Top officers of the US Olympic Committee today predicted the public will grow more comfortable with the local group?s plans.
Among the projects is a planned renovation of an old naval chain factory in the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Ex-Hernandez friend can?t testify on shootingA judge denied a prosecution request to allow Alexander Bradley to testify that Aaron Hernandez allegedly shot him.
Names of Marines killed in Fla. helicopter crash releasedAll were from the 2nd Special Operations Battalion of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command at Camp Lejeune.
Adrian Walker
Ronald Walker?s baffling soft landingRoxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center employees are still suffering, while Walker has a Cabinet-level post on Beacon Hill.
The suspect told investigators he believed he hit a dog ? and not the dog?s owner, a 69-year-old woman ? during the incident.
In a video from the Barnstable County Sheriff?s Office, prison inmates give advice on keeping thieves out of your home.
Jeb Bush said in N.H. that he will not soften his views on immigration or education to win over more conservative voters.
Braintree man held without bail in TD Garden stabbingThe 20-year-old allegedly stabbed another man inside the TD Garden during the Celtics game Wednesday night.
The storm will be followed by unseasonably cold temperatures next week.
The date, 3/14/15, will match up with the first five numbers that represent the ratio of a circle?s circumference to its diameter.
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Travel
It?s a burgeoning category of lodging: Check in at 9 a.m., check out at 5 p.m., and pay as much as 70 percent less than for an overnight stay.
Yoan Moncada hopes to reach the major leagues by next season, but the 19-year-old Cuban will start this season at a low level of the minors.
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale has virtually eliminated the alarms, used since the 1990s.
Chandler, 29, had 182 receptions in his four-plus years with the Bills and will add depth at the position in New England.
It wasn?t enough for Brian Grubb to just stare at the ice chunks floating around Wellfleet Harbor. He had to ride them.
names
The supermodel is telling people that her stroll down the runway at next month?s São Paulo Fashion Week will be her last.
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Contrary to common knowledge, Sean Penn had already played an action hero on the screen before ?The Gunman.?
The bride tested the groom on his math skills, asking: How much is 15 plus six? His reply: 17.
Tables
Frank Pepe Pizzeria is finally coming to BostonThe much-loved New Haven pizzeria?s first Boston branch will open this fall at the Mall at Chestnut Hill.
Days 5 & 6: The fourth murder and a carjacking victim?s harrowing accountThis interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.
editorial
With Mass. public records law in tatters, it?s time for reformRecent rulings have made a bad situation intolerably worse.
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The big picture
Here?s a look at some of those people competing in or enjoying the winter sport of skiing since the beginning of the year.
Eichel, who grew up in North Chelmsford, is expected to be one of the top two players selected in the NHL Draft.
As an expert witness, Dr. Michael Holick has blamed a genetic disease rather than parental wrongdoing for bone fractures.
Like Abraham Lincoln a century and a half ago, Charlie Baker should help lead the reform from a flat income tax to a progressive one.
The ocean on Jupiter?s largest moon, Ganymede, seems to have more water than all the water on Earth?s surface.
The Maine-based outdoors outfitter will be aiming for smaller stores along the lines of 15,000 square feet apiece.
The comedian started in an Athletics uniform at noon and played at every position along the way in his spring training odyssey.
A new live-action attempt by Disney to revive one of Walt?s oldest fairy-tale adaptations with care, class, and Britishness.
the internationalist
ISIS?s destruction of antiquities a ?cultural emergency?The acts have prompted profound grief among people who already are deeply engaged with the loss of human life.
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