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Cops said a woman was assaulted and robbed early yesterday morning in South Boston after a "friend" tricked her into meeting at Moakley Park.

A massive fire destroyed a seafood warehouse in South Boston early this morning, leaving behind charred walls, bent and blackened metal beams, and the acrid smell of burnt plastic.

Feb. 16: A gorilla gazes at visitors to the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. The zoo may have to close due to budget cuts and euthanize many of the animals in its care.

Two Brighton residents, Patrick Galvin and Mark Alford, have jointly sued the City of Boston over its approval of Boston College's expansion plans into the former St.

Police found a 37-year-old man stabbed to death in a South End room Wednesday night after responding to a call from a woman who had found his body.

Shepard Fairey, the street artist who for decades has plastered his stickers and posters on buildings and street signs, issued an apology today and agreed to ban himself in Boston.

Boston Police report charging Marques Kersey, 20, with the gunshot death of Torey Evans in Dorchester in January.

Don't leave valuables in plain sight when you step out of your car. That's the word from Boston police, who say there's been a 6 percent rise in motor vehicle break-ins in the city in the first six months of the year.

Dozens of tall ships from across the world have made their way into Boston Harbor.

Ita s good to see Mayor Menino try to drum up interest in the ever growing array of empty storefronts along Newbury Street and the Fenway.

A Westborough accountant was arrested Wednesday on charges that she stole more than $750,000 from an environmental engineering company in Boston's Brighton section, splurging the money on a lavish lifestyle, the Suffolk district attorney's office said.

A man whose name was added yesterday to the list of the state's Most Wanted Sex Offenders was arrested this morning in Brighton, State Police said.

New England mobster Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi described his long tenure as an FBI informant during testimony Thursday in lawsuits by mob victims' families who say the agency failed to control Flemmi and fugitive gangster James "Whitey" Bulger.

Sail Boston's first Tall Ships opened for public viewing this morning at the Charlestown Navy Yard.

Reputed New England Mafia underboss Carmen, "The Cheese Man," DiNunzio pleaded guilty today to state charges of extortion, conspiracy, and managing an illegal gambling enterprise.

Fitzhugh Newton, 50, will be arraigned today in Roxbury District Court for the Feb.

BOSTON - Two former managers of a Big Dig contractor pleaded guilty Wednesday to being part of a conspiracy to deliver substandard concrete to the massive highway project.

A man was shot dead in the South End during the afternoon on Independence Day. The 24-year-old was killed by multiple gunshot wounds on Shawmut Ave., near Ball Park.

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Officials say a fatal shooting in Lowell last weekend is now a homicide investigation.