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Four children are now in the custody of the Department of Children and Families after first responders rushed to a South Boston apartment last Saturday and found a person deceased on the floor from unknown causes, officials said Thursday.

Public housing has its own issues and always has. While it’s nice to have a roof over your head, very often the people who need it most are also the ones who are victimized the most when they ge...

Police have discovered four children at a filthy apartment in South Boston filled with drugs, sex toys, and men dressed in drag, the Boston Herald reports.

“I filed this hearing order to address what happened at the (Boston Housing Authority) Saturday,” Boston City Councilor-At-Large Erin Murphy told the Herald in a Tuesday text message. “It will come up at the June 28 meeting but I formally filed it with (the) clerk today.”

Four children who were found in a disturbing South Boston apartment alongside a dead man over the weekend have been taken into state custody as officials investigate why they were in the presence of alcohol, drugs, and sex toys, Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday

Four children living in squalid conditions while being hidden from first responders were found in a Southie apartment filled with "alcohol, drugs, sex toys" and a dead man, according to an incident report and outraged officials.

How salacious can a story get? A sex party? Check. A group of transgender men cosplaying women? Check. Sex toys strewn around? Check. Drugs? Check. A dead body? Check....

Progressive Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is engaged in a fight with her city council over its proposed 2024 operating budget, which included substantial cuts to the city's police and veteran services departments.

Boston does spend too much on police overtime. But the way to tackle that overspending is through renegotiating union contracts, not a $31 million budget cut that the councilors know full well the city can’t follow through on.

The City Council passed the budget proposal with a 7-5 vote Wednesday, approving roughly $52.9 million in amendments.