Boston firefighters responded to North Grove Street on the Massachusetts General Hospital campus after a contractor struck and broke open a two-inch gas main behind 10 North Grove St. around 8:30 a.m.

A federal judge today rejected requests by Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins to throw out the two extortion charges against him, saying he'll have to make his case to a jury. Read more.

A federal appeals court yesterday dismissed a suit by the city, the Boston Public Health Commission and the Boston Housing Authority against a several online and mail-order pharmacies over their ...

Two days after beating Denver to win the AFC title in January, the Patriots were back in town and still in the mood to celebrate, George Heller Brandao says. They were going to head for his Milton ...

WFXT reports Democrats have made Boston a finalist, along with Atlanta, Denver, Chicago and Philadelphia, for the convention that will officially pick the party's next presidential candidate, assuming ...

Boston Police report they are seeking help finding suspects for two separate attacks on pregnant women within two hours, one in a Nubian Square laundromat, the other at an Uphams Corner market. Read ...

A Suffolk Superior Court judge today sentenced a Quincy man to 3 to 6 years in state prison following his manslaughter conviction for the death of Barry Whelan, 46, of Woburn on St. Patrick's Day in ...

Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Stats, 77 Dorchester St. in South Boston, is closing at the end of the month - with the hope they'll come back. Last year, the Boston Planning Department approved ...

The owner of a two-family house built in 1830 at 39 Minot St. in Dorchester has filed plans to renovate and expand it and add buildings on either side to create a 24-unit housing complex. Read more.

At 10:03 a.m., the MBTA reported 15-minute Red Line delays due to "a signal problem near JFK/UMass." Get UHub right to your inbox every weekday morning. Free, all the headlines and blurbs you can eat!

At 6:23 a.m., the MBTA reported "an ongoing signal problem" between Copley and Government Center was causing delays of up to 25 minutes and forcing some trains to stand by at stations.  At 7:58, the T ...

A report released by the Boston Public Health Commission last week shows that the gap in life expectancy between Black and other Boston residents doubled over the past decade - and a key driver is ...