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A second Boston-based billionaire is facing a criminal charge after a multi-agency investigation into human trafficking at massage parlors in Florida. John W. Childs, the 77-year-old Massachusetts billionaire who founded a Waltham-based private equity firm, is facing a charge of solicitation of prostitution after a wide-ranging investigation across several counties, Vero Beach police said. Childs’ firm, J.W. Childs Associates, is...

The fan who hit Boston Red Sox left fielder Alex Verdugo with a baseball thrown out of the Yankee Stadium stands has been banned for life from attending big league games

Rescue teams have recovered a woman’s body from the Boston Harbor following an early morning boat crash, authorities confirmed.

The nearly 200-lot sale hosted by Boston-based RR Auction includes a gold medal won by the 1984 U.S. men’s basketball team and several Olympic torches, including one used during last year’s torch relay before it was shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Beam Suntory and Sam Adams brewer Boston Beer are joining forces through a new partnership that will bring the iconic brands into new categories.

With temperatures set to peak on Monday, Mayor Kim Janey has declared a heat emergency in the city.

A suburban Boston police officer who became a national hero in 2013 when he tackled one of the Boston Marathon bombers retired from the only job he says he ever wanted. Watertown police Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese retired on Monday after more than 41 years on the force. He wanted to keep working, but had reached the state’s mandatory police retirement…

Unvaccinated people appear more comfortable traveling — and to more densely-populated places — than vaccinated people, according to data from Zeta Global.

A technical outage affected airports across the country Friday morning, though American Airlines announced the issue had been resolved. “Earlier today, Sabre had a technical issue that impacted multiple carriers, including American. This technical issue has been resolved. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience,” the statement said. It remains unclear why Sabre’s computer check-in and boarding system...

NBCUniversal, the parent company of CNBC, could explore selling its sports networks. And if it does, team owners could look to purchase the assets.

The Celtics could miss the NBA’s postseason, costing corporate sponsor Vistaprint increased brand exposure for its $10 to $15 million jersey patch.

Love letters that John F. Kennedy wrote to a Swedish paramour a few years after he married Jacqueline Bouvier are going up for auction. “You are wonderful and I miss you,” Kennedy scribbled at the end of a February 1956 letter to aristocrat Gunilla von Post.

A sharp-eyed music store employee in Boston helped return a flute worth thousands of dollars to the person who’d lost it in a taxi in 2012, police said.

President Joe Biden pledged to halve U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The administration’s climate agenda could be a tailwind for ESG investors.

Boston start-up Regent is developing an “electric seaglider” that can fly at 180 miles per hour. Caffeinated Capital and Mark Cuban are among early investors.

Mayor Kim Janey is baffled that a former Boston police officer and union chief who is charged with molesting multiple children reportedly first faced child abuse allegations back in the mid-1990s.

The former head of advanced research at a Boston-area biotechnology company told investigators he was inspired by the television show “Breaking Bad” when he tried to obtain the powerful poison ricin, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Ishtiaq Ali Saaem, 37, who currently lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Boston to obstruction of justice for lying to…

Families who sold their homes to travel the world share how much it costs to live full time on a yacht.