Brothers allege the family chauffeur sold the 500-year-old painting to a Manhattan art dealer for $3 million and are demanding its return.

New York City has long argued over whether to ban the horse-drawn carriages that ferry tourists around Central Park and other sites. Now, it looks like the horses may at last be put out to pasture.

ICE has said it's rare for people to be detained inside its Burlington field office for more than a few hours, but a new WBUR analysis finds that hundreds were detained for more than a day this past s...

The Boston Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, launched in response to protests following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, has so far sustained 18 citizen complaints and...

Prosecutors allege Tompkins, who's served as Suffolk County sheriff since 2013, used his official position to threaten a cannabis executive into returning $50,000 he'd invested in shares of the compan...

About 85% of federal detainees held by ICE in Plymouth County this year have been classified as “no ICE threat” by the agency. That category began exploding by the last half of President Joe Biden's t...

Boston police said that Lawn, a 56-year-old Democrat who chairs the influential health care financing committee, was arrested at about 1:45 a.m. with the assistance of Massachusetts State Police.

Supporters are pleased, saying the mayor needs to stand up to the Trump administration – and for due process for immigrant residents. But critics warn her tough talk could backfire, putting Boston in ...

Supporters are pleased, saying the mayor needs to stand up to the Trump administration – and for due process for immigrant residents. But critics warn her tough talk could backfire, putting Boston in ...

While the state has leeway to use no-bid contracts during emergency situations, like the one Healey declared in August 2023 in response to a rapid increase in migrants arriving to Massachusetts, the r...