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Is Boston really America’s safest major city? Wu says yes. But the numbers aren’t so clear.
The type of data, timeframes and what cities you're comparing Boston against can lead to different conclusions. -
State's highest court weighs whether alleged brothel clients can have closed hearings
Justices on the Supreme Judicial Court are deciding whether hearings for 28 men accused of paying for sex at a brothel network with locations in Cambridge and Watertown should play out in public. -
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face a military court-martial, Air Force says
Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty in March to federal criminal charges for leaking highly classified military documents, will now face a military court-martial. -
Advocates urge state to set aside money for victims of crime
Local advocacy organizations who support survivors of domestic violence worry about the impacts of federal cuts. -
13 Mass. municipalities and 1 university use ShotSpotter. Critics wonder: Is it worth it?
Elected officials and the public are at odds about the effectiveness and reliability of the system that uses groups of sensors placed in communities as a public safety tool. -
Men arrested for burglaries targeting South Asians could face hate crime charges
Four men were arrested Friday in connection to 43 burglaries and break-ins. -
Boston Police crime lab answers for poor rape kit turnaround times, absentee director
Annual report by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security found that half the kits were not tested within a mandated 30-day window -
Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber's case
The ruling keeps intact Tsarnaev's death sentence for now. -
Troopers charged with accepting bribes to fake commercial driver's license test results
The 74-count federal indictment names two current and two former state troopers, plus two civilians. -
Mass high court bans 'life without parole' for people under 21, a first in the nation
Judges cited the still-developing “brains of emerging adults” in their ruling Thursday.
