Two teenagers were arrested for a pair of alleged shootings in Dorchester that sent one person to the hospital on Saturday. Two other women were also arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer as officers and EMTs attempted to assist the victim at the scene. The victim, who was shot in the leg, was brought to the hospital with non-life…

Four people were injured Wednesday night in a crash involving three cars, one of which was stolen and another a Boston Police cruiser. The crash happened at the intersection of Blue Hill Avenue and Seaver Street in the Dorchester neighborhood, police said. The stolen car, occupied by two males estimated to be between 16 and 17 years old, was heading…

A man has died hours after suffering serious injuries from a double shooting in Dorchester Saturday evening, officials said. The other shooting victim, also an adult man, suffered non-life threatening injuries. Both were brought to local hospitals, according to Boston police. Authorities were alerted to a reported shooting around 8:25 p.m. at 51 Washington Street. It is unclear if any…

The shooting occurred on Washington Street in Dorchester on Saturday night.

A woman’s unexpected trip from downtown Boston to a gas station near the New Hampshire border early Sunday morning was not a kidnapping, as she thought, but a misunderstanding, Boston police said Monday.

Police say an Allston woman who thought she was getting into a ride-sharing service car reported that she was kidnapped near Boston’s busy Faneuil Hall and taken on a half-hour drive before managing to escape near the New Hampshire border. The woman in her 20s said she ordered a Lyft around 12:50 a.m. Sunday after spending the night out...

A man in Mattapan who was shot Saturday night has died, police say. The shooting at 12 Colorado St. was called in to police at 9:38 p.m. Saturday. When police arrived, they found an adult man with an apparent gunshot would. The victim was brought to a local hospital to receive treatment for life threatening injuries, according to Boston police….

A Boston pedestrian was hit by a car outside the Encore Boston Harbor Resort early Sunday morning, authorities say. The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries and was brought to Massachusetts General Hospital, according to Boston police. The incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say that they are still looking for the driver of the vehicle.

One person has been arrested for a stabbing in downtown Boston near North Station early Sunday, police say. A single victim suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to the Boston Police Department. Police received the call of a stabbing at 1:45 a.m. Sunday near Valenti Way and Friend St., which is about a block from North Station. A suspect has yet…

A Black Lives Matter initiative in Boston Public Schools has drawn an angry response from the leader of the city’s police union, but the teachers union is standing firm with support from the mayor’s office and others.

A man who planted and detonated an improvised explosive device next to a Boston police cruiser in 2017 was found guilty on Thursday. Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced that 45-year-old Asim Kieta was sentenced to 15-18 years in state prison and five years probation on Friday. In a jury-waived trial, Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Locke found Kieta guilty….

Boston police said Sunday they have safely located a missing teen. A missing person alert was issued late Saturday night for 15-year-old Kevin Peart, whose family members were concerned for his safety, police said. Peart had last been seen in the area of 271 Normandy Street in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood. It wasn’t immediately clear where the teen was...

Two men allegedly trying to break into an ATM machine in downtown Boston were caught and arrested early Saturday, police say. An ATM alarm call near 67 Broad Street first went out to Boston police officers around 2:20 a.m. When the officers arrived, they began studying the machine for any signs of damage. As they looked over the machine, which…

A police foot chase ended with a gun arrest near the Jackson Square MBTA Station in Jamaica Plain Friday evening, authorities said. Boston police officers were on patrol around 277 Centre Street when they saw a group of men near the entrance to a building that is part of the Mildred C. Hailey Housing Complex. One of the men, who…

Boston’s police commissioner is crediting cooperation from the public, the support of the mayor, and collaborations with public health officials and the private sector for a 20-year low in the city’s homicide rate. Commissioner William Gross praised “people coming forward to identify where guns are coming from,” in limiting homicides to 37 in 2019, The Boston Globe reported Thursday. Gross…

More than 60 years after making its big screen debut, “White Christmas” has hit the stage in Boston.

Authorities in Boston are searching for a missing teen last seen Friday afternoon. Emily Nguyen, 16, of Dorchester, was last seen around 2:30 p.m. Friday near 612 Metropolitan Ave. in Hyde Park. Nguyen is an Asian female, roughly 5-foot-2, 105 pounds with long, straight dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is believed to have been wearing a long brown…

Emily Nguyen, 16, of Dorchester, was last seen around 2:30 p.m. Friday near 612 Metropolitan Ave. in Hyde Park.

A man who was found outside of a Dorchester restaurant after being shot in nearby Mattapan has life-threatening injuries, Boston police say. Authorities responded around 4:15 p.m. Thursday to reports of a shooting at 160 Norfolk St. where the victim was found close to the Only One Jamaican Restaurant, which had yellow crime tape up around it. Police say he…