Two Monument Avenue crosswalks were painted over Friday, and the couple who funded them says they were not given a heads-up.

A hoax caller claimed to hold two hostages at a Cohasset jewelry store and reportedly spied on officers through hacked security cameras.

Boston gets a sunny Columbus Day after early fog, but rain returns Tuesday and a stronger storm targets the region Friday into Saturday.

A 20-year referee and an Outlaws coach scuffled at the Boneyard after a disputed blitz call, with parents pinning the coach down.

Rain arrives in Boston Sunday afternoon and continues overnight before Monday brings a brief break. A cooler, windier stretch follows later in the week.

Northeastern welcomed 2,820 first-year students to Boston this fall after a record 106,300 applications rolled in.

Max Chaudhary says thieves keep targeting his Hancock Street shop after getting off the Red Line.

Rigoberto Chavez-Regaldo was tracked down on Nantucket and now faces 11 criminal counts in Plymouth County.

K-9 KC was helping track a missing man in Lowell when a vehicle hit her. The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with police.

The Westwood-founded materials maker is expanding into a freshly renovated Norwood flex building near Route 1.

Reuben Taylor has run Boston's municipal protective services unit since 2008. Prosecutors want probation, not prison.

Condo owners alone covered the $20 million bill, and Mayor Wu joined the ribbon-cutting at the downtown waterfront towers.

Jonathan Durocher allegedly agreed the girl was young, then paid $100 before agents arrested him in Massachusetts.