Authorities recently identified the victim of a decades-old murder in Boston Harbor using advanced genetic services.

The victim of a 1991 homicide has been identified as Toussaint Gonsalves using investigative genetic genealogy, police said.

A 43-year-old Milton woman was found in her car with several gunshot wounds Thursday morning, Milton police said.

A registered Level 2 sex offender is facing a new charge after allegedly grabbing a female victim on Tremont Street near Downtown Crossing and Boston Common, officials said. Dorchester man Kenneth ...

Kenneth Osborne, 65, of Dorchester is being charged with indecent assault and battery on a person over 14. Osborne was ...

During a traffic stop in East Boston on Wednesday, a Saugus man was arrested for possessing a firearm and bags of marijuana. 23-year-old William Henderson was pulled over for failing to signal at the ...

Dozens of people rallied at the State House in support of the Safe Communities Act, which would further limit police ...

Three decades ago, the body of an unknown man with a stab wound was found in Boston Harbor. Genetic genealogy helped police ...

The man, Toussaint Gonsalves, 21, was found stabbed to death on Dec. 4, 1991, in the harbor near Thompson Island, police said in a statement.

Police responded to reports of a shooting on Belvoir Road at approximately 7:45 a.m., causing the Tucker Elementary School to briefly go on lockdown.

Tom Kinton, an aviation expert and former head of Massport, described the unique challenges an airport on the water poses to ...

A Massachusetts man was charged after police said he tried to rob a woman, which led to her husband and the suspect both ...