Obstacles confront proposal for state vote on Games

Under state law, referendums must propose or repeal laws and cannot be used to simply gauge public support for an Olympic bid.

Groups push for higher state tax on top earners

A proposed constitutional amendment would create a two-tiered income tax system, with earnings over $1 million taxed at a higher rate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_rais30_spts.jpg Confident Aly Raisman is back on the beam

The Olympic gold medalist from Needham has her sights on next year?s Games in Rio de Janeiro.

(Clockwise from top left) Jalis Andrade, Hermano Joseph, Silvio DePina, Ainsley Laroche, Raymond Pizarro, Joseph Cintolo, and Wilkens Jeanty were arraigned Wednesday at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston.

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8 accused of teen abuse at DYS site

?He was dealt with such force and intimidated in such a way he thought he was going to die,? said the father of one of the victims.

Hardwick man charged after son found abused and starved

The 7-year-old child, weighing only 38 pounds, was brought to a hospital unconscious and with serious injuries.

Suffolk Downs.

Yvonne Abraham

Strange times for Suffolk Downs

The historic racetrack is dying a protracted death, but the property does not lack potential.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/6caba7dfb5154ba09e53c1c2df03184c-6caba7dfb5154ba09e53c1c2df03184c-0.jpg John Kasich joins popular path to GOP nod through N.H.

As polls show Kasich at the bottom of a field of 16 GOP presidential candidates, he?s mapped his path to the nomination through the Granite State.

Betaboston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/KATARAM_CardsA.jpg Getaway lets you try a tiny house on for size

A new startup out of Harvard is taking the off-the-grid retreat and miniaturizing it with 160-square-foot cabins.

A pitch for a Vox Populi domain is splashed across a billboard near Fenway Park overlooking the Massachusetts Turnpike.

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Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

For .sucks Web domains, the currency seems to be paid in reputations

The domain is for websites that want to launch snarky, savage attacks on a target ? but some critics have labeled it a form of extortion.

Donald Trump, the real-estate mogul and reality television personality, campaigns in Laconia, N.H., on July 16.

Taking the measure of Trump?s wealth isn?t easy

Donald Trump?s financial disclosure forms put his worth in the billions, although how many billions is a moving target.

Red Sox starter Joe Kelly allowed four runs, including three homers, in 5?
 innings.

ASTROS 4, RED SOX 2

Red Sox tailspin continues with loss in Houston

Joe Kelly allowed three home runs as the Red Sox lost for the seventh straight game.

Ben Cherington spoke to the media Wednesday before the Red Sox played the Astros in Houston.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Ben Cherington may not be right man to repair Red Sox

The Red Sox general manager presented no tangible plan to fix the team when he spoke Wednesday.

David Ortiz and Curt Schilling have built impressive résumés with the Red Sox but their Hall of Fame candidacies are up for debate.

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Alex Speier

Who will be the next Red Sox great enshrined in the Hall of Fame?

Many Red Sox luminaries ? like Curt Schilling ? have impressive résumés, but it is uncertain if they are Hall worthy.

Hike the Whites

Vote in the 2d round of our White Mountains adventure bracket

Mt. Willard or South Kinsman? Cannon Mountain or Zealand Falls? Fill out our bracket and let us know.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/diner-tweet[1][1]-3907--90x90.jpg As Maine meltdown shows, dining out with children is polarizing

Many applauded the diner owner for yelling at a crying toddler to be quiet, while others couldn?t believe her reaction.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/DORIA-1-7248201.jpg Diver missing near wreck of Andrea Doria off Nantucket

Seven people have died in the area over the past decade, the Coast Guard said, and four have been hurt.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2015-07-20T184849Z_994701577_TM3EB7K12YJ01_RTRMADP_3_USA-POLITICS-BUSH[1]-8639--90x90.jpg Jeb Bush dares to take on Mount Washington

Granite Staters don?t love Jeb Bush?s latest talking point. They like their Mount Washington.

Opinion

JOANNA WEISS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Joanna_Weiss_150px-1186.png Can MTV fix race relations?

If millennials are open to an earnest, surface-scratching effort to have a real discussion about race, that?s a good start.

The Big Picture

Cuba?s moment of transition

Globe photographer Suzanne Kreiter traveled to Cuba this summer, 21 years after her first journey there.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/beta150-4554.jpg Meet BetaBoston?s ?25 under 25? winners for 2015

These young innovators are making their mark.

Crux

Margery Eagan | On Spirituality

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/cruxlogo-1411.jpg How US bishops can reconcile with gay marriage

If same-sex marriage was treated the same as remarriage after divorce, it would allow gay men and women to live, openly, as their true Catholic selves.

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Lifestyle

Bottles

Goose Island gets crafty with marketing

Several teams from Goose Island Beer Co. are going around to key cities to offer their craft brews. They?re owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, so they have deep pockets to do it.