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History was made on the Boston Common Friday as The Embrace monument was unveiled, honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King and the love they shared with the world.

It’s well-known that movie star Ben Affleck loves his Dunkin’ — he’s often spotted drinking one — and now he’s apparently serving them, too.

Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme, the once powerful New England Mafia boss who was serving a life sentence behind bars for the 1993 killing of a Boston nightclub owner, has died at the age of 89, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Salemme died on Tuesday, according to Bureau of Prisons’ online records. Bureau officials did not immediately respond to an email seeking...

A car slammed into the side of a block of stores on Corinth Street in Roslindale just before 9 a.m. on Sunday morning, exposing Beautiful By Sarah, a skin care and makeup studio, and the adjacent Leise Jones Photography studio to the elements. There’s major structural damage to the building, which is home to several small businesses in a...

The man who allegedly tried jumping out of a 12th-story apartment where a dead body was found in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood Sunday has now been charged with murder. Michael Perry, 37, was ordered held without bail in Boston Municipal Court Friday afternoon, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. They identified the man who died as Jose Aponte....

After a warm welcome from the City of Boston Wednesday, the Prince and Princess of Wales are scheduled for another day of public appearances Thursday as royal fever grips the city.

William, the Prince of Wales, is arriving in Boston Wednesday on his first visit to the United States in eight years. Reporter Eli Rosenberg will be covering the royal visit, but it’s not his first brush with the heir to the British throne. Here’s his story from that day.

The City of Boston welcomed British royalty Wednesday, as the highly anticipated visit from the Prince and Princess of Wales got underway. Prince William and Princess Catherine — the royal couple often referred to simply as William and Kate — lit Boston City Hall green after addressing a crowd at the building’s plaza during a heavy rainstorm. “Thank you to…

Prince William and the Princess of Wales will be looking to focus attention on their Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators when they make their first visit to the United States in eight years this week, a trip clouded by tensions with William’s brother, Prince Harry, and his wife, Meghan, who have criticized Britain’s royal family in the American media....

Monday marks the 80th anniversary of Boston’s Cocoanut Grove fire — the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history that resulted in 492 people dead and another 166 injured. The Cocoanut Grove, which was technically a restaurant/supper club because nightclubs did not officially exist yet in Boston, was built in 1917 and saw a surge in popularity during the early years…

A long-forgotten, and somewhat unsettling, statue of Mickey Mouse with giant lobster claws for hands has found its way back to Boston.

Rats have been a rising problem in New England cities and some have been named among the most rat-infested cities in the country. Boston; Hartford; Portland, Maine; and Burlington, Vermont, were the cities in New England included in the top 50 for 2022. Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles topped the list. Boston is the rattiest New England city,…

A young man was leaving TD Garden late Friday night after attending a Celtics game with his dad when he heard screams for help.

Topgolf, the popular chain of gamified driving ranges, is expanding into New England next year with a location just off Interstate 95 south of Boston. The location in Canton will have 90 heated hitting bays across three levels, the company announced Friday. Where traditional driving ranges are often buttoned-up practice spaces for golfers, Topgolf lets players take part in games…

The Biden administration said Wednesday it is making $4.5 billion available through a low-income home energy assistance program to help with heating costs heading into what is expected to be a brutal winter.

Ruth Marie Terry has been identified nearly 50 years after she was found dead on Cape Cod, east of Race Point Ranger Station on July 26, 1974.

A 7-year-old student brought a loaded gun to an elementary school in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood on Thursday, police say. Boston police officers responded to Up Academy Holland School, located at 85 Olney Street, around 3:33 p.m. for a report of a student with a firearm and recovered the weapon from the student. Police did not say how the gun was…

The Massachusetts College of Art and Design and the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston were temporarily locked down on Wednesday afternoon after a report of an armed person that wound up being someone who was doing a Halloween photo shoot with a fake gun. Police said they were called to the area of 600 Huntington Ave. around 1:15 p.m….

A Massachusetts man that’s provided children across New England with special moments was taken into custody Friday, accused of having nude photos of young boys. 45-year-old Scott Jameson of Sutton, Massachusetts was charged with one count of possession of child pornography and slated to face a judge in Boston Friday afternoon. The charge stemmed from allegations brought by a...

Trailblazing Boston civil rights activist Jean McGuire was all smiles Tuesday morning as she prepared to leave Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where she was treated after being stabbed in Franklin Park last week. Despite the circumstances, the 91-year-old education leader was filled with humor and gratitude, as she was joined by family and her care team at the hospital…