Boston?s bid for the Olympics

Olympic backers to make more bid info public

The private group pushing to host the 2024 Summer Olympics is under pressure to be more transparent.

Emmental Arena in Switzerland was dismantled after the recent Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Games Festival.

Nussli

Architects caution about costs of temporary Olympic stadium

The audacious plan also would pose a steep design, engineering, and financial challenge, according to independent architects.

UMass Amherst to end use of student informants

The decision by the school comes after an informant used by the university police died of a heroin overdose.

State?s steps to control HIV seen as model for nation

Near-universal health coverage and a robust network of social services in Mass. are credited in the state?s response to the disease.

A Charity Defense Council billboard along the Southeast Expressway.

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Group says nonprofits should act more like businesses

A Cambridge group says nonprofits can do more with their charitable missions if they spend more on themselves.

City teachers overwhelmingly approve extended day

The teachers approved a proposal that would more than double the number of public schools with a longer day.

Nigerians crammed into a bus and fled the town of Mubi following attacks last month in northeast Nigeria.

Yvonne Abraham

Forgetting about the victims in Nigeria

Do all lives matter? Only at the level of philosophy, it seems.

Boston condo market prices set record in 2014

The median selling price jumped to a new high of $619,000 in 2014, a 12 percent increase from the previous year?s $555,000.

Lindsey Collins, shown with her 2-year-old son, Julian, spent a night on a Quincy beach with her older child before she could find a temporary home.

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Strict shelter rules for homeless families draw critics

Homeless advocates say that tightened eligibility requirements are making the process needlessly complex, even dangerous.

NFL playoffs

The Patriots will be celebrating again Sunday, once the Colts are  dispatched, writes Dan Shaughnessy.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Colts are no match for Patriots

There is no way to make a case that Indianapolis is any kind of impediment on the road to the Super Bowl.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/chin011415patsprac_spt16.jpg Brandon LaFell kept working until he got it right

LaFell had no catches in the first two games, but ended up with a career-best season anyway.

Senator Rand Paul met with members of the Londonderry Fish and Game Club Wednesday in New Hampshire.

Jim Cole/Associated Press

Rand Paul tests, and roils, the political waters in N.H.

The senator and possible presidential candidate offered several provocative remarks during a visit to the state.

Seth Moulton, flanked by his parents, reenacted his swearing in last week with House Speaker John Boehner.

Mass. delegation makes way for Seth Moulton

Mass. legislators in Washington weren?t friendly to Moulton when he was challenging incumbent John Tierney, but they?ve changed their tune.

How to make Boston more appealing to young people

Ten thinkers who know quite a bit about nightlife and civic engagement weigh in on how to attract young professionals and entrepreneurs.

Tech Lab

Should free data be a crime?

Net neutrality could kill off a consumer-friendly idea called sponsored data, which is just catching on in the States.

Opinion

Nicholas Burns

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/nburns-1191.jpg A US-India comeback?

The United States has a major opportunity to return to a close partnership with India.

The Big Picture

ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT

Millions march to honor victims of France attacks

Crowds gathered in Paris and elsewhere in a somber display of solidarity and defiance after a series of terrorist attacks shook France.

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