Crew thwarts pirates’ attempt to recapture Maersk Alabama

A former crewman of a ship attacked by Somali pirates yesterday for the second time in seven months said he...

Captain’s family relieved pirate attack thwarted

The family of the Maersk Alabama’s captain expressed relief today that he and his crew fought off an...

Victim’s mom lends voice to bully bill

The distraught mother of an 11-year-old Springfield boy who hanged himself after he was relentlessly tormented...

Boston book fair is skin-sational

If you love old books, you will love the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. And if you love the macabre,...

Lawyer: Sal DiMasi’s conduct legal

Lawyers for former Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi yesterday asked a federal judge to throw out corruption charges...

UMass president backs public law school

University of Massachusetts President Jack Wilson yesterday recommended the state create its first public law...

DiMasi loses first battle in corruption case

Former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi suffered the first blow today in what is shaping up to be a long legal...

Cops investigate murder in Roxbury apartment

A man was found shot to death yesterday in a Roxbury apartment, police said. The victim was found in a...

Parents blast cops, probe into son’s death

The outraged parents of a 22-year-old Boston Celtics fan who lapsed into unconsciousness after his 2008 arrest...

Injured Marine fights to ‘move forward’

The call came on a sunny day in August 2006 as Reta Rae was coming home from work in Arlington. “Mom,...

Feline unwelcome

DUDLEY - The for-sale sign went up on Mary Ellen Richards’ front lawn recently, the latest salvo in a...

‘Man of morals’ mourned

A courageous 29-year-old Marine helicopter pilot - killed in Afghanistan days before his third and final tour...