Massachusetts

The high-profile murder charges against Karen Read are finally set for trial, and the judge in the case is allowing Read’s attorneys to raise the question they have been asking for over a year: Who killed Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe? Prosecutors argue Read is responsible for her boyfriend’s 2022 death outside a Canton home,...

Two unsettling reports of animal cruelty involving dogs in different towns in Massachusetts were unfounded, according to police. Authorities in Townsend and Newburyport issued press releases Friday looking to debunk rumors that had been circulating around the towns. Police in Townsend, located in northern Massachusetts along the New Hampshire borde...

A driver who fled a traffic stop in Worcester allegedly hit a state trooper’s vehicle before driving the wrong way down the Massachusetts Turnpike. State police say a 21-year-old Shrewsbury man, whose name was not released, is believed to have been driving a black Chevrolet Cruze when he drove away from a Worcester Police officer Friday morni...

A woman was sent to the hospital after a fire broke out in a home in Beverly, Massachusetts, Friday, according to authorities, and her family is trying to find a man who stopped to help. The fire occurred at about 6:52 a.m. on Berkeley Avenue, the Beverly Fire Department said. Kate Robertson is the niece of the homeowner and lives…

We have a break from rain Friday, as temperatures reach in the 50s for most as the wind will be more from the southeast. A cold front approaches Friday night and moves through Saturday afternoon. The first few showers move into Vermont for the evening commute. Then, a sneaky shower passes through Boston after 7 p.m. More rain and downpours…...

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A location of a chain of burger spots with local roots appears to have closed. According to a source, Wahlburgers at South Bay in Dorchester is no longer in business, with the website for the chain seeming to confirm that it is gone as it has been removed from the locations section…...

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.

The tax collectors at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue raked in $1.713 billion during the first half of April, the most critical month for state finances. But while that represents a slight increase compared to the same period last April, DOR warned that comparisons “are not meaningful” for a variety of factors. April is the most...

A pickup truck crashed into a home in Brockton, Massachusetts, and then landed on top of several other vehicles, police said Friday. The incident occurred at about 2:34 a.m. on Montello Street, Brockton police said. Surveillance footage shows the truck going airborne and flipping over before hitting the home. The driver of the pickup truck was head...

It’s better Friday, but not by a lot. Sunshine will struggle as lots of water vapor remains suspended in the atmosphere. We’re working the temps into the 50s to near 60 (sunshine dependent). Friday night, a front will approach, triggering a few showers into Saturday morning. Guidance seems to keep them around for a bit, so many of us......

The first apartments at Suffolk Downs can now be rented

Police are investigating a series of package thefts in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. Ally Burchill came home Wednesday evening and knew something was wrong. “I got home pretty excited to open his new shoes that we bought him, and noticed all the packages were gone off our porch,” she said. So she checked her security cameras t...