Boston 1 hour ago

Boston police officer hospitalized in Dorchester shooting

An officer with the Boston Police Department is recovering after being shot Monday in Dorchester. Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said police received a 911 call around 9:30 p.m. reporting a pe...

  • Immigration 8 hours ago

    Work authorization for migrant arrivals stagnant since December

    Gov. Maura Healey has frequently pointed to getting more migrants authorized to work as a key step in moving people out of the state’s overwhelmed emergency family shelter system, but the number of new arrivals who have work authorizations has stagnated since December. About half of the families in the state’s Emergency Assistance famil...
  • Maine 9 hours ago

    Domestic assault suspect breaks one trooper's leg, bites another during struggle

    A suspect in a domestic assault in Maine is facing multiple charges after he allegedly broke one state trooper’s leg and bit another during a struggle with police over the weekend. State police said they were called to Long Street in Limerick shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday for a report of a domestic assault in progress. A neighbor had......
  • New Hampshire 9 hours ago

    Staffers at Hampstead Hospital assaulted by patient

    Staff members at a New Hampshire youth behavioral health facility were injured while dealing with a violent patient over the weekend, one of several incidents in the last week, according to state officials. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) said first responders were called to Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatm...
  • 8 hours ago

    Woman facing charges in string of fires at East Boston businesses

    A woman has been arrested in a string of fires at businesses at an East Boston business plaza in the last few days. Genesis Hurtado, 26, was arrested Monday on suspicion of setting a fire at an AutoZone on Border Street that broke out earlier in the day, police said. Seat covers had been used to set fire inside the…

  • murder 8 hours ago

    2 women killed in Miami murder-suicide were NH college student-athletes

    Two women who were fatally shot by a man in a murder-suicide Saturday in Miami, Florida, were student-athletes at New Hampshire’s New England College, the school confirmed Monday. Miami-Dade police on Monday identified the victims of the killing as Meghan Moore, 25, and Sidney Capolino, 23, and New England College confirmed to NBC South Flori...
  • Vermont 7 hours ago

    FBI, Vermont State Police to make announcement about 20-year-old missing persons case

    The FBI and Vermont State Police say they will make an announcement this week about the 20-year-old missing persons case of teenager Brianna Maitland. They have called a 1 p.m. press conference on Tuesday, 20 years to the day that Brianna went missing. The 17-year-old was last seen during the late evening hours of March 19, 2004 as she was…...
  • New Hampshire 10 hours ago

    NH charges 1st person in state with murder in the death of a fetus

    A New Hampshire man appeared in court Monday on charges that he killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child by means of multiple blunt force injuries, the first time the state has charged someone with murder in the death of a fetus. William Kelly, 28, appeared in Carroll County Superior Court in Ossipee with his lawyer, Caroline Smith. He…...
  • Hyde Park 11 hours ago

    Car crashes onto its side at Boston supermarket

    A car crashed in the parking lot of a Boston supermarket on Monday, leaving the vehicle on its side and a person in the hospital. The car was seen on its side after apparently colliding with a tree and a fence to one side of the Shaw’s supermarket on Hyde Park Avenue. The driver was taken out of the...

  • 5 hours ago

    Truck hit by train in Littleton, delaying Commuter Rail

    An MBTA commuter train hit a truck in Littleton, Massachusetts, on Monday, closing a street and causing delays on the Fitchburg Commuter Rail line. The collision took place on King Street Extension, according to Littleton police, near the intersection of King and Taylor streets. They shared a photo of a damaged tractor-trailer — it appeared the tra...
  • Rhode Island 12 hours ago

    US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to tour RI's Washington Bridge on Tuesday

    U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will travel to Rhode Island on Tuesday to tour the Washington Bridge and meet with key officials to discuss the reconstruction plan. Buttigieg is also scheduled to visit other transportation and infrastructure projects and meet with workers. He will attend a groundbreaking for the Woonasquatucket River G...
  • New Hampshire 12 hours ago

    Baby seal rescued after getting trapped between rocks in NH jetty

    A baby seal that got trapped between rocks in a jetty in New Hampshire was rescued last week by a team that responds to marine mammal strandings in the region. According to the Seacoast Science Center’s Marine Mammal Rescue team, a man who was out for a walk in Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on Wednesday said he...

  • 13 hours ago

    North Brookfield agrees not to interfere with future Pride events

    The town of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, has agreed to “refrain from future interference and alter permitting process” after it was sued for trying to block this year’s Small Town Pride, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. Two members of the select board unlawfully blocked a permit for the June 29...
  • decision 2024 13 hours ago

    Who is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and why is he running for president?

    The lack of excitement many Americans feel about a presidential rematch has heightened interest in alternatives to the major-party candidates — none more so than Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose famous name has helped him build buzz for his independent bid. Kennedy is a huge longshot to win electoral votes, much less the presidency. But his campaign ev...
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