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The Senate on Tuesday rejected Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz’s efforts to allow the entire city of Boston to vote to approve or reject what is expected to be an eventual casino application from Suffolk Downs. The bill stipulates ... Read more.

The body of a man in his 50s was found around 1 p.m. on Tuesday at 3 Virginia St., the Boston Police Department reports.

The man, stabbed several times, was pronounced dead at the scene, police say. He is ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a 22-year-old man died after being shot repeatedly around 11:45 p.m. at Blue Hill Avenue and Babson Street.

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Prince Charles Eweka, a Canton real-estate broker, yesterday admitted he used straw buyers to defraud lenders out of $548,000 for condos in two buildings he owned, the US Attorney's office in Boston ... Read more.

Mattapan Community Health Center is one of nine Boston-area organizations that will receive funding from the healthcare company Novo Nordisk this week to help pay for programs aimed at curbing diabetes-related problems in ... Read more.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today found Emmanuel Pina and Sandro Tavares guilty of first-degree murder for the ... Read more.

Commuters at the JFK/UMass stop on the Red Line may soon notice an eye in the sky close by. MBTA officials are planning to place near the Sydney Street entrance a camera mounted on a platform, known as a “Sky Tower,” that ... Read more.

Ashmont Station is one of the ... Read more.

The morning after usually entails a hard look at the lengthy tab and the lingering question, “what’s next?” But for at least two District 3 candidates, there was a sense of jubilation on Sept. 28. Savin Hill’s Frank Baker ... Read more.

Officials from the state’s Department of Transportation (DOT) held a meeting at Franklin Park’s golf clubhouse last Thursday to discuss their ongoing mass transit study in the neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester and ... Read more.

The new UMass president is pushing for more funding from the Legislature while floating a proposal to relieve the university system’s debt load.

Appointed by the UMass board of trustees earlier this year, Robert ... Read more.

Norman Barnes, already charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old Dorchester High School student and forcing her into prostitution at Boston-area motels, now faces charges he used a 16-year-old for the same purposes.

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