Pagliuca asks for patience as plan for Olympics unfolds

Steve Pagliuca, Boston 2024 Chairman, spoke in South Boston.

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?I hope the opposition will wait for the plan,? bid chairman Steve Pagliuca said today.

Lawmakers want ICE to notify states on sex offenders

The immigration agency was releasing rapists, kidnappers and child molesters without always notifying local authorities or keeping track of the offenders.

The demolition of the Casey Overpass has caused significant traffic increases.

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Casey Overpass project stalls traffic in Forest Hills

Average afternoon rush-hour commute times have risen sharply since last month?s closure of the Casey Overpass.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lorenz_17peabody_014.jpg Man accused of fatally stabbing girlfriend in Peabody home

Brandon Hoar allegedly confessed to murdering his girlfriend and leaving her corpse for some 20 hours while their 5-year-old granddaughter was in the home.

Woman accused in stabbing allegedly told police, ?I did it?

The 24-year-old was confronted by police at the Malden apartment where she had allegedly murdered her mother.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/2015-06-16T150639Z_1463218867_GF10000129437_RTRMADP_3_USA-CALIFORNIA-COLLAPSE-1311--90x90.jpg At least six killed in California balcony collapse

The balcony was crammed with people celebrating a 21st birthday at a housing complex in the college town of Berkeley.

MassHealth spent $500m needlessly, auditor says

The state?s Medicaid program spent the funds on improper or unnecessary payments over five years, according to an audit.

Kirk Kerkorian, billionaire and Las Vegas casino mogul, dies

Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, an eighth-grade dropout who built Las Vegas? biggest hotels, has died. He was 98.

Marian Court College to close amid financial difficulties

The 50-year-old Catholic school in Swampscott graduated its last class, of 67 students, last month.

Spanish octopus at Michael Serpa?s Select Oyster Bar in Back Bay.

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Dining Out

Very simple, very good seafood at Select Oyster Bar

Select Oyster Bar does not offer lobster rolls. It?s Michael Serpa?s way of distinguishing himself from Neptune Oyster, where he was executive chef.

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Heist or art? Ex-MIT lecturer pleads guilty to robbery

?It?s not a crime; it?s artwork. . . . He?s an intellectual,? Joseph Gibbons? cellmate said of the filmmaker, who planned to use the heist footage in an upcoming film.

Cardinal Bernard Law resigned in disgrace as Archbishop of Boston in late 2002 and continues to live in gilded retirement Rome.

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Vatican has an abuse tribunal, but Law still enjoys retirement

Had the tribunal been in place in 2002, there is little doubt Bernard Law would have been the first bishop hauled before the panel.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/stockman-1195.jpg Dolezal, Jenner raise fundamental questions about identity

Just as the words ?man? and ?woman? fail to encompass the full spectrum of human experience, so too do ?black? and ?white.?

Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred had a stop at Fenway Park Tuesday as a part of his league-wide tour.

MLB commissioner addresses fan safety, FBI investigation into Cardinals

Rob Manfred said fan safety is ?our first and foremost concern,? and that it?s too soon to call the Cardinals? action a ?cyber attack.?

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Rob Gronkowski happy to be practicing instead of rehabbing

The Patriots tight end was limited during last year?s preseason because he was recovering from surgery.

Jay sullivan, right, lead brewer at cambridge Brewing Company samples an Enlightenment Ale ( A golden Belgain ale produced at Enlightenment Ales) as Chris Tkach (sp) of Idle Hands Craft Ales, left, and Sean Nolan, an assistant brewer at Cambridge Brewing Company, look on at the Boston Beer Week Kick off Party at Cambridge Brewing Company in Kendall Square. JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE (Living/Arts, Goldstein)

Wynn Resorts set to demolish Idle Hands? Everett beer facility

The structure will be razed to make way for a construction access road to the nearby Wynn Resorts casino site.

Republican presidential candidate spoke during a town hall event at Adams Memorial Opera House in Derry, New Hampshire.

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Jeb Bush touts economic record at N.H. town hall

A day after formalizing his candidacy, Bush said he was preparing a ?high-growth strategy? proposal that would focus on reforming the tax code.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chin090414plymouthshark_met9.jpg Mass. issues new rules against luring great white sharks

The predators could arrive by next month, a state official predicted, lured by seals and warming waters.

The Big Picture

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Commencement ceremonies 2015

It?s the time of the year for many to commemorate their achievements and to mark moving on to the next step in their lives.