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The embattled CEO of Steward Health Care is stepping down from the company, his spokesperson confirmed Saturday. Dr. Ralph de la Torre is a former heart surgeon who climbed the career ladder to become founder and CEO of the now struggling for-profit health care company. He has overseen a network of some 30 hospitals around the country, but the Texa...

Attorney General John M. Formella says 23-year-old Joshua Lanchester is facing one count of second degree murder for recklessly causing the death of 76-year-old Cynthia Lanchester with a hammer

No major weather issues are expected during the 48 hour period which is great news if you have any outdoor plans but a light jacket or sweatshirt should be kept close by.

52-year-old Gary Bon of Roxbury was arrested for armed assault to murder, firearm use in a felony, discharging a firearm within 500 Feet of a building and other charges.

How do the new-look Knicks stack up with the Celtics after acquiring Karl-Anthony Towns? Chris Forsberg shares his take on the blockbuster trade.

Boston Police say they responded to the area of 5 Greenheys Street at around 9:42 p.m. for a report of an armed robbery.

The declaration makes federal funding available to help communities and individuals in Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans counties recover from damages from the July 29-31 storm.

Delgado-Garcia died two weeks ago after sustaining serious injuries during a boxing training exercise at the Mass. State Police Academy in New Braintree.

Today, some patchy fog is possible early in the Greater Boston area. Otherwise, we’ll see partly sunny skies.

Brockton School Police say they arrested 21-year-old Markenson Beuge, in Easton in connection to the assault.

A 12-year-old girl was hit by a vehicle and seriously injured while walking to school Friday morning in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Mayor Joshua Garcia said on Facebook that the sixth-grader was hit on Main Street on her way to STEM school at William J. Dean Technical High School. The girl suffered serious injuries, but is expected to survive. Authorit...

Lead paint chips are continuing to fall from the Tobin Bridge, which spans the Mystic River between Boston and Chelsea. But the yearslong project to fix it is so loud, the state is giving out white noise machines. The noise comes from dust collectors, part of a repainting job that began last year after residents complained of the hazardous paint&#8...

It’s not yet public information whether any of Massachusetts’ four human EEE infections reported this year have resulted in the person dying, under DPH policy.