A person was shot in the back and left side shortly after 7:20 p.m. at 73 Ridgewood St., off Draper Street in Dorchester. Read more.

Watertown News reports on Chief Justin Hanrahan's comments at a Martin Luther King Day breakfast yesterday.

Boston Police report officers arrested a 15-year-old they say was in possession of "a Glock 43 with an extended magazine containing eight 9mm rounds" after they first stopped his driver, also 15, for ...

The MBTA reports scads of problems on commuter-rail lines into South Station this morning due to trains with "mechanical issues," and switches with unspecified issues.