Councilors emphasize different people's pain in carjacking/shooting case March 23 Councilors Erin Murphy (at large) and Miniard Culpepper (Roxbury) both agree it was wrong for a man to have attacked and carjacked a woman in Brigham Circle. And both want Boston Police or the Suffolk County District
The dark history of a constitutional amendment that now keeps us from becoming Arkansas March 23 On Friday, a federal appeals court ruled Massachusetts does not have to pay for special-education classes for students at private schools, in part because of an "anti-aid" amendment to the
Group of largely White parents loses again in effort to overturn BPS exam-school admissions policies March 19 A federal judge today dismissed another suit by a group of parents who alleged the way students are chosen for acceptance to Boston's three exam schools is biased against White
Attic fire goes to two alarms on Harvard Street in Dorchester March 18 Boston firefighters responded to 158 Harvard St. near Gleason Street in Dorchester around 10:30 p.m. for an attic fire that went to two alarms as flames burst through the roof. Councilor seeks to let non-
Lawsuit by South End landlord details fraud allegation against Croft School founder - and demand for at least $14 million in damages for failed lease deal March 18 The owners of the South End building where the Foodie's market was supposed to make way for a new branch of
Judge orders Bobby Brainworm to quit fucking around with vaccines March 16 A federal judge in Boston today ordered the increasingly misnamed Department of Health and Human Services to quit screwing around with vaccine schedules and do what Congress requires and let a body of actual experts have a say
Man shot in the neck in the South End March 15 A man was shot at Washington and East Berkeley street in the South End around 7:40 p.m. Nice day for a parade March 15 Our roaming UHub parade correspondent is in the heart of South Boston for
White Stadium plan calls for residential parking permits for nearby residents and visitor passes, but plan not enough, some residents say March 12 Boston officials last night described a transportation plan for the new White Stadium and its pro soccer matches that would include free shuttle buses from three T
Police say officers fatally shot carjacking suspect who tried to run them down in Roxbury March 11 Stanley Staco reports what started as a carjacking in Brigham Circle ended in Roxbury on the other side of Mission Hill with the driver shot by Boston Police officers. Homeland Security grabs 14-
It's come to this: Quirky international scientific award ceremony moving to Zurich out of fear of ICE grabbing foreign participants March 10 The Ig Nobel Awards, presented at Harvard or MIT since the early 1990s, is moving its award ceremonies this year to Zurich, and has no plans
Large swath of land acquired by controversial South Boston developer along Dot Ave to be auctioned off next week March 9 An auctioneer has scheduled a March 17 sale of more than five acres of land along Dorchester Avenue that South Boston developer Andrew Collins had acquired in the hopes
Sunset Saving Time March 8 Somerville Steve watched the sunset over the old and new Hancock buildings in the Back Bay this evening. Adam Castiglioni had a good view from along Atlantic Avenue and the Greenway: Glory be: Sale price of a downtown office building increases for a change March