A Tax Holiday, Rep. Rips Debt Deal, Crime Show Writer Hired By DA

Good morning, here's five things to know today:

The debt ceiling plan passed yesterday was fueled by "ideology-fueled Republican Party and its extreme Tea Party faction," according to Ed Markey, a Democrat who represents Medford in the House.

An experienced prosecutor who had left the courtroom to write crime dramas in Hollywood has been appointed as a county prosecutor.

A woman involved in a three-car crash on I-93 Sunday should not have been behind the wheel to begin with, police said. Bruna P. Gomes, 29, of Weymouth was charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle after an accident on the southbound side of the highway near Roosevelt Circle about 8:40 p.m. Sunday night, said Massachusetts State police Lt. Matthew Murray.

The Massachusetts legislature has approved a sales tax holiday for August 13 and 14th, the sixth year in the last seven that the state has voted to suspend the state's 6.25 percent sales tax for a weekend.

Mostly Sunny: Highs today in the upper-70s with mostly sunny skies, according to the National Weather Service. Similar weather is expected tomorrow.