With plans for a casino in Foxborough abandoned, the next public debate falls to Suffolk Downs, the 75-year old race track in East Boston.

Four people, including a husband and wife, are facing charges that they ran a “sophisticated human trafficking operation” in the Boston area, the attorney general’s office announced today. Rafael Henriquez, 39, and his wife, Ramona Carpio Hernandez, 50, both of East Boston, were indicted by a special statewide grand jury Thursday on charges that included trafficking in persons for sexual ...

A 20-year-old Revere man pleaded not guilty today in the slaying of a 50-year-old East Boston man last week. Cristian Santa, who is charged in the stabbing death of John Barrientos, was ordered held without bail after his arraignment in East Boston Municipal Court before Judge Robert Ronquillo. Prosecutor Ursula Knight said that Santa and Barrientos were drinking early Friday morning in the ...

Two bloody fingerprints found in the basement of an East Boston home where a 50-year-old man was murdered were matched to Cristian Santa, a 20-year-old Revere man with no prior criminal history, prosecutors said Monday at Santa’s arraignment on murder charges.

Homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of a dead man in East Boston early Friday.

Greg Cote of The Miami Herald: This series was never about the easy storylines and ancillary noise. It wasn’t about what team was tougher or which was “soft.” Was never about who was flopping or who was more physical. Wasn’t even about the flagrant fouls, suspensions, trash talking or dripping blood. Peel away all that static and distill to the essence and this Heat-Pacers second-round playoff ...

Plans to bring a $1 billion resort-style casino to the New England Patriots' hometown have been suspended, Las Vegas casino developer Steve Wynn and the team's owner said Tuesday.

Backers of a casino project near Foxboro Stadium in the Boston area have abandoned their plans, handing the lead for the sole casino license for the area to a partnership that includes Suffolk Downs in East Boston.

One day after voters elected two anti-casino members to Foxborough’s board of selectmen, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and casino developer Steve Wynn announced today they are suspending plans to build a destination casino on land Kraft owns in Foxborough.

Four people, including a husband and wife, are facing charges they ran a human trafficking operation in the Boston...