Somerville raises age to purchase tobacco to 21

Rebecca Shipman Hurst, like many ordinary Catholics, had to navigate her own faith to find a way to signal her disapproval of more revelations of abuse in the church.

Philip Horner, 38, is accused of repeatedly stabbing the driver of a tow truck that fatally struck his mother in Watertown on Wednesday.

They are the first to be charged by the state since it launched its probe into overtime abuse, and come after the US attorney’s office has brought federal charges against six current and former troopers in an investigation that is also ongoing.

The bizarre case of a Red Sox division title banner that went missing came to an end Wednesday when a Malden man who says he found it in Somerville brought it to Fenway Park.

A film festival established by documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is being sued by a Boston company.

Governor Charlie Baker did not address Columbia’s prediction that it could take months, only saying that a proper plan is being put in place.

Laura Perille, appointed to the interim post in July, has refused to say publicly whether she would apply for the permanent job.

As Emanuel Lopes, 21, was escorted from a Norfolk Superior courtroom Thursday, Cynthia Chesna called him several expletives, then broke into a loud sob.