News on Boston

Obit Shah of Irans Son

2011-01-04T15:02:01Z

A Boston Police Officer walks up the front steps of the South End home of Alireza Pahlavi as a woman walks past in Boston, late Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 4, 2011. Pahlavi, the youngest son of the late shah of Iran, was found dead Tuesday of an apparent suicide at his home in Boston, after he had "struggled for years to overcome his sorrow," his brother s...

Cancer Blood Test

2011-01-07T13:00:33Z

A researcher works near a blood test machine recently developed which is so sensitive it can spot a singe cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones during a media availability in Boston, Monday afternoon, Jan. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

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Trolley Crash

2010-12-29T12:31:42Z

Aiden Quinn, a former Boston subway driver who authorities say was texting his girlfriend just before his trolley slammed into the rear of another one, injuring more than 60 people, stands in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, Mass., on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. Quinn changed his plea Wednesday to guilty. He had previously pl...

Winter Weather

2010-12-27T14:00:21Z

Children on a toboggan get ready to slide down a hill on Boston Common in Boston, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. A powerful East Coast blizzard marooned thousands of would-be air, rail and road travelers Monday, shutting down major airports and rail lines for a second day, stranding buses on buried highways, and forcing New York City su...

Indiana Boston College Basketball

2010-12-01T19:01:07Z

Boston College's Danny Rubin, right, and Indiana's Verdell Jones III struggle for a loose ball during the first half of an NCAA