Leah Willingham

Karen Read’s lawyers have asked a judge to dismiss part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed against her by the family of her former Boston police officer boyfriend.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu could take a critical step in her bid to win a second term when voters go to the polls.

Massachusetts insurance carriers will be required to cover vaccinations recommended by the state’s department of public health. Democratic Gov.

People from all over the world are expected to pay tribute to Frank Caprio, a retired Rhode Island municipal judge who found online fame as an empathetic jurist and host of “Caught in Providence.”

Hundreds of Harvard researchers have fallen victim to the freeze on funding by the Trump administration.

A federal court has denied a request by attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to remove the judge overseeing the protracted legal battle over his death sentence.

Nantucket town officials have accused the developer of the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind project of not responding to their safety queries since President Donald Trump’s election and a massive blade failure last year.

University associations are challenging the Trump administration’s campaign of arresting and deporting college faculty and students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Massachusetts once served as a model for what became the Obama-era health overhaul. Now, advocates and health care workers fear the Trump administration is trying to dismantle that popular program.

Boxing is returning to Boston’s Fenway Park for the first time in nearly 70 years. “Fight Night at Fenway” is scheduled for Saturday.