Massachusetts

Randolph 2 mins ago

Families displaced by Randolph fire receive donated supplies

Residents displaced by a fire last month in Randolph, Massachusetts, received help on Friday. The fire on April 28 prompted evacuations from an apartment complex on Bridle Path Circle, leaving 80 peop...

Boston 21 mins ago

Boston rolling out loading zones in hopes to ease delivery driver congestion
3 hours ago

MBTA Commuter Rail fire put out at Boston's North Station

wildlife 3 hours ago

Bear spotted wandering neighborhoods in Lincoln

Police in Lincoln, Massachusetts, are warning residents to take precautions after a black bear was spotted this week. The animal bear was sighted several times in the area north of Trapelo Road, in th...
Leominster 4 hours ago

One charged with murder, 2 others arrested in Leominster stabbing death

A Massachusetts man has been charged with murder and two others are being charged with assault and battery in connection with the stabbing death of a 20-year-old man in Leominster on Tuesday. Juan Dia...
Maine 4 mins ago

Tractor-trailer carrying 15 million honey bees rolls over on I-95 in Maine

A tractor-trailer hauling about 15 million honey bees to be used to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned on Interstate 95 in Maine on Thursday night, officials said.
Karen Read 6 hours ago

‘Turtleboy' excused for some witness testimony in Read trial

Aidan Kearney — the blogger better known to most as “Turtleboy” — was excused from the courtroom during Friday morning’s witness testimony in the Karen Read murder trial, after a mot...

Massachusetts 3 hours ago

Mass. man's body found in Puerto Rico days after he was swept from waterfall

The body of a Massachusetts man that was swept away by the current at a waterfall in Puerto Rico on Wednesday has been found, according to the authorities. Rescuers and emergency teams were searching for 28-year-old Alex DaLomba Tavares of New Bedford after he was swept away at the Gozalandia waterfall in the Municipality of San Sebastián. Daniel C...
Springfield 7 hours ago

Man shot to death at gas station in western Mass., police say

A man was shot to death at a gas station in western Massachusetts, authorities said Friday. The shooting happened at about 1:35 a.m. on Locust Street, Springfield police said, where officers found the man dead. The man’s name wasn’t immediately released. Anyone with information about the shooting should call the Springfield Police Depar...
Boston 5 hours ago

Police investigating after body is found in vehicle at tow lot in Allston

Boston police are investigating after a body was found in a vehicle in the city’s Allston neighborhood on Friday morning. Police said they received a call around 8:22 a.m. after a man’s body was found inside a vehicle that had been towed to a tow lot at an Emery Road tow company. Brookline police confirmed that the vehicle had...
forecast 6 hours ago

Cool temperatures, some showers in store for Mother's Day weekend

Cool temperatures and clouds are here to stay this weekend with a few shower chances, but it won’t be a washout. Temperatures stay pretty consistent in the 50s each and every day this weekend at the coast with a continued east flow. More 50s to near 60 farther inland where we can get some sun to bump the temp from…
50 mins ago

Van found in Saugus River after 911 caller reports seeing taillights, police say

A van was found in the Saugus River Friday morning, officials said, though it wasn’t immediately clear if a person was inside. Saugus police were first alerted to the vehicle in the water by a 911 call about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the department. The caller saw taillights in the water. Police, firefighters and dive teams searched o...
Boston 5 hours ago

What happened to the teen gunned down 30 years ago in Boston?

In honor of Mother’s Day this weekend, we bring you the story of a mother and son bonded over an unexpected tragedy 30 years ago in Boston. And in a twist of fate, one of our photographers recently found a picture he took of the tragic day 30 years ago, and then went on mission to track the family down...
Massachusetts 8 hours ago

Soccer stadium bill clears first committee

Legislation paving the way for a soccer stadium in Everett scored a favorable committee report, and while the bill’s hometown sponsor is revved up about “getting everything going,” the bill appears to be on the Senate backburner for at least this month. Sen. Sal DiDomenico’s bill (S 2692), which seeks to change the designati...
hockey 9 hours ago

PWHL Boston beats Montreal in OT off record night from goalie Frankel

Susanna Tapani scored in overtime and Aerin Frankel made 53 saves to lead Boston to a 2-1 win over Montreal in Game 1 of a Professional Women’s Hockey League semifinal series. Tapani pounced on a loose puck in the blue paint at 14:25 of the extra period for the first overtime goal in PWHL playoff history. Lexie Adzija scored in...
Boston 3 hours ago

A Friday of ‘storrowing': 2 trucks hit bridges on Storrow Drive

Two trucks struck overpass bridges in unrelated crashes on Boston’s Storrow Drive Friday. A box truck hit the Longfellow Bridge overpass on Storrow Drive eastbound around noon, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The right lane is closed and drivers should expect delays in the area. The truck was marked with the logo ...
Karen Read 20 mins ago

Karen Read trial: Owners of home where John O'Keefe was found testify

As week two comes to a close, jurors in the Karen Read trial continued to hear testimony from friends of Boston police Officer John O’Keefe. Read is charged with second-degree murder in the 2022 death of O’Keefe. He was found in the snow outside retired Boston Police Officer Brian Albert’s home in Canton. Prosecutors say Read hit ...
forecast 11 hours ago

Early morning showers with cool temperatures, weekend is mainly dry

Closing in on the weekend with a sharp eye on the showers. Seems Friday morning’s batch of rain is having a hard time establishing across the Commonwealth. Ironically, the northeast wind is helping in this matter. Typically, a cloud (and rain) maker, the northeast wind is bringing in drier air from Maine and New Brunswick. This will seal off....
Massachusetts 5 hours ago

10 arrested after police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT

Dozens of police officers moved in on MIT’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Friday morning to dismantle a pro-Palestinian encampment and arrested 10 protesters, school officials said. Shortly after 4 a.m., police moved in and began taking protesters into custody, putting zip ties on them and loading them into at least one of the...
UMass Amherst 18 hours ago

UMass Amherst commencement speaker withdraws after protester arrests

Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead will not deliver the keynote speech at UMass Amherst’s graduation next week after dozens of protesters were arrested Tuesday. About 130 people were arrested at a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. Whitehead spoke out Thursday against the arrests, and the school confirmed on its website that he had wit...

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