Winthrop Center sold about 40 condos in 2025 and accounted for roughly half of Boston's luxury transactions as downtown high-end supply swelled.

A Harvard Medical School analysis ties big album drops to a roughly 15% rise in U.S. traffic fatalities, highlighting smartphone distraction as a likely factor.

Usher and Chris Brown announced a 33‑date R&B stadium tour that stops at Gillette Stadium on Aug. 17. Presales start April 21 and general sale opens April 27 at noon.

Acton’s Crossroads Cafe will close this Saturday after 38 years, leaving behind hearty steaks, lobster rolls and decades of neighborhood memories.

A Lowell home aide who admitted to taking $1.4M was ordered to repay $500K, but estate lawyers say unpaid balances remain after bank records showed lavish spending.

North Attleboro's Route One Cinema Pub will screen its final films on May 31 after a 27‑year run of dinner‑and‑a‑movie nights.

Quincy philanthropists Rob and Karen Hale gave roughly $110 million in 2025, including a record $100 million to Boston Children’s to help build a pediatric psychiatric center.

Boston Sand & Gravel sued to block a 705‑unit housing plan at the Austin Street lots, warning heavy trucks and pedestrians would be dangerously intertwined.

Bob Hall, whose 1975 Boston Marathon finish prompted formal recognition of wheelchair competitors and who built the racing chairs that followed, has died at 74.

Seaport Therapeutics filed to go public, aiming to raise roughly $100M to advance its Glyph neuropsychiatry pipeline.

A Dracut man was sentenced to three‑to‑six years after pleading guilty to stabbing his mother; the plea requires mental‑health and substance‑use evaluations and supervised probation.

A suspended Massachusetts State Police trooper was arrested again on charges tied to a March incident, including unlawful wiretap and a 209A violation; arraignment is set for April 13.

A 752‑unit apartment complex won site‑plan approval in March, promising hundreds of new homes and tax revenue while prompting concerns about traffic and services.