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The drug could potentially be a gamechanger in the battle against ALS by extending the lives of people with the condition.

There’s a proposal to allow developers to build new residential buildings without being required to add new parking spaces.

Finding parking can be a major problem in the densely-populated communities of Greater Boston, such as Cambridge. Now, a controversial proposal could mean fewer parking spaces in Cambridge, but more housing in the city. The proposal is to eliminate so-called minimum parking requirements for new housing in the city. That means that developers would essentially be able to build a…

In The New York Times’ annual ranking of 50 best restaurants in the country, two Massachusetts spots are featured as among the greatest nationwide. Neptune Oyster in Boston and Dear Annie in Cambridge have both secured a ranking in this year’s list, alongside two other restaurants in New England. “Dishes like cuttle-ink risotto with generous chunks of lobster and Nantucket…

A Cambridge taxi driver is facing kidnapping and sexual assault charges, accused of picking up a woman outside a Boston nightclub and sexually assaulting her in his cab in a parking lot in Revere. Bereket Meshesha, 44, was arraigned Monday. The Suffolk County DIstrict Attorney’s Office said the charges against him stem from the events on Sept. 10, when MBTA…

The driver of a semi-truck hit a walking bridge Thursday morning, ripping the roof right off the trailer.

Climate change has prompted many people to live their lives more sustainably, but there’s also an increasingly popular way to protect the environment in the afterlife. Green burials are designed to have minimal environmental impact by using biodegradable materials and forgoing chemical preservatives. Three main components of conventional burials — chemical embalming, hardwood caskets and grave linings — effectively create…

Gunfire in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was under investigation on Sunday, local police said. Streets were closed in Cambridgeport near Market and Bristol streets, where bullet casings were found, Cambridge police said in the afternoon. No one appeared to be hurt, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear what led to the shooting or if anyone was in custody.

From London to Boston, people all over the world are gathering to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II and her legacy. At the JFK Library and Museum in Dorchester, a condolence book was set up in the lobby on Friday. Flowers were also delivered throughout the day. “I wrote ‘Queen of my life,’ because she was born before me and…

An iconic music venue in Central Square could soon be replaced with a hotel. The Middle East has been open for over half a century and a new plan to demolish it has some music fans up in arms.  According to the proposal to the Cambridge Historic Commission, the family who owns the Middle East wants to turn it...

A man who was hit by a truck in a Cambridge parking lot Thursday night has died, police said Friday. Matthew Barker, 29, was hit around 8:30 p.m. in a parking lot at State Street and Massachusetts Avenue. The driver of the truck stayed at the scene. No charges have been filed at this time. The investigation remains ongoing.

Jeremy Meme was strapping a mattress to a trailer hooked up to his bike when NBC10 Boston caught up with him on Wednesday. That’s how he planned to move three miles from Cambridge to Somerville. “Right now it can be a nightmare. It’s September 1. Everybody’s moving. I hear horror stories about them canceling. You show up and they...

Fall move-in in the Boston area is always pretty intense, so one group looked at a way to avoid the moving trucks and navigate the city their way.

A woman who works for a cleaning company contracted by the MBTA was injured Tuesday when her leg got stuck between a stationary Red Line train and the platform at Alewife station in Cambridge. The incident occurred shortly before noon. The MBTA said the woman works for a company that has a cleaning contract with the MBTA and was cleaning…

Michael Daniliuk has been with Cambridge police for 24 years and is a youth resource officer.

57-year-old Michael Daniliuk was charged by the Cambridge Police Department with operating under the influence of alcohol and failure to stop at a red light, according to a news release from the agency.

The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is temporarily changing where it gets its water from after observing an increase in PFAS levels in the community’s finished water.

A police officer in Cambridge, Massachusetts has been arrested for allegedly driving while drunk, after a crash with multiple motorcycles early Monday morning, according to a news release from the city’s police department. Michael Daniliuk, a 57-year-old from Cambridge, was charged by the Cambridge Police Department with operating under the influence of alcohol and failure to stop at a...

The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is temporarily switching the source of its drinking water after finding elevated levels of toxic “forever chemicals” in its water supply, the city said in a statement, noting the PFAS levels in the water are above what state standards allow. The city across the Charles River from Boston and home to Harvard University and the…

The city has found increasing levels of PFAS chemicals in its finished water supply, and the change in source will begin Tuesday.