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Coronavirus may be hitting harder in Black and Latino communities

As a virus, COVID-19 does not discriminate, but a patchwork of data appears to show the pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on minority communities, several of which are reporting infection rates that outpace their population.

Boston under curfew: scenes from an empty city
On Monday night, just after the mayor’s new curfew went into effect, the city of Boston looked like a shuttered amusement park, all bright lights and no people — the rides were closed.

Who gets a ventilator? New gut-wrenching state guidelines issued on rationing equipment

The guidance suggests assigning patients a priority score that gives preference to healthier patients who have a greater chance of surviving, as well as medical personnel. In the event of tie scores, younger patients are given priority.

Opinion | Junaid Nabi and Quoc-Dien Trinh
How COVID-19 can exacerbate racial disparities
Early data from Michigan show that Black people represent a whopping 40 percent of deaths from COVID-19 in that state though they represent only 14 percent of the state’s population.

As Passover begins, a new meaning to an ancient story

As Passover begins with Zoom seders in dining rooms all over the world, rabbis find new relevance in an ancient story about perseverance.
The year of the pandemic PassoverOpinion: This too shall pass (over)

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As cases and deaths rise, Baker announces funds for health care providers

Celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73

Judge orders release of 8 ICE detainees in Bristol County

Massachusetts to launch first US trial of Japanese coronavirus drug

Three Massachusetts hospitals have received approval to launch the first US clinical trial of a Japanese flu drug that could be used to treat COVID-19, according to one doctor involved in the effort.

As more grocery store workers die, employees call for better protection

About 50 Boston-area grocery store workers and their supporters protested outside the Ink Block Whole Foods in the South End Tuesday, wearing face masks and holding signs such as “Essential not disposal” as they demanded employers provide gloves and masks, additional paid sick leave, and time-and-a-half hazard pay during the coronavirus pandemic.
Employee of Salem Market Basket and Lynn Walmart dies from coronavirus

In a huge shift because of coronavirus, most doctors now ‘seeing’ patients by phone or video

Some physicians and health regulators say the shift to online medicine could have long-lasting effects.

Live Updates

Celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73; Boris Johnson receives ‘oxygen support’ as he battles coronavirus
The latest on what’s happening in New England, the US, and around the world.

President Trump sidelines inspector general tapped for coronavirus stimulus oversightNumber of homeless people in Boston who have tested positive for coronavirus skyrocketsFive coronavirus deaths at Newton assisted living facility; 36 residents and 10 staff infected

Opinion

Junaid Nabi and Quoc-Dien Trinh

How COVID-19 can exacerbate racial disparities

Renée Graham

Trump is battling his critics more fiercely than coronavirus

JEFF JACOBY

No lockdown in Sweden

Benjamin Herbstman and Holly Blatman

Why a traumatized nation is having trouble staying home

Peter Abraham
Chris Sale sounds like a relieved pitcher
Since he injured his elbow last season, Sale wondered how long his arm would hold up. Now he finally has a set path for what comes next.

On the brink of closing, West Newton Cinema gets a boost
Donations will help pay the theater’s mortgage, utilities, and other bills. With nonessential businesses shuttered until at least May 4, the money will help the theater survive for a few additional weeks.

Trump has a new press secretary: Kayleigh McEnany, a campaign spokeswoman

Stephanie Grisham, the White House press secretary, is rejoining the staff of Melania Trump, the first lady, and Kayleigh McEnany, a campaign spokeswoman will replace her.
THEATER

Theatrical stages are going dark in the Berkshires this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak

Williamstown Theatre Festival cancels its summer season while other theaters postpone productions.

EzCater, fast-rising Boston tech company, lays off 400

Corporate catering business declines during COVID-19 pandemic.

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Brockton police search for three people who fled crash

Boston police investigate daytime shootings

Man leaves anti-Semitic graffiti at Brookline synagogue, then pauses to admire message of hate

Comfort Zone

A psychologist on healthy escapism and what we can learn from superheroes

Six podcast picks for body, mind, and spirit

Visit your favorite zoo and aquarium animals online

Should you text your ex? A flow chart.

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Charts: 10 US counties with the most coronavirus cases (beyond N.Y. and N.J.)

The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts

The coronavirus tracker

These maps track the path of coronavirus

On StatNews.com

A $30 billion gamble: Pandemic expert calls for making Covid-19 vaccines before we know they work

‘We’re flying blind’: African Americans may be bearing the brunt of Covid-19, but access to data are limited

Data for Gilead’s potential coronavirus therapy are coming soon. Here’s what you need to know

Coronavirus resources

Kids and the coronavirus: what you need to know

How to apply for unemployment benefits in the era of coronavirus

Yes, you can still get a package delivered. Just wash your hands, expert says

A coronavirus-inspired window sing-along version of ‘Sweet Caroline’ springs up in Boston

I tried to go 24 hours without touching my face. I made it 18 minutes

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What do we cook during trying times? How do we think about food? For answers to these questions, along with plenty of delicious recipes, sign up for Cooking From Home, a two-week newsletter from food critic Devra First about cooking during coronavirus, starting this week.

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Is someone coughing in 11F? Amid coronavirus, condo and apartment buildings have turned into towers of fear

Elevator buttons that might be contaminated. Neighbors breathing on you in the hallway. Even the laundry room doesn’t feel clean. People who live in multi-unit buildings don’t even feel safe in their own homes anymore.

If you feel like there are more people out there running, you’re not alone
Avid runners have noticed an influx of people pounding the pavement, since conventional gyms and boutique studios are currently closed.

Does covering your face protect you, or not? What’s behind the change in coronavirus recommendations
Just a few weeks ago, the official word was that face masks wouldn't protect you from the coronavirus. Now, the CDC is urging people to wear cloth masks when in public places. What changed?

Rhode Island

Another 3 Rhode Islanders die of the coronavirus, bringing the state’s total to 30

All of the people who died in the past 24 hours lived at nursing homes; Governor Raimondo extends certain restrictions to May 8.

Providence closes parks, running paths, and Triggs golf course due to coronavirus

Climbing the hill, climbing the curve

Newton

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

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

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

More from the Battleground project

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

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

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

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

The Great Divide

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

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

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

A captain goes down for his ship

Joan Vennochi

Baker’s perception vs. reality at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home

Connie M. Ulrich

Post-coronavirus, how will we address the trauma health care workers have suffered?

Aaron Thomas

Why I don’t feel safe wearing a face mask

LETTERS

Postcards from the pandemic

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

A quarter million Americans could die from the coronavirus. Maybe more. How do we absorb that much death?

VISUAL STORIES

Globe staff photos of the month, March 2020

Life during the coronavirus pandemic

Surf’s up in Narragansett: Riders are social distancing themselves on the waves

17 photos of the coronavirus’s effect around the world

metro

Chinese community collects masks for Boston area healthcare workers
Since the donation drive began, about 38,000 masks have donated from both the Boston area and China. They've been disitributed to 37 area hospitals, including Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.

John Prine, poignant, comic chronicler of holes in the soul

John Prine, Grammy-winning bard of ‘broken hearts and dirty windows,’ dies at 73 of coronavirus

Employee of Salem Market Basket and Lynn Walmart dies after contracting COVID-19

Vitalina Williams last worked in the store on March 26. Two other employees at the Salem location have tested positive for COVID-19 and are in quarantine, the company said.

A mysterious mask gets delivered to her house

As Passover begins, a new meaning to an ancient story

STAT

Stay up to date with STAT’s Covid-19 Tracker

An interview with the CDC director on coronavirus, masks, and an agency gone quiet

Americans are underestimating duration of coronavirus crisis, experts say

A nurse’s coronavirus routine: Recording videos she hopes her family will never need to watch

sports

Mike O’Connell, Brian Burke spat over blockbuster trade of Joe Thornton

Burke, the Anaheim GM in 2005, says he offered then-Bruins GM O’Connell more than Sharks.

UFC 249, pushing coronavirus limits, plans event on tribal land in California

The site is an attempted end run around federal and state guidelines against holding large gatherings.
Sports Log

Obi Toppin wins Wooden Award as the nation’s top college basketball player

Peter Abraham

Chris Sale sounds like a relieved pitcher

Politics

Wisconsin voters forced to choose between health, democracy

Business

TJ Maxx announced furloughs, pay cuts

Marijuana

Businesses that ‘indirectly’ work with marijuana industry ineligible for federal coronavirus loans

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Perspective

What the US will be like after we conquer the coronavirus

Connections

A taste of my Italian family’s grace and humor in the time of coronavirus

Dispatches from the Edge

At risk populations: ‘What helps is feeling like you’re not going it alone’

Dispatches from the Edge

My 46-hour hunt for toilet paper

sports

Chris Sale was happy to get an answer on his arm, and now his focus is on rehab

MLB would face significant hurdles to make Arizona idea become a reality

Former Bruin Colby Cave out of emergency brain surgery, but remains in induced coma

metro

Chinese community collects masks for Boston area healthcare workers

John Prine, poignant, comic chronicler of holes in the soul

Employee of Salem Market Basket and Lynn Walmart dies after contracting COVID-19

Nation

Boston under curfew: scenes from an empty city

Trump says he will ‘put a hold’ on US funding to World Health Organization, says ‘they missed the call’ on coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus may be hitting harder in Black and Latino communities

World

Boris Johnson receives ‘oxygen support’ as he battles coronavirus

Australian court dismisses cardinal’s sex abuse convictions

Australian court dismisses cardinal’s sex abuse convictions

politics

Trump says he will ‘put a hold’ on US funding to World Health Organization, says ‘they missed the call’ on coronavirus pandemic

Watch live: Trump gives coronavirus briefing

Acting Navy secretary submits letter of resignation, tells staff he is quitting

business

TJ Maxx announced furloughs, pay cuts

Trump allies put unproven coronavirus drug to work in Texas

Check out the local winners in the Q1 stock-market bloodbath

lifestyle

A psychologist on healthy escapism and what we can learn from superheroes

During lockdown, more celebrities are mirroring us — unshaven, unwashed, and not ashamed

Cheese advice from a pro

marijuana

Businesses that ‘indirectly’ work with marijuana industry ineligible for federal coronavirus loans

Kids released from Utah hospital after eating THC candy from donation

Medical marijuana registrations spike as adult-use stores close in Mass.

opinion

We need health security, not just health care

The most vulnerable among us, made even more so

Mass. needs to up its game on disclosing case data

food & dining

Recipe: For the Easter table, pan-sear lamb chops and sprinkle with mint gremolata

Recipe: Beijing Bolognese at the Dumpling Daughter restaurants is a highly seasoned ground pork sauce

Brian Treitman from B.T.’s Smokehouse has a bone to pick

travel

7 virtual tours that can take you there

Heading outdoors for home-school history lessons

Spend time at home planning for your next adventure

Books

A reader’s walking path: 5 books to inspire your next jaunt

TaraShea Nesbit on reading history, poetry, and fairy tales during the pandemic

In Anne Tyler’s ‘Redhead by the Side of the Road,’ a quiet life, interrupted

Movies

‘And Then We Danced’ stages a pas de deux with a difference in Tbilisi

The movies of 1970 were a ball of confusion

5 movie theaters, 3 nights, 2 afternoons

Television

James Taylor to appear on ‘The Voice’ as a mentor

The Keatons and Camp Kikiwaka add up to 60 minutes of TV togetherness

This week’s TV: Quibi arrives, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ departs, ‘Killing Eve’ returns

music

Alone at home, until Dua Lipa brings the party

When music lessons move to Zoom: ‘There have been some surprising benefits’

Adam Schlesinger: 1967-2020

Theater/Dance

Stages going dark in the Berkshires

Wake up your flagging spirits with 'The Drowsy Chaperone’

Melinda Lopez’s 'Mala’ to be shown on WGBH 2

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don’t come in from the cold

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

Obituaries

John Prine, poignant, comic chronicler of holes in the soul

Peter A. Brooke, dean of Boston’s venture capitalists, dies at 90

Al Kaline, Tigers’ perennial all-around All-Star, 85