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In this April 26, 2013, file photo police officers stand by as Muslims leave the Islamic Society of Boston mosque in Cambridge, Mass., which was attended occasionally by Tamerlan Tsarnaev for Friday prayers, according to Islamic Society of Boston leaders.

Epizyme Inc., a venture-backed biotech based in Cambridge, Mass., with ambitious plans for seeking drug approvals, is set to go public during the week of May 27, according to Renaissance Capital.

Patrick Coman's For the Sake of the Song online series, taped monthly at Johnny D's in Davis Square, will be featuring an old deity in the songwriting community this Sunday night.

Generating "new knowledge" will be a driving principle in Harvard University 's fundraising drive that will formally start in September, President Drew Faust said.

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SOON AFTER ANTIQUING CAUGHT HOLD in America in the mid to late 19th century, Boston became an epicenter for buying a piece of history.

Egg in a jar: potato puree, hen-of-the-woods mushrooms, duck eggs, and crisp duck skin at West Bridge in Cambridge.

"Tiger Writing" by Cambridge writer Gish Jen is a fascinating book; part autobiography, part Asian American love letter and wholly about culture's impact on identity.

A bill that would posthumously honor the dream of slain MIT officer Sean Collier to be appointed to the Somerville Police Department is moving quickly through the legislature.

Helen Brooke Taussig was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston, who founded the field of pediatric cardiology.

Soldiers pass by flowers left at a makeshift memorial outside an army barracks near the scene of a killing in Woolwich, southeast London, Thursday.

What can you expect when a talented trio of performers, equally at home in jazz originals and jazz improvisations, as well as contemporary avant-garde classical music, and who all happen to be accomplished composers get together? Judging from the first performances of the resAUnance trio-vocalist Esin GA1 4ndA1 4z, keyboard player Michael McNeil ... (more)

The 1998 QE2 asteroid has the physical mass to potentially deliver life on Earth a knockout punch, being 2.7km in length.

Pope Francis' fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican's insistence that no such papal exorcism took place.

Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli , commonly known as Margaret Fuller , was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement.

Here are the latest details on Menotomy Grill & Tavern , the new East Arlington restaurant slated for 25 Mass.

Somerville police found bags of heroin and cocaine at 141 Pearl St. Friday after executing search warrants at the home, according to a Somerville police report.

The report states: "About 3:21 PM on Thursday 2/11/10 Officers Hester and Cordasco ... were patrolling in the Downtown Crossing area when a radio call came in for a fight in the area of 172 Tremont St.

Roasting marshmallows, a roaring fire, sing-along, steely moonlight, and great company would describe a night that could happen on Memorial Day.

Even in places where skies are dark and the Milky Way seems to fill our view, the night sky is teeming with stars we cannot see.