Boston?s bid for 2024 Olympics

Earlier Olympics referendum could be on the horizon

Governor Charlie Baker proposed scheduling the vote for early next year, and not during the November 2016 election.

Shirley Leung

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Hosting the Summer Games is as ambitious ? and as risky ? as we thought it would be.

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The USOC chairman?s said he wanted to see poll numbers improve, ?the sooner, the better.?

Column on race sparks debate in Berkshires

The talk in western Mass. is about an inflammatory racial commentary penned by a local Republican official ? and a newspaper?s decision to print it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/479114506.jpg Hours-long lines at Greek banks after country defaults

Crowds of elderly Greeks waited from before dawn, struggling to be allowed to withdraw their maximum of 120 euros ($134) for the week.

Massachusetts?s first medical marijuana dispensary opened last week in Salem.

Lots of interest shown for new batch of marijuana licenses

In the past week, regulators have received over 50 applications from companies eager to open medical marijuana dispensaries here.

The Country Club, in Brookline, is considered one of the premier golf courses in the world.

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Fame could hurt Brady?s bid to join The Country Club

Will the Brookline club, famous for understatement and insularity, accept Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen as members?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/BJ5T9770T.jpg South Boston residents object to latest condo proposal

The plan calls for a nine-unit complex on the site of a garden and shrine to the Virgin Mary.

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?Everyone responded for the right reason . . . but they didn?t see the big picture of someone getting hurt down there,? Edward Deveau said.

Bernie Sanders used a megaphone to speak to a crowd at a campaign event at New England College in Concord, N.H., on May 27.

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Bernie Sanders will use proximity to N.H. to his favor

Sanders, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, finds himself on the doorstep of the nation?s first primary.

Al Irish, 95, at a baseball game in Falmouth.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

For Al Irish, 95, Cape Cod League is still his passion

There?s no place Irish, the heart and soul of Cape Cod baseball, would rather be than at a Falmouth Commodores game.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_target2_biz.jpg Inside the first CityTarget on the East Coast

Merchandise in the store, set to open July 26, is similar to other full-size stores, but in easier-to-carry sizes.

Red Sox rookie Eduardo Rodriguez held the Blue Jays, who had been batting .311 against lefties, to just one run.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

The education of Eduardo Rodriguez continues

Rodriguez bounced back from a horrid start and pitched six solid innings Tuesday against the potent Blue Jays.

Garrett Harker visits his latest project, Branch Line, under construction in Watertown.

Garrett Harker?s emerging restaurant empire

Harker runs Eastern Standard, Island Creek Oyster Bar, The Hawthorne, and Row 34 ? with three more locales coming soon.

Campers filled the top deck of the ferry en route to Long Island for the first day of Camp Harbor View.

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Bridge?s closure can?t stop Camp Harbor View

Ferries took hundreds of youths out to Long Island to kick off the camp, which was put at risk by the demolition of the bridge to the island.

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The campaign urges people to convert to a religion whose members? diets include sea creatures but no other animals.

A shipping container is being used for an outdoor bar at Cinquecento Roman Trattoria in the South End.

Repurposed shipping containers spread across Boston

Shipping containers have found a life outside of shipping as your neighborhood bar, your office conference room, or your backyard farm.

Jordan Mickey responded to a question during an iintroductory news conference Tuesday in Waltham. Joining him on stage were (from left) Terry Rozier,  R.J. Hunter, and Marcus Thornton.

Summer jobs await Celtics? draft picks

Terry Rozier, R.J. Hunter, Jordan Mickey, and Marcus Thornton will play in two summer leagues.

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck at Game 1 of the World Series in Boston in 2004. The couple have decided to divorce after 10 years of marriage.

Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner splitting up

?After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce,? the actors told E!

Ground Game

Video

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/christie--90x90.jpg Conversations with the 2016 presidential hopefuls

The Globe?s James Pindell sits down with presidential candidates and hopefuls to discuss the race.

Opinion

Barack Obama

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Congressional leaders should call a vote to reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank, President Obama writes in an op-ed for The Boston Globe.

The Big Picture

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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.