on Nov. 3, 2020.

In a small New Hampshire town near the Mass. border, the 2020 election still rages

A disappointing jobs report shows rocky road for the recovery and President Biden’s efforts to push new spending

Justice Department rule would aim to crack down on ‘ghost guns’

business

A dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer jab

COVID-19 relief efforts for India gather steam; tech executive Jonathan Bush commits up to $500,000

Baker administration kicks off new round of bidding for offshore wind contracts

lifestyle

A love letter that John F. Kennedy wrote to a Swedish paramour a few years after he married Jacqueline Bouvier.

‘I miss you’: JFK’s intimate letters to Swedish mistress up for auction

Jane Goodall on the pandemic’s wake-up call: ‘We need a new relationship with the natural world’

Should I date one of my best friends?

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

In this July 29, 2010 photo, Technical Sergeant Jeff Hedglin (right), an Air Force pararescueman, drapes an American flag over the remains of the first of two US soldiers killed minutes earlier in an IED attack, assisted by fellow PJs, Senior Airman Robert Dieguez (center) and First Lieutenant Matthew Carlisle, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan.

It’s not too late to save the United States from another lost war

A matter of race — and credit where it’s due

Academic tenure is in desperate need of reform

food & dining

Newbury Street has been a mix of outdoor dining oases among several permanently shuttered Back Bay restaurants.

Amid restaurant closures in Boston, there is an opportunity to reshape the city’s dining scene for years to come

Another Boston restaurant company is suing its insurer over losses incurred during the pandemic

Venice Pizza returns to Dorchester, Comfort Kitchen pops up in Jamaica Plain, and Brasserie says bonjour to Harrison Avenue

travel

T Lawrence-Simon in Krka National Park in Croatia with friends Zoe Backwell (left) and Nicola Moran (right).

From circus performer to TV baker, his life is a juggling act

A historic hotel reopens, ‘Golden Girls’ fans set sail, and a cooler cooler

A Maine for all seasons

Books

Illustration for review of "The Rock Eaters: Stories" by Brenda Paynado. 09RockEaters; BOOKS; 5-9-21

Mining the magical and marvelous in ‘The Rock Eaters’

Joan Silber explores family secrets in new novel-in-stories

Alison Bechdel on reading biographies and self-help books

Movies

Kelvin Harrison Jr. in "Monster."

In ‘Monster,’ on Netflix: when matters of innocence and guilt get complicated

In ‘Wrath of Man,’ Jason Statham works for an armored car company. Now there’s trouble.

See the complete lineups for the 2021 Provincetown and Nantucket film festivals

Television

This image released by NBC shows musical guest Miley Cyrus, from left, host Elon Musk, and Cecily Strong during promos in Studio 8H on Thursday.

‘Did you think I was also going to be a chill, normal dude?’ Watch Elon Musk’s ‘SNL’ monologue, sketches

‘A Little Late with Lilly Singh’ is drawing to a close

Playing defense: ‘Law & Order’ creator Dick Wolf switches focus

music

Miranda Lambert with Jon Randall (left) and Jack Ingram, her collaborators on "The Marfa Tapes."

Miranda Lambert and Ashley Monroe are two Pistol Annies whose aim is true

For mother-daughter violinists, Boston Pops concert is a pandemic high note

Dionne Warwick knows the way to San Jose, and she’s quite familiar with Twitter, too

Theater/Dance

Acclaimed Shakespearean actor John Douglas Thompson will portray Prospero in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's production of "The Tempest" on Boston Common.

A Will and a way: Free Shakespeare is returning to the Common

Student dancers and choreographers are in the spotlight during Dance Complex’s May series

At Merrimack Rep, a spring awakening followed by an upbeat fall forecast

globe local

This outfit is a style worn by suffragists, such the women in this 1917 photo taken in New York.

‘No bolt fell on our audacious heads.’ Concord Museum features women who blazed a path to today

Should the state automatically expunge past marijuana misdemeanor and felony convictions from people’s records?

Timed to perfection: With restoration, Newton City Hall’s 89-year-old clocks are ticking together again

Obituaries

Jack Coughlin

‘We all have to protect our environment,’ said Jack Coughlin, who died at 78

Holocaust survivor Yitzhak Arad, who led Yad Vashem memorial, dies at 94

Sharon Pollock, playwright who explored Canada’s identity, dies at 85