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Boston police responded to a report of a child in the water early Wednesday. The child, a boy, was taken to a local hospital after police responded to the scene at Medford Street around 5:30 a.m., authorities said. There was no immediate information on the boy’s condition, or how he ended up in the water.

Volunteers have sewn more than 300 masks for assisted living facilities, exceeding their goal to help respond to coronavirus needs, and has begun handing them out on the street.

Charlestown residents wanted answers after a stray electrical current shocked a pair of dogs, so Eversource is scanning for any issues and the city of Boston is replacing metal hand hole components with composite.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was in Boston Tuesday where she held an end-of-year rally at the Old South Meeting House. The rally was held on the one year anniversary of her announcing her bid for the White House.

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren delivered a New Year’s Eve speech in Boston, Tuesday, marking a year since she launched an exploratory committee for her White House run. In front of a raucous hometown crowd at the Old South Meeting House, Warren asked voters to look to the future and tackle what she perceives as corruption in Washington, slamming...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren delivered a year-end speech Tuesday at the Old South Meeting House in Charlestown – one year after announcing her candidacy for president.

An 8-year-old boy reported missing Friday has been found, Boston Police announced. Gary Rogers had last been seen around 3:15 p.m. in the area of Decatur Street and Walford Way in the city’s Charlestown neighborhood. Minutes after this story was published, police confirmed Rogers had been found.

A man stole a lobster truck early Tuesday morning in Boston, then intentionally crashed into another vehicle that had chased him before being rear-ended by another lobster truck, police said. The man whose truck was stolen was able to stop it from getting away by blocking the street with his personal vehicle, which was T-boned in the process, according to…

A man is facing charges for allegedly stealing a truck containing $10,000 in lobsters from a warehouse in Charlestown.

A Boston police officer was injured early Wednesday in a multi-vehicle crash involving a cruiser in the city’s Charlestown neighborhood. The crash happened just after midnight Wednesday in the area of Alford Street. Police said three cars were involved and that two people were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of the crash remained under investigation....

At least one person was hospitalized overnight following a car crash involving a Boston Police Department cruiser.

The National Park Service is commemorating the anniversary of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a service and a wreath-laying ceremony at Boston’s Charlestown Navy Yard, the home of the USS Constitution.

Sunday’s night’s snowfall had only a minor impact on travel in Boston. But the next round of snow falling overnight is expected to have a far greater impact on Tuesday’s commute. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is already preparing for what could be a messy morning.

This week’s Restaurant Roundup includes some bad news for Gourmet Dumpling House, a new Trader Joe’s and a brewery closing.

A panel is discussing controversial safe injection sites in Massachusetts.

Much remains unknown about what caused a woman to jump out of a moving Uber in Boston’s O’Neill Tunnel on Monday morning, causing her to be struck by another vehicle. Massachusetts State Police have released only a limited amount of information, and have yet to say why they think the woman decided to get out of the moving vehicle in...

A woman suddenly got out of a moving vehicle in Boston’s O’Neill Tunnel.

Rhode Island says it will launch a second round of aerial mosquito sprays in response to the increased risk of eastern equine encephalitis. The state health and environmental management departments made the announcement Thursday to begin spraying two targeted areas on Sept. 23. The decision comes after state officials confirmed on Tuesday at least three human cases of the mosquito-borne...

Health authorities in Maine say they have confirmed the presence of a potentially deadly virus in mosquitoes in the southern part of the state. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday mosquitoes in York County tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis. A state laboratory found the virus in a single mosquito pool collected Sept. 6 in the...