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Moderna’s CEO says he ‘didn’t lose a minute of sleep’ over potential waiver of vaccine patents

Chief executive Stephane Bancel said there aren’t enough manufacturing sites or skilled workers in the world to rapidly ramp up the supply of messenger RNA vaccines.
Biden’s support for vaccine patent waivers faces uphill effort in Europe

These colleges are requiring COVID vaccinations for the fall

After the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted traditional college life, New England colleges are hoping the upcoming year offers its students a bit more normalcy.
Bill would prohibit vaccine passports in Rhode Island

Dave Waller walks along the footbridge at Graves Light, the lighthouse that he purchased at auction in 2013. It stands on a rocky ledge in Boston Harbor, surrounded by water. The town of Hull is claiming that the lighthouse is part of Hull, and should be subject to local property taxes.
Property tax battle continues over Graves Light
Dave Waller was shocked when he received a property tax bill from the town of Hull last year seeking to collect taxes on Graves Light, a lighthouse that he bought at federal auction in 2013. He got another surprise in the mail more recently, when the town tax collector sent him a letter saying that a “date of taking” would be announced soon.

KEVIN CULLEN
City Councilor Andrea Campbell
Is a public official accountable for the behavior of their closest relatives?
Like everything in life, that depends.

Mayoral hopefuls face off on racial justice before NAACP

The candidates appeared in a Zoom forum Thursday evening -- the first in a series of six planned by NAACP Boston Branch and community partners. With the focus on racial justice, they were asked to describe what they had already accomplished in the promoting of equity.
Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia is accused of a slew of financial crimes.

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.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Keisha Lance Bottoms won’t seek second term as Atlanta mayor

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the first-term Atlanta mayor who rose to national prominence this past year with her stern yet empathetic televised message to protesters but has struggled to rein in her city’s spike in violent crime, will not seek a second term in office, according to two people who were on a Zoom call with the mayor Thursday night.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis during a news conference at West Miami Middle School in Miami on Tuesday.

Florida governor signs voting restrictions into law, making the state the latest to add hurdles to voting

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday enthusiastically embraced former president Donald Trump's demand for tougher election laws, signing into law a slew of new voting restrictions in a live broadcast despite previously touting how smoothly his state's elections ran last fall.
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Bruins 4, Rangers 0
Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo (left) celebrates his third-period goal teammate Craig Smith (right) in Thursday night's victory over the Rangers.
Bruins do not miss a beat in shutout of punchless Rangers
Patrice Bergeron and Charlie McAvoy scored first-period goals before Jake DeBrusk tallied in the second. Rookie goaltender Jeremy Swayman (15 saves) earned his second NHL shutout.

red sox 12, tigers 9
Alex Verdugo had a pair of hits and two RBI in Thursday's dramatic win over Detroit.
Red Sox’ high-scoring win over the Tigers shows how much work they need to do
The Red Sox collected 16 hits in the matinee and needed just about every one of them to defeat the team with the worst record in baseball.

Danny Ainge, the Celtics president of basketball operations, said he believes "there is hope and potential, even in this year’s playoffs" provided the team stays healthy.
Danny Ainge encouraged by what he’s seen as Celtics reach final stretch of a trying season
Although Jaylen Brown will sit out Friday night vs. the Bulls, Ainge still hopeful about the Celtics chances of staying out of the play-in tournament.

IN THE FAMILY WAY
Mom jeans actually scare a lot of moms.
The sisterhood of the unflattering pants
This Mother’s Day, wear whatever makes you comfortable.

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: Shakespeare is returning to the Common
Canceled last year, "The Tempest" will go forward this summer with attention to audience safety.

Tom McCarthy, executive director of the state's COVID-19 response, addresses the media at the weekly COVID-19 press conference in Providence, R.I. on April 29.
From supporting US forces in Afghanistan to running Rhode Island’s COVID-19 response.
How Thomas McCarthy, the executive director of the state’s COVID-19 Response Team, took the lessons he learned through multiple tours of duty and applied them to the pandemic.

Opinion

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.

Vaccinated people wearing masks outdoors are acting out of caution. Stop equating us with anti-maskers.
Jonathan Davis and Shetal Shah

State must close the loophole that permits unvaccinated children into schools

Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming has come under attack from fellow Republicans for rejecting Donald Trump's false claims about fraud in the 2020 election.
SCOT LEHIGH

Liz Cheney’s challenge to the GOP: Choose the Constitution, not Donald Trump

The 110 MBTA bus is pictured on Chelsea Street in Everett.
Steve Poftak

The MBTA’s shift to zero emissions for its bus lines is happening

Police pepper spray protesters July 25 near Seattle Central College in Seattle during a Black Lives Matter protest. A House-passed policing reform bill would federally ban choke holds and no-knock warrants, and place police officers who engage in misconduct in a national database to prevent them from being hired in other jurisdictions.
Kimberly Atkins

Bipartisanship at the cost of true policing reform is no real victory

Recommended reads

The Wajer 77 Yacht.
Tom Brady snags new 77-foot yacht with an estimated price tag of $6 million
Looks like the GOAT needs a bigger boat.

RI NEWS

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

The nest, with four eggs, sits at the top of the Superman Building in Providence, and the livestream offers a good view.
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.

metro

Tom McCarthy, executive director of the state's COVID-19 response, addresses the media at the weekly COVID-19 press conference in Providence, R.I. on April 29.
RI NEWSMAKERS

From supporting US forces in Afghanistan to running Rhode Island’s COVID-19 response.

How Thomas McCarthy, the executive director of the state’s COVID-19 Response Team, took the lessons he learned through multiple tours of duty and applied them to the pandemic.

Mayoral hopefuls face off on racial justice before NAACP

Mikayla Miller remembered as a ‘bright and shining star’ at Hopkinton vigil

Sports

Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer will need more time to recover from injury.

Blue Jays’ George Springer not ready to return

Springer landed on the injured list Wednesday after aggravating his strained right quadriceps.

Phil Mickelson, leading Wells Fargo, has a blast from the past

Bruins 4, Rangers 0

Bruins do not miss a beat in shutout of punchless Rangers

business

A rendering of the outpatient surgery center that Mass General Brigham is planning to build in Westborough.

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

Boston business leaders launch campaign to raise $10 million for Latino Equity Fund

Golfers’ return to the links bolsters Acushnet

politics

Representative Elise Stefanik listened during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Stefanik makes move to replace Cheney in support of Trump

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’

Living Arts

Mom jeans actually scare a lot of moms.
IN THE FAMILY WAY

The sisterhood of the unflattering pants

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

MOVIES

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

education

A classroom at Boston Preparatory Charter School.

Mass. reports 604 new coronavirus cases among public school students, 65 among school staff members

Boston to close Jackson Mann K-8 School in Allston

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

rhode island

Tom McCarthy, executive director of the state's COVID-19 response, addresses the media at the weekly COVID-19 press conference in Providence, R.I. on April 29.
RI NEWSMAKERS

From supporting US forces in Afghanistan to running Rhode Island’s COVID-19 response.

RI POLITICS

Rhode Island 2030: Governor McKee gathers ideas for how R.I. can spend federal funds

RI POLITICS

House passes bill to boost Rhode Island’s minimum wage

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 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

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.

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.

Kaylee Lambert, Pete Pierantozzi, and Fasha Banson will all be participating in "Campus Goes Complex!"
Student dancers and choreographers are in the spotlight during Dance Complex’s May series
On Thursday nights in May, Campus Goes Complex gives students a chance to showcase their work via Facebook Live

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming has come under attack from fellow Republicans for rejecting Donald Trump's false claims about fraud in the 2020 election.
SCOT LEHIGH

Liz Cheney’s challenge to the GOP: Choose the Constitution, not Donald Trump

The 110 MBTA bus is pictured on Chelsea Street in Everett.
Steve Poftak

The MBTA’s shift to zero emissions for its bus lines is happening

Police pepper spray protesters July 25 near Seattle Central College in Seattle during a Black Lives Matter protest. A House-passed policing reform bill would federally ban choke holds and no-knock warrants, and place police officers who engage in misconduct in a national database to prevent them from being hired in other jurisdictions.
Kimberly Atkins

Bipartisanship at the cost of true policing reform is no real victory

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?

Ellen M. Burstein and Alan Zhang

Young Americans are facing a mental health crisis and need action

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
“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

Xander Bogaerts dived but couldn't come up with this grounder up the middle in the eighth inning.

Xander Bogaerts, 1,000 games into his Red Sox career, is more valuable than ever

Will Kiké Hernández’s hamstring injury force the Red Sox to make a move?

Austin Prep pitcher Evan Blanco’s confidence is sky high after working with Team USA

metro

Governor Daniel J. McKee has launched a series of "Rhode Island 2030 Community Conversations"

Rhode Island 2030: Governor McKee gathers ideas for how R.I. can spend federal funds

House passes bill to boost Rhode Island’s minimum wage

Testimony ends in federal corruption case against former Fall River mayor

Nation

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Keisha Lance Bottoms won’t seek second term as Atlanta mayor

Report details police wounding of suspect in mass shooting at Colorado supermarket

Arizona Republicans push back against Justice Department concerns, setting up possible clash over audit

World

Labor supporters react as Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown attended a drive-in rally for Labor supporters on the final day of campaigning for the Scottish Parliamentary Elections.

Super Thursday: Britons vote in a bumper crop of elections

Biden’s support for vaccine patent waivers faces uphill effort in Europe

Blinken, in Ukraine, warns of dual threats: Russia and corruption

politics

President Joe Biden.

US backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines

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

business

New York State Attorney General Letitia James's office said in a new report Thursday that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of net neutrality.

NY AG: ISPs behind millions of fake net neutrality comments

Unemployment claims fell sharply last week

US eviction moratorium reinstated while judge considers case

lifestyle

The spread at the South End's Brasserie.

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

Belmont Center gets a tasty, efficient taqueria

How to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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

Relatives and municipal workers in protective suits bury a COVID-19 victim in Gauhati, India, April 25. Despite clear signs that India was being swamped by another surge of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to cancel campaign rallies, a major Hindu festival and cricket matches with spectators.

The world’s largest democracy on life support

The radical hope of Black motherhood

Vaccine hesitancy, or obstinacy?

food & dining

The spread at the South End's Brasserie.

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

Belmont Center gets a tasty, efficient taqueria

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

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

Dick Wolf's next legal drama will focus on defense attorneys.

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

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

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: 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

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

A photo provided via Theatre Calgary of Sharon Pollock circa 2017.

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

George Jung, Weymouth native and notorious ex-cocaine trafficker played by Johnny Depp in movie, ‘Blow,’ dies at 78

Yale endowment chief David Swensen dies at 67