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A Massachusetts circus coach was arrested Thursday on charges he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old former student multiple times in the summer of 2020, authorities said. Whitman native Steven Santos, 43, ran Simply Circus in Newton, Plymouth County prosecutors said in a statement Friday. Police spent months investigating whether he’d assaulted the former student. Santos was arrested Thursday at a residence…

A missing 10-year-old child last seen Tuesday morning in Newton, Massachusetts, has been safely located, police said. Clara Alfermann walked away from the Montessori School on Crescent Street in the Newton Center area at about 11 a.m., according to police. A couple of hours after pleading for help locating the child, police tweeted that Alfermann had been located. No further…

Protesters clashed outside the Newton Police Department one day after police officers shot and killed a man in the Massachusetts city. Michael Conlon, a 28-year-old Newton man, was shot to death after he allegedly entered Indulge!, a Newton Highlands candy store, with a knife. He lived above the store. The group “Defund Newton Police” believes Conlon was having a mental…

Authorities have released the name of the man shot and killed by police Tuesday in Newton, Massachusetts, along with the 911 call and police radio transmission from the incident. Michael Conlon, 28, of Newton, was shot after he allegedly entered a candy store with a knife. The incident began when the owner of Indulge! candy store on Lincoln Street called…

Police shot and killed a man above a candy store he’d entered with a knife Tuesday in the Newton Highlands neighborhood of Newton, Massachusetts, prosecutors said. Several police officers were hospitalized after the incident, but none had serious injuries, District Attorney Marian Ryan said at a news conference Tuesday evening. The incident began when the owner of a candy...

Police shot a man who was armed with a knife when he entered a candy shop in his building in the Newton Highlands, then fled from officers who were called to help, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said at a news conference, adding that officers tried less-than-lethal methods of subduing him.

A man who authorities said had a knife was shot and killed by police in Newton Highlands in a confrontation that began at a candy store.

A person was shot in a police confrontation in Newton Highlands, authorities say.

Gyms, movie theaters and indoor gathering spaces will have to shutter for three weeks after Boston and a few nearby communities revert back to Phase 2 Step 2.

Eastbound lanes of the Massachusetts Turnpike were temporarily shut down in Newton following a 5-vehicle crash on Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 7:30 a.m. in the area of Exit 17, and state police said multiple vehicles were across all of the lanes and could not be moved off the roadway. All eastbound lanes were closed while police worked to…

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education kicked off its first in-person meeting since February with testimony from a pair of Massachusetts parents dissatisfied with the hybrid learning models in place in their communities that have COVID-19 positivity rates below the state average. Andover parent Stephanie Sweet said her family is now “spending thousands of dollars a month to send…

Thea Church, owner of Landry’s Bicycles in Newton, explains the pros and cons of combo locks and U-locks.

What started as about a dozen coronavirus cases among members of Boston College’s swimming and diving teams has turned into a full-on outbreak, with more than 80 students now in isolation. Both public officials and health experts have expressed concerns that things could get worse if swift action isn’t taken. Here’s what we know about the situation so far:...

A Massachusetts teenager reported missing Thursday has been found safe, police confirm. Police in Newton had asked the public for help finding 14-year-old Jackie Reale, who had last been seen around 5:30 p.m. Police tweeted a short time later that Reale had been located and is safe. Fourteen-year-old Jackie Reale was last seen around 5:30 p.m. Thursday on Thornton Street…

There’s a lot of anxiety as the new school year approaches in Massachusetts with discussions ongoing about whether students or teachers will return to the classroom.

Rep. Joe Kennedy III knows what his opponents say about him, often at a whisper — that he is running on the Kennedy name. “I am incredibly proud of the contributions my family has made to the state and this country,” the Massachusetts Democrat told NBC10 Boston in an interview outside his Newton home. The Senate candidate has built an…

Colleges across the Commonwealth and the country are preparing for the return of students this fall. Some have already decided to go online-only, while others are welcoming students back to campus or attempting to find a blend of the two options. But what will college truly look like for students in Massachusetts this fall? Michael Alexander, president of Lasell University…

A Massachusetts lawyer who resigned from the bar last year after he was accused of stealing money from his clients faces new federal charges. Prosecutors say Kevin M. Brill embezzled a combined $589,896 from trust funds he oversaw, beginning in at least October 2012 and continuing through July 2017. In a charging document filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, prosecutors…

Cleanup in Newton’s Lower Falls neighborhood is now underway after a fast-moving storm ripped a tree from the ground.Power lines were pulled down, a utility police was snapped in half and a driveway was blocked from the damage.