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Would Mass. lawmakers’ tax proposal help you? Here are the highlights.

The Massachusetts House on Monday unveiled a sweeping economic development bill that includes $523.5 million in proposed tax breaks. Among them:

Mass. lawmakers promise one of Beacon Hill’s largest packages of tax relief in a generation. It mirrors much of what Governor Baker pitched in January.

Trump? Biden? Americans appear to want to choose ‘none of the above’ in 2024.

A New York Times/Sienna College poll released Monday put a finer point on what a number of earlier polls have been hinting at: Americans appear to be saying the last thing they want is a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

In only Mass. gubernatorial primary, Republicans face each other — and long odds

KARA MILLER | THE BIG IDEA

COVID will be in schools this fall. It’s time to make plans.

Even after two and a half years, rules around preschool and school feel like a random pastiche that varies wildly from town to town. Which is why it’s worth asking now what the coming school year will look like.

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

Coronavirus levels in waste water remain elevated in Eastern Mass. as BA.5 uncertainty persists

Maria Rodriguez waited to catch a commuter rail train in the rain at the Porter Square MBTA station for her commute back home to Ayer one night after work last week.

Four hours commuting. Four hours on the job.

One woman’s commute to clean labs in Kendall Square highlights how the the unreliable T is failing workers Greater Boston relies upon.

Mass General Brigham plans massive expansion of hospital at home program
The system will grow its hospital at home programs from 25 remotely monitored patients to upwards of 200 in the next two and a half years.

‘A pretty terrifying situation’: Witnesses recount frantic rescues at Nantucket inn fire
A Boston developer who charged into the burning Veranda House early Saturday morning to alert guests to the fire raging at the historic Nantucket inn said Monday that he knew he had to do something.

Soprano Nicole Cabell sang Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" on Saturday night at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Andris Nelsons.

Tanglewood opens with prayers floated and anxieties fleetingly shed

Music director Andris Nelsons led the Boston Symphony Orchestra in three performances to launch the 2022 summer season.

Molly White, an ex-HubSpot software engineer, has become one of crypto's biggest critics.

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.

The shoreline of Lake Mead is pitted with such apocalyptic sights as this previously sunken boat, turned upon its stern.

Photos: Withering drought turns Lake Mead into a shriveling graveyard

The largest US reservoir has shrunk to a record low amid a punishing drought and the demands of 40 million people in seven states who are sucking the Colorado River dry.

World War II-era boat emerges from shrinking Lake Mead

Opinion

District 5 City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo is running for Suffolk County district attorney. If he wins, he'd be the first Latino to occupy that office and, at 34, one of the youngest DAs ever elected in Massachusetts.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Mijente endorses Ricardo Arroyo in the Suffolk district attorney race. Here’s why that matters.

The national Latinx political organization has endorsed Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo.

For a Supreme Court justice, it can’t be ‘privacy for me’ and no right of protest for thee

Many countries have given us a preview of what’s to come with COVID subvariant BA.5. Prepare.

Biden moves US closer to confrontation with Russia

The fringe theory that the Supreme Court might use to upend our elections

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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Mass. high court rejects GOP challenge to mail-in voting
Secretary of State William F. Galvin's office has begun printing more than 4 million mail-in ballot applications to send out next week.

‘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.

Man accused of abducting woman after she left Boston bar is competent to stand trial, judge rules

Court records show that Victor Pena’s lawyer intends to argue a defense of ‘lack of criminal responsibility because of mental disease or defect.’

Judge won’t delay trial for Trump ex-adviser Steve Bannon
A federal judge on Monday declined to delay the upcoming trial of Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to former president Donald Trump who faces contempt of Congress charges after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

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.

Man charged in the stabbing death of woman in Northampton

Northampton police were called to an apartment on Hatfield Street, where they found a 21-year-old woman dead of stab wounds, according to officials. Police arrested Devin Bryden, the woman’s roommate, in connection with her death.

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Mario Tardif's mother died of Alzheimer's disease. He enrolled in POINTER, a first-of-its-kind US Alzheimer's study because: "Maybe I can do something to reduce my chances of getting it. Or if researchers get something from me that could help somebody else, that’s terrific.”

Can brain-training stave off dementia? New studies may pinpoint some answers.

With diminishing hopes for an imminent, effective Alzheimer’s medication, studies testing the protective power of computer-based brain exercises, as well as lifestyle interventions, have taken on new urgency.

See if you can keep up with these interactive exercises

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.

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.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Richard Tarantino, performing as Oxalis, plays his synthesizer on the lobby stage of the Museum of Science at the New England Synth Fest in June.

A spacey odyssey is in store when synthesizers take over Boston’s planetarium

Dakota Johnson stars in the upcoming film "Madame Web," which is filming in Boston this summer.

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

Maren Morris performs at Leader Bank Pavilion Friday night.

Maren Morris does it all at Leader Bank Pavilion

In "Loot," Maya Rudolph plays a billionaire who decides to live a 9-to-5 life in the office of a charitable foundation.

These workplace comedies get the job done

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

State Senator Lydia Edwards speaks during an unofficial Gay Pride Potluck she hosted at a town park on June 29th, 2022. Edwards was endorsed by Run For Something.

No one is coming to save us. We need to save ourselves by running for office.

Carolyn Bryant rested her head on her husband Roy Bryant's shoulder after she testified in Emmett Till's murder case in Sumner, Miss. on Sept. 22. 1955. A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the murder of the Black teenager found the unserved warrant for the arrest of "Mrs. Roy Bryant."

Accountability should never yield to the passage of time

The backside of the Massachusetts State House is reflected in a puddle of water collecting on a table after a rain on June 23. This image has been rotated 180 degrees.

A $250 check from Beacon Hill? Great. But don’t leave out the very poor.

A protester in New York holds a photo of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

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

President Biden at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on June 8.

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

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Rhode Island political news: June 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

Mass. lawmakers promise one of Beacon Hill’s largest packages of tax relief in a generation. It mirrors much of what Governor Baker pitched in January.

With just three weeks left in their legislative session, top Massachusetts Democrats on Monday unveiled a multibillion-dollar economic development package that pledges more than $1 billion in tax breaks and rebates.

Skydiver makes ‘hard landing’ on warehouse roof after parachutes became entangled, authorities say

The skydiver was airlifted to UMass Memorial Medical Center Sunday night after making a "hard landing" on top of an industrial building in Orange, according to a press release by Orange Fire Rescue Emergency Medical Services

Barrington becomes first R.I. town to schedule marijuana vote

But 'many, many more' communities are expected to schedule November votes now that Rhode Island has legalized recreational adult-use marijuana, officials say.

Sports

Greg Norman, the CEO of LIV Golf, has been told he will not get an exemption to the British Open nor will he be welcomed to attend the champions dinner at St. Andrews in Scotland.

Report: Department of Justice probes PGA Tour for antitrust violations

The Wall Street Journal reported the dispute between the PGA Tour and the rival Saudi-funded LIV Golf series had gotten the attention of the Justice Department.

Sara McLaughlin (left) went 19-4 against boys as an eighth grader for Scituate last season, and romped to the girls' state title without surrendering a point.

HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

Wrestler Sara McLaughlin hasn’t started at Scituate High yet, but she’s already one of the school’s biggest stars

The eighth grader is an All-American before she's reached high school, and she's just getting started.

Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been added to the new Broncos ownership group.

Condoleezza Rice added to new Broncos ownership group

The former US Secretary of State, a University of Denver grad, will be a minority owner of the franchise if the pending sale is approved by the NFL.

Four things to know about Bruins draft pick Matthew Poitras, an 18-year-old center from Ontario

Bruins development camp

Bruins prospect John Beecher is still learning the pro game, but he’s working hard to make an impression

RED SOX AT RAYS | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 87: Red Sox at Rays lineups and notes

Business

Looming Musk-Twitter legal battle hammers company shares

Shares of Twitter slid more than 11 percent in the first day of trading after billionaire Elon Musk said that he was abandoning his $44 billion bid for the company and the social media platform vowed to challenge Musk in court to uphold the agreement.

Four hours commuting. Four hours on the job.

One woman’s commute to clean labs in Kendall Square highlights how the the unreliable T is failing workers Greater Boston relies upon.

Mark MacGann, former top executive, comes forward as Uber Files leaker

Bid to expand Seaport’s BCEC hits a snag: The senator from South Boston

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The writer (right) and her daughter, Glynne, leave the hospital after the writer’s last chemotherapy session.

Cancer kicks your butt, but it’s also a powerful lesson on appreciation

How can I get people to clean up after their dogs in my complex?

Salsa in Beverly's Lynch Park on Wednesday.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, July 11-17

Is a famous shipwreck in Newport Harbor? There's a fight over that.

metro

Fire at the Veranda House on Nantucket on Saturday.

‘A pretty terrifying situation’: Witnesses recount frantic rescues at Nantucket inn fire

Even the ice cream man can’t hide from inflation

Man accused of abducting woman after she left Boston bar is competent to stand trial, judge rules

sports

Jim Montgomery's first head coaching job was with the Dallas Stars.

Five key things we heard during Bruins coach Jim Montgomery’s introductory press conference

He grew up a Celtics fan in Roxbury. Now, A.J. Reeves is getting his shot in summer league.

It’s time for Chris Sale to do some damage to opposing lineups

business

Birth control pills in Philadelphia, Nov. 16, 2021. A Paris-based company, HRA Pharma, announced on Monday that it had asked the FDA to authorize its pill, which is available by prescription, for over-the-counter-sales in the United States.

Drugmaker seeks approval for first birth control pill without prescription in US

The global tax revolution for tech giants is delayed to 2024

Canadian airports latest to be deluged with travelers

politics

President Joe Biden delivered remarks on the South Lawn of the White House to celebrate the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Monday. The new law aims to reduce gun violence across the country but was overshadowed by last week's shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, which killed seven people at an Independence Day parade.

Biden celebration of new gun law clouded by latest shooting

Judge won’t delay trial for Trump ex-adviser Steve Bannon

Trump? Biden? Americans appear to want to choose ‘none of the above’ in 2024.

Nation

Getting vaccinated and boosted is still key. Governor Charlie Baker receiving his second booster in April.

Coronavirus levels in waste water remain elevated in Eastern Mass. as BA.5 uncertainty persists

Judges rule on state abortion restrictions, shape Roe impact

FDA to weigh over-the-counter sale of contraceptive pills

World

A resident salvages what he can from his home, after a rocket hit an apartment residential block, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on July 10.

Putin extends fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine

A year after mass protest, Cubans face stark choice: ‘prison or exile’

World population to reach 8 billion people by November

opinion

President Biden at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on June 8.

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

Accountability should never yield to the passage of time

Liz Cheney puts up a valiant fight, but where are the reinforcements?

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

Callum McLaughlin owns Cabana, which is a new eatery on Broadway in Newport, R.I., that features island-inspired plates and cocktails.

A NYC restaurateur 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

Erin E. Williams's camping setup, this one on a trip to Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park's Mill Creek Campground near Crescent City, Calif.

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

Spanish artist Octavi Arrizabalaga works on one of his two new murals that overlook the parking lot at 144 Friendship Street in Providence.

New murals keep Providence Jewelry District’s past present

‘Touching roots’ and connecting cultural histories at the MFA

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

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

Dakota Johnson stars in the upcoming film "Madame Web," which is filming in Boston this summer.

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

Phoebe Robinson in "Everything's Trash," which premieres Wednesday on Freeform.

This week’s TV: Exploring psychedelics, a Phoebe Robinson comedy, and ‘Saul’ returns

HBO cancels ‘Gentleman Jack’

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

music

Soprano Nicole Cabell sang Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" on Saturday night at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Andris Nelsons.

Tanglewood opens with prayers floated and anxieties fleetingly shed

A spacey odyssey is in store when synthesizers take over Boston’s planetarium

Maren Morris does it all at Leader Bank Pavilion

Theater/Dance

Will Swenson stars as Neil Diamond in "A Beautiful Noise."

In ‘A Beautiful Noise,’ Will Swenson is a sparkling Diamond

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

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

globe local

Alphonse Millefoglie discusses the model his father built of his fishing vessel, the Maria & Al, to longtime Gloucester fishing family members John and Marie Testaverde during the opening of the Cape Ann Museum exhibit.

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

Mr. Clines, at his desk in 1982, when he was a correspondent in the Washington bureau of The New York Times during the Reagan administration.

Francis X. Clines, lyrical writer for the Times, dies at 84

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