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From the comeback of a beloved Irish bar to a colonial candy popup, here are the latest Boston restaurant openings, dining news, and food events to know right now. Stay up-to-date on the best new restaurants, recent openings, and the biggest dining updates across Greater Boston’s food scene. Want more on the latest foo

Boston police are investigating after a body was discovered Wednesday on the 900 block of Saratoga Street in East Boston, prompting a homicide response in the middle of the day. Officers secured the area as detectives from the department’s homicide unit launched an inquiry. Authorities have not yet released the identit

Boston has seen its share of strange headlines over the centuries, but few compare to the afternoon when a city block turned into a sea of syrup. It sounds almost like folklore, the kind of story that gets exaggerated with each retelling. Yet the wreckage, the death toll, and the court records that followed are ... Rea

Above, sign announced a closure of Talbot Avenue in 2022. Reporter file photo. Starting tonight (July 2), several streets near Franklin Park and Franklin Field will be closed overnight on weekends this summer as Boston Police resume traffic restrictions aimed at curbing late-night noise, drag racing, ATV riding, and ot

If you're headed to the July 4 celebration, you'll need to adjust your plans.

A donut shop in Tewksbury just got voted the best in Massachusetts. Donna's Donuts has a retro interior, fluffy donuts, and over 229 Yelp reviews to back it up.

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Philadelphia likes to get into a tussle. As the country celebrates its 250th anniversary, Philly is locking horns with Boston. “There is 100% a rivalry between Boston and...

The announcement that Party Favors would close after prompted an outpouring of grief, with hundreds of Brookline residents flooding social media last weekend to share memories of birthdays, weddings and other life milestones made sweeter by the store’s cakes, pastries and party supplies. But John and Mary Lynn Perganti

What should have been an ordinary wait for a bus at the Aventura Mall transit depot turned into a violent nightmare earlier this year, when a 62-year-old woman was punched so hard she landed off the curb and in the roadway, according to police. She was rushed to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital as a trauma alert and was l

Video shows a Boston police officer surrounded by a hostile crowd hurling bottles and debris as a dirt bike suspect escapes during a street takeover.