Olympic bid faces daunting foreign rivals

Paris, Rome, and Hamburg offer much that Boston does for the 2024 Games ? and maybe more.

Senator Brian Joyce (center) was an attorney for Organogenesis and celebrated its groundbreaking in 2010.

Brian Joyce thrives at the edge of a fuzzy boundary

The state senator from Milton has frequently blurred the lines between his public duties and his private business.

Senator Bernie Sanders got a warm welcome at a house party in Manchester, N.H.

In N.H., Bernie Sanders asserts he?s a credible candidate

The Vermont senator sought to convince voters he won?t be just the protest candidate against Hillary Clinton, but her credible alternative.

Sudbury seeks lesson on civility in meetings

Concerned by Sudbury?s hostile political climate, a clergy group has enlisted Harvard law students to help improve civil discourse.

Smith College to accept transgender students

The shift in policy at the Northampton women?s college goes into effect for students submitting applications this fall.

Needham High principal resigns amid investigation

The principal was placed on administrative leave in April after he was targeted in a complaint regarding workplace conduct.

Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook, arrives with her husband David Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, for the first day of the Allen and Co. media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho in this July 9, 2014, file photo. SurveyMonkey CEO and husband of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Dave Goldberg, died unexpectedly on Friday night, his brother Robert wrote in a Facebook post on May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files

Tech executive David Goldberg dies at 47

The head of SurveyMonkey and husband of Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg died suddenly Friday night.

Vera Denmark  and her husband, David, recently bought a home in Milton, paying just over $1 million for a 4,000-square-foot modified Cape on Brush Hill Lane.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Housing market rebounds in Boston-area suburbs

Low inventory and surging prices have the market back to prerecession levels ? but only in desirable locales close to the city.

Matthew Teitelbaum with patrons? comments at an Art Gallery of Ontario show.

MARK BLINCH FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

With new chief, MFA may see novel changes

After spending some time at the Art Gallery of Ontario, it?s hard not to think the MFA will undergo a cultural shift under Matthew Teitelbaum.

LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 01: Manny Pacquiao poses on the scale during his official weigh-in on May 1, 2015 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao will face Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a welterweight unification bout on May 2, 2015 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Start of Mayweather-Pacquiao fight held because of heavy demand

HBO and Showtime have such a backlog of requests to buy the fight that they delayed it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Advance/Images/turner032415BIZ29workingdads141.jpg Study says fathers involved at home are happier at work

A Northeastern study shows men feel less stress when they have increased interaction with their children.

A bright spot for the Red Sox was young catcher Blake Swihart, who slid home in the seventh inning.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Red Sox are still getting a pass because of 2013 success

Somehow the Sox can lose a game like Saturday?s yet come away feeling really great about themselves.

The images of boxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao adorn a merchandise selling truck as pedestrian walk past on May 1, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada one day before the

Floyd Mayweather?s camp involved in credential dispute with two female reporters

Both Rachel Nichols and Michelle Beadle claim they were denied access to cover Saturday?s megafight. Mayweather?s publicist disagreed.

The dynamite shrimp roll (top) and bibimbap (above) are at Earls Kitchen & Barin Somerville
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Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Local Fare

Earls Assembly Row offers savory blend

Earls may not wow elite foodies, but there are some very nice touches, like the kale in the grilled chicken Caesar salad.

One AFC scout compares Titans first-round pick Marcus Mariota to NFl quarterbacks Colin Kaepernick and Ryan Tannehill. (Mark Humphrey/AP)

Ben Volin | On Football

Assessing the NFL Draft, from start to finish

Drama was lacking, but Marcus Mariota?s development will be interesting to watch.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Patriots still thin at vital position of cornerback

Having not made the position a priority in the draft, they are going to have to ride Tom Brady again.

Indigo Young (left) and Meaghan McCusker (right) protested at Saturday?s rally in Mattapan. About 200 people took part in the protest and then marched along Blue Hill Avenue.

Protesters in Boston march from Mattapan Square

Midway through a march from Mattapan Square to Dudley Station, demonstrators briefly blocked an intersection for a moment of silence.

Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, appeared with their baby daughter outside St Mary's Hospital in London on Saturday.

Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to girl

Prince William?s wife, the former Kate Middleton, gave birth to the couple?s second child Saturday.

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 24: Friends, classmates, teachers recall Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

This interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.

Opinion

Carol Anderson

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0502anderson200-1184.jpg Baltimore won?t bring change

Just like the riots of the 1960s, Baltimore?s unrest has revealed society?s inequalities. But we?re still following the same script.

The Big Picture

Drew Angerer

The Big Picture

Unrest in Baltimore

Violence filled the streets of Baltimore on Monday following the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died from injuries suffered while in police custody.