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  • Woman 2 kids taken to Boston hospitals

    JENNIFER JOINS US LIVE. SHE'S IN SEABROOK WITH THE VERY LATEST. JEN, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? WELL, THIS IS JUST EVOLVING. A MOTHER AND HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN ARE HOSPITALIZED AND THAT SEABROOK POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY CAN'T COMMENT YET. LAST NIGHT AT ABOUT 7:00, THEY RESPONDED TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT 15 STREW ROAD. -- TRUE ROAD. THE WOMAN AND HER TWO CHILDREN WERE ...

  • Man lured girl on Facebook pleads not guilty in murder

    A man accused of using a phony Facebook profile to lure a 15-year-old girl to her death pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and kidnapping ...

  • Menino pushes to limit use of food stamps to buy soda

    Boston mayor Tom Menino and the mayors of New York, Los Angeles and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary ...

  • Upcoming events in Boston local food

    Is lack of access to capital a real problem for triple-bottom-line food businesses? There are more types of capital than ever before. Come hear about them with Elizabeth U ...

  • Physicians group labels obesity a disease

    The American Medical Association adopts a new policy on obesity The change diagnoses nearly one-third of Americas with a medical condition AMA decision could increase funding for future research, doctor ...


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Movie Review

M [DVD]

M [DVD]

Fritz Langs M is one of the great film thrillers, a seminal exercise in combining suspense and social commentary. Its influence on world cinema is so far-ranging that its mind-numbing to try to trace it all. Suffice it to say that M is a prototypical masterpiece, po ... ...

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  • Pizzo Bruins draw confidence from faceoff dominance

    Patrice Bergeron, left, of the Bruins has earned plaudits throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs for his ability to win faceoffs. (Paul Bereswill/Getty ...

  • New England Patriots Aaron Hernandezs $1.3M home searched for hours in possible homicide probe

    In this Dec. 10, 2012 file photo, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez (81) holds his helmet as he steps onto the field before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. State and local police spent hours at the home of Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away ...

  • Mass. insurance settlement raised to $5.25M

    BOSTON - A company authorities say used deceptive practices to sell supplemental health insurance to veterans and other Massachusetts residents will now pay more than $5 million to settle case.Attorney General Martha Coakley said Tuesday that the new $5.25 million settlement is an increase of $1.5 million over an earlier agreement reached between Coakley's office and Life Insurance Company ...

  • Watch now Howie Joe 
weigh in on 
debate trial

    With less than a week until voters head to the polls for the special election for the open U.S. ?Senate seat, Democrat ?U.S. Rep. Edward J. Mar­?key and Republican rival Gab­riel E. Gomez met ?last night in a feisty final debate.Who scored and who was off base?Hear what Howie Carr and Joe Battenfeld have to say about the candidates’ performance on today’s weekly "High ...

  • Fall River man arrested in fatal hit and run in Somerset

    Police have arrested a Fall River man in connection with a hit and run Friday in Somerset that killed a 65-year-old man who was crossing the street in his electric wheelchair, Somerset police said today. Police arrested Richard Reis, 35, this morning after his wife responded to a reverse 911 call and told police that Reis's father owned a car matching the description of the one that struck ...

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