Massachusetts

A 62-year-old man is fighting for his life after being stabbed Tuesday at his Cape Cod home, according to police. Officers in Barnstable, Massachusetts, responded to 911 calls reporting the stabbing on Old Stage Road shortly before 4 p.m. Police found the man had been stabbed multiple times. He was airlifted to a hospital in Rhode Island with life-...

Police in Needham, Massachusetts, are looking for a missing woman. The Needham Police Department said Tuesday it was searching for 62-year-old Linda Croteau in an effort to check her well-being. Croteau was last seen at her former home in Needham on April 29, police said. She was last heard from Friday, May 4. Her cellphone was last pinged at 8:18&...

Police are investigating an assault that occurred near a high school in East Boston on Tuesday morning. Boston police said they received a call around 10:48 a.m. for a report of a male subject who had been assaulted by two other males on White Street near East Boston High School. The ages of the victim and suspects were not released….

A motorist escaped serious injury when they crashed their vehicle into the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. Lowell police said they responded to a call shortly after 7:30 a.m. for a report of a motor vehicle crash on outer Pawtucket Boulevard, which runs along the north side of the river. The involved vehicle was locate...

A car crashed off an embankment at a shopping plaza in Westford, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, and its driver was hospitalized. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, near a Market Basket at the Cornerstone Square shopping plaza. Westford police say it appears to be a freak accident, and no arrests are expected. The driver, who has n...

The Sumner Tunnel in Boston will be closed for one month this summer, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said Tuesday. The tunnel will close on July 5 and will reopen on Aug. 5, officials said, a month earlier than originally planned. There will be more weekend closures both before and after the month-long project, MassDOT said. The clo...

Massachusetts Senate Democrats rolled out a $57.9 billion budget bill Tuesday that aligns with their House counterparts in many ways, but also stretches to propose a pair of novel ideas: free community college and regional transit authority trips. The Senate Ways and Means Committee spending plan for fiscal year 2025 would cover another y...

The National Weather Service is warning of severe thunderstorms expected to hit the Ohio Valley Tuesday. These storms are most likely to impact Indiana, western and central Ohio and northern Kentucky, including major cities like Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus and Indianapolis. Residents should be prepared for the possibility of large hail, damagi...

A man died after being stabbed outside of an apartment complex in Leominster, Massachusetts, the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. The stabbing occurred at about 1 a.m. outside the Riverside Village Apartment complex on State Street, according to the district attorney’s office. The 20-year-old man, identified by ...

College campuses in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are at odds as student protesters ramp up their demonstrations. School officials at Harvard University and MIT have threatened to take action against those involved in pro-Palestinian protests. MIT said Tuesday afternoon that it had begun suspending students. “As a consequence of events that have ...

The crime scene and Canton police were the focus of testimony in the Karen Read murder trial on Tuesday, with three officers taking the stand. Sgt. Sean Goode completed his testimony before Lt. Michael Lank and Lt. Charles Ray were brought into Norfolk Superior Court. The defense hammered away at the relationship between the parties involved in the...

Everyone’s saying to enjoy the sunshine and warmth Tuesday before it vanishes, but I suggest you remember Tuesday (and Monday for that matter), to remind yourself that it can get this warm this time of year if we’re in the right setup. Of course, that’s not our setup going forward. The pattern turns wetter and cooler starting Wedn...

The Newton, Massachusetts, home that Ariel Dowling and husband Aron Levin purchased a couple of years ago had many of the characteristics they were looking for during their search, including a community feel and walkability to shops, restaurants and their kids’ elementary school. But at 100 years old, the house was in need of some updating to make ...