The dramatic 49-51 vote around 1:30 a.m. once again spelled defeat for the GOP?s Obamacare repeal efforts.  

A seven-year quest to undo the Affordable Care Act collapsed as John McCain joined Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins to defeat the bill.  

It would be hard to imagine a more dramatic night unfolding around the GOP?s quest to repeal and replace Obamacare.  

Japan?s prime minister says North Korea has fired what is believed to be a missile and it may have landed in the sea off Japan. 

After years of documenting damaged brains, the joy of watching football has faded for the director of BU?s CTE Center. 

The defrocked Catholic priest spent 12 years behind bars for raping a boy in Newton in the 1980s.  

Maurice Temple, 63, and Pauline Chase, 83, were charged with solicitation, conspiracy, and attempt to commit murder, officials said. 

Responders heard the call crackling over the distress channel and raced toward the boat in trouble, mounting a tense battle against waves ? and time. 

Incident reports released this week revealed new details about the 10-hour standoff that ended with the suicide of a 26-year-old man at his family?s home. 

A Utah man told an acquaintance who later walked into the couple?s blood-splattered room that he did it because she laughed at him, FBI officials said. 

The region is hungry for housing, but questions are mounting about the capacity of the transit system to handle so many more riders.  

It?s been six months since NBC Boston launched, joining the city?s five other TV outlets, including WHDH-TV Channel 7.