"We are not forced to participate in their actions just as they are not asked to carry out filling potholes and other things like that."

Boston-area drivers spend a lot of time in traffic. Now after a controversial traffic plan in New York City saw immediate results, the question is – could congestion pricing be just down the road? The average Boston driver wastes around 79 hours a year ...

Boston has notoriously bad traffic, but does it have to be that way? Economists, planners, transit advocates, and politicians in Massachusetts are closely monitoring what’s happening in New York, now that congestion pricing has gone into effect.

When Hurricane Sandy struck New York City on Oct. 29, 2012, meteorologists determined that Boston had dodged a bullet because when the storm reached here, it had missed high tide by five and a half hours. The Boston Globe estimated that had Sandy hit the city at high tide, flooding would have engulfed almost seven percent of the city.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says her administration feels “very strongly that we’re on solid legal ground” in being a sanctuary city and is still reviewing a letter it received from Congress on

Incoming President Trump is ready to pounce on the nation’s illegal immigration crisis, with Chicago first on the list for an ICE sweep, sources confirmed to the Herald. Boston might not be far

Federal law enforcement and ICE agents have arrested over 500 undocumented migrants wanted for outstanding crimes in sanctuary cities, including some from New York.

An earthquake of 3.9 magnitude hit near York Harbor, Maine, felt in Massachusetts and other New England areas.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says her administration feels “very strongly that we’re on solid legal ground” in being a sanctuary city and is still reviewing a letter it received from Congress on getting called to testify on such policies.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, along with mayors from Denver, New York and Chicago, was called to testify before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee regarding sanctuary city

Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question.