Boston city inspectors found a series of safety violations in the neighborhood where a three-alarm fire last month left a college student in serious condition.

Boston’s Public Works Department now has an app to help clean up the city. The city has started a pilot program that gives 45 highway and waste removal inspectors smartphones loaded with a software program called City Worker, which is designed to alert them about trouble spots -- such as potholes or graffiti -- in their respective coverage zones. The app is an extension of one the city unveiled ...

Boston officials found cause for both optimism and concern as they combed through President Obama’s proposed $3.8 trillion federal budget. City officials said they were encouraged by the commitment shown to paying for schools and roads. They also praised an estimated 20 percent increase in grants to combat homelessness. They expressed concern about a proposed cut to heating assistance for low ...

A former Boston mayor who led the city for 16 years including racially turbulent times in the 1970s has died. Kevin H. White was 82.

Japan Airlines will fly the much-anticipated Boeing aircraft, which can fly long distances with less fuel than other planes its size, on its inaugural Boston-Tokyo flight April 22. The Japan Airlines flight, offered in partnership with American Airlines, is the first nonstop route between Boston and Asia.