The state Senate plans to take a broad look at the current tax system, as Massachusetts grapples with problems ranging from school spending to transportation.  

On a cramped, T-shaped piece of property in Boston?s financial district, a skyscraper is being born.  

Median price for single-family houses increased compared with a year ago, but condos slipped slightly.  

The man, who is believed to be in his 50s, was pronounced dead at a local hospital, the Middlesex district attorney?s office said. 

Former Vice President Joe Biden condemned ?a white man?s culture? as he lamented his role in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings that undermined Anita Hill?s credibility nearly 30 years ago. 

In a brief court filing, the Patriots owner pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution in Florida and requested a jury trial.  

The NFL commissioner answered his first questions about the Patriots owner?s legal issues Tuesday night.  

Robert Sundberg, 48, was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in state prison Tuesday for repeatedly physically and sexually assaulting a woman he was dating. 

Mayor Martin Walsh, who has built a record-breaking campaign account since entering City Hall, has spent nearly $900,000 on a boutique fund-raising consulting firm that employs his longtime partner, Lorrie Higgins.  

After Watergate, it was unthinkable that a president would fire an FBI director who was investigating him or his associates. Or force out an attorney general for failing to protect him from an investigation.  

More than 700 people have been declared dead in a preliminary count and authorities warn that number is likely to climb.  

The indictment against Gregory Colburn, 61, a physician from Palo Alto, and his wife, Amy, 59, marks the first time money laundering charges have been brought in the scandal. 

The mayor and police chief blasted the decision and stood by the investigation that concluded the ?Empire? actor lied about being the target of a racist, anti-gay attack.