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The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the United States Supreme Court to hear the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 27, after a panel of circuit court judges overturned his death sentence.

A 38-year-old lecturer at Boston University died in a tragic elevator accident this week. Professor Carrie O’Connor, who had previously taught French at MIT, Tufts, and Northeastern, had just started her second year of full-time teaching at Boston University. She reportedly became trapped between the elevator car and the first-floor door of her building.

Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley issued a statement reiterating the Catholic Church’s position on abortion after one of his priests came out as pro-choice on Facebook this week.

President Donald Trump on Sunday demanded the death penalty for the Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after a federal appeals court ruled to overturn his death sentence.

A group of Catholics turned out Wednesday evening to pray the Rosary at the site of a Virgin Mary statue that had been set ablaze over the weekend outside of St. Peter Parish in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.

BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s arts commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to remove a statue that depicts a freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincoln’s feet.

Boston has joined cities such as San Francisco, Oakland, and Cambridge in passing an ordinance to ban government use of facial recognition technology. Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu commented: “Boston should not be using racially discriminatory technology and technology that threatens our basic rights.”

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh (D) has come out in favor of removing a statue of Abraham Lincoln that has stood in the city for more than a century — but is opposed to renaming Faneuil Hall, which is named for a slave owner and is on the site of a slave market.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh (D) is considering removing the Emancipation Memorial, a statue of President Abraham Lincoln and a freed slave.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh (D) on Friday declared racism a “public health crisis” in the city and, as a result, announced the reallocation of millions of dollars from the police department’s overtime budget to various community programs.

Rioters in Boston defaced the Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial to black soldiers in the Civil War as a “Black Lives Matter” protest moved through the city on Sunday.

Protests in Boston devolved into chaos on Sunday evening as rioting erupted across the country following the death of George Floyd.

Massachusetts Police confiscated more than $138,000 from one unlucky traveler who missed his flight out of Boston’s Logan Airport.

A Boston hospital worker placed 500 American flags in a local park to honor veterans for Memorial Day after the city was forced to cancel its annual display due to the coronavirus.

Protesters on Monday flocked to the Massachusetts State House in Boston, calling on Gov. Charlie Baker (R) to reopen the state’s economy.

A policeman in Boston, Massachusetts, got a huge surprise Friday after weeks of fighting the Chinese coronavirus.

The “vast majority” of the adult homeless shelter population in Boston who tested positive for the novel coronavirus showed no symptoms.

The Chinese virus may keep some American colleges and universities closed until 2021. Institutions such as Boston University have already told students that campus may remain closed through the upcoming fall semester.

A woman who was preoccupied with the death of her dying mother was in for a surprise when she realized she was the only passenger on the plane.

A Boston City Councilor is proposing a parking fine system based on how much money each driver makes per year.

A Boston teacher’s union president has come under fire this week after encouraging Boston public school teachers to wear “Black Lives Matter” apparel to school. The Boston Police Union condemned the teacher demonstration, arguing that “Black Lives Matter” activists make police work “more dangerous than ever.”

Three heroic Boston police officers are credited with saving a man’s life on Friday after they stopped the man from jumping off the top of a parking garage.

A Massachusetts father that allegedly paid $220,000 to have his son admitted to USC was charged on Tuesday with tax fraud.

Alvin Campbell Jr., the brother of Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell, has been accused of posing as an Uber driver in order to sexually assault a woman.

A Harvard University medical student from China is facing federal charges after allegedly stealing cancer research materials from a lab at a Boston hospital and attempting to smuggle it out of the United States.

Chain migration — whereby legal immigrants are allowed to bring their foreign relatives to the United States with them — is responsible for bringing to the U.S. a West African national convicted of brutally murdering two South Boston, Massachusetts, doctors.

Attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev want the terrorist’s conviction overturned, based on their claim that he was judged unfairly because the trial took place in Boston.

A West African national who was allowed to keep his green card and remain in the United States was convicted on Tuesday for murdering two Boston, Massachusetts, doctors in 2017.

The man who started the viral Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research died of the disease Monday.

High-tech sector job growth is overwhelmingly benefiting three California cities, plus Seattle and Boston, while the rest of the U.S. has been left behind in the dust, according to a new study.

The United Way and Catholic Charities of Boston said they are teaming up to give Thanksgiving meals to thousands of Boston families this year.

The Boston Bruins are donating the proceeds gained from their 50/50 raffle to a fallen firefighter’s family.

A small but mighty three-year-old who survived brain cancer got the opportunity of a lifetime when he got to drop the first puck at a Boston Bruins game.

A 14-month-old baby recognized his father and smiled after waking up from a five-day coma in the United Kingdom recently.

A Lebanese immigrant to the United States allegedly scouted famous American landmarks in cities like New York City, Boston, and Washington, D.C. for a potential terrorist attack by the Islamic terrorist group Hezbollah. 

Massachusetts has been ranked as the number one most expensive state in which to buy a house, according to a recent report.