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Another 6.61 million Americans seek unemployment aid

US jobless claims for the past week dipped slightly from the previous week and in Massachusetts, another 139,582 people filed for unemployment. 3 hours ago
More job cuts hit Boston’s tech sector as coronavirus effects spreadNew Balance furloughs workers, cuts salaries in coronavirus downturn

Before coronavirus, 2 out of 3 Mass. nursing homes broke the rules for preventing outbreaks

Experts say the track record of infection control deficiencies, coupled with the abrupt arrival of a new, fast-spreading virus, has left many nursing homes outmatched. Violations ranged from staff not following basic hygiene measures to failing to track and monitor outbreaks.
Staffing issues still plague Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke despite National Guard presence and state assurancesDo you have a loved one in a nursing home or longterm care facility? Tell us about their conditions

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Fauci says US coronavirus deaths could be 60,000, half of earlier projections, because of social distancing

Live Updates

Mitch McConnell, Democrats jostle over urgent business coronavirus aid

Stocks climb after Fed stuns markets again with aid

Amidst a peanut butter panic, Teddie steps up
As health care workers lead the fight against coronavirus from the front, Teddie has been one of the unsung companies fortifying the rear, with its employees drafted into a Rosie the Riveter role to fortify the supply lines that will help keep people at home.

CDC officials trace beginnings of Chicago outbreak to two family gatherings
The transmissions — which were traced back to a funeral and a birthday party held three days apart — took place before major social distancing policies were implemented.

Editorial
Trump’s team finds new ways to harm our health
Polluters already were enjoying a reduction in enforcement, but the EPA keeps on giving. Lawmakers should keep the pressure on the agency.

Opinion

Timothy Scalona

Mourning senior year 2020

Scot Lehigh

Bernie and company must rally hard around Joe Biden

Joan Vennochi

Report card from Zoom University

Jason Pradarelli and Gerard Doherty

To fight coronavirus, America needs leaders who are first followers

YVONNE ABRAHAM

What if we always loved supermarket workers as much as this?

In the midst of the pandemic, supermarket clerks and other low-wage workers have joined the pantheon of American heroes. Let's keep them there.
After worker’s death, grocery stores lay out measures to keep shoppers, staff safe under new state rules

Tom Brady, in a candid interview with Howard Stern, gave us some answers to questions we’ve been asking

Brady talked about his marital problems, his relationship with Bill Belichick, freezing out receivers, and more.
Brady ‘probably knew before the start of last season’ he was leaving the PatriotsBrady dishes on stepping up for his family: Gisele ‘wasn’t satisfied with our marriage’

The surreal experience of giving birth during the coronavirus crisis

What Sondra and Tony Pacitti faced as they prepared for the birth of their twins has already been experienced by more than 700 mothers in Rhode Island, and something thousands more will undoubtedly face in the coming months.

State releases sparse coronavirus race and ethnicity data, making virus’s impact hard to assess

The data was released as Governor Charlie Baker’s administration faced increasing pressure to be more transparent about the victims of the outbreak.

A new warning: Vaping and smoking may increase risk that COVID-19 will hit you hard

In an advisory sent Thursday, the state's attorney general Mass. General Hospital assert that smoking and vaping damage the lungs and weaken the immune system, putting people at greater risk of needing hospitalization and advanced life support if they become infected with COVID-19.
Ground Game Analysis

Why Bernie Sanders lost the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination

The three big reasons for the Vermont senator's eventual defeat, to Joe Biden.
Here’s what Bernie Sanders told Stephen Colbert about potentially endorsing Joe Biden

Prosecutors rip bid by Lori Loughlin, other ‘Varsity Blues’ parents to dismiss indictment in college admissions case

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday blasted an effort by Hollywood star Lori Loughlin and several other parents charged in the “Varsity Blues” college case to have their indictment dismissed, calling the request a “smokescreen” meant to obscure their unlawful conduct. 38 minutes ago

Linda Tripp, whose taped calls with Monica Lewinsky led to Bill Clinton investigation, dies at 70

Linda Tripp, a key figure in the presidential sex scandal that nearly brought down the administration of Bill Clinton over his affair with onetime White House intern Monica Lewinsky, leading to the president’s impeachment in 1998, died April 8. She was 70.
Matthew Gilbert | Critic's Corner

No tears shed for an uninspired ‘Modern Family’ finale

The two-part series finale they delivered Wednesday night had the right idea — breaking up the extended family, a gentle goodbye to this stage of things — but the execution was quite uninspired.

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Six podcast picks for body, mind, and spirit

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

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

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With ventilators running out, doctors say the machines are overused for Covid-19

After 9/11, we gave up privacy for security. Will we make the same trade-off after Covid-19?

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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Hospitals brace for a surge of coronavirus patients, but how accurate are the projections?

The grim projections about the coming wave of COVID-19 vary significantly, partly due to limited testing across the state, and the unknown extent of the population that has been infected.

The race to save lives
The Globe has enlisted three medical workers to tell their stories in their own words. Throughout the coming days, you’ll meet a top emergency room doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital, a young critical care nurse at Tufts Medical Center, and a respiratory therapist at Newton Wellesley Hospital. All have opened up to Globe reporters about their patients and their experiences.

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.

Rhode Island

The surreal experience of giving birth during the coronavirus crisis

What Sondra and Tony Pacitti faced as they prepared for the birth of their twins has already been experienced by more than 700 mothers in Rhode Island, and something thousands more will undoubtedly face in the coming months.

The PawSox and other Red Sox minor league affiliates are about to feel the money pinch

Raimondo: Five more deaths, 220 more cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island

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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.

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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

Renée Graham

Trump is battling his critics more fiercely than coronavirus

Michael A. Cohen

Wisconsin Republicans put political power ahead of public health

Junaid Nabi and Quoc-Dien Trinh

How COVID-19 can exacerbate racial disparities

Marcela García

Chelsea, city of the working Latino immigrant, emerges as a COVID-19 hotspot

LETTERS

Postcards from the pandemic

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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

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For first time in history, 2 Maine natives in space
For the first time in history, two Maine natives will be in space at the same time.

Prosecutors rip bid by Lori Loughlin, other ‘Varsity Blues’ parents to dismiss indictment in college admissions case

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday blasted an effort by Hollywood star Lori Loughlin and several other parents charged in the “Varsity Blues” college case to have their indictment dismissed, calling the request a “smokescreen” meant to obscure their unlawful conduct.

Watch live at 2:30 p.m.: Mayor Marty Walsh gives an update on the coronavirus response

Mayor Marty Walsh will give an update on the city of Boston’s coronavirus response on Thursday.

Watch live at 1 p.m.: Governor Charlie Baker gives an update on the coronavirus response

A new warning: Vaping and smoking may increase risk that COVID-19 will hit you hard

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

Paul Pierce to participate in H-O-R-S-E competition on ESPN

The former Celtic will be joined Chauncey Billups, Tamika Catchings, Mike Conley Jr. Zach LaVine, Chris Paul, Allie Quigley, and Trae Young.

Join our Bruins live chat with Kevin Paul Dupont at 2 p.m.

Dupont will be here to answer all your burning questions.
Coronavirus Notebook

Pandemic insurance package will allow Wimbledon to recoup $141 million, per report

Sports Log

Tiger Woods and his caddie face lawsuit

Politics

Democrats stall Trump’s request for $250 billion to supplement small business loan program

Business

Stocks climb after Fed stuns markets again with aid

Marijuana

Girl who inspired Charlotte’s Web marijuana oil dies after treatment as likely coronavirus patient

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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

Meet the Super Teams for boys’ and girls’ hockey for the 2020 high school season

Tom Brady talked family, politics, football, and Bill Belichick with Howard Stern. Here’s what he said

Here are the Globe’s 2020 Super Teams for boys’ and girls’ basketball

metro

For first time in history, 2 Maine natives in space

Prosecutors rip bid by Lori Loughlin, other ‘Varsity Blues’ parents to dismiss indictment in college admissions case

Watch live at 2:30 p.m.: Mayor Marty Walsh gives an update on the coronavirus response

Nation

CDC officials trace beginnings of Chicago outbreak to two family gatherings

Jobless claims report Thursday could hit 7 million or higher

Iran’s supreme leader says mass Ramadan events may stop over coronavirus

World

Photos: Largest supermoon of the year rises around the world

With Johnson ailing, UK faces a leadership quandary

China ends Wuhan lockdown, but normal life is a distant dream

politics

Watch live at 11:00 a.m.: N.Y. Governor Andrew Cuomo gives a coronavirus update

Federal stocks of protective equipment nearly depleted

Second US study for coronavirus vaccine uses skin-deep shots

business

Stocks climb after Fed stuns markets again with aid

Fauci says US coronavirus deaths could be 60,000, half of earlier projections, because of social distancing

Federal Reserve announces $2.3 trillion in additional lending

lifestyle

New challenges for farmers, farmers’ markets, and delivery services grappling with surge in demand

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

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

marijuana

Girl who inspired Charlotte’s Web marijuana oil dies after treatment as likely coronavirus patient

Nerds maker confirms THC-laced product at Utah food bank was not made by their company

Recreational marijuana companies sue Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker over shutdown

opinion

Coughing while Asian

Coronavirus gives us an opportunity to rethink K-12 education

An uncomfortable curtain is closed around open spaces

food & dining

Cheese advice from a pro

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

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

You don’t have to be a book lover to watch ‘The Booksellers,’ but you might become one after you do

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

The movies of 1970 were a ball of confusion

Television

No tears shed for an uninspired ‘Modern Family’ finale

Here’s what Bernie Sanders told Stephen Colbert about potentially endorsing Joe Biden

Carell, Kudrow power Netflix’s upcoming ‘Space Force’

music

James Taylor pays tribute to a ‘hero of mine,’ John Prine

Boston Pops cancels its 2020 spring season

‘I’m gonna shake God’s hand’: An appreciation for John Prine

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