Massachusetts

A suspect armed with a gun broke into a home in Dracut, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning and then barricaded themselves inside. Shortly after 8 a.m., Dracut police said they were called to Lillian Terrace for reports of an individual who had broken into a house and barricaded themselves inside. The person was allegedly armed with a gun. No one w...

The New York Times released its list of the best restaurants in (Greater) Boston right now this week as part of its ongoing “Where to Eat: 25 Best” series. Making the list were a highly-rated Cambridge bagel shop, a Dorchester Vietnamese sandwich shop, a Winthrop seafood hotspot, a renowned oyster bar and many more. Here’s a quick...

A 15-year-old Boston high school student has been missing for five days, police said Wednesday, asking for the public’s help in tracking her down. Jayla Santiago, who lives in Dorchester, was last seen Friday morning near the intersection of Norwell and Athelwold streets, Boston police said. She didn’t report to school, at Tech Academy ...

The former top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts has had her license to practice law in the state reinstated, according to the Boston Herald. The newspaper said the former U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts had made a request for reinstatement with Suffolk Superior Court and her appeal was recently granted and approved by the state Board of Bar Over...

The body of a Massachusetts woman who’d been missing for over a month was found off a trail in New York State, police said Tuesday. Fae Morgana Barbone, 40, had last been seen in early March, according to police. Barbone’s body was found off the Taconic Crest Trail close to the border of Massachusetts border, according to local police.....

Harvard, Tishman team up on another major Allston development

A 51-year-old woman died after she was struck by a car in Westport, Massachusetts, on Monday night, according to state police. Shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, state police and Westport Fire and EMS responded to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Route 195 east in Westport. They found the pedestrian, identified as Sherry M. Henderson, of New Bedford,...

A teenager has been arrested for allegedly robbing a U.S. postal worker at gunpoint Tuesday in Nashua, New Hampshire, police said. Nashua police said Baraka Janvier, of Lowell, Massachusetts, is in custody and due to be in court Wednesday afternoon. It wasn’t immediately clear if the 18-year-old had an attorney who could speak to his arrest. ...

An investigation is underway after a rail cart performing track work experienced a low-speed derailment at Orient Heights on the MBTA’s Blue Line on Wednesday morning. The derailment did not impact riders at the Blue Line station because planned track improvement work replaced train service with buses for the week. Shuttle buses are now repla...

How likely is a potential downturn in Boston property values to mirror a crisis that prompted legislative action in 2004? Did Mayor Michelle Wu send the wrong message by proposing to rebalance commercial and residential taxes while also advocating for an 8% increase in city spending? Will workers eventually return to the office more regularly, or w...

Money for Massachusetts’ emergency family shelter system could run out sometime before the end of April, according to a top senator, who is part of a six-person group of lawmakers trying to come up with funding solutions. A supplemental spending package could ship hundreds of millions of dollars to shore up the shelter system, but House and S...

The signs of spring are all around: the days are getting warmer, baseball is back, and Massachusetts home prices are setting records as demand continues to significantly outpace the inventory of houses for sale. The real estate analysts at The Warren Group reported Wednesday morning that $580,000 was the median price of the 2,563 single-family home...

More than half of the people who will serve on the Karen Read murder trial jury have been picked after two days of jury selection. Meanwhile, NBC10 Boston obtained the jury questionnaire from the clerk’s office of the Norfolk Superior Court.