For the fourth straight year, the number of homicides in Boston fell. But the street supply of illegal guns remained steady.
The city approved a smoking ban in city-run parks, making it illegal to smoke cigarettes, marijuana, and other substances under the penalty of a $250 fine.
Three weeks before a social worker was fired for grossly mishandling the case of a 5-year-old Fitchburg boy now feared dead, state officials promoted her.
Analysts predict that a shortage of properties could make house hunting even more competitive next year.
In a major blow to Cambridge drug maker Genzyme, the Food and Drug Administration formally rejected a key multiple sclerosis drug, Lemtrada.
More police officers and firefighters will be on the streets Tuesday night as part of an expanded public safety plan for First Night.
Your guide to First Night Boston 2014Here are some of the highlights, right up to the fireworks to ring in 2014.
A fire at a historic farm in the Nashoba Valley has devastated a beloved local institution and left a huge hole in the locally grown movement across the state.
Dan Shaughnessy
Maybe the Patriots, despite some shortcomings, can ride doubts all the way down Boylston Street in February. Here’s how.
PAUL MCMORROW
The city Menino builtAs mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino had a strong hand to play. He made the most of it.
There are six head coaching jobs open in the NFL, and there may be even more when all is said and done.
The father of Ibragim Todashev said he e-mailed President Obama photographs of his son’s bullet-ridden body.
Twin terrorist attacks in the city of Volgograd within 24 hours injected new urgency into Russia’s effort to contain a diffuse Islamic insurgency.
As questions linger over her campaign finance records, the state attorney general is trying to clean up the troubled political accounts.
Bain will purchase a controlling interest of the Manchester, Conn., discount furniture business from another private equity firm for about $350 million.
The Apollinaire Theatre Company is reaffirming its reputation as the home of the area’s most provocative contemporary theater.
Globe Talks | Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m.
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Countdown to SochiJoin The Boston Globe, Liberty Mutual Insurance, and former members of Team USA for a light breakfast and panel discussion.
Ideas
What we learned in 2013From dashcams in Russia to the power of Black Twitter, here are some of the things we would never have known if not for 2013.
