With the prosecution resting its case, the ex-probation chief and two top aides decided not to take the stand.
Governor Patrick vetoed $16.1 million in spending in the budget, which increases funding for education, child welfare, and drug treatment.
Evan Horowitz
As health care costs grow, everything else shrinksNearly a third of all the money in the budget that Governor Patrick signed this morning goes to health care.
Charlie Baker has come under fire for comments on a ruling that restricts insurance coverage for contraception.
Survivors began rebuilding their lives after a three-alarm fire that essentially consumed all their possessions, officials said.
Those who had not made it out in the first wave found themselves trapped by flames in the hallway.
Capital | Weekly poll
Mass. economy on mend, but voters worriedEight in 10 poll respondents say their personal financial situation is about the same or worse than it was a year ago.
Boston moved 35 animals to other shelters and suspended the director of animal control following an investigation.
JOANNA WEISS
?Married at First Sight? and the power of marriageThe reality TV show is another sign of how much our culture still values the institution of marriage.
Capital
2016 primary circus is coming to N.H.A cluster of possible 2016 hopefuls is making the trek to New Hampshire in what some say is the most wide-open GOP field in memory.
Mike Carp came through with the game-winning hit this time as the Red Sox salvaged a tie in the four-game series.
A judge set bail at $25,000 cash for a man whose arson convictions in a Lowell fire were overturned this week.
Incumbent Patricia Campatelli is currently suspended over allegations of wrongdoing.
Doctors had hoped the aggressive treatment the girl received 30 hours after birth had helped cure her of the virus.
Occupancy of Boston and Cambridge hotels is expected to remain steady through 2015 as nightly rates continue to climb.
With an HBO documentary and exhibitions in Provincetown and New York, Robert De Niro hopes his late father, a painter, will finally get his artistic due.
In bearing, speech, and agonized expressiveness, Serkis?s Caesar conveys the conflicts of a king with almost Shakespearean grandeur.
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Public markets in BostonSince 1634, when Boston voted to establish a market at the site of the Old State House, markets in the city have flourished.
Dawn of the Web: an oral historyHow did it feel when the Internet first arrived on your desk? What does a tidal wave look like from shore?
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