Boston can brag about being among the safest big US cities, but drug-dealing, shoplifting, and petty crime continue to plague the Boston Common and Downtown Crossing area.

The State Police detective captain who pocketed an eye-popping $584,072 in pay last year amassed record overtime using 27 different reasons — including bonus hours on days he called in sick, ...

Speaking at CPAC on Saturday, border czar Tom Homan warned the city's Police Commissioner Michael Cox that he's "coming to ...