Massachusetts

We’ll see some sunshine through the first half before the clouds take command in the afternoon.

A Massachusetts man who has worked as a school bus driver in several towns is accused of raping a child. Derek Thistle, a 32-year-old Marlborough resident, appeared in Middlesex Superior Court Friday to face a slew of charges. Thistle was arraigned on charges of forcible rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, indecent assault and battery on a...

As police investigate allegations that a student threatened to shoot up a school in Milton, Massachusetts, a parent is questioning administrators’ handling of the situation. A woman whose daughter attends Fontbonne Academy, an all-girl Catholic prep school, tells NBC10 Boston she does not think the school took the threat seriously enough. The...

5/4/24 UPDATE: Police say a 20-year-old man has died from his injuries; the second victim remains in critical condition at a local hospital. At least two men are fighting for their lives after being stabbed during a fight at the Town Common in the Whitinsville section of Northbridge, Massachusetts, state police say. Sky ranger capturing the scene a...

Boston City Council is looking to help homeowners along private roadways afford repairs. Many of the city’s streets have fallen into disrepair as locals grapple with the costs associated with repaving. District 5 City Councilor Enrique Pepen called for a hearing on the issue and says it’s critical to ease the strain on these constituent...

One person was taken to the hospital after a stabbing in East Boston on Friday afternoon. Investigators swarmed a Brandywyne Drive apartment community Friday after a call came in that a resident had been stabbed. The resident, a deaf woman, was brought to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. “I never would have thought ...

A pair of opposing protests took place Friday on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, amid continued turmoil over the ongoing war in Gaza. A rally in support of Israeli and Jewish MIT students was set up across the street from an anti-war encampment that’s been up for over a week, and which the university’s president has sought t...

Authorities have identified three people who died in a murder-suicide at an apartment in Lowell, Massachusetts in April.

State officials have launched an incident command system as they brace for potential health care service disruptions in eastern Massachusetts, escalating their efforts to protect patient safety and access amid the financial turmoil at Steward Health Care. The system, activated through an emergency operations plan, will enable better coordinati...

Cloudy skies are close again for another day, leaving drab but dry conditions. With the lack of sun, and a dominant east wind, it’s a cool day — again. We’ve been here many a time before. The afternoon promises some — not a lot — of sun. High temperatures are in the mid-50s in the city, to 60s away from…

A Boston man bought more than $10 million worth of gold and silver bars in a tax-avoidance scheme involving his plumbing and heating business, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Claudio Poles, a 78-year-old from Dorchester who co-owns the Mattapan business, was charged Tuesday with four counts of filing false tax returns, according to the U.S. Attor...

A funeral service was held Friday for a Billerica, Massachusetts, police officer who was killed in a construction accident last week. The funeral service honored Sgt. Ian Taylor at the St. Patrick Church on South Broadway in Lawrence. Hundreds were in attendance. Taylor was killed Friday when he was hit by an excavator that was moving equipment at ...

The Karen Read murder trial left the courtroom on Friday after a week of intense testimony. Jurors wrapped up the week by visiting the scene of the crime where Read’s boyfriend, Boston police Officer John O’Keefe, was found dead. The jury trip included a stop at the Fairview Road home in Canton, Massachusetts, where O’Keefe was fo...