Boston?s bid for 2024 Olympics

Ambitious new Olympic proposal would create two neighborhoods

The Boston 2024 plan involves dramatically remaking parts of the city, including Widett Circle and Columbia Point.

This image shows the concept for the athlete?s village during the 2024 Games.

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Boston 2024 proposal renderings

The proposal recasts the Olympics as a waypoint along an 18-year project that would help define the future of the city.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/boston2024_venue-planning-9A.jpg Widett Circle watches warily as Olympic plans evolve

New proposals call for the busy industrial area to undergo a transformation surrounding a temporary Olympic stadium.

Boston 2024 Chief Executive Officer Rich Davey (left), Chairman Steve Pagliuca (center) and architect David Manfredi spoke to the media on Monday.

Adrian Walker

Revamped Olympics bid won?t silence critics

The Games might make some rich guys feel they?ve arrived, but most of us already know we live in a great city.

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Alex Speier

Should the Red Sox keep or trade Clay Buchholz?

The team may be tempted as the deadline approaches, but it also sees the righthander as part of the solution.

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The one-day suspension was punishment for an on-air argument Friday with midday co-host Christian Fauria.

Philadelphia Flyers' Zac Rinaldo during warm-ups prior to the start of an NHL hockey game Thursday, April 9, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

Bruins trade for center Zac Rinaldo

Rinaldo is a hard-hitting, agitating player, but he does not score goals ? an area in which the Bruins could use help.

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Not Your Father?s Root Beer is selling like mad in Massachusetts. But is it really made by a small, independent company?

Betty Kallister (left), Joseph Richard Kalister, and daughter Nicole Kallister (right) were believed to have been killed in the crash in Plainville.

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Three members of Tenn. family believed to be on crashed plane

Betty Kalister (left), Joseph Richard Kalister, and teen daughter Nicole Kalister (right) were tentatively identified as the victims of the crash.

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The pilot wanted a place to land and was directed to I-495, but he didn?t make it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner040915MAG17mbtaolympics2.jpg State approves new MBTA bus fleet

The state Department of Transportation approved a $222.2 million contract that will replace a fleet of 325 MBTA buses by June 2017.

Donald Trump has said he is no longer appearing in the television show ?The Apprentice.?

NBC ending business relationship with Donald Trump

?At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values,?? NBC said in a statement.

Dow plunges 350 points amid Greek debt crisis

US stocks closed with their biggest losses of the year as investors worry about fallout from Greece.

This image was posted to Instagram with the hashtag ?#takeitdown.?

Stephen Allsop

Why a Confederate flag was put on 54th Regiment memorial

One of the people who hung the flag said it was not intended as a racist comment, but rather a statement in protest of the flag.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/aurelian_03.jpg Boston man accused of stabbing girlfriend?s three children

?I wanted you to shoot me,? Rock Aurelien told police when he was arrested Saturday afternoon, according to court records.

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David Sweat, 35, was hospitalized in serious condition after being shot twice in the torso by a trooper.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AP793557252694A.jpg Why is the GOP presidential field so large in 2016?

The 2016 GOP field is the largest ever since the modern presidential primary system began in 1952.

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JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Joan_Vennochi_150px-1211.jpg On Boston Olympics bid, it?s Charlie Baker?s call

Getting his seal of approval for an Olympics that was forced to grow its venues beyond Boston is essential for Boston 2024.

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Same-sex marriage legalized in US

The US Supreme Court made a historic decision Friday in a 5-4 ruling establishing same-sex marriage across all 50 states.