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The Boston Police Department reports a man, 30, was shot at 55 Cedar St. shortly before 10 p.m. on Thursday. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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UMass says stadium "does not appear feasible."

Updated April 28, 3:31 p.m. -- Discussions between UMass Boston and Robert Kraft's sports empire to build a professional soccer stadium on the UMass- ... Read more.

Rep. Capuano to underwrite the effort with campaign funds

In an unusual approach to boost transit ridership, US Congressman Michael Capuano will put over $50,000 of his own campaign funds toward a ... Read more.

Dental care can be scary for kids. But Codman Square Health Center is making it less so. With a new Pedi Dental suite right in the Pediatric and Adolescent Department, dental care has become a warmer and kid-friendlier ... Read more.

A proposal from Gov. Charlie Baker that would shift more authority for pollution monitoring from federal authorities to the state has reignited simmering concerns among environmental groups about the Bay State’s ability ... Read more.

House and Senate progressives, eager to seize whatever momentum there might be for comprehensive criminal justice reform this session, implored their colleagues on Tuesday not to let the chance slip by to overhaul all ... Read more.

Edward M. Powell of Dorchester is the new executive director of JRI’s STRIVE Boston program. He will also continue to serve as Vice President for Community Engagement for JRI, a nonprofit provider of trauma-informed care ... Read more.

Two Dorchester schools— the Joseph Lee K-8 School and St. Brendan School— are currently participating in a Boston Lyric Opera program to write and create their own operas. The students range from 4th to 8th grade. The ... Read more.

Ali Noorani, the executive director of the National Immigration Forum is returning to Dorchester for a reading from his new book “There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of ... Read more.

Boston Public School officials briefed residents on the BuildBPS facilities assessment at the Leahy-Holloran BCYF Center in Dorchester on Tuesday night. A crowd of about 50 people- including city officials— attended the ... Read more.

The Baker administration’s fiscal 2018 capital budget plan will include $78 million over three years to repair a crumbling, underground parking garage at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Gov. Baker’s office ... Read more.

The Boston Licensing Board reinstated the food-serving license for Pho So 1, 223 Adams St. last week— and even let it stay open longer than before it was shut for letting patrons drink after its official closing time. ... Read more.

A parade of feline excellence is making its way to Columbia Point for the Boston International Cat Show this weekend, occupying the Boston Teachers Union hall from Friday through Sunday.

Dorchester native James ... Read more.

More than 140 high school students participated in a new art installation that opened inside the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. The exhibition— a group of nine, tiled murals depicting the Statue ... Read more.

Boston Police have charged a 29-year-old Dorchester man with murder for a brazen shooting on Granite Avenue that police say followed a traffic dispute near the McDonald’s restaurant on the afternoon of April 13. The ... Read more.

In well over half a century no Massachusetts teacher had ever won the Council of Chief State School Officers’ National Teacher of the Year award until this year.

On Thursday the Baker administration announced that ... Read more.

An 11-year-old boxer who got his start in the ring at the John P. McKeon Post, has won the New England Silver Mittens competition for the second consecutive year. Finn Meaney is 3-0 in amateur competition and is being ... Read more.

Hazrat Khalid Khan, 56, who lives in Middletown, NY, but who co-owns 11 fried-chicken take-out places in in Boston and Chelsea, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue ... Read more.

With the Sunday morning sunrise just a few hours away, the vacant three-decker at 8 Marie St. was ablaze.

Flames were billowing from the house when firefighters arrived at about 4 a.m. and leaping to the upper ... Read more.

The fallout from UMass Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motley’s resignation continues this week amid increased scrutiny about the campus’s ... Read more.

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