The state's highest court says landlords who try to grab some money for "reasonable wear and tear" when tenants move out need to cut that out - in an opinion that comes the same day that a new state ...

A 16-year-old from Braintree was arraigned last week on a charge of assault and battery causing serious injury for a May 10 beatdown at John Paul II Park in Dorchester that started when he saw his ...

A disgusted resident filed a 311 complaint shortly after noon about the overflowing dumpster behind apartments at 94-96 Itasca St. in Mattapan: Read more.

Brookline Police report a woman was followed down Beacon Street from Ayr Road in Brighton into Brookline early one recent morning by a guy who kept asking her if she was lost and then, when she ducked ...

Ari Ofsevit was among the teeming hordes waiting for Red Line trains in a sultry Kendall Station shortly before 5 p.m.: Read more.

A federal judge yesterday ordered a Fitchburg man to a sentence of time served for his actions on a United flight from Los Angeles about 45 minutes out of Boston in 2023 that ended with other ...

Dear Members of the Harvard Community: We are writing to inform you that on July 8, 2025, Harvard received a Notice of Inspection (NOI) and related subpoena from the U.S. Department of Homeland ...

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans to convert the two former Penshorn Roofing buildings on Carolina Avenue in Jamaica Plain into six townhouse-style residential units - right next to the ...

In East Boston, one minister now tells congregants to stay at home to avoid getting grabbed by ICE, denominations say in suit against regime ...

Variety reports that Tom Lehrer, who sang about everything from local subway stops and his dear old alma mater on the Charles to our former favorite Nazi Werner von Braun and the old-but-new-again ...

A roving UHub videographer shows some of the impromptu river flowing down Father Songin Way, onto which he was forced to divert due to a burst water main on Boston Street in South Boston this morning.

Josh Kraft has an issue with mailings, it seems. At least this time he's not using a drawing of the New York skyline to promote his run for mayor of Boston, but really, mailing Bostonians a giant-head ...