Boston officials are encouraging people to visit Chinatown after restaurants there reported a decline in business amid fears over the coronavirus.   As part of the efforts, City Councilors Michelle Wu and Ed Flynn were set to hold a dim sum brunch at the China Pearl restaurant starting at 10 a.m. Saturday. “I’ve heard from business owner after business...

Some 85,000 artifacts that tell the story of the Chinese migration to the United States may have been lost in a fire that struck a building in the heart of Manhattan’s Chinatown, a museum official said Friday. The president of the Museum of Chinese in America told The New York Times that most of the thousands of historic and artistic items...

Nearly a dozen people were hurt, most of them firefighters with minor injuries, after raging flames broke out at a historic building in Chinatown that has been home to a senior center and other nonprofits for decades. Flames could be seen shooting out of the fourth and fifth floor windows of the New York City-owned building at 70 Mulberry St….

One person was stabbed in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood overnight, according to police.

Robert Evans, the protean, fast-living Hollywood producer and former Paramount Pictures production chief who backed such seminal 1970s films as “Chinatown,” ”The Godfather” and “Harold and Maude,” has died. He was 89. Evans publicist, Monique Moss, confirmed that Evans died on Saturday. No other details Monday were immediately available.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder for beating four sleeping homeless men to death with a metal pipe in Manhattan, prosecutors say.

This is the first of six weekends that part of the Orange Line will be shut down for repairs, and commuters aren’t thrilled.

If you use the MBTA’s Orange Line on weekends, plan on disruptions at certain stations until mid-November.

A homeless man was taken into custody after four other sleeping homeless men were beaten to death with a metal pipe overnight in Chinatown, authorities said.

Various parts of New England are under a heat advisory or warning this weekend as scorching temps are expected to soar to about 90 degrees, sending the heat index value at 100.

Much of southern New England is under an excessive heat warning this weekend as temperatures are expected to soar above 90 degrees, sending the heat index value as high as 100. As of 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Boston EMS has responded to over 700 incidents, with nine people transported due to heat-related illnesses since Friday.

Mayor Marty Walsh says city archaeologist Joe Bagley has launched the first historical excavations in Boston’s Chinatown. Bagley says he expects the dig to turn up artifacts that will shed new light on immigrants not only from China but also Syria, Ireland and England who sought a new life in Boston from 1840 to 1980. Work began Monday at a...

Mayor Marty Walsh says city archaeologist Joe Bagley has launched the first historical excavations in Boston’s Chinatown. Bagley says he expects the dig to turn up artifacts that will shed new light on immigrants not only from China but also Syria, Ireland and England who sought a new life in Boston from 1840 to 1980. Work began Monday at a...

Olivia Munn talks about how her extended family visits to wherever she’s filming and how her mom always wants to see the local Chinatown.

Two women were arrested Monday for human trafficking charges after the Boston Police Department investigated the case along with the FBI. Authorities said the investigation led officials to Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood, where human trafficking crimes were allegedly taking place.

by Marc Hurwitz

A new Cinemax series inspired by iconic martial artist and actor Bruce Lee will soon be making its debut on a television near you. “Warrior,” which showrunners says has been nearly 50 years in the making, follows Chinese martial arts prodigy Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji from “Fast & Furious 6”) after he emigrates to 1870s San Francisco in search of...

A Taiwan-based chain that claims to be “one of the most recognized bubble tea brands around the world” has opened a fourth Boston-area location.

A pedestrian was struck Thursday morning after a vehicle crashed into a building in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood, according to police. The incident was reported at about before 11 a.m. on Washington Street. Police say the pedestrian was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.