Michael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has died in a car crash in Los Angeles.

An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park grew into a blaze that led to the evacuations of 1,500 people, but nearly half were allowed to return as firefighters gained ground.

GROZNY, Russia — Ibragim Todashev, 27, was fatally shot last month in Florida while being questioned by the FBI in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings.

BOSTON — The fund is the second major investor in the project

BOSTON — Stacey Monahan appeared before a legislative panel Tuesday and pledged to continue recently implemented reforms and introduce new ones.

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. — Officers spent hours at the home Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered Monday.

BOSTON — Gomes hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, completing a doubleheader sweep.

BOSTON — Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, will present the medal to Mayor Thomas Menino on Sunday on Boston Common.

BOSTON — John Martorano today gave chilling details about murders he committed after they were ordered by Bulger and his partner, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi.

The director of the National Security Agency testified today that the government’s sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide.