With early voting set to begin later this month in Boston’s mayoral election, Senator Elizabeth Warren is lending her political clout to Mayor Michelle Wu, who remains the clear front-runner in a race that has drawn sharp contrasts between the incumbent and her challengers.

A series of fundraising emails from Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft spurred allegations of campaign finance violations. But his campaign says the complaints are "bogus."

At present, it remains unclear as to whether there will be a WNBA team in the City of Boston after news that the Connecticut Sun have not been sold to the group led by former Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca.