Los Angeles moving toward bid for Olympics

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.

Players were on practice field at Harambee Park in Dorchester in November 2010.

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Study links youth football to brain changes later

A study in Boston was the first to link repetitive head impacts early in life to structural brain changes later in life.

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Suspicious blood-test results reportedly were found for 32 medalists in major marathons, including in Boston.

Matt Karolian

Sinkhole opens on street in East Boston

The sinkhole was caused by a water main break on Cottage Street, the Boston Fire Department said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/10/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/turner081015BIZ11backbay31.jpg 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.

Man lied about fatal crash, police say

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.

Jury considers negligence case in Radisson rape

A woman who was raped in the Radisson Hotel garage after an earlier rape happened there is suing the hotel.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/06/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/CaitlinO_Brien3_met.jpg Proposal would cap cost of prescription drugs in state

Lawmakers, consumers, and health insurers are pushing for rules that would include a first-in-the nation cap on some drug prices.

Crowds gathered on a street in Ferguson, Mo., Monday night.

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Year later, tensions rise in Ferguson area

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Joan_Vennochi_150px-1294.jpg 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.

Boston Red Sox's Hanley Ramirez is unable to catch a RBI double hit by Los Angeles Angels' Daniel Robertson during the second inning of a baseball game Monday, July 20, 2015, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Red Sox should experiment the rest of this season

Their remaining games should be a series of baseball research and development projects.

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The move is a signal that Google?s executives believe the Internet company has become too sprawling and unwieldy.

In February, Boston had no place to put new snow. Jose Luis Bavahona (left) and Pawel Szymanski shoveled out.

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Winter still haunts Boston region?s psyche

The legacy of last winter has people in the Boston area selling houses, cozying up to roofers, and already stressing about ice.

Quincy lawyer says client can ID man in Gardner video

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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?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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/10/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/unnamed(15)A.jpg Sharks aplenty at Cape count

Last September, researchers saw 16 sharks in the same area on two occasions.

Trooper Daniel Herman (top) stood on Deer Island, where Baby Doe was found. Evidence (above) was sent to Utah for isotope analysis.

Inside the desperate search for clues in Baby Doe case

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.

Ground Game

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In N.H., home to the nation?s first primary, the state?s leading Republican women called Trump?s comments improper.

Opinion

JOANNA WEISS

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What this episode truly revealed was the target of Kelly?s original questioning during Thursday?s debate: Trump?s temperament.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

70 years after the atomic bombs

The 70th anniversary of the world?s first nuclear attack was marked this week.

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

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An effort by the local technology community to have computer science taught in more public schools is moving forward.

Crux

Crux

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The pontiff called nuclear weapons a ?symbol of mankind?s enormous destructive power when it makes distorted use of scientific and technical progress.?