Police said their response was prompted by reports of a break-in and a man with a gun. One man was shot, but not by police.
Corey Griffin?s family and friends say he was in the area for ALS fund-raising.
A 27-year-old Mattapan man was charged after a shooting in Chinatown that sent four people to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
If Republican Charlie Baker becomes the next governor, he may have Democrat Steve Grossman to thank.
Officials are targeting 63,000 people suspected of wrongly receiving jobless benefits as far back as 1985.
Zack Wittman for The Boston Globe
They are the waitresses, cleaners, clerks, and caregivers ? one illness, rent hike, or layoff away from the very bottom.
Nick Cafardo | Sunday Baseball Notes
Werner has good idea of how baseball can be improved?Baseball is too slow and there?s a lot of inaction,? said Tom Werner, who was runner-up in the voting to be the next commissioner.
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Catherine Grant is on a quest to sustain the world?s musical genres, from yak hymns to funeral songs.
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Shinique Smith and her bright ideasSmith?s youthful exuberance will be on display at her forthcoming MFA exhibition and on the Dewey Square wall mural.
College officials say their hands are tied by federal regulations, which still classify marijuana as an illegal drug.
opinion | Daniel Benjamin
Hawks exaggerate Islamic State threat to USIt?s important to understand that the militant group doesn?t have genuine terrorist skills yet.
Skyrocketing rent has tenants searching outside cityAs area gentrification efforts come to fruition, residents are being pushed further and further out of the city.
The Braves, in the cellar for much of the season, won the pennant by 10½ games then proceeded to sweep the Athletics in the World Series.
Falling one week later than prior years, the tax-free weekend coincided with the traditional start of back-to-school shopping.
With no shuttle service available, riders occasionally find themselves giving rides to strangers or being chased down the platform by panicked passengers.
The extremists allegedly lined the men up in small groups and opened fire with assault rifles before abducting their wives and children.
The defiant Texas governor vowed to fight his indictment on abuse of power claims.
When document warehouser Iron Mountain became a real estate investment trust in June, it brought a national tax debate to Boston?s doorstep.
The medical genre has changed a lot ? and, in some ways, not changed at all ? since the first prime time medical series, ?City Hospital,? in 1951.
It?s all about relaxation at Mirbeau Inn & Spa, hands-on, hands-off, hands down.
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1972 summer tornadoes In 1972, two tornadoes struck Massachusetts within weeks of each other, with Chelmsford and Brookline receiving the most damage.
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Can a robot be too nice?Smart machines need the right ?personality? to work well?and experts are finding the best choice may not always be what we think we want.
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