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Abusive boyfriend convicted in strangling to death Celestine Walker received a life sentence for the crime Wednesday, the DA's office said.
After allegedly entering a Boston University dorm, sexually assaulting a student, the former Boston resident was indicted on rape charges.
Ahead of back-to-back concerts at Boston's TD Garden, Bieber shared some Beacon Hill beauty.
Here's the 2016 schedule.
Boston voters helped fill an open Suffolk and Middlesex County Senate seat in an essentially ceremonial special election Tuesday.
Beacon Hill voters helped fill an open Suffolk and Middlesex County Senate seat in an essentially ceremonial special election Tuesday.
North End voters helped fill an open Suffolk and Middlesex County Senate seat in an essentially ceremonial special election Tuesday.
A parking garage partially caved in Tuesday morning, crushing a car at a Brookline apartment complex near Coolidge Corner.
Despite $73 million shortfall, the MBTA and MassDOT boards moved a Somerville-to-Medford extension forward Monday -- with strings attached.
Former FBI agent Bob Fitzgerald, presented as an expert during trial of the Boston mobster, pleaded guilty Monday to lying under oath.
Still $300 million above its initial budget, the MBTA and MassDOT boards could vote on the scaled-back project as soon as Monday afternoon.
Firefighters are at a Somerville home Monday, where smoke and a working fire have been reported.
The MBTA briefly suspended Red Line services as Cambridge Police apprehended a bank robbery suspect early Monday afternoon.
A Milford officer was flown to the hospital after suffering a serious head injury on the job Monday.
Bernie Sanders has won the 2016 Democratic primary in West Virginia, where Donald Trump won the Republican primary by default.
Many campus buildings were secured at Tufts University's Medford campus after officials found a threatening note and a burning car.
The Boston Fire Department has identified a hoverboard as the cause of a Sunday night fire that could cost thousands in damages.
Massachusetts was all over the news this week, and Patch has the roundup of must-read stories.
Lorenzo Jones Jr., charged in the double-homicide of Clarence McGregor, of Dorchester, and Teasia Montgomery, of Medford, has been found.
Weekend weather in Massachusetts has a little bit of everything, but starts with a lot of rain. Here's the latest forecast.
