Los Angeles is close to a deal with the USOC that includes a government guarantee to cover costs for the 2024 Games, a report said.
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A study in Boston was the first to link repetitive head impacts early in life to structural brain changes later in life.
Marathon doping report is ?very concerning? to BAASuspicious blood-test results reportedly were found for 32 medalists in major marathons, including in Boston.
Matt Karolian
The sinkhole was caused by a water main break on Cottage Street, the Boston Fire Department said.
Deal to privatize Back Bay MBTA station debuts with shortfalls The state, not the company that will renovate and manage the station, is on the hook for the budget shortfall, estimated at $464,500.
The man said he was the driver in a fatal crash in Salem but was lying to protect the woman who was driving, police said.
A woman who was raped in the Radisson Hotel garage after an earlier rape happened there is suing the hotel.
Proposal would cap cost of prescription drugs in stateLawmakers, consumers, and health insurers are pushing for rules that would include a first-in-the nation cap on some drug prices.
Jeff Roberson/Associated Press
Authorities declared a state of emergency amid protests and a shooting Sunday night, as Ferguson, Mo., marked one year since the death of Michael Brown.
JOAN VENNOCHI
Steve Wynn?s blunt message for Boston?s mayor?I can?t negotiate with him. The man is obviously irresponsible,? the casino mogul said of Marty Walsh.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
Their remaining games should be a series of baseball research and development projects.
Google?s new parent ?Alphabet? is effort to be nimbleThe move is a signal that Google?s executives believe the Internet company has become too sprawling and unwieldy.
John Tlumacki/Globe Staff/File
The legacy of last winter has people in the Boston area selling houses, cozying up to roofers, and already stressing about ice.
The FBI released the video to the public last week in hopes of sparking new leads in the still unsolved art heist.
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Governor makes his icy pledge for ALS research?We?re here today to celebrate Round 2 of the most successful public awareness campaign in the history of the fight against ALS,? Governor Baker said.
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Sharks aplenty at Cape countLast September, researchers saw 16 sharks in the same area on two occasions.
Exhaustive searches of Deer Island turned up nothing, and the girl?s autopsy gave little more. And then, a clue ? pollen ? provided a place to start.
Trump?s shots stoking anger in N.H. GOP womenIn N.H., home to the nation?s first primary, the state?s leading Republican women called Trump?s comments improper.
JOANNA WEISS
Donald Trump meets his match: Megyn Kelly and Fox News What this episode truly revealed was the target of Kelly?s original questioning during Thursday?s debate: Trump?s temperament.
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The Big Picture
The 70th anniversary of the world?s first nuclear attack was marked this week.
BetaBoston
Group aims to bolster computer science An effort by the local technology community to have computer science taught in more public schools is moving forward.
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Pope calls for nuclear ban on Hiroshima anniversaryThe pontiff called nuclear weapons a ?symbol of mankind?s enormous destructive power when it makes distorted use of scientific and technical progress.?
Solder left under his own power and did not appear injured, but there was no explanation given for his departure.
Emily Zarnoch, killed in a Maine hit-and-run crash last week, was remembered in an emotional, yet upbeat ceremony.
About 19,000 people cheered Sanders in the arena that is home to the NBA?s Portland Trail Blazers.
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Breaking a lease is not smart. But there are ways to get out of one.
Both girls were charged with attempted murder in connection with the May 2014 attack on their classmate.
The plan would enable another 1 million square feet of development in the booming neighborhood.
The Middle East owners said they plan to keep the T.T.?s space ?the way it is? if the expansion goes through.
A new study identifies patterns of communication that can help couples affected by Alzheimer?s maintain a sense of connection.
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For 40 years, computer scientists looked for a solution that doesn?t existMIT researchers demonstrate that it?s impossible to find a faster way of computing ?edit distance.?
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16 great white sharks spotted off Chatham
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