Boston City Councilors said they need to remain involved in national issues to further the interests of Boston residents Wednesday at their weekly meeting.

A panel of Boston University, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors agreed that the majority of today's Americans think the U.S. should sympathize with both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict equally.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority spent an unnecessary $15.4 million in cost overruns on the CharlieCard, an automated fare collection system, between Oct. 1, 2001 and April 30, 2008, according to an audit by Office of Massachusetts State Auditor Joe DeNucci.

Officers responded to a call about a vandalism in progress at the corner of Spurr and North Harvard streets at 7:50 a.m. Feb. 25. The caller reported seeing a man chasing a car holding a baseball bat.

In a letter to Harvard University President Drew Faust on Thursday, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino called the university's decision to slow Allston construction a 'grave disappointment,' demanding that Harvard meet with city officials within the next two weeks and justify its plan of action.

Whether or not the grass really is greener on the other side (of the country), traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast for spring break is looking up for student vacationers.

Boston University's improvisational comedy troupe Liquid Fun had the chance to win a 'big plastic trophy' as they competed in the 5th Annual Comedy Beanpot Thursday night.

Income generation in Massachusetts took center stage at Wednesday's City Council meeting, when councilors stressed the importance of Boston's role as a state leader in budget gap closure.

Emerson College adopted a medical amnesty policy last week, joining about 90 colleges nationwide, including Harvard University, Northeastern University and University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

A homemade pink banner flapped in the wind Monday evening, hung in an act of rebellion on the empty Citgo gas station near Harvard and Massachusetts avenues in Allston.

Despite the death of a Jamaica Plain teenager from the flu earlier this month, this year's flu season does not pose an unusually high threat to healthy students, Department of Public Health officials said.

An ancient Amazonian civilization situated where people have long searched for the famed lost city of El Dorado had man-made features that some archeologists think rivaled the complexity of the pyramids of ancient Egypt, The New Yorker magazine writer David Grann told more than 100 people at the Museum of Science on Wednesday.