Somerville raises age to purchase tobacco to 21

The sprawling family operation moved drugs from Mexico to Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, prosecutors said Friday.

Three exotic dancers were arrested after they offered to perform sexual acts on three undercover police detectives, officials said.

The finger has been the source of much consternation in the small town of Westford, Vt. Was it some kind of political protest? Senior prank? Neighborly dispute?

Molly Duquette, 27, was arraigned Friday on charges of the sale and possession of a controlled substance, authorities said.

A federal judge found that secretly recording government officials who are performing their duties in public is protected by the First Amendment with “reasonable” restrictions.

A mammoth report on the future of transportation in the state was released Friday. At the heart of it: fixing public transit and putting it on sound financial footing.

Alexandra Valoras showed every outward sign of success and promise, a star at school, beloved at home. She revealed nothing of her inner anguish, except in her diary — a chronicle of scathing self-criticism and growing desperation that her parents chose to share so that other families might learn from their loss.

A surprise inspection Tuesday found “a number of significant issues’’ and the unit was closed to new admissions, the state Department of Mental Health said.

Ridership on the Blue Line keeps growing even as it drops elsewhere in the system.