Boston MA

Boston is getting rid of the flexible plastic posts that separate bike lanes from car traffic and switching to more durable alternatives. Why it matters: Ditching the nasty white posts is a rare middle ground for both activist cyclists and vocal drivers. Both groups tend to dislike the current flexposts that break...

The incident remains under investigation. A father allegedly left his baby unattended in a rental car in South Boston after he became lost on Tuesday night, according to officials. According to the Boston Police Department, at approximately 8:39 p.m., officers responded to a call about a missing child in the...

Did you see any zombies while you were walking the island on Thursday night or Friday morning? Don’t worry, the apocalypse is not upon us; it was just the wildly popular series The Walking Dead, specifically The Walking Dead: Dead City, filming at Fort Independence on Castle Island. According...

A second person spotted breaking into cars remains on the run.

Archaeologists have unearthed everything from pottery workshops to cannonballs to a tavern so rife with artifacts frozen in time that experts are calling it "Boston's very own Pompeii."

“The judge found that if the jury believes that, that would be an unconstitutional policy of the City of Boston." A federal judge ruled that a civil rights lawsuit filed by a group of protesters alleging that three Boston police officers used excessive force against them while clearing a 2020 protest can move...

A potentially crippling medical condition, often dismissed by healthcare providers, can no longer be ignored. “Floxing”—a term for the adverse effects of fluoroquinolone antibiotics—has been officially recognized by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a change driven in part by the advocacy of...

Boston Police Department's commitment to community engagement was on full display in Charlestown as District A-15 hosted another Community CompStat Meeting, bringing together members of the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC), law enforcement personnel, and local residents to discuss neighborhood safety and...

The Framingham Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man they say robbed the Dubom Supermarket.

A man convicted of strangling a teenager in Roxbury nearly 20 years ago — then hiding and burning parts of her body — will appear before the Massachusetts Parole Board for his hearing on Thursday. Roderick Taylor, 54, of Georgia, was convicted in 2008 of killing Dominique Samuels,...