A bill that would posthumously honor the dream of slain MIT officer Sean Collier to be appointed to the Somerville Police Department is moving quickly through the legislature. […]

Helen Brooke Taussig was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston, who founded the field of pediatric cardiology. […]

Soldiers pass by flowers left at a makeshift memorial outside an army barracks near the scene of a killing in Woolwich, southeast London, Thursday. […]

What can you expect when a talented trio of performers, equally at home in jazz originals and jazz improvisations, as well as contemporary avant-garde classical music, and who all happen to be accomplished composers get together? Judging from the first performances of the resAUnance trio-vocalist Esin GA1 4ndA1 4z, keyboard player Michael McNeil ... (more) […]

The 1998 QE2 asteroid has the physical mass to potentially deliver life on Earth a knockout punch, being 2.7km in length. […]

Boston Calling Okay, it's not in Somerville, but it's cool. This two-day festival will feature 18 bands, including Fun, The National, Of Monsters of Men and The Shins. […]

Somerville's Memorial Day Parade will be led by two veterans this year. James F. Legee, Jr. […]

The 40-year-old museum run by the Mount Washington Observatory is planning a major overhaul designed to give summer visitors a feel for the mountaintop's extreme winter weather. […]

If the Green Line Extension doesn't receive federal funding, other transportation projects in the state might take "a back seat" in order to fund the light rail project through Somerville, according to boston.com. The news website said Richard Davey, the Massachusetts secretary of transportation, is committed to funding the entire Green Line . […]

A Watertown Police detective had a car thief in his sights when the suspect made a run for it, but he didn't get far thanks to an alert landscaper. […]

The tech world began crafting whimsical job titles years ago. Now, in the era of personal branding, other companies are doing the same. […]

A key political power broker in the battleground neighborhood of East Boston has yanked his support for Daniel F. Conley's mayoral bid after the district attorney called for a citywide vote that was seen as a threat to the Suffolk Downs casino bid. […]

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the members of an advisory panel that will help identify and address Boston's new housing needs. […]

State Reps. Linda Dorcena Forry and Nick Collins, former rivals who faced off in the April 30 Democratic primary, lunched on Beacon Hill this week, ahead of the general election to replace Jack Hart. […]

Suffolk County prosecutors have charged the sister of an accused murderer with threatening two witnesses in his case over the phone and on Facebook. […]