Boston City Councilor-At-Large Sam Yoon joined the race for mayor Sunday afternoon.' Yoon told the Boston Phoenix Sunday he was running, but he will make the official announcement in the next few weeks.

The artist responsible for the popular 'Hope' posters of President Barack Obama may also be responsible for illegal graffiti on the Boston University Bridge, according to Boston Police Department officials.

Instead of heading to church to hear a sermon on Sundays, the Ethical Society of Boston uses the day of rest to pursue a way to create a more humane society in the world, sans religion.

There is not much hope for a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, Israeli journalist and author Gershom Gorenberg told about 135 people at the Ohabei Shalom Temple in Brookline on Sunday night.

Though there were plenty of skirts and heels in the parade that wound through the streets of Cambridge Thursday afternoon, Ren'eacute;e Zellweger, honored as the Hasty Pudding Theatricals' Woman of the Year, was the only actual lady of the bunch.

The message of change exalted by President Barack Obama can benefit foreign as well as domestic relations, former Japanese ambassador Akio Kawato said Thursday.

United Nations peacekeeping officials informed about 100 attendees of the new challenges the U.N. faces due to shifting world political landscape, and proposed solutions to overcome these difficulties at the Harvard Kennedy School Thursday night.

Security at Shelton Hall reported to police that a resident witnessed someone punching a vending machine and breaking the glass at 2:37 a.m. Jan. 26.

Helen Fisher knew that people are attracted to each other based on looks and' similarities in education, religious and social values. What she wanted to know was why.

The passage of a law decriminalizing marijuana possession of an ounce or less is no reason for college students to abandon common sense, panelists at Northeastern University said Wednesday.

Those planning to celebrate Black History Month have a lot to commemorate since the historic election of President Barack Obama, 'New York Times' best-selling author Omar Tyree said at Suffolk University Tuesday.

The endless lakes of semi-frozen slush between sidewalks are an unfortunate part of winter life in New England, but some Allston-Brighton residents said the slush this year has become unbearable due to less-than-thorough snowplows.