A woman reported falling off her bike and hitting her head at 580 Commonwealth Ave. at 6:11 a.m. Jan 5. The woman was taken to Boston Medical Center.

18 Boston Medical Center doctors were named to the Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. America's Top Doctors list for 2008, but the success comes at a difficult time financially after December's budget cuts.

Despite the crowd's cries for peace, the pro-Israel rally in Copley Square Wednesday night was anything but peaceful. Around 1,500 protesters gathered in support of Israel's attack on Gaza, while about 50 pro-Palestine advocates counter-protested. Boston Police Department officers were forced to separate the two groups at the end of the rally as tension escalated.

After attending fallen Boston Fire Lieutenant Kevin Kelley's funeral Wednesday, Boston City Councilors addressed the need for revision of out-of-date fire department equipment and crumbling school infrastructure.

Tough decisions face Boston leadership as a $140 million budget shortfall gapes in 2009, Mayor Thomas Menino said last night.

The next time students hail a cab after a late night of partying, the Boston Police Department recommends taking a long look at that car before getting in, or they 'could be in for a bad ride.'

The city was emptied of college students over winter break, but Boston was anything but quiet with the election of its first Jewish City Council president, Boston Medical Center layoff announcements and a ban on tobacco sales on college campuses.

After a controversial call for privatization of the nation's oldest public park received a negative backlash, City Council has abandoned its idea for a private conservancy for the Boston Common.

City Councilor Michael Ross vowed to make City Council more open to the public and take immediate action to counteract the financial crises facing Boston residents after council members unanimously voted him City Council president on Monday.

The Boston Public Health Commission unanimously approved the Tobacco Regulation Amendment Thursday, which will ban tobacco sales on college campuses and shut down cigar and hookah bars.

Bribery, lies and corruption have plagued Beacon Hill this semester: after Boston City Councilor and a state senator were accused and arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly accepting bribes for liquor licenses.

Supposed flaws in Boston's 15-year-old emergency response system prompted city councilors and representatives from the city's emergency units to update and alter current emergency procedures.