Two mothers became the voice of reason over children being torn from their parent’s arms and sent to mass detention centers. 

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen offered a forceful defense of the Trump administration’s practice of separating families while erroneously insisting that it was not the result of a new policy.  

The Celtics coach touched on a number of topics during an interview with the Globe. 

Pulitzer-winning professor Junot Diaz has been cleared to return to teach this fall, a significant development in a contentious #MeToo case that has drawn national attention.  

Justices of the peace, who long presided over non-religious weddings, are getting pushed out by one-day officiants. And they’re not happy about it.  

The owner wrote in an e-mail the restaurant is closing “because the largest asset of this business, the liquor license, is going to be devalued tremendously” by a City Council initiative.  

A curious critter is apparently to blame for the desecration and removal of American flags that were placed next to veterans’ graves in the town of Adams.

The knuckleballer, who faced domestic assault charges after an incident with his wife, said counseling has helped his family.

Troubled rapper-singer XXXTentacion was shot and killed Monday in Florida in what police called an apparent robbery attempt, authorities said.

President Trump promised the US will “be the leader by far” in space, and said he directed the Pentagon to create the “Space Force” as an independent service branch.  

Adding four underground train lines between North and South stations and a new station could boost the cost to $21.5 billion, but double commuter ridership, new state study says.