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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.

US economy added 266,000 jobs in April, fewer than expected as hiring slows

America’s employers added just 266,000 jobs last month, sharply lower than in March and a sign that some businesses are struggling to find enough workers as the economic recovery strengthens.

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 EuropePfizer asks FDA for full approval of coronavirus vaccine

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.

Law enforcement officers gathered near the entrance of a Wells Fargo Bank branch Thursday. A standoff between police and a suspected hostage-taker continued into the evening.

Suspect who held hostages at Minnesota bank arrested, police say

A man accused of holding five employees hostage at a Minnesota bank following a dispute was captured and arrested after an hourslong standoff, police said.
A makeshift memorial stood where George Floyd was killed in front of Cup Foods in Minneapolis in April.

Grand jury indicts four ex-officers involved in George Floyd death

A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of violating the Black man’s constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air.
Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe Broad, in 2015.

Eli Broad’s medical research legacy will ‘touch almost the whole world’

Among scientists around the world, Broad’s name will forever be tied to the role that the institute he founded played in helping the region emerge from the global pandemic. But the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector, and entrepreneur, who died April 30, will be remembered for much more.
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Home of the Week: Assembly Row’s latest, tallest is accepting leases and pets
Miscela's 24-story tower, Somerville's highest, features a rooftop deck and lounge.

California condors on Cinda Mickols' porch in Tehachapi, Calif.
Flock of giant California condors trashes woman’s home
California condors almost vanished in the 1980s before the few remaining birds were captured and placed in zoos for captive breeding. A few hundred birds are now in the wild.

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.

Love Letters
She wants an open marriage, but she’s worried things won’t work out well
Her husband said she could sleep with someone else. What could go wrong?

MISS CONDUCT
My friend started working for a home-sales party company. Do I have to buy something?
Plus, tips on scheduling video chats and calls with pals in different time zones.

ART REVIEW
Roy Lichtenstein's "Washington Crossing the Delaware II," from about 1951.
Early Roy Lichtenstein: A fount of insight on postwar America
A Colby Museum of Art exhibition centers on forgotten works that grappled with American identity.

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.
EDITORIAL

The world’s largest democracy on life support

The Biden White House needs to offer India’s people more than aid. It needs to insist that its leadership uphold the principles of democracy.
People receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the UMass Memorial Health Care COVID-19 Vaccination Center in the Mercantile Center in Worcester on April 22.
Renée Loth

Vaccine hesitancy, or obstinacy?

IDEAS | TIYA MILES

The radical hope of Black motherhood

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.

Jonathan Davis and Shetal Shah

State must close the loophole that permits unvaccinated children into schools

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 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.
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.

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

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 returns to IL, and will likely stay there a while

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 don’t miss a beat in shutout of punchless Rangers

business

A Help Wanted sign hangs in the window of a restaurant in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York.

US economy added 266,000 jobs in April, fewer than expected as hiring slows

Eli Broad’s medical research legacy will ‘touch almost the whole world’

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

politics

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

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

Living Arts

Dionne Warwick is planning two Mother's Day concerts online.

HomeFront: All hail Dionne Warwick, Shakespeare on the Common returns, dysfunctional TV families

ART REVIEW

Early Roy Lichtenstein: A fount of insight on postwar America

IN THE FAMILY WAY

Mom jeans make a comeback — to the chagrin of actual moms

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.

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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.

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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

A makeshift memorial stood where George Floyd was killed in front of Cup Foods in Minneapolis in April.

Grand jury indicts four ex-officers involved in George Floyd death

Suspect who held hostages at Minnesota bank arrested, police say

The outdoor mask mandate has been loosened. So why is everyone still wearing them?

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

In reversing a Trump labor rule, Biden administration takes aim at ‘gig economy’

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’

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

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

A playground map at Emma G. Whiteknact Elementary in East Providence, R.I.

Without Latino population, New England could have lost seats in House

The world’s largest democracy on life support

The radical hope of Black motherhood

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: 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

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