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Recent flooding in Reading, Massachusetts, has forced dozens of people out of their apartments.

A school bus filled with kids was involved in a crash in Reading, Massachusetts, leaving a pair hurt, along with the driver of a car.

A school bus heading from a camp was involved in a crash in Reading, Massachusetts, on Friday, police said. Two children on board and the driver of another vehicle were hurt, but not badly. The injured children — who’d been coming from Camp Rice Moody, in a group of 18 girls ranging from 8 to 11 years old — were…

A crash involving multiple vehicles was reported in Reading, Massachusetts, on Friday, police said. The crash took place on Charles Street at Wakefield Street, according to local police. Both streets were closed during the investigation. It wasn’t immediately clear what took place in the crash or if anyone was hurt. This developing story will be updated when more information...

Police bodycam footage from the armed standoff that partially shut down Interstate 95 last weekend in Massachusetts was presented in court Friday. A dangerousness hearing for six of the suspects incorporated bodycam video from a state trooper who encountered the Rise of the Moors on the highway in Wakefield Saturday. Members of the group told police they were heading from…

Two more people charged in connection with a 9-hour armed standoff that partially shut down Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, over the weekend appeared before a judge in Malden on Wednesday. “I committed no crime,” one of the unidentified men said in the courtroom. Nearly all of the 11 men who are charged say they are members of a group…

Supporters of the men involved in the standoff this weekend in Wakefield, Massachusetts, said outside of court Tuesday that the confrontation with state police never should have gone that far. “Everyone wears military gear,” said Rise of the Moors member Leonidas Jabir Bey. “Is it illegal to wear military gear in America?” Members of the Rise of the Moors who…

Some of the 11 people charged in connection with a 9-hour armed standoff that partially shut down Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, over the weekend refused to cooperate with court authorities during their arraignments Tuesday. The 10 men and one teenager — who say they are members of a group called the Rise of the Moors — allegedly refused to…

The 11 males who were arrested Saturday following an hourslong armed standoff that partially shut down Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, will make their first court appearances on Tuesday. Police said the suspects arrested Saturday — who all claimed to be part of a group called the Rise of the Moors — are from Rhode Island, New York and Michigan….

Police have identified eight of the 11 suspects who were arrested after an hours long armed standoff with police off Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Saturday. All of them claimed to be part of a group called the Rise of the Moors.

Police have identified eight of the 11 suspects who were arrested after an hours long armed standoff off Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Saturday. All of them claimed to be part of a group called the Rise of the Moors. Police safely resolved a situation with a group of heavily armed men who refused to comply with police Saturday morning,…

Police say they have safely resolved a situation with a group of heavily armed men who refused to comply with police Saturday morning, resulting in the shutdown of busy Interstate 95 and shelter-in-place orders for parts of Wakefield and Reading. The group of nine men were reportedly in two cars stopped in the breakdown lane on I-95 in Wakefield with…

A group of heavily armed men were refusing to comply with police Saturday morning in Massachusetts, prompting Interstate 95 to be closed and a shelter-in-place order for residents of Wakefield and Reading, police said.

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Police said this appears to be an isolated incident and they don’t believe there is any danger to the public.

A heavy police presence, including SWAT teams, responded to the scene of a reported stabbing in Reading, Massachusetts, on Friday morning. The incident reportedly occurred on Prescott Street sometime around 8:30 a.m. Reading police said there was an “active police scene” in the area of Prescott and Pratt streets. Prescott Street remains closed from Woburn Street to Sunnyside Street. Police…

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A building at the Meadow Brook Golf Club in Reading, Massachusetts, caught fire Tuesday morning. The Reading Fire Department was on scene of the three-alarm blaze around 5 a.m. A fire broke out at the same club almost a year ago to the day due to an electrical issue. The clubhouse was destroyed in the fire. It has been standing…

The coronavirus pandemic has been a struggle for so many kids, but one Massachusetts boy found a way to thrive. Throughout the month of February, 9-year-old Darien Moriset taught his own Black history lessons online — proving you’re never too young to teach. The Reading boy, who says he wants to change the world, hosted a live Zoom lesson every…