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‘I don’t think they’re going to make it.’ In only Mass. gubernatorial primary, Republicans face each other — and long odds.

Businessman Chris Doughty, a first-time and almost entirely self-funded candidate, is facing off against former Whitman state lawmaker Geoff Diehl, a Donald-Trump backed conservative who has trumpeted the former president's false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.

Mass. lawmakers promise wide-ranging $500m tax relief plan; offer broad strokes, few details

When combined with a proposal to send potentially millions of taxpayers one-time rebates by October, legislative leaders said they intend to ultimately pass about $1 billion in tax relief measures in the coming weeks.

‘It’s like we don’t even exist’: Weeks after Revere Beach fire, dozens remain displaced
City officials condemned 370 Ocean Ave. Wednesday for code violations and damage from the fire, and 82 residents say Revere and the landlord, The Carabetta Companies, have done little to help them.

Veranda House, two other buildings are ‘total losses’ following blaze, said fire officials
Nantucket’s 17th-century Veranda House inn and two nearby buildings are total losses following a devastating blaze Saturday, according to the island’s fire department.

Peter Abraham | RED SOX 11, YANKEES 6

For Red Sox, splitting a series against Yankees never felt so good

The Sox still trail by 14 games but have a renewed sense of optimism about their season.
Red Sox battle back again in win over the Yankees
THE GREAT DIVIDE

How have Massachusetts school districts spent their $2.5 billion in federal COVID funds? Mostly, they still haven’t.

Among the 78 districts and independent charter schools that have received over $5 million, the Atlantis Charter School in Fall River stands alone as the only one to have spent more than 90 percent. Only five others have spent even half.
THE FINE PRINT

He put a freeze on his credit report. Was a scammer able to remove it?

Arthur Rishi had taken steps to protect himself from fraud, including by putting a freeze on his credit report at the three major credit bureaus. Yet, one of them had released his credit report anyway.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Congress must act now to protect elections, before the Supreme Court upends them

The court could clear the way for state lawmakers to put into place gerrymandered congressional maps and send their own electors to Washington to subvert the will of voters in presidential elections.
Stephen Kinzer

Biden moves US closer to confrontation with Russia
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts lawmakers are poised to offer tax relief to the middle class. But what about the poor?
RENÉE GRAHAM

Accountability should never yield to the passage of time
Amanda Litman

No one is coming to save us. We need to save ourselves by running for office.
Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.
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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data Monday-Friday. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer vaccine or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate vaccination percentages. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

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As the coronavirus BA.5 variant spreads, the risk of COVID reinfection grows
The United States is seeing a wave of coronavirus cases because of the BA.5 variant, and one expert called it “the worst version of the virus that we've seen.”

A year after racial terror, failure to mark Pride, Juneteenth divides Winthrop over how to be inclusive
June came and went this year with no event to celebrate Pride or Juneteenth, incensing some residents who say the town dropped the ball when it should be leading the way in promoting inclusion a year after the tragic act of racist hate that left two Black residents shot and killed.

Massachusetts doesn’t have a state climatologist. Here’s why that matters.
Amid intensifying concern about climate change, state climatologists have taken on more expansive roles in recent years, leading education efforts and supplying data and analysis to an array of state and local entities.

TECH LAB

Post-Roe, here’s what you can do to protect your digital privacy

Liberal lawmakers are calling for stricter federal privacy regulation. But you don’t need new legislation to begin taking control of your sensitive data.

Bannon, facing jail and fines, agrees to testify to Jan. 6 panel

Steve Bannon, an ally of former president Donald Trump who was involved in his plans to overturn the 2020 election, has informed the House committee investigating the Capitol attack that he is now willing to testify.

Signs outside future LGBTQ-friendly senior housing facility vandalized with hateful graffiti

The messages were scrawled in black spray paint across signs on the fence around the former William Barton Rogers School at 15 Everett St.

Recommended reads

Beside the nation’s first Black woman Supreme Court justice is her husband, a ‘quintessential Boston Brahmin’

For centuries the ancestral lines of Ketanji Onyika Brown and Patrick Graves Jackson were impossibly far apart. Then, 30 years ago at Harvard, they crossed.

After generations of joy and tragedy, a family says goodbye to Boston’s Brighton neighborhood
The Magee clan has inhabited the wood-frame house at 40 Waverly St. since it was built in 1910. But time, and market forces, march on without regard for family memories or the birthplace of hometown heroes.

Boston researchers may have found biomarker for long COVID
Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital said their study bolsters a theory that at least one cause of long COVID is the coronavirus persisting in a reservoir somewhere in the body even after a patient has recovered from a bout with COVID-19.

TOM FARRAGHER
A sad farewell to an island paradise
Andrew Cromartie and Janet Forest are preparing to bid farewell to Nantucket, a place that has financially slipped away from them.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Sony’s ‘Madame Web’ to begin filming in Boston next week

Maren Morris does it all at Leader Bank Pavilion

These workplace comedies get the job done

Seen and heard at the theater: distinct voices, fresh perspectives

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.
Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Brenda Cassellius

A roadmap to success for Boston Public Schools
EDITORIAL

Biden may be going to Saudi Arabia, but he must not bow
ABDALLAH FAYYAD

On the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, State Department has no spine
ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Advice for Washington’s young staffers
Joan Vennochi

‘If this were a Black Lives Matter protest, would the response have been different?’
IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

Global information wars are a threat to the planet. This is how we could broker peace.

Metro

Mass. lawmakers promise wide-ranging $500m tax relief plan; offer broad strokes, few details

When combined with a proposal to send potentially millions of taxpayers one-time rebates by October, legislative leaders said they intend to ultimately pass about $1 billion in tax relief measures in the coming weeks.

‘I don’t think they’re going to make it.’ In only Mass. gubernatorial primary, Republicans face each other — and long odds.

Businessman Chris Doughty, a first-time and almost entirely self-funded candidate, is facing off against former Whitman state lawmaker Geoff Diehl, a Donald-Trump backed conservative who has trumpeted the former president's false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.
INNOVATORS Q&A

This R.I. camp allows high schoolers to fish for sharks

The week-long camp gives underrepresented high school sophomores and juniors an opportunity to travel to the University of Rhode Island’s campus to learn about sharks, the natural sciences, and college.
FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

A NYC restauranteur has his sights set on Rhode Island

Callum McLaughlin just opened Cabana in Newport and is planning several other dining ventures along the Ocean State’s coastline.

Sports

Red Sox 11, Yankees 6

Red Sox battle back again, rip off nine straight runs in comeback win over the Yankees

With the victory, the second-place Red Sox headed down to Tampa with a 1½-game lead over the Rays.
Red Sox

A taste of the big leagues in June changed Jeter Downs, and when he got a second chance Saturday, he delivered

Downs scored two crucial runs in Boston's extra-inning win over the Yankees, including the deciding run that was set up by his first MLB hit.
Peter Abraham | On Baseball

For Red Sox, splitting a series against Yankees never felt so good

The Sox still trail by 14 games but have a renewed sense of optimism about their season.
Red Sox notebook

Kiké Hernández still a ways off from returning to Red Sox

Wayne Rooney agrees to coach DC United
Baseball notebook

Orioles stay hot, sweep away scuffling Angels

Business

Meet Molly White, the Mass. software engineer going after the crypto industry

White documents mishaps, failures, and scams in the industry on a website that is suddenly gaining wide attention.

Alibaba and Tencent stocks plunge after latest fines

E-commerce giant Alibaba’s shares in Hong Kong fell 6.8%, while gaming and social media company Tencent Holdings sank 3.2%.

Gas pipeline shutdown starts amid German suspicion of Russia

‘It’s like we don’t even exist’: Weeks after Revere Beach fire, dozens remain displaced
magazine
Cover story

Is a famous shipwreck in Newport Harbor? A Rhode Island expert is fighting Australia over the answer.
GLOBE MAGAZINE

I moved to Haiti to help it recover from the 2010 earthquake. Violence forced my family to flee.
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We talked quite a bit about raising kids in today’s digital world’
COOKING

Recipes: Three creative berry desserts for summer

metro

Shark sightings reported along Nauset Beach

A year after racial terror, failure to mark Pride, Juneteenth divides Winthrop over how to be inclusive

Veranda House, two other buildings are ‘total losses’ following blaze, said fire officials

sports

Roxbury’s A.J. Reeves getting a shot with Celtics’ summer league team

Chase Elliott holds off Corey LaJoie, joins dad as Georgian winner in Atlanta

Shohei Ohtani a two-way All-Star again; Yankees (6), Braves (5), Astros (5) dominate rosters for Midsummer Classic

business

He put a freeze on his credit report. Was a scammer able to remove it?

Trump ally Bannon now willing to testify before Jan. 6 panel

Post-Roe, here’s what you can do to protect your digital privacy

politics

Trump associates’ ties to extremists probed by Jan. 6 panel

Bannon, facing jail and fines, agrees to testify to Jan. 6 panel

Biden celebration of new gun law clouded by latest shooting

Nation

Democrats see hope for spending deal with Manchin as Congress returns

Jan. 6 hearing on Tuesday to focus on Trump’s ‘siren call’ to violent extremists

After another mass shooting, questions loom about the role of parents

World

Ukraine official says Russia strikes ‘absolute terrorism’

Spain’s running of the bulls: 3 people gored at San Fermín

Sri Lanka talks grow urgent as political vacuum deepens

opinion

Byzantine Boston makes it next to impossible to open a restaurant

Massachusetts lawmakers are poised to offer tax relief to the middle class. But what about the poor?

Immediate and lasting impacts are expected with Roe dismantled

lifestyle

We closed the distance gap only to break up

They talk for hours a day, but he has a girlfriend

WCVB names Cindy Fitzgibbon the station’s new chief meteorologist after the retirement of Harvey Leonard

food & dining

A NYC restauranteur has his sights set on Rhode Island

Who said good food can’t be found in a gas station?

A ‘Chopped’ champ (who also beat Bobby Flay) brings his baked goods to the Boston area

travel

A beginner’s guide to camping

On the Mid Cape, sometimes the best activity is no activity at all

A plane flew 14 hours from Dubai to Brisbane with a hole in its side

Arts

‘Touching roots’ and connecting cultural histories at the MFA

Patrick Kelly’s radical ‘Runway of Love’ at Peabody Essex Museum

‘On the Edge’: A lively West Coast collection lands in Watertown

Books

In a post-Trump world, can writing cure our politics?

Survival stories in ‘Dirtbag, Massachusetts’

A young woman brings light to her family, in 1930s Denver

Movies

Sony’s ‘Madame Web’ to begin filming in Boston next week

Remembering the intensely physical, surprisingly versatile James Caan

10 memorable James Caan performances to stream

Television

HBO cancels ‘Gentleman Jack’

WCVB names Cindy Fitzgibbon the station’s new chief meteorologist after the retirement of Harvey Leonard

These workplace comedies get the job done

music

Maren Morris does it all at Leader Bank Pavilion

At Bang on a Can’s summer festival, musical explorations are instrumental

A baby boy, a new album, and a tour have put Maren Morris in her happy place

Theater/Dance

Seen and heard at the theater: distinct voices, fresh perspectives

BODYTRAFFIC mirrors life’s darkness, light, and in-betweens at Jacob’s Pillow

Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence delivers stunning ‘The Equality of Night and Day’ at Jacob’s Pillow

globe local

A port of call for Gloucester’s fishing memories

Should the state ban the use of fossil fuel systems in new commercial and residential construction?

A makeshift ramp is used to rescue ducklings

Obituaries

Meghan Stabile, who pioneered an ‘organic hybrid’ of jazz and hip-hop, dies at 39

Mike Brito, influential Dodgers’ scout in Mexico, dies at 87

Tony Sirico, who played a gangster in ‘The Sopranos,’ dies at 79