Flash flood warning issued around Boston metro area

Areas just west of Boston received heavy rain Tuesday night, prompting a flood warning until 12:30 a.m.

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Jared Remy pleaded guilty to killing Jennifer Martel and received a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

Yvonne Abraham

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What a spectacle of the depths to which people can sink. What a vividly detailed map of the wasteland brutality leaves behind.

Mass. House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo joined House members and the Gun Violence Task Force to announce comprehensive gun violence legislation.

DeLeo unveils bill to strengthen gun laws in Mass.

House Speaker Robert DeLeo said the state could not wait for federal action to curb gun violence.

Jackie Bradley Jr. drove in two runs with a double in the seventh inning.

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Red Sox win again after recent losing streak

The Red Sox scored four runs in the seventh inning for their second consecutive victory over the Braves in Atlanta.

Shirley Leung

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Baker and his venture capital firm have been caught in a brouhaha over a donation he made in 2011 to New Jersey Republicans in a nod to Governor Chris Christie.

Joe Siciliano’s Newton North Tigers will host Catholic Memorial Wednesday.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Newton North’s Joe Siciliano a diamond gem

Siciliano believes having fun is a key component to playing baseball.

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Lewis performed at the Boston Calling music festival in the airbrushed pantsuit created for her new album, “The Voyager.”

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Boston taxi companies should focus on offering better service rather than shutting down their competitors.

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Olin College spent nearly $100 million more than it took in from 2008 to 2011, records show.

Losses soar at Olin College
The Harvard Crimson released the results of a survey about graduating seniors, including their plans for next year.

Evan Horowitz

Harvard grads, that job isn’t for you
Jose Oliver , the father of Jeremiah Oliver, looked at photos of his son during the funeral services in Fitchburg on May 3. “Lord forgive me,” he said, as he touched his son’s casket. “I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry.”

Jeremiah Oliver, failed by all

Compact orchards growing in Greater Boston
Pope Francis talked to journalists during a press conference he held aboard the papal flight on his way back to Rome at the end of a three day trip to the Middle East on Monday.

John L. Allen Jr. | Analysis

Perils of a ‘let it all hang out’ pope
This house in Falmouth is listed at $5.49 million. On Cape Cod, the average time on market is 170 days, versus just 82 in Greater Boston.

It’s a buyer’s market on Cape Cod

Music Review

Boston Calling proves a keeper
Meredith (Max) Hodges.

Boston Ballet names new executive director
There finally was reason for smiles from David Ortiz, Koji Uehara, and A.J. Pierzynski. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Debunking some myths about Red Sox
Acquia chief executive Tom Erickson (in the foreground)

BetaBoston

Acquia raises $50m to continue rapid growth
Mayor Martin Walsh’s administration is considering several steps to boost production, including the designation of more city-owned property for development.

Walsh pushes for middle-income housing
Justin Wesolowski of Greenfield is uneasy with the idea of travel to far-off cities for addiction treatment.

Hunts for help add to addicts’ struggles

Sports

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John Stewart, 82, lines out to center field. Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff

Seniors still having a ball on the softball diamond

These old-timers aren’t gathering for an Old-Timers Game; they’re serious about the competition.

Metro

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Carlos Ortiz is a one-time friend of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez.

Aaron Hernandez friend pleads not guilty to charge of murdering Dorchester man

Carlos Ortiz, an associate of Aaron Hernandez, faces a first-degree murder charge in the slaying of Odin Lloyd.

Columnists

Corporal Elias Reyes Jr., who posed for this photo with his sister, Irene Kaludi, joined the Marines right out of high school.

Kevin Cullen

Taking all from one who gave all

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Time to let go of Tea Party puppy love
Children watched from an apartment window as police investigated a shooting scene in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago last year.

CARLO ROTELLA

Neighborhood has always mattered

Yvonne Abraham

Let Me Go. Please
President Obama.

JEFF JACOBY

Obama fails to show his ‘competence’
Afghan lawmaker Samia Azizi Sadat holds her picture, which hangs on the wall among pictures of Afghanistan’s 249 parliamentarians, in Kabul in March.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Gains, danger spur Afghan women
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Walsh’s erratic efforts for a diverse workforce

Ruth Simmons spoke at Smith College’s 2014 commencement.

KEVIN CULLEN

A debacle becomes a teaching moment
David Ortiz and the Red Sox lost all six games on their homestand.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Maybe these Red Sox just aren’t good

Shirley Leung

Firm’s health care move smells bad

JOANNA WEISS

Same old gender script
People line up to enter the 9/11 Memorial Museum on public opening day Wednesday in New York.

JOAN VENNOCHI

The tragedy trade

Politics

Candidate for governor Donald Berwick.

Gubernatorial candidate Donald Berwick parts with political director

It’s not the first staff shakeup for Berwick, who is a one-time pediatrician and former top Obama health care official.

Nation & World

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Barack Obama spoke during a troop rally after arriving at Bagram Air Field.

Obama says US is finishing the job in Afghanistan

President Obama said he will seek to bring the US force in Afghanistan down to 9,800 as the combat mission ends later this year.

Business

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Home prices growing at slower pace

In Boston, home prices rose at an annual rate of 8.2 percent, their slowest growth in six months.

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Frame by Frame

Stuart captures a poet’s blithe spirit

This unfinished work, probably painted around 1802, was discovered in Gilbert Stuart’s studio after his death.

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Will the Green Line Extension make Somerville real estate go crazy?

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