Massachusetts General Hospital and Cape Cod Hospital will be able to add over 100 hospital beds, the Public Health Council determined Wednesday morning — allowing the critically overflowing facilities to respond to growing statewide capacity issues. “The patients are already here on our campus,” said David Brown, president of Mass General Brigham’s Academic Medical Centers at Wednesday’s meeting. “They’re in our hallways, in our emergency departments, and we’ve deployed teams of care providers to care for them. Those care providers will migrate with the patients to the expanded capacity beds u ..read more

FBI agents have nabbed an Oklahoma man accused of throwing a pipe bomb onto the porch of the Satanic Temple in Salem. Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, has been charged with using an explosive to cause damage to a building used in interstate or foreign commerce. Palmer was arrested on Wednesday, and will make an initial appearance in the Western District of Oklahoma. He will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date. According to the feds, cameras outside the Satanic Temple on April 8 showed a man walking toward the building wearing black pants, a black jacket, a black face covering, a tan-colo ..read more

Firefighters across Massachusetts are facing the “nearly impossible” task of extinguishing lithium-ion battery fires much more often, according to new state data showing that such blazes have spiked sharply in the past half-year. The state Department of Fire Service created a checklist last October for local departments to use to track the number of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries, which power large devices like electric vehicles and smaller items like smartphones and e-cigarettes. So far, the form has helped 38 cities and towns identify 50 lithium-ion battery fires in the past six month ..read more

A Boston Marathon winner who smashed the iconic course record is still waiting for her $100,000 payday a decade later. The 2014 marathon winner Buzunesh Deba says she’s owed $100,000 from the Boston Athletic Association after the initial first-place finisher was disqualified for doping. As Deba waits for the $100,000 in prize money, the B.A.A. — with $27.3 million in net assets, as of its most recent publicly available tax filing — is still trying to get the cash back from the cheater, Rita Jeptoo. As a result, the B.A.A. won’t pay Deba the $100,000 that she deserves. The Wall Street Journal f ..read more

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu appointed the city’s first chief climate officer on Wednesday, a position that essentially replaces the outgoing chief of environment, energy and open space with a $27,693 increase in salary. Brian Swett, described by the mayor’s office as a “nationally recognized leader in climate change and sustainability strategy” will be paid $195,000 annually to lead the city’s Environment, Energy and Open Space Cabinet. He replaces the Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, who departs April 26 and per city payroll records was paid $167,307 last year as chief of environment, energy and open ..read more

By TOM KRISHER, STAN CHOE and MICHELLE CHAPMAN (AP Business Writers) DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is asking shareholders to restore a $56 billion pay package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a Delaware judge this year, and to shift the company’s corporate home to Texas. The changes, to be voted on by stockholders at a June 13 annual meeting, could be a tougher sell than when it was first approved in 2018. The Austin, Texas, electric vehicle maker is struggling with falling global sales, slowing electric vehicle demand, an aging model lineup and a stock price that has tumbled 37% so far this year ..read more

Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday that her administration will look to invest $20 million into a workforce training system to “align” child care, education, job training, and employment opportunities in Western Massachusetts. Healey, speaking virtually from her office on Beacon Hill during an event hosted by the White House, said workers in Springfield and Holyoke suffer from among the highest rates of poverty and unemployment in the state. “It’s also an area we know there’s a great opportunity for growth. One of our clean energy companies is about to build out there. But we need to support a w ..read more

By TOM KRISHER and MICHELLE CHAPMAN (Associated Press) DETROIT (AP) — Tesla will ask shareholders to reinstate a $56 billion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a judge in Delaware this year, and to move the electric car maker’s corporate home from Delaware to Texas. In a filing with federal regulators early Wednesday, the company said it would ask shareholders to vote on both issues during its annual meeting on June 13. In January, Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick ruled that Musk is not entitled to a landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla’s board of dire ..read more

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s plan to increase property taxes on businesses beyond the state limit is continuing to receive skepticism, with the City Council the latest to express concerns on how the proposal could do more harm than good. City officials tried to assure the council’s Committee on Government Operations on Tuesday that the mayor’s proposal, which would also need state approval, seeks to level the playing field for all taxpayers, both residential and commercial, without creating hardship to either side. But councilors and community stakeholders say that while Wu’s plan looks to repli ..read more

If you think the president’s newest plan to forgive student debts is a bad idea, now’s your chance to say something. The details of President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive some debts for millions of student loan borrowers will open for public comment on Wednesday and, according to the Department of Education, the new forgiveness proposal only adds to the $153 billion in student loan debt already forgiven by the Biden Administration. Announced last week in Madison, Wisconsin — and hatched not long after his last attempt at the maneuver was blocked by the nation’s highest court — Biden’s new plan ..read more