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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 unreliable T is failing workers Greater Boston relies upon.

NASA shows first photo from Webb space telescope, the deepest look at our universe so far
The first image from NASA’s new space telescope unveiled Monday is brimming with galaxies and offers the deepest look of the cosmos ever captured.

‘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.

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 upward of 200 in the next two and a half years.

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.

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

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

RAYS 10, RED SOX 5

Red Sox erase another early hole, but give Rays too much help in messy loss

Boston trailed, 5-1, after just two innings following another slow start from rookie Brayan Bello, and helped Tampa put the leadoff man on in six of eight innings, most of those without a hit.

Celtics wrestle a wild summer league victory from Bucks

First-grade student Ashley Emmanuel, 6, does a spelling test behind a temporary privacy wall in Stacy Boyd's first grade classroom at the Parlin School in Everett.

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.

Coronavirus levels in waste water remain elevated in Eastern Mass.

The Massachusetts State House.

The Legislature wants to give tax rebates to many, but not all. Some lawmakers and experts say more help for low-income families is needed.

State Senator Diana DiZoglio sent a letter to Senate President Karen E. Spilka calling the proposal “unsupportable.” Top lawmakers, however, point to pandemic relief that recently went to low-income residents.

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.

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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Bid to expand Seaport’s convention center hits a snag: The senator from South Boston
A key lawmaker is aiming to slow down plans to expand the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in South Boston.

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.

MUSIC REVIEW

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.

Police investigate two armed robberies in Gloucester

The first robbery was reported at 4:31 p.m. Sunday at the Yellow Sub, 73 Pleasant St., where a man went into the store and allegedly showed a machete, the Gloucester Police Department said in a statement.

Film sessions have kept the Celtics connected to French prospect Juhann Begarin
"It’s exciting to see the gains,'' said Celtics assistant Alex Barlow.

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.

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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

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.

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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

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

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

Inside "Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience," the new immersive art exhibit that opened July 8 at SoWa Power Station.

New immersive art exhibit, ‘Beyond King Tut,’ transports visitors back in time

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

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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

Police investigate two armed robberies in Gloucester

The first robbery was reported at 4:31 p.m. Sunday at the Yellow Sub, 73 Pleasant St., where a man went into the store and allegedly showed a machete, the Gloucester Police Department said in a statement.

The Legislature wants to give tax rebates to many, but not all. Some lawmakers and experts say more help for low-income families is needed.

State Senator Diana DiZoglio sent a letter to Senate President Karen E. Spilka calling the proposal “unsupportable.” Top lawmakers, however, point to pandemic relief that recently went to low-income residents.

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.

Sports

Red Sox starter Brayan Bello stumbled early but redeemed himself late, earning praise from Sox manager Alex Cora.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Despite his sputtering start, Red Sox encouraged by Brayan Bello’s strong finish

The Rays took a 2-0 lead five batters into the game and jumped ahead 5-1 in the second inning. Nine of the first 13 batters Bello faced reached base.

Celtics 2022 draft pick JD Davison, shown here at a summer league practice, had a rough go in a summer league game Monday night, committing five turnovers and missing a free throw that would have given the Celtics a 2-point lead with 11.7 seconds left.

Celtics Summer League

Celtics wrestle a wild summer league victory from Bucks

Matt Ryan banked in a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left to give the Celtics a 2-point win.

A tumbling Taylor Walls scored the first of two Tampa Bay runs in the sixth inning, giving the Rays a lead that Christian Vázquez and the Red Sox couldn't overcome.

RAYS 10, RED SOX 5

Red Sox erase another early hole, but give Rays too much help in messy loss

Boston trailed, 5-1, after just two innings following another slow start from rookie Brayan Bello, and helped Tampa put the leadoff man on in six of eight innings, most of those without a hit.

Film sessions have kept the Celtics connected to French prospect Juhann Begarin

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox ready to let Chris Sale loose on Tuesday night

Jim Montgomery brings upbeat attitude to his second chance as an NHL coach

Business

Former state rep Dan Winslow launches effort to create free legal clinics for diverse entrepreneurs

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers of Boston's business scene.

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.

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

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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

A skydiver had an entanglement of both his main and reserve parachutes before he landed hard on top of a Seaman Paper warehouse, according to Orange Fire Rescue.

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

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

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

sports

Pete Alonso hit 74 total home runs in last year’s derby at Denver’s Coors Field, and will aim to become the first player to ever win three straight.

Pete Alonso announces intent to go for Home Run Derby three-peat

Red Sox place catcher Kevin Plawecki on COVID-related IL

New coach Jim Montgomery quick to get in touch with Patrice Bergeron

business

Conceptual designs for an expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center along D Street.

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

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

The global tax revolution for tech giants is delayed to 2024

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

Thousands of protesters march around the Arizona Capitol after the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision on June 24, in Phoenix.

Federal judge blocks Arizona’s ‘personhood’ abortion law

NASA shows first photo from Webb space telescope, the deepest look at our universe so far

NASA shows first photo from Webb space telescope, the deepest look at our universe so far

World

Crowds in Mumbai.

UN projects world population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15

Shinzo Abe’s funeral to be held Tuesday for family, close friends

Putin extends fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine

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