Harvard was key to Olympic pitch, and didn?t even know it

There are signs that Harvard?s relationship with Boston 2024 is not as strong as was advertised in the original bid.

Shirley Leung

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Wealthy people may still be willing to bet on a Boston Olympics, but that can?t be the norm.

Two American Bully puppies are missing in Auburn.

Auburn Police Department

Rare puppies stolen by armed, masked men in Auburn

The missing dogs are American Bully puppies, which the victims had planned to sell for as much as $4,000 each.

Tom Brady told Salem State officials he took a helicopter to the college because of concerns over rush-hour traffic.

Jim Davis/Globe Staff

Tom Brady?s pay for Salem State speech? $170,000

The Patriots QB?s hourlong appearance was funded by proceeds from ticket sales and sponsorships.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Capture.JPG Today?s special: New sandwich-board sign rules?

Michael Flaherty calls the rules for the ubiquitous signs confusing and inequitable.

David L. Ryan

Ceremony marks time capsule?s return to State House

The container, first placed during the construction of the State House nearly 220 years ago, was removed in December.

Uber driver considered employee, Calif. agency rules

The decision is a threat to Uber?s business model, which treats drivers as contractors rather than employees eligible for benefits.

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The truth about date night

Ah, date night: Is there a more fraught enterprise for parents of young kids?

Jay Leno is just one of the famous comedians to graduate from Emerson College.

It?s no joke, Emerson College offering a comedy major

Beginning in 2016, undergraduates will be able to work toward a bachelor?s degree in the ?Comedic Arts.?

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-7622.jpg At this point, a Red Sox win is a minor miracle

Complain all you want, Red Sox fans, this is your team and the Sox are not going to change anything.

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The number of people worth $1 million or more rose by 920,000 last year, hitting a record 14.6 million.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Was8936429-3849--90x90.jpg Neil Young wants Donald Trump to stop using ?Rockin? in the Free World?

The Republican is not the first presidential candidate to be admonished for using an artist?s song without permission.

The last surviving male northern white rhino, named ?Sudan,? grazes at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia national park.

Thomas Mukoya/REUTERS

Fate of northern white rhino rests with one elderly male

A large population of northern white males has been reduced to a single 3,500-pound bull living with round-the-clock guards.

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The woman was charged when her 2-year-old son broke his leg after falling over the railing of a Cleveland zoo?s cheetah exhibit.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/476551316.jpg Needham students? smoking plunged after legal age rose to 21

The town saw smoking rates among high school students drop by nearly half, a survey found.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/17Herbal_016A.jpg Legal fight over popular remedy has herbalists seething

The legal battle over the name Fire Cider has hit a community more committed to the power of nature than profits.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/dolezal150-1304.jpg Civil rights activists concerned about impact of Rachel Dolezal

Dolezal resigned her NAACP post this week after her parents revealed she was a white woman who for years posed as black.

The Big Picture

With their sensitive skin and eyes, young Guna albinos must be shuttled to and from school, avoiding the baking heat, while they watch their friends play in the streets.

Carlos Jasso/REUTERS

In Panama, albinos venerated as ?Children of the Moon?

Albinos make up between 5 and 10 percent of the roughly 80,000 indigenous Gunas who live on the mainland of the Guna Yala region and its islands.