In Boston, one of the biggest political issues of 2025 is one that affects every single resident: housing. Like the rest of the state and beyond, the city is doing its best to lower high housing costs and create more housing supply.

The approximately $450 million development project at 75 Morrissey Blvd. will create 754 new apartments in the neighborhood, according to planning documents filed with the city. The Boston Planning and Development Agency Board approved the proposal at its monthly meeting last week.

Boston sits one game behind New York for the top wild-card spot and trails the Blue Jays by six games for the division. The Red Sox need a momentum swing after three straight losses to sub-.500 teams in the Miami Marlins and the New York Yankees.

A Boston police radio failure has city lawmakers and police at odds over its role in a violent spree of shootings and stabbings that hurt five people in just three hours on Sunday night.

Star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown is back on a basketball court for the first time (that we know of, anyway) since getting knee surgery this offseason. And by most accounts, the Georgia native has been looking much more like his former, springy, athletic self while he has been putting in the work ahead of the NBA's 2025-26 regular season.

Chisholm's first order of business as new owner was to extend head coach Joe Mazzulla, signing him to a multi-year contract. Mazzulla has been somewhat of a polarizing figure in Beantown. He was heavily criticized for the Celtics' playoff flameout in 2023, but was largely revered for leading the team to a title the following season.

"As Frederick Douglass said, 'Power concedes nothing without a demand,'" Dr. Noelle Trent, the CEO of the Museum of African American History, said. "We will not be erased."

ICE arrests several illegal immigrants in Massachusetts communities including Boston area on charges involving rape and sexual assault of minors

City councilors Ed Flynn and Erin J. Murphy said the department’s "main radio channel failed for nearly 30 minutes" during a spate of violence near Franklin Park.

Labor Day weekend is coming up fast, and Boston is expected to be one of the most popular travel destinations this year.