A packed hearing in Boston often turned emotional, with many cab drivers accusing Uber and Lyft of stealing away their business.
The ride-hailing app expects this New Year?s Eve to be its busiest night ever.
The deaths and injuries occurred during the city?s New Year?s celebrations, according to reports.
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The 51-year-old man allegedly drove to a police station with a bloody knife after the killing and asked officers to shoot him.
The 20-year-old woman?s dismembered remains were discovered this weekend along with another set of unidentified remains.
Judge rejects Tsarnaev request for trial delayThe judge?s decision sets the stage for jury selection to start on Jan. 5 in the case of the alleged Marathon bomber.
Hernandez bragged about owning pistol, prosecutors sayAaron Hernandez allegedly told a friend that he owned a .45 caliber pistol six weeks before the slaying of Odin Lloyd.
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The city has a number of events planned to usher in the New Year.
By the Glass
Plenty of splendid sparklers out there for New Year?sWine professionals are happy to recommend sparkling wines for New Year?s Eve, but are more thrilled when customers ask beyond Jan. 1.
Here are some of the strangest business stories of the past year in Massachusetts.
The buffoons, shenanigans, and inanity of yet another miserable year.
?My death needs to mean something,? Leelah Alcorn, 17, wrote in a posthumous posting on the blogging site Tumblr.
PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK
Brady deflected questions about his restructured deal but expounded on what football means to him.
2014?s abridged dictionaryCompiled by Globe Opinion staff members, these are the words and phrases that marked the year.
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A look at images of day-to-day life in France, China, Cuba, Pakistan, the United States and other countries.
The Celtics played a very physical game and won going away after dropping four in a row.
Most of the city?s 52 homicides were in Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury.
A suicide bomber attacked a large gathering of Shi?ite rebels in central Yemen.
The bill for the governor-elect?s inaugural bash is now estimated to cost $1.6 million.
Subscriptions grew almost 40 percent in the first six months of 2014, according to The Wall Street Journal.
You?ll be lucky to get a table at this 250-seat hot spot in Lynnfield.
Late-night TV became less about rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship and more about reviving a TV institution.
Design New England
Contemporary-style Weston home is site sensitiveAn extraordinary landscape and a Modern house with potential prove an irresistible lure.
The 38 biggest surprises of 2014