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Harvard University is reporting an unconfirmed bomb threat at their Cambridge campus.

Boston-area residents who feel there are more cars on the roads and a little less elbow room on the subway may be right. The U.S. Census Bureau in estimates released this week says Boston and four of its immediate suburbs added the most new residents from July 1, 2013 to July 1, 2014...

Activists protesting recent police killings staged a peaceful die-in during First Night, the city's popular New Year's Eve celebration. Dozens of people briefly lay down in the plaza in front of the Boston Public Library on Wednesday evening while others held signs saying ``black lives matter'' and ``a young black man is two times more likely to be shot dead by police than a young white man... Rea

The federal government is providing Massachusetts with $996 million for rail improvements, but not on the South Coast. The funds amount to just 43% of the total cost of the extension of the MBTA's Green Line to Somerville and Medford. New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell says the federal monies come from a grant that specifically targets light rail such as the "T", but even so...

A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking heroin and possessing an illegal handgun. Stephen Silva of Cambridge, Massachusetts, appeared in federal court in Boston on Wednesday...

A possible "vaccine" for post-traumatic stress disorder might help protect soldiers in battle. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge claim the ghrelin hormone produced during stressful situations makes the brain vulnerable to PTSD...

Well, congratulations to William and Kate on the birth of their child. I'm not a subject of the British Empire, therefore I haven't been particularly interested in what I classify as "celebrity hype".

Cambridge City Manager Robert Healy is asking relatives of Tamerlan Tsarnaev not to request that he be buried in a local cemetery.