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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 New Hampshire jury awarded $38 million to the man who blew the lid off abuse allegations at the state’s youth detention center Friday, in a landmark case finding the state’s negligence allowed him to be beaten, raped and held in solitary confinement as a teen. The state said the award will be reduced to $475,000 under its law that&#82...

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 ...

It’s a dilemma no business owner should have to face: whether to reopen after a mass shooting. The answer didn’t come easily to Justin and Samantha Juray. But when they did decide to reopen their Maine bowling alley, they didn’t hold back. When patrons return Friday, six months after the gunman opened fire, they will see inspiring...

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...

The downpours (and thunder) from last evening delivered a crushing blow to our warm temperatures. We’re left with the cloudy aftermath Friday morning and face an uphill climb to get the sun back. Onshore breezes aren’t helping either. They’ll attempt to feed the cloud deck and keep the overcast intact. Despite that, I’m still seei...

Downtown Crossing was once the MBTA’s busiest rapid-transit stop, with its location near the Financial District’s bustling office towers at the junction of the Red and Orange lines.

One Massachusetts man is dead and another is injured after they were hit by a vehicle while riding bicycles Thursday afternoon in Taunton. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said late Thursday night that 76-year-old Donald MacManus of Seekonk was hit by a Mercedes-Benz around 2:25 p.m. on North Walker Street. He was brought to Mort...

A student is accused of threatening to shoot up a school in Milton, Massachusetts. Police are investigating the threats a student allegedly made before April vacation at Fontbonne Academy, an all-girl Catholic prep school. Sources tell the NBC10 Boston Investigators that the student also told classmates she was to going to kill them. When the threa...