Boston-area drivers spend a lot of time in traffic. Now after a controversial traffic plan in New York City saw immediate results, the question is – could congestion pricing be just down the road? The average Boston driver wastes around 79 hours a year ...

Boston has notoriously bad traffic, but does it have to be that way? Economists, planners, transit advocates, and politicians in Massachusetts are closely monitoring what’s happening in New York, now that congestion pricing has gone into effect.

"We are not forced to participate in their actions just as they are not asked to carry out filling potholes and other things like that."

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says her administration feels “very strongly that we’re on solid legal ground” in being a sanctuary city and is still reviewing a letter it received from Congress on

Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question.

Federal law enforcement and ICE agents have arrested over 500 undocumented migrants wanted for outstanding crimes in sanctuary cities, including some from New York.

An earthquake of 3.9 magnitude hit near York Harbor, Maine, felt in Massachusetts and other New England areas.

In a statement, a city spokesperson said, “We are proud that Boston is the safest major city in the United States. We have received the letter and are reviewing it.”

When Hurricane Sandy struck New York City on Oct. 29, 2012, meteorologists determined that Boston had dodged a bullet because when the storm reached here, it had missed high tide by five and a half hours. The Boston Globe estimated that had Sandy hit the city at high tide, flooding would have engulfed almost seven percent of the city.

Boston is one of four cities, along with Chicago, New York City, and Denver, that “stand out in their abject failure to comply with federal laws,” the letter said. The Boston City Council last ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck near York Harbor, Maine, on Monday, approximately 7 miles south of the coastal area, according to the United States Geological Survey.