USOC increases pressure on Walsh, Baker to back bid

Neither politician appears ready to satisfy the USOC, which raises new questions about the fate of a bid already in peril due to low poll numbers.

Hardwick boy, 7, shows improvement, mother says

?It is with tears of joy I announce [he] opened his eyes today,? Amber Loiselle wrote in a post.

Supporters brought teddy bears and flowers to honor the girl whose remains were discovered on Deer Island.

Deer Island vigil honors unidentified little girl

The organizer of the vigil said she had been haunted by this child?s story since she first heard of her discovery a month ago.

Kosciuszko Circle, a gateway between Dorchester and South Boston, is a chaotic mess due to unmarked lanes, heavy traffic, and scofflaw drivers.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Fix to traffic circle can?t come too soon in Dorchester

Kosciuszko Circle is confusing and congested, and Olympic organizers say they have a fix in mind.

Senator Rand Paul makes history in small N.H. town

?We often feel a bit ignored by the presidential campaign because we are a small town a bit out of the way,? said the town?s moderator.

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It took firefighters about 30 minutes to gain control of the blaze that broke out on the 14th floor of The Cosmopolitan.

After 40 years, T.T. the Bear?s calls it a night

One of the area?s most beloved music clubs will open its doors for the last time tonight.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_Garage11_MET[1].jpg Ironworker dies after July 10 fall at Logan parking garage

Lawrence O?Leary, 54, died after he fell 40 feet to the ground at a parking garage under construction.

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For decades, the island has been an enclave off the Salem shore reserved to those with exclusive summer homes.

?I don?t consider myself a hero because I got shot down. . . . I was a survivor,? said Charles A. Brown Jr., a US Air Force captain and former prisoner of war.

US Air Force photo

Trump?s words rile, amuse, and resonate with former POWs

Some who lost years of their lives in North Vietnamese prison camps greeted Donald Trump?s campaign trail controversy with nuanced reflection instead of outrage.

The last time James Taylor played the Newport Folk Festival, he was interrupted by the moon landing broadcast.

Music Review

James Taylor plays surprise set at Newport Folk Fest

Taylor is currently on tour for his first new album in 13 years and played a 30-minute set of classic cuts and a new tune with a small band.

music review

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No longer a doe-eyed ingénue, the 25-year-old Swift now commands an audience like none of her peers can.

When Roger Goodell first took over as commissioner, he united all 32 owners with a plan to increase revenue.

BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

Why do NFL owners still back Roger Goodell as commissioner?

Goodell, signed through the spring of 2019 and the third commissioner in league history, isn?t going anywhere.

TIGERS 5, RED SOX 1

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/chin072515SoxTigers_spt6.jpg Red Sox knuckle under as Steven Wright is ineffective

Catcher Blake Swihart was charged with four passed balls as the Red Sox returned to their losing ways.

On the field and off, Pedro Martinez truly one of a kind

In 115 years of Boston baseball, Pedro Martinez reigns as the grand master of the mound.

Solar panels on a garage near a house in Marshfield.

What you should know about installing solar panels

Contracts known as power purchase agreements are largely responsible for the boom in residential solar panels. But are they good deals?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/16/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/SIAA380Suites4.jpg As airlines chase first-class passengers, economy gets the squeeze

An airline?s posh first-class seats, which can cost well over $10,000, generate profit and boost the bottom line.

Hike the Whites

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

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/rathe_pindell_employee02.jpg--90x90.jpg Inside the presidential primaries with James Pindell

Globe reporter James Pindell brings you the latest news from New Hampshire and beyond as 2016 presidential politics take shape.

Opinion

Harry Bartnick

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Who says we need to tear it down?

The Big Picture

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

Big Picture

Flying over surf and sands on Cape Cod

Photographer David Ryan provides a visual respite of the shoreline during an assignment in a fixed-wing Cessna.

BetaBoston

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Viaweb played a pivotal role in the evolution of e-commerce, and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/crux150-8627.jpg Hidden ethics battle in Planned Parenthood fetal tissue scandal

Video of executives talking callously about supplying fetal tissue for medical research has created flood of outrage.

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