Shan Wang

Baltazar A. Zavala ’11 & Melanie Johns

Texas natives Baltazar “Zar” A. Zavala ’11 and Melanie Johns first became friends in gym class during their freshman year ...

Doing Good With Lots o' Dough

Doing good is going to get a whole lot easier for the Phillips Brooks House Association. The omnipresent Harvard non-profit got a mid-finals period pick-me-up when it won $25,000 in the Chase Community Giving competition for being voted into the top 100 charities in the United States.

Red Line Train Derails

A derailed Red Line train near the Alewife Station interrupted T service around 4:00 p.m. Tuesday.

Coakley, Brown Win Nominations To Run For Senate

Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley—a former Middlesex County district attorney—won the Democratic primary yesterday in the special elections to fill the United States Senate seat vacated after the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56.

New Exhibit Celebrates Retro Designs

The 48 Brattle St. storefront, former home of Design Research, will light up the Square with bold frocks, patterned cushions, quirky furniture, and floor-to-ceiling tapestries.

Patient Stabs HMS Doctor

Jay Carciero, 37, was shot and killed by an off-duty security guard at a clinic located a few blocks away ...

City Sees Jobless Numbers Increase

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose to 9.3 percent for the month of September, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor ...

Tavern to Open in Former Z Square

The 14 JFK St. space that previously housed Z Square has remained conspicuously empty for more than eight months since ...

Capuano Seeks Kennedy Senate Seat

Mass. Congressman Michael E. Capuano formally announced his bid for the vacant Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy

Fro-Yo Stores Crowd Boston

With the grand opening of BoYo (“Bo”ston “Yo”gurt) in May, a third Berryline location flourishing in Fenway, and South Korean

Bloco Afrobrazil plays onstage during Bastille Day celebrations in the Square on Sunday.