The first mainstage concert of the Boston Early Music Festival was also the North American debut of Mozart’s own violin and viola.

In the hours after his disclosure he is battling an advanced form of cancer, former mayor Thomas Menino has received love from the people of Boston.

A signaling system was disabled before a pilot spoke to air traffic control, reinforcing theories that one of the pilots may have been involved in diverting the plane.

As Crimea voted to rejoin Russia, ethnic-Russian protesters elsewhere in the country demanded a similar secession vote in their own region.

Higher heating costs have reduced the amount of money that consumers can spend on clothes, electronics, or restaurant meals.

Linda Dorcena Forry’s debut at the St. Patrick’s Day breakfast is seen as a sign of Boston’s evolution to a multiracial city and shifting centers of power.

Transplant leaders are tackling ethically challenging questions such as which disfigured patients across the country should get priority.

Let this be a lesson to the coaches who just want to assemble AAU all-star teams. Basketball is still a team game, not a collective NBA audition.

The town of Yabroud was a major smuggling hub for the rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad.

After weeks of tense negotiations between parade organizers and a gay rights group, the parade proceded with few hints of politics.

At a bare minimum, the smooth functioning of the court system requires a register who isn’t actively disruptive.

The new guilty pleas are expected to be entered by Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair as soon as Monday morning.

Oates, the state’s new head of technology, has pledged his office will take a more active role in overseeing the state’s big information technology contracts.

There should be deeper scrutiny of the numerous new journals that are popping up to feed researchers’ desire for published credentials.

Such barbaric measures are not only clearly dehumanizing; they have been proven to be unnecessary for public safety.

The United States rejected the Crimea secession referendum Sunday as illegal and readied retaliatory penalties against Russia.

Participants in the Saint Patrick’s Peace Parade have coalesced around their exclusion from the main parade, which they follow a mile behind.

Workers cleared some of the last rubble from the site of a massive explosion in New York City on Sunday.

Warp Drive Bio has a good chance of getting its first products into clinical trials by next year, according  to founder and CEO Gregory Verdine said.

My patient, Janis, is dying. She wants you to know what you can do to help yourself when your turn comes. Because it will.