BOSTON

Affectionately known by students a “Rev,” Shaun Harrison was apparently leading a double life when he shot a 17-year-old in the back of the head at point-blank range on a snowy Boston street in March 2015 in a dispute over drug sales.

Amazing video shows a whale breaching in Boston Harbor on Monday.

The U.S. Coast Guard said the Norwegian Pearl came into contact with the Gabby G, a fishing vessel, early Saturday morning before continuing on to Bermuda.

A humpback whale was spotted breaching in Boston Harbor on Monday.

The city’s heat emergency has been extended through Monday

As reproductive rights remain in the spotlight, a vending machine that students helped bring to Boston University is going viral. It dispenses emergency contraception, and it is one of the first machines of its kind in the country.

A cat survived on her own at Boston’s Logan International Airport for almost three weeks after getting lost at the airport after a flight from Germany in June, officials said. The 4-year-old cat, named Rowdy, was found safe and sound Wednesday morning, according to Massport. She’d been missing ever since she landed in Boston with one of her owners...

The Biden administration is giving nearly $1 billion to 85 airports to expand and upgrade terminals and other facilities, using money approved in last year’s huge infrastructure bill.

A 13-year-old was arrested Monday after Boston police made a traffic stop and discovered the underage driver with a loaded gun, according to police. Police said officers with the Youth Violence Strike Force tried to pull over a vehicle on Columbia Road when they realized the registration and vehicle did not match. At first the driver refused to stop, according…

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and others spoke out Saturday after dozens of apparent white supremacists marched through the city’s streets. The Boston Police Department said it learned around 12:30 p.m. that about 100 protesters had gathered on Congress Street near City Hall Plaza. Photos and videos posted to social media appeared to show throngs of protesters marching under the banner…

Boston is a destination city for so many who want to celebrate our country’s history. This year, on our nation’s birthday, some new history is being unveiled. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton’s own words are on display in Boston in a letter to the Marquis de Lafayette from July of 1780. “The letter was a letter of warning,” said Massachusetts...

The Boston Bruins reportedly have finally found their next head coach, and it’s Jim Montgomery.

The Supreme Court issued a decision Friday overturning Roe v. Wade, wiping the constitutional right to an abortion.

An odd scene played out before Game 3 of the NBA Finals at TD Garden, as the Warriors had to pause their warmups when the height of their hoop was deemed incorrect.

Harvard University still has the remains of at least 19 people who were likely enslaved and nearly 7,000 Native Americans, according to the school’s newspaper.

A man accused of groping two women, including one caring for her baby, on a redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston Tuesday was arrested when the plane landed, prosecutors said. Jairaj Singh Dhillon, a 42-year-old from Modesto, California, faces two charges of abusive sexual contact over the alleged groping incidents on the flight, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for...

A 14-year-old student at a school in Boston is accused of throwing boiling hot water on one of his teachers earlier this month. The incident, which occurred at McKinley Middle School on St. Mary’s Street in Allston on May 5, resulted in the teacher bringing herself to the hospital, according to a Boston police report, after the school’s principal...

Celebrity chef Mario Batali was found not guilty Tuesday by a judge in his Boston sexual misconduct trial. Batali is charged with indecent assault and battery over a 2017 incident at a Back Bay restaurant. Boston Municipal Court Judge James Stanton found Batali not guilty, saying the complaining witness had “credibility issues” and found there was not enough evidence to...

The celebrity chef is accused of forcibly kissing and groping a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017 after inviting her to take a selfie together.

The U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled the city violated the free speech rights of a conservative activist seeking to fly a Christian flag outside the downtown building.