Violence on Boston Common is rising, say residents 02:32. With many calling Boston Common "a disaster" because of crime and drug use, the city is looking to amp up its efforts to revitalize the ...

BOSTON — More than 500 researchers, physicians, and students rallied at Boston Common on Friday to protest President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut federal funding for scientific research, lay ...

Olmsted Village represents the final phase of a long-term project to develop the last 10 acres of the former Boston State Hospital site. The concept was proposed by housing developers 2Life ...

Growing up in Lynn, Massachusetts, RoAnn Costin AB ’74 and her siblings made frequent visits to nearby Lynn Woods with their father, Thomas P. Costin Jr., who would regale them with tales of pirate ...

Protesters clash over abortion in Boston Common leading to 9 arrests 02:37. BOSTON - Protesters on opposing sides of the abortion debate clashed on Boston Common leading to nine arrests.. Opposing ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — The Purple Heart recognizes those members of the military who have been injured or killed in combat. The medal as we know it goes back to the 1930's.

STAY. Fairmont Copley Plaza. Across Copley Plaza from the Boston Public Library library is the Fairmont. Opened in 1912, the grandeur of the era is still visible throughout, with high ceilings ...

The bear cages continued to draw big crowds in the years that followed. At the time, the zoo was free and had no boundary fences separating it from the rest of the park, so it’s hard to know ...

Local coalition is working to improve Franklin Park ...

Upon Olmsted's retirement in the late 1800s, his sons — John Charles and Frederick Law Jr. — continued in the vein of their father with the family firm, designing parks and properties as ...

BOSTON — The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial statue "The Embrace" was unveiled Friday on Boston Common in a ceremony involving music, dignitaries and members of the civil rights leader's family.