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Legislators were at the Massachusetts State House overnight Sunday into Monday.

Sports betting, gun control, tax relief. Here’s what Mass. lawmakers did — and didn’t — agree to overnight.

In an extraordinary turnabout, Massachusetts legislators on Monday failed to strike a deal on $1 billion in tax relief, saying they had deep concerns over what the state can afford amid a chaotic end to their legislative session.

A breakdown of what the Mass. Legislature did and didn’t get done

Encore Boston Harbor in Everett is one of three casinos in the state, and all three will be able to have sportsbooks.

What to know about the implementation of sports betting in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Legislature approves marijuana industry reforms

In Mattapan, bike lanes divide the community: ‘They’re just trying to push us out’
Cycling advocates say bike lanes are long overdue in Mattapan, whose large Black and Latino communities have often felt overlooked by City Hall. But some residents see them as a subtle, yet powerful, agent of gentrification that will only aggravate traffic congestion.

Man convicted of abducting, raping woman after she left Boston bar gets 29 to 39 years in prison

A Suffolk Superior Court jury last week convicted, Victor Peña, 42, of one count of kidnapping and 10 counts of aggravated rape.

THE BIG IDEA | KARA MILLER

Will the cost of housing tank the Massachusetts economy?
In this hub of intellectual firepower, our most potent natural resource isn’t land or oil; it’s talented people. And when they can’t afford to live in the state, that’s a problem.

Blade falls off nearly 500-foot-tall wind turbine in Gloucester

Gloucester firefighters responded to a report that one of the three blades on a 492-foot-tall wind turbine had fallen off at Applied Materials on Dory Road in the Blackburn Industrial Park at around 7 a.m., according to a statement from city officials.

Hiker carried nearly 1 mile by rescuers after he dies on Mount Washington’s Jewell Trail

Rescuers carried a lifeless hiker nearly a mile Saturday afternoon after he was found unconscious on Mt. Washington’s Jewell Trail, according to New Hampshire Fish & Game officials.

A Connecticut man was arrested after New Hampshire State Police say he was clocked driving a Corvette at 161 miles per hour on I-93 in Ashland, N.H., on Sunday.

N.H. State Police say man in Corvette drove 161 m.p.h. on I-93

A white shark and a windsurfer share space off the East coast of Cape Cod in 2019.

Over 20 white shark sightings reported in Cape waters over the weekend

Bill Russell (right) hoists Bob Cousy in a victory hug on April 24, 1963, after the Celtics beat the Lakers in Los Angeles for a fifth straight championship in Cousy's final game in a Boston uniform.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Bob Cousy remembers teammate Bill Russell: ‘He fought the good fight’

Cousy, whose 94th birthday is Aug. 9, and 83-year-old Sanders are the last living Hall of Famers who played with Russell, whose arrival with the Celtics changed them from contenders to unparalleled champions.

Jake Bailey was drafted by the Patriots in the fifth round of the 2019 draft.

Patriots sign punter Jake Bailey to four-year extension, per reports

The four-year, $13.5 million deal runs through 2025 and includes $6.5 fully guaranteed.

Browns QB Deshaun Watson suspended for 6 games

Pfizer.'s Paxlovid antiviral medication in a warehouse in Shoham, Israel, on Jan. 18, 2022.

Paxlovid and ‘rebound’ COVID cases: What to know after Biden tests positive again

President Biden is one of the latest patients to experience a "rebound" coronavirus infection following a course of Paxlovid, an antiviral used to treat people at risk of severe illness from COVID-19.

Opinion

City Counilor Rebecca Grossman is displayed holding her newborn in her home as she participates in a Newton City Council meeting on a Zoom window on the desk of City Council clerk Carol Moore as she manages remote participation in the business in the City Council chamber. Newton has been in the forefront of efforts to extend remote public participation requirements for local government meetings enacted during the pandemic.

Make remote access to public meetings permanent

Going back to the days when people had to show up to public meetings in person makes local governance less accessible, and, as a result, less democratic.

The authoritarian impulse

My apps tracked my pregnancy and my abortion: Will deleting them protect me?

Steven V. Mazie

The quiet demise of the church-state wall

Bring them their flowers now, while they’re living

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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150 years of The Boston Globe

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

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What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Arizona, Michigan, and elsewhere
A Senate contest in Missouri, a gubernatorial race in Michigan, and a House race in Arizona are among some of the most notable contests in Tuesday's primary elections being held in six states. Here's what to watch.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi starts Asian tour with speculation over Taiwan visit
While there have been no official announcements, local media in Taiwan reported that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will arrive Tuesday night, becoming the highest-ranking elected US official to visit in more than 25 years.

A Pelosi trip to Taiwan could be the most important event in world politics this summer

Senator Graham challenges 2020 Georgia election probe subpoena
As expected, Senator Lindsey Graham is challenging a subpoena to testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating whether then-president Donald Trump and others broke any laws when they tried to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Georgia.

Person dies after being pulled from water at Pavilion Beach in Ipswich

Ipswich police and firefighters responded to a report of a person in distress in the water at Pavilion Beach at around 5:17 p.m., according to a statement from Ipswich Police Chief Paul Nikas and Fire Chief Paul Parisi.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

TV stars and execs trailed by tales of on-set bullying
Michael Jacobs, creator of “Boy Meets World,” and Lea Michele, star of “Glee,” have both been accused of abusing their power and threatening to have people fired during the runs of their shows.

10 podcasts that feel like catching up with your best friend
When you need the right podcast to fill the void until your bestie answers your texts (you know who you are), we’ve got the perfect list.

Hitting the road this summer? Here are 12 gripping podcasts to take with you.

Recommended reads

An in-camera double-exposure photograph of Kate Price overlaid with the woods of a Pennsylvania rest area, where she remembers being taken as a child.

Kate Price remembers something terrible

An authority on child sex trafficking, she spent decades trying to understand whether the unthinkable happened to her, too.

Read the story Watch the video Event: Join Kate Price and Janelle Nanos for a conversation about this project

Boston’s new police commissioner tried to bring change to Ann Arbor. It wasn’t easy.
Newly tapped Boston police commissioner Michael Cox spent roughly three years as the chief in Ann Arbor, a Michigan college town whose practices have not always aligned with the city’s liberal ideals.

For sale at Smith & Wesson: Guns, and a healthy dose of fear
A leader in the gun industry, Smith & Wesson has ratcheted up messages around self defense over the last 20 years in an attempt to broaden its customer base. Sales have soared.

A bellwether of climate change, puffins are struggling to survive in a warming Gulf of Maine
“There are real red flags — warning signs — right now for these puffins,” said Donald Lyons, director of conservation science at the National Audubon Society’s Seabird Institute in Bremen, Maine.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys performs Friday night at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield.

Black Keys stick with the tried and true at the Xfinity Center

Great Barrington, MA--6/20/2022 - An exterior view of Hunt Slonem’s Great Barrington estate. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

‘They’re like artworks of mine’: Hunt Slonem collects estates that inspire his work

Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards after winning the best actor Oscar for his role in "King Richard."

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock on Instagram, breaks silence since Oscars slap

Celisse performs at the sixth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert.

At the Newport Jazz Festival, 10 exciting boundary-stretchers

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Welcome Back to Boston

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Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

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

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A Beautiful Resistance

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

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Clarence and Ginni Thomas in Washington, DC. in 2021.

Subpoena Ginni Thomas

Rapper Bad Bunny performs on stage as part of his three-day "Un Verano Sin Ti" series of concerts at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan on July 28.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny, and the island’s future

A protest rally to demand government action on monkeypox in New York on July 21, 2022.

Did US health officials learn nothing from COVID?

A woman puts her head down during a moment of silence during a vigil honoring those killed in the attack on an Independence Day parade in the Chicago suburb, at the Highland Park City Hall Lawn in Highland Park, Ill., Wednesday, July 13, 2022.

Deborah Ramirez, Sen. Michael Barrett, Rep. David Linsky, Jacqueline Bohatch, and Anna Olsson

Massachusetts should require gun liability insurance

NASA's first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were broadcast in Piccadilly Circus, London.

IDEAS | FLYNN COLEMAN

The James Webb Space Telescope is giving humanity what we need right now

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Over 20 white shark sightings reported in Cape waters over the weekend

More than 20 white shark sightings were reported in waters off Cape Cod over the weekend, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivitycq app.

Man convicted of abducting, raping woman after she left Boston bar gets 29 to 39 years in prison

A Suffolk Superior Court jury last week convicted, Victor Peña, 42, of one count of kidnapping and 10 counts of aggravated rape.

In Mattapan, bike lanes divide the community: ‘They’re just trying to push us out’

Cycling advocates say bike lanes are long overdue in Mattapan, whose large Black and Latino communities have often felt overlooked by City Hall. But some residents see them as a subtle, yet powerful, agent of gentrification that will only aggravate traffic congestion.

A breakdown of what the Mass. Legislature did and didn’t get done

In the final hours of their formal legislative session, lawmakers failed to strike a deal on a hulking economic development package that included plans for $1 billion in tax relief. But they sent several major bills to Governor Charlie Baker's desk.

Sports

Nate Eovaldi is winless over his last three starts, going 0-1 with an 11.08 ERA.

Red Sox at Astros | 8:10 p.m. (ESPN)

Game 104: Red Sox at Astros lineups and notes

Nate Eovaldi will be on the mound when the Red Sox open a three-game series at Houston Monday.

Jake Bailey was drafted by the Patriots in the fifth round of the 2019 draft.

Patriots sign punter Jake Bailey to four-year extension, per reports

The four-year, $13.5 million deal runs through 2025 and includes $6.5 fully guaranteed.

Encore Boston Harbor in Everett is one of three casinos in the state, and all three will be able to have sportsbooks.

What to know about the implementation of sports betting in Massachusetts

It's unclear when you can begin to place bets, and you won't be able to bet on in-state colleges (except in tournaments). All three casinos and seven online outlets will be allowed to take bets.

Browns QB Deshaun Watson suspended for 6 games

Deebo Samuel signs three-year extension worth up to $71.5m with 49ers

Two defensive position battles to watch when the Patriots put on the pads Monday

Business

PerkinElmer sells off three business units in $2.45 billion deal

The Massachusetts company is retaining its life sciences and diagnostics business, which will be renamed before the deal closes. PerkinElmer's stock rose 9 percent on Monday morning.

Paxlovid and ‘rebound’ COVID cases: What to know after Biden tests positive again

President Biden is one of the latest patients to experience a "rebound" coronavirus infection following a course of Paxlovid, an antiviral used to treat people at risk of severe illness from COVID-19.

THE BIG IDEA | KARA MILLER

Will the cost of housing tank the Massachusetts economy?

Here’s the man helping R.I. businesses reach a global audience as international trade becomes more complex

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An in-camera double-exposure photograph of Kate Price overlaid with the woods of a Pennsylvania rest area, where she remembers being taken as a child.

Kate Price remembers something terrible

This week's daters: Noah and Katie

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Sports are very important to me’

As a single mom, sometimes all I see in the mirror is the wear and tear

The Boston Seafood Festival is set for August 7. The annual event will feature chef demonstrations, oyster shucking contests, a lobster bake, and more.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, August 1-14

metro

Legislators were at the Massachusetts State House overnight Sunday into Monday.

Sports betting, gun control, tax relief. Here’s what Mass. lawmakers did — and didn’t — agree to overnight.

North Smithfield Democrat hopes to become R.I.’s first Black secretary of state

Rhode Island political news: July 2022

sports

Tony Finau ran away with the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club shooting a 5-under 67 for a five-shot victory.

With victory at Rocket Mortgage, Tony Finau is first PGA Tour player to win consecutive tournaments in three years

Those who connected with Bill Russell share common memories: The laugh, the charity, the passion

Report: NFL will announce Deshaun Watson suspension on Monday

business

Paul English, co-founder of Kayak and the entrepreneur behind the MLK project in Boston.

Paul English sells his podcast startup Moonbeam, to fund Boston venture studio

Pelosi’s Asia itinerary skips mention of Taiwan stopover

Manchin pitches Democrats’ tax and climate bill to silent Sinema

politics

Former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens.

What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Arizona, Michigan, and elsewhere

Senator Graham challenges 2020 Georgia election probe subpoena

Top election official races feature deniers of 2020 results

Nation

A damaged truck and debris in a creek in Buckhorn, Ky., Saturday.

Flooded areas of Kentucky get more rain; curfews imposed due to looting

Paxlovid and ‘rebound’ COVID cases: What to know after Biden tests positive again

Western flames spread, California sees its largest 2022 fire

World

A Turkish Polarnet cargo ship is loading Ukrainian grain in a port in Odesa region, Ukraine, on July 29.

First ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi starts Asian tour with speculation over Taiwan visit

Myanmar leader announces extension of state of emergency

opinion

In this courtroom sketch, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, center, stands with his defense attorneys as a death by lethal injection sentence is read at the Moakley Federal court house in the penalty phase of his trial in Boston, Friday, May 15, 2015. The federal jury ruled that the 21-year-old Tsarnaev should be sentenced to death for his role in the deadly 2013 attack.

When death is often the outcome, where’s the deterrence?

Prickly participles? Speaking proper English is confounding enough.

Go along to get along goes nowhere

lifestyle

She wanted to sleep over, but I drove her home

A summer reading list for gardeners and green thumbs

I need to get over a crush on an old friend

food & dining

Spicy chicken karahi at Flavor Boom!

Flavor Boom! puts a global, gourmet spin on fast food

Cheesesteaks come to High Street Place; Boston Public Market gets a beer truck

Something new for travelers is popping up all over

travel

See "the world’s largest rubber duck,” according to organizers of Michigan’s 2022 Fest of Sail, running Aug. 12-14 on the shores of Lake Superior in Marquette. Mama Duck (pictured here) weighs 31,500 pounds and measures 61 feet high, 69 feet wide, and 79 feet long.

Art in Brattleboro, music and laughter in Portland, and the world’s largest rubber duck in Michigan

My Turo rental was repossessed with valuable items inside

Pedaling his message: Conn. cyclist is riding 10,000 miles to raise awareness about distracted driving

Arts

Great Barrington, MA--6/20/2022 - An exterior view of Hunt Slonem’s Great Barrington estate. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

‘They’re like artworks of mine’: Hunt Slonem collects estates that inspire his work

When Andrew Wyeth imagined — and rendered — his own funeral

An ‘alleged’ Faberge egg was found on a seized Russian yacht. If authenticated, it could be sold with proceeds going to Ukraine

Books

Illustration for review of "The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide" by Steven W. Thrasher. 0731Viral; Books; 7-31-22

The virus of inequality in ‘The Viral Underclass’

Caring for one who didn’t care for you

Related Reading: A city of one’s own

Movies

Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards after winning the best actor Oscar for his role in "King Richard."

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock on Instagram, breaks silence since Oscars slap

‘You can’t go up to Mark Wahlberg’: The do’s and don’ts of being a movie extra

‘DC League of Super-Pets’: when (guinea) pigs fly

Television

Lea Michele (pictured with Cory Monteith in an episode of "Glee") has been accused of abusing power and threatening to have people fired on the set of "Glee" and on Broadway.

TV stars and execs trailed by tales of on-set bullying

On TV, it’s a new old story

Alia Shawkat’s quiet force adds a layer of depth to FX’s ‘The Old Man’

music

Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys performs Friday night at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield.

Black Keys stick with the tried and true at the Xfinity Center

At the Newport Jazz Festival, 10 exciting boundary-stretchers

Watch: Dancers hurt when giant screen falls during Hong Kong concert

Theater/Dance

Taylor Stanley in "Redness," choreographed by Shamel Pitts, performed in "Dichotomous Being: An Evening of Taylor Stanley."

Ballet star Taylor Stanley explores new territory at Jacob’s Pillow

The new Boston Tap Party brings four days of fancy footwork to town

Julianne Boyd is departing Barrington Stage to the strains of ‘A Little Night Music’

globe local

Public school enrollment falls in Mass. amid pandemic, high housing costs, and aging suburbs

Should Massachusetts high schools lock student cell phones during the day?

Police officers step in and provide roadside assistance

Obituaries

Ms. Mahoney held her Harvard Crimson press card from the late 1940s.

Joan McPartlin Mahoney, Harvard Crimson’s first female reporter, dies at 94

Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ has died at 89

Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies; 3 left from group