Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage

The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

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The nation?s highest court will hear the case in April, and a decision is expected by late June on whether gay couples nationwide can marry.

Evan Horowitz

What led up to Supreme Court announcement on same-sex marriage

Public opinion has been shifting in favor of same-sex marriage since about 2009, and this year was no exception.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and President Barack Obama.

BetaBoston

Obama, Cameron announce ?Cambridge v. Cambridge? hackathon

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a hackathon at Friday?s joint press conference.

Perspective

Do Bostonians really care about Western Mass.?

When Governor Baker appointed a transition team that failed to include a single member from three western counties, the irritation was predictable.

JOANNA WEISS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/15/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Joanna_Weiss_150px-1198.png Get ready for Olympic-sized protests

As yesterday?s protests on I-93 showed, even a handful of protesters can make a big splash.

Boston Red Sox's Lars Anderson is greeted by teammates at home plate after hitting a grand slam during the seventh inning of a spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Sunday, March 4, 2012, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Alex Speier

With top prospects, Red Sox have been selling low lately

Some prospects could have returned bigger gains if the Red Sox hadn?t waited to move them.

NFL playoffs

Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano greets Indianapolis Colts free safety Sergio Brown (38) as the team practiced at the NFL football team's practice facility in Indianapolis, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. The Colts face the New England Patriots in Sunday's AFC Championship. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Coach Chuck Pagano has Colts loose and confident

Pagano said he won?t need ?a Knute Rockne speech? to get his players pumped up for Sunday.

A State Police officer uses a saw to cut into a barrel that protesters attached themselves to and filled with concrete, while blocking Rt 93N in Milton, Mass. on Jan. 15, 2015 during morning rush hour. (Scott Eisen for The Boston Globe)

Lawmakers look to toughen penalties for highway protests

The move comes after protesters shut down I-93 Thursday, snarling the morning commute and angering drivers.

Former governor Mitt Romney, right.

Romney?s current team looks much like old team

Mitt Romney is still relying on the same team for advice, strategic counsel, and early moves to form a 2016 campaign staff.

Four people have been arrested for selling counterfeit tickets

Officials issue warning over counterfeit Patriots tickets

Four people have been arrested for selling counterfeit tickets to the much-anticipated Patriots-Colts playoff game.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chism150-7895.jpg Detective details slaying of Danvers teacher

Danvers teen Philip Chism is accused of murdering Colleen Ritzer in a high school bathroom in 2013.

Fifty-three Boston and three Dedham Fire recruits were sworn in as firefighters during a ceremony at Florian Hall in Dorchester on Friday.

53 firefighters sworn into Boston Fire department

The new firefighters were the first class of recruits since a blaze in the Back Bay killed two of their own last March.

A resident on Pine Street took a picture of what ?certainly seems like a mountain lion,? an official said.

Leicester Animal Control

State officials say large feline in Leicester was a bobcat

Some residents and town officials had thought an animal spotted Thursday was a mountain lion.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/10Gilpatric107--90x90.jpg Ex-prosecutor gets 5 years probation in corruption case

Former Middlesex County prosecutor Stephen Gilpatric pleaded guilty to selling confidential information to his drug supplier.

Opinion

editorial

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This is the proper forum to settle the legal dispute and extend a fundamental human right to all Americans.

The Big Picture

Michal Hernik of Poland for Farma Prom 450 Rally replica KTM competes during day 2 of the Dakar Rallly on Jan. 5 between Villa Carlos Paz and San Juan near the town of Taninga, Argentina.

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Dakar Rally 2015

Competitors come from around the world to test their skills in the race, which travels through Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia.

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