Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona declined comment Monday on a report the team received a mailed threat targeting black and Latin players.

A soldier from Ashland has been killed in Afghanistan. Master Sergeant Shawn Simmons, 38, and two other members of an airborne Special Forces unit died when their vehicle rolled into a canal Saturdday.

Boston Bruins executives are hoping that the way to a hockey fan's heart is through his stomach.

Manny Ramirez said he patched things up with a Boston Red Sox employee he reportedly shoved to the ground during an argument, and the club said the matter is over.

If you drive or park your car in Boston - beware. Traffic fines are going up effective Tuesday.

The Somersworth, New Hampshire man accused of taking hostages last year at one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign offices plans to plead guilty to the charges later this year after finishing a program to address substance-abuse problems.

Prosecutors say a Beverly woman's decision to withhold cancer medication from her 8-year-old son will likely cost the boy his life.

The number of people using public transportation in the Boston-area jumped 5.3 percent in May when compared with a similar period last year, while the number of vehicles using the Massachusetts Turnpike declined.

Boston Police have arrested a teen in a shooting that's apparently connected to the shooting of a 7-year-old boy in Roxbury. The unidentified boy was shot in the back when he was caught in the crossfire between rival gangs as

Last year, Princeton economics professor Alan S. Blinder reviewed more than 800 occupations in the United States, and estimated that between 22 and 29 percent of them were potentially offshorable. This year, 901 MBA students of Harvard Business School attempted

When you think of the construction and demolition business, the word "mini" probably doesn't come to mind. Work sites are filled with big dump trucks, excavators, and pickups and rising gas costs are cutting deep into their bottom lines. In

Four additional cases of salmonella in Massachusetts have been linked to a nationwide outbreak associated with certain types of raw tomatoes, state health officials said Monday.

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A 7-year-old boy was shot in the back Monday evening when he was caught in crossfire as he played outdoors with a friend.

The town of Falmouth is outraged after a teen pulled a mean and dangerous prank on an elderly man fishing with his grandson.

A special education teachers assistant at a Winchester middle school pleaded not guilty Monday to two charges of child enticement.

Two people were taken hostage Monday afternoon by an inmate with a knife at the Maine State Prison in Warren, state officials said.