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Sumner Tunnel closure: New ways to get around
WATCH: Correspondent Daniel Kool gives an update on the impact of the Sumner Tunnel closure and how to get to the airport on time.

With the Sumner Tunnel closed, here's how to get around in Boston

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Woman who allegedly posed as a high school student in Boston arraigned on fraud charges

Shelby Hewitt, 32, of Canton, was arraigned Monday on charges alleging she posed as a Boston Public Schools student and attended three high schools under phony names.

Son pleaded with father to stop violently attacking his mother in their Newton home, prosecutor says

Richard Hanson ignored his son’s desperate pleas and allegedly continued to beat his wife Saturday, in a fatal attack that took place two days after Nancy Hanson had obtained a restraining order against her husband, according to court documents.

Kennedys denounce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over ‘deplorable’ antisemitic comments

“I strongly condemn my brother’s deplorable and untruthful remarks last week about Covid being engineered for ethnic targeting,” Kerry Kennedy said in a statement.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s COVID remarks raise questions of antisemitism

North End restaurant owner who allegedly shot window of neighborhood bakery remains at large

On Wednesday, Patrick Mendoza, an owner of Monica’s Trattoria on Prince Street, allegedly opened fire outside a North End bakery, police said.

Break from rain short-lived, as more showers are expected this week across New England
Sunday’s rainclouds gave way to sunny — albeit hazy — skies Monday, giving Vermont and Western Massachusetts a much-needed but brief respite before more showers this week.

Dave Epstein: Expect sunshine before more rain US heat wave shows no signs of abating

Map: How bad is the air quality right now?

Unhealthy air quality lingers across parts of US from Canadian wildfire smoke

Mayor Michelle Wu rejects City Council budget override as a ‘clear cut violation’ of city, state law

Citing Trump case, Pentagon leak suspect Teixeira urges judge to release him while he awaits trial

Worker killed in industrial accident at Swampscott Quarry, officials say
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Here’s what it takes to be a one-percenter in Mass.

Plus: Boston Fed president’s salary is disclosed, and regulators give banks some breathing room on commercial real estate loans.

R.I. to terminate development contract with company that accused state officials of inappropriate behavior

A consulting firm hired by the state determined the Cranston Street Armory project as proposed by Philadelphia-based Scout Ltd. would not be “in the financial interest of the state taxpayers.”
Red Sox

How long will it take for the Red Sox to contend in the AL East again?

Through flashes of impressive and dreadful play, the 2023 Red Sox have been neither great nor bad. But they've got a lot of competition.
Your view: What moves should the Red Sox make ahead of the trade deadline?
Chad Finn

Chaim Bloom sure got Masataka Yoshida right, and other Red Sox thoughts

The 30-year-old Yoshida has a legitimate chance to win the batting title in his first season stateside after an accomplished career with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan.

What’s it like getting to and from Logan Airport at rush hour during the great Sumner Tunnel closure of 2023?
We sent four Globe reporters out on four separate modes of transportation to see what each route was like.

Ideas: T riders are getting better options while the Sumner Tunnel is closed. Why can’t they be permanent? Tell us: What mode of transportation are you relying on during the tunnel closure?

Is Massachusetts’ largest state office too big? Some are discussing splitting it up.

New legislation proposes a commission to evaluate whether the state's health and human services departments should be reorganized.
MUSIC REVIEW

Despite his bum knee, Yungblud doesn’t bend

A few songs into his set at MGM Music Hall at Fenway on Sunday, Yungblud let the crowd know that he was playing that night against doctor’s orders.
Review: An energy shortage from Jenny Lewis

How Boston’s biggest investment bank was reborn after SVB collapsed

Four years after selling his namesake bank — a major player in Boston’s biotech scene — to SVB, Jeff Leerink has pulled it out of the rubble of the tech lender’s crash.

Photos: National breakdancing tour stops in Boston

The SNIPES Pro Breaking Tour held an event in Cambridge’s The Middle East on Sunday.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Does a housing application really need to be 30 pages long?

Securing a spot in an income-restricted unit shouldn’t be so difficult. But in Massachusetts, the application process has become so onerous that it undermines the whole purpose of subsidized housing.
Margaret McKenna

Our state hasn’t achieved anything resembling educational equity
Christopher R. Anderson, Maura Banta, James A. Peyser, Paul Reville, and Paul Sagan

Massachusetts education reform — some successes but lots more to do
Miles Taylor

Trump was harsh on immigrants. The next GOP president will be worse.

RENÉE GRAHAM

The Supreme Court’s open door to discrimination widens

More recent News

After Kendra Lara’s crash, councilors now asked to fill out applications with proof of license to park in city garages
Elected officials who do not submit an application and documentation by July 21 will have their access to the executive garage denied by property management starting July 24.

Eli Lilly releases promising data for Alzheimer’s drug that will compete with Biogen’s
Patients taking Lilly’s drug in a clinical trial showed a 35 percent slowing of decline compared to those taking a placebo.

Alnylam’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows benefits in patients for six months

Why hasn’t professional pickleball taken off in New England like it has elsewhere?
New England has yet to host a tournament stop from any of the three professional leagues over the last four years or produce its own top-ranked pro.

RI EDUCATIOn

Parents file suit over Providence’s failure to serve preschool special education students

Federal law requires school districts to provide special education services starting at age 3.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The strikes’ impact, ‘Justified’ returns, and another Soderbergh series

Sooner or later, the Hollywood work stoppage — which already includes the next seasons of “Severance” and “Stranger Things” — will make itself known in all corners of the TV world.

Salisbury officials to decide Monday if Straight Pride Parade organizer should stay on local board

Samson Racioppi, a former state representative candidate whose run in last fall’s Republican primary was seen as a test of the GOP’s support for extremism, is one of two candidates being considered by Salisbury selectmen to serve a five-year term helping to oversee its Housing Authority.

Recommended reads

In promoting Massachusetts, Healey has found a foil: Florida and its conservative governor, Ron DeSantis

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has time and again used Florida — and, by extension, Governor DeSantis — as a foil in highlighting her administration’s agenda and governing values.

The bone collectors: A look inside the macabre culture of dealing in human remains
The Harvard morgue scandal revealed a community of oddities collectors.

A Cambridge City Council employee decided to run for a seat. Then the city changed its rules.
Shortly after a council aide decided to launch her campaign for the nine-member body, city officials enacted a new policy forcing any council employee to either resign or go on unpaid leave while running for elected city office.

‘The single biggest threat to the security of the country’: Extremism in the military is alarming experts
In the last five years, at least 82 current and former military service members have been arrested and exposed as harboring far-right, antigovernment, or neo-Nazi ideologies, according to a Globe analysis of court documents, media reports, and studies compiled by independent researchers.

Culture & Lifestyle

At Barrington Stage, ‘tiny father’ tackles big themes

An energy shortage from Jenny Lewis

Rewind and rewatch: 10 throwback TV series podcasts hosted by their original casts

It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’ Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season.

Special Projects

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Vacant after the pandemic, downtown offices might find new life as housing
JEFF JACOBY

What Gavin Newsom’s proposed 28th Amendment gets right
EDITORIAL

Don’t let Trump run out the clock on justice
Christine M. Pink

When it comes to donating bodies for research, the living must advocate for the dead
Eneida Román

Latinos aren’t represented in higher education. Here’s how to fix that.
IDEAS

Are you a teen with a story to tell? Globe Ideas wants to hear from you.

Metro

N.H. reeling from floods while workers begin repairing the damage

About 100 roads in the state were closed or damaged due to the heavy rains, while towns scramble to pay for rebuilding.

Break from rain short-lived, as more showers are expected this week across New England

Sunday’s rainclouds gave way to sunny — albeit hazy — skies Monday, giving Vermont and Western Massachusetts a much-needed but brief respite before more showers this week.
RI POLITICS

Jamestown board asks police to investigate nominating signatures submitted for Matos

A list of 17 names submitted on nomination papers for Lt. Gov. Matos in the First Congressional District race include the names of dead people, board member says.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets downtown Boston

Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets downtown Boston. (Randy Vazquez/ Globe Staff)

Sports

Red Sox at Athletics | 9:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 95: Red Sox at Athletics lineups and notes

Nick Pivetta is expected to follow the opener when the Red Sox begin their three-game series at Oakland Monday night.
NASCAR Crayon 301 at NHMS

Martin Truex Jr. wins NASCAR Cup Crayon 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Thanks to rain postponements, Truex won his second Monday race of the season — he also won at Dover — and fourth of his career.
Patriots

New Patriots receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster says he will be ready to practice when training camp begins

Smith-Schuster, who signed a three-year contract this offseason, sat out most of the spring while managing a knee injury suffered in the AFC title game in January.
Pickleball

Why hasn’t professional pickleball taken off in New England like it has elsewhere?
COLLEGES

Falmouth Academy grad Jane Earley soared for Middlebury women’s lacrosse as the NCAA’s top female athlete in Division 3
2023 World Cup

How women’s soccer at the highest level has evolved

Business

TALKING POINTS

Ford drops price for electric pickup trucks

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

China’s rebound falters, tripped up by debt and weak exports

China’s economy slowed markedly in the spring from earlier in the year, official numbers released Monday showed, as exports tumbled, a real estate slump deepened, and some debt-ridden local governments had to cut spending after running low on money.

Americans are still better off, with more in the bank than before the pandemic

New drug to protect babies and toddlers from RSV gets FDA approval ahead of cold season
magazine
PERSPECTIVE

Hollywood, bring intermission back to super long movies
MISS CONDUCT

Is it OK for woman to throw a shower if she's using a surrogate?
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, July 17-23
Globe Magazine

How a WBCN deejay and a Harvard dining hall concert helped The Cars get their big break

metro

Mayor Michelle Wu rejects City Council budget override as a ‘clear cut violation’ of city, state law

Providence police investigating officer who was seen in video sleeping while on duty

New drug to protect babies and toddlers from RSV gets FDA approval ahead of cold season

sports

Chaim Bloom sure got Masataka Yoshida right, and other Red Sox thoughts

How long will it take for the Red Sox to contend in the AL East again?

Red Sox hitters Masataka Yoshida and Rafael Devers defy convention to take down Justin Steele and the Cubs

business

Eli Lilly releases promising data for Alzheimer’s drug that will compete with Biogen’s

Alnylam’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows benefits in patients for six months

R.I. to terminate development contract with company that accused state officials of inappropriate behavior

politics

RFK Jr. is running on the Kennedy name. What does that mean for the family’s legacy?

GOP and FBI are at odds as Republicans move to stop the agency’s new headquarters after Trump probes

Kennedys denounce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over ‘deplorable’ antisemitic comments

Nation

Citing Trump case, Pentagon leak suspect Teixeira urges judge to release him while he awaits trial

Spotlight on judge in Trump documents case intensifies following controversial earlier ruling

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s COVID remarks raise questions of antisemitism

World

Kerry says US and China must set aside politics to tackle climate change

Biden invites Netanyahu to US, easing tensions

Air quality warnings return in US as Canada deploys troops for wildfires

opinion

The Supreme Court’s open door to discrimination widens

What Gavin Newsom’s proposed 28th Amendment gets right

Deep in a ‘liberal enclave’: Homophobia unaddressed in Amherst schools

lifestyle

Rewind and rewatch: 10 throwback TV series podcasts hosted by their original casts

How South End neighbors helped two lost ‘engagement canaries’ find their way home

Was I too mean?

food & dining

One year later, founders behind R.I. coquito brand find themselves at a crossroads

‘Girl dinner’ is TikTok’s latest food trend. I’m one step ahead.

Ice cream tacos sweeten High Street Place; Harpoon Brewery opens a popsicle-and-pickleball club

travel

N.H. launches a new safety campaign to reduce speeding

Island life in Maine: Fine dining, fog, and ferries

Wish you were here: Some travel traditions are quickly and quietly fading away

Arts

The Cape Ann Museum’s Edward Hopper show opens this month, but he wasn’t the only famous artist who painted here

Five museum shows to enrich your summer excursions, from Connecticut to Maine

At Marion Art Center, ‘Illuminations’ plays with shadow and light

Books

Chasten Buttigieg in N.H. for ‘I Have Something to Tell You’ book tour

Colson Whitehead’s ‘Crook Manifesto,’ a sequel to ‘Harlem Shuffle,’ delves deep into the maelstrom of 1970s Harlem

Journalist Karen Pinchin documents the unusual life and fraught times of the endangered bluefin tuna in ‘Kings of Their Own Ocean’

Movies

Hollywood, please bring intermissions back to your bloated blockbusters. Do it for our kidneys!

It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’ Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season.

Matt Damon, Emily Blunt leave ‘Oppenheimer’ premiere to strike

Television

This week’s TV: The strikes’ impact, ‘Justified’ returns, and another Soderbergh series

Soderbergh to release new sci-fi comedy ‘Command Z’ on his own website

Movie stars join picket lines in fight over the future of Hollywood

music

Despite his bum knee, Yungblud doesn’t bend

An energy shortage from Jenny Lewis

Spinning a tale of lovers’ trickery in ‘Così fan tutte’ at Tanglewood

Theater/Dance

At Barrington Stage, ‘tiny father’ tackles big themes

Photos: National breakdancing tour stops in Boston

Germany’s Gauthier Dance brings its trademark fluidity and abandon to a bold program at Jacob’s Pillow

globe local

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

Actress, singer and style icon Jane Birkin dies in Paris at age 76

Melvin Wulf, transformative civil liberties lawyer, dies at 95

Evelyn M. Witkin, who discovered how DNA repairs itself, dies at 102