Boston police have scheduled a termination hearing for a police officer suspended for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. The Boston Police Department announced a Jan. 6 hearing for Justin Barrett. The 36-year-old officer was placed on paid administrative ...

A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion. Officers later receive a text message from an anonymous tipster that leads them to a much different conclusion: the boy's 7-year-old ...

A $20,000 bottle of wine stolen from a Hopkinton, Mass., liquor store has been returned unopened. The bottle of 1945 Mouton Rothschild plus three other bottles of wine valued at $300 to $875 were stolen from Hopkinton Wine & Spirits last week. Store security video ...

A Boston police officer who was suspended for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. apologized for his comments and declared he is not a racist. Boston police put two-year officer Justin Barrett on administrative leave Tuesday, pending a ...