On January 17, 1920, the nation began a period of prohibition that lasted longer than Boston's newspapers had anticipated.

Conan O'Brien will be awarded the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a gala on March 23 at the Kennedy Center, ...

Over the past nine decades, only three U.S. presidents have issued executive orders on their first day in office. On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to implement several policy ...

South Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade will be shorter this year, with potential changes to the start time, as organizers ...

Police said they responded to the scene shortly after 7:30 p.m. and found a man with a stab wound to leg outside of the school.

The Middlesex District Attorney's Office said Dr. Derrick Todd was indicted on two counts of rape involving women who were his patients.

A school bus and a van were involved in a crash Friday in Waltham, Massachusetts. The crash happened at the intersection of Beaver and Lexington streets near Bentley University. Video from the scene ...

President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance expected to be sworn in inside Capitol Rotunda due to dangerously cold temperatures in D.C.

Gabriela and 400 other students from her school, Palisades Charter Elementary School, started classes temporarily Wednesday at Brentwood Science Magnet, about 5 miles away. Her school and another ...

Looking for something fun to do in Massachusetts this weekend? Here are five suggestions: ...

Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were convicted as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent ...

The Supreme Court has upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent ...