Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested in Florida after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of extorting $50,000 from a cannabis company seeking to open in Massachusetts. He was ...

A team of locals researchers say the cooling ocean breeze at Logan Airport — where the sensors that determine heat warnings ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins, a ubiquitous, glad-handing Democrat in Boston political circles, was arrested by ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has been charged with extortion for his alleged dealings with a Boston-based cannabis ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins in 2016. He was taken into custody Friday morning in Florida for a scheduled court ...

More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild have signed the union's open letter decrying the Trump administration's "recent ...

The former postmaster for the Seekonk Post Office pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing more than $19,000 from the government.

Incumbent Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is dominating in polls, while Josh Kraft has a tough climb ahead.

The Massachusetts man convicted of tampering with an emergency door on a cross-country flight before attempting to stab an attendant will soon be released from prison, according to prosecutors.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says it’ll be months before the city has an updated cost estimate for White Stadium. In a wide-ranging interview with WBUR’s Morning Edition this week, Wu also ...

Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral primary victory in New York follows wins by other big-city progressives. Are voters more open to backing progressive stances?