On the July 4 holiday, Healey signed the fiscal year 2026 budget lawmakers sent to her on June 30, in the process vetoing ...

Pearline James and her husband Evan immigrated to Boston from Jamaica in 1971 as part of an early wave of Jamaican arrivals in the city. They were the first to purchase a home on Mattapan’s Malta ...

••• Boston Police last Sunday arrested a 14-year-old boy who was reportedly carrying a gun with one round in the chambers and nine in a magazine. Police say he was among a group of people at a loud ...

It’s hard to imagine a worse time for the wheels of justice to grind to a halt in local courtrooms. But, that’s exactly ...

Founded by Abraham Lincoln and others fighting to bring down the abomination of slavery, that 1850s anti-slavery Republican party paved the way for Lincoln to win the presidency against Democrats ...