Massachusetts voters will get a chance in November to decide whether a doctor should accede to a dying patient’s request for medication that would end his or her life.

The proposed policy is one of three ballot ... Read more.

Four women sitting in a car outside 36 Harlem St. were shot around 9:20 p.m. on Sunday. Two were pronounced dead at the scene, while the other two were taken to local hospitals - one with life-threatening injuries from ... Read more.

A ragtag crowd in knit hats and kerchiefs swarm up onto the stage on Boston Common at dusk. Though they look like Occupy Boston types –intentionally so—they’re not protesters, but cast-members of “Coriolanus,” the 17th ... Read more.

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Statistics released by the Boston Police last week show a significant decrease in crime citywide and on one of the two main police districts that cover Dorchester. There has been a six percent drop in reported incidents ... Read more.

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Seeking a second term at the same time that he is fighting assault and kidnapping charges, state Rep. Carlos Henriquez says he’s not shying away from addressing the case on the campaign trail. “I’m not going to allow it ... Read more.

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A Mattapan man who allegedly stabbed his nephew inside the Mattapan House of Pizza Tuesday night will be charged with murder now that his relative has died, the Boston Police Department and the Suffolk County District ... Read more.