MassDOT says it's closing the little bridge that carries West Roxbury Parkway over the Needham Line track on July 19 and will keep it shut for five months as a contractor replaces the crumbling span.

An employee of a Russian technology firm faces arraignment in Boston federal court on Thursday on charges he helped ...

Jamaica Plain News reports on a mural behind Burrito's on Washington Street (between the Midway Cafe and where Doyle's used to be) that shows Obama and Bourdain sharing a beer.

WBZ reports on the largest nurses' strike in Massachusetts history, which started this morning over pay, health insurance and the use of temps.

NBC Boston reports two UMass Amherst researchers have confirmed that over the past three years, Manila clams have established themselves in coastal waters from Provincetown to Salem, but that them's ...

The Boston Fire Department alerts us that the singer's concerts at Fenway Park tonight, tomorrow, Friday and Saturday will include fireworks, in case you're out and about  or have your windows open ...