Boston Police report arresting a man they say stabbed Ruth Foster, 56, to death in her apartment on Withington Street in Dorchester on Oct. 14, 1997. Read more.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today unanimously approved plans by a Charlestown couple to replace what had become a series of failed businesses in an 8 1/2-foot-wide space on Main Street with a small ...

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by Hebrew SeniorLife to replace a parking lot at Walter and Centre streets in Roslindale with a six-story apartment building with 78 units, all to be ...

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a non-profit, four-suite birthing center at 14 Winthrop St. in Roxbury. Read more.

The morning rush hour brought us news of yet another Red Line train deciding it was time to push up some daisies at Harvard Square.  Just as the T was clearing that problem, at 9:57 a.m., it announced ...

Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was shot last night in his home at 9 Gibbs St. in Brookline, the Norfolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

City Councilor Ben Weber (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury) reported yesterday (in a post tagged with "The theme of Law & Order") he had to make a trip down to the ticket window on the second floor of City ...