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“Freedom is a gift that too many of us take for granted.” That’s the message Morad Tahbaz shared upon his return to the United States after six years of being detained in Iran. Tahbaz, a British-American conservationist of Iranian descent who was arrested in 2018, is one of the five Americans who were flown out of Iran when Iran and the...

A man was taken to the hospital after a stabbing on a walking trail in Weston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, and now police are searching for two suspects believed to be involved. Police said the victim was about a quarter mile into the Mass Central Rail Trail, which begins along the Waltham and Weston border near the Biogen building and runs…

Police in Weston and other Massachusetts communities are warning the public about organized burglaries targeting people of Indian and South Asian descent, with a focus on second-floor windows, which are often not attached to sensors

The Weston Police Department is the latest in Massachusetts to warn people about a series of organized home break-ins targeting members of the South Asian community. According to Weston Police Chief Denis Linehan, the commonalities between these break-ins are consistent with an international crime group that police know is responsible for these types of cases throughout the nation. Linehan explained…

Only the left breakdown lane was passable as of around 10 a.m., and drivers were told to expect delays. By around 11 a.m., two lanes had been reopened.

Nearly a dozen baby ducks were rescued from a storm drain in Weston, Massachusetts, Monday morning, after a commuter heard their mother crying in distress, fire officials said. The eleven birds fell into the drain on Church Street, the Weston Fire Department said. Their mom’s frantic quacking got the attention of a nearby driver, and firefighters were brought out...

Weston Police are looking for a missing woman that was last seen on Sunday morning. Joyce Mulvey has been missing since 8 a.m. on Sunday and was last seen walking on Viles Street. Police say Mulvey should be wearing a yellow/orange jacket and carrying a tan bag with a cross-body strap. If you have any information on here whereabouts...

A man suspected of attempted murder led police on a chase for miles across the Boston area Thursday night that ended with him seriously injuring himself and being taken into police custody, authorities said. The police chase ended when Massachusetts State Police deflated his tires and boxed him in on Interstate 93 in Milton, the agency said Friday. Armed with…

One person was seriously injured in a rollover car crash in Weston, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning. Weston Fire Department said they responded to a report of a rollover into an embankment at around 4:51 a.m. in the area 128 South near Route 30. Authorities say they made their way to the vehicle and found one occupant entrapped. The person was…

A person was found dead in the woods near Interstate 95 in Weston, Massachusetts, Friday, police said. Information on the person’s death, including who they were and how they died, wasn’t immediately available. The area where the body was found, which appeared to be a few hundred feet from the highway, may have been the site of an encampment...

A person was hit by a vehicle in Weston, Massachusetts, Monday morning, police said. The pedestrian was hit about 8:45 a.m. around the intersection of Church Street and Webster Road, according to the Weston Police Department. They didn’t share more information about the person’s identity, but said they will survive. The driver remained at the scene of the crash,...

A bus rollover late Saturday night in Waltham, Massachusetts, has resulted in numerous injuries, authorities said.

The fire chief on scene says at least a dozen people are injured.

One person is dead and 27 others were injured when a shuttle bus carrying Brandeis University students crashed into a tree late Saturday night in Waltham, Massachusetts, authorities said.

A wrong-way driver crashed into a tractor trailer early Saturday morning on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Weston, causing the truck to burst into flames and several lanes of the highway to shut down, state police said. Massachusetts State Police received a call around 3 a.m. reporting someone driving the wrong direction on Interstate 90. The vehicle was traveling west on…

Firefighters knocked down a blaze in a home in Weston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. A couple who live in the home, on South Avenue, were saved when a retired firefighter ran to bang on their door and wake them up, while a good Samaritan driving by saw flames and called 911, Weston fire Chief David Soar said. The house is…

The bodies of two Massachusetts men were pulled from a Vermont lake Tuesday, according to police. Authorities say the victims, identified as 29-year-old Nicholas Samuels of Weston and 27-year-old Aidan Connolly of Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood, were in a kayak on Seymour Lake in Morgan when the water became choppy due to Tuesday’s storms. Vermont State Police said members of...