Olympics group calls on wealthy executives

Organizers of Boston?s 2024 campaign have created the ?Founders 100? group, with entry starting at $50,000.

Mayor Martin Walsh shook hands following a news conference on Jan. 9 about Boston?s selection as the US choice for teh 2024 Olympics.

Walsh tries to clarify USOC rule on bid talk

The mayor sought to calm employees worried about an agreement that forbids them from criticizing the Olympic bid.

Judge Mark Coven (left) will preside over the inquest into the death of patient Joshua K. Messier (right), who a Globe report found was manhandled by attendants at Bridgewater State Hospital in 2009.

Inquiry into Bridgewater State Hospital death set

The review involves the 2009 death of a young mental health patient in Bridgewater who died as guards forcibly strapped him to a bed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/200_mitt_romney.jpg Themes hint at reengineered Mitt Romney

Romney at times sounds like a Democrat, with comments on fighting poverty, raising the minimum wage, and combating climate change.

Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush hold ?social meeting?

Aides to the two potential presidential contenders downplayed the meeting, saying it had been scheduled far in advance.

KIM MAXWELL VU/GLOBE STAFF

Massachusetts? problem with transparency

What?s your government up to? It?s harder than you might think to find out.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Kevin_Cullen_150px-7818.jpg Making the case for a change of venue

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?s lawyers say questionnaires show a whopping 68 percent of the jury pool already think he is guilty.

Up to 7 inches of snow expected in parts of state

A winter storm watch was issued for much of Central and Eastern Mass. for the coastal storm beginning Saturday morning.

NFL playoffs

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper1-6932.jpg Belichick, Brady provide no insight on Deflategate

The coach and quarterback, famous for their preparations, claimed to know little about the process of getting footballs ready for play.

Ben Volin | On football

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tlumacki_patriotspractice_sports332seqn}.jpg NFL?s silence on Deflategate is deafening

The NFL hasn?t yet interviewed the person whom most everyone else in the league believes is the central figure in this mess ? Tom Brady.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tlumacki_patriotstombrady_sports556seqn}.jpg At center of Deflategate storm, no answers on football-altering

Bill Belichick and Tom Brady both said they had no knowledge of how the Patriots ended up using underinflated footballs.

Shirley Leung

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/shirleyleung_150-4006.png Imagine what we could accomplish if we weren?t debating Deflategate

Look at how much brain power grown men have expended on how to handle just one tiny aspect of the sport ? game-day footballs.

Evan Turner (11) received high-fives after he sank a 3-pointer with one second left.

Celtics 90, Trail Blazers 89

Celtics stun Blazers on Evan Turner?s last-second 3-pointer

The Celtics snapped a 24-game losing skid to Western Conference opponents on the road.

Mandie Holmes worked inside the PayPal offices. The firm has made changes to boost diversity, officials said.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Tech women often feel like outsiders

Women who work in high-tech jobs often see an industry culture that?s more man cave than diversified workforce.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker_20131007.jpg ?Shakedown? of Keolis now subject of federal investigation

For years, two reverends were high-profile peacemakers in the city, but they?re now the target of a probe by the US attorney?s office.

ty burr | Culture Column

Many miss the point of Eastwood?s ?American Sniper?

So many audiences are coming to this movie to have their beliefs mirrored and reconfirmed. Is that Eastwood?s fault or is it ours?

Opinion

editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/ryan_patriotballs1_spts.jpg Deflategate? NFL?s integrity was already in doubt

It was only a few months ago that public conversation about the league was focused on far more serious issues.

The Big Picture

An abandoned tourist Boat shipwreck lying at the Dead Sea coastal resort near Ein Gedi, Israel.

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The Big Picture

Declining water levels in the Dead Sea

Originally one of the world?s first health resorts, the Dead Sea has a far from healthy future as its water levels decline.

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