The Boston City Council's regular Wednesday meeting came to a halt around 1:25 p.m. when Councilor Julia Mejia (at large) suffered some sort of medical emergency. Read more.

MassDOT says it's closing the little bridge that carries West Roxbury Parkway over the Needham Line track on July 19 and will keep it shut for five months as a contractor replaces the crumbling span.

Jamaica Plain News reports on a mural behind Burrito's on Washington Street (between the Midway Cafe and where Doyle's used to be) that shows Obama and Bourdain sharing a beer.

WBZ reports on the largest nurses' strike in Massachusetts history, which started this morning over pay, health insurance and the use of temps.

An employee of a Russian technology firm faces arraignment in Boston federal court on Thursday on charges he helped ...

The Boston Fire Department alerts us that the singer's concerts at Fenway Park tonight, tomorrow, Friday and Saturday will include fireworks, in case you're out and about  or have your windows open ...

NBC Boston reports two UMass Amherst researchers have confirmed that over the past three years, Manila clams have established themselves in coastal waters from Provincetown to Salem, but that them's ...

Three videographers at WHDH who spent much of Monday, Jan. 26 outdoors during a blizzard so that reporters could show viewers what it's like to stand in the middle of a blizzard say they were only ...

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy who, when somebody told him to stop threatening a girl on an Orange Line car ...

WBZ reports nurses at Brigham and Women's could strike tomorrow morning over issues that include wages, health insurance and the use of temporary workers.

A concerned citizen filed a 311 report about a traffic cone at Dartmouth and Stuart streets in the Back Bay that a Scot would ...

Thomas Connor was among the unfortunate riders on the Needham Line's Train 667, who spent an uncomfortable amount of time ...