Boston MA

Boston emergency departments are quietly becoming the backup dentist for a growing number of families, with a steady rise in patients coming in for tooth trouble. The spike is especially sharp among children under 15, and clinicians say it signals that families are losing access to regular preventive dental care....

Boston firefighters responded to the three-story Building F at Westinghouse Plaza, off Neponset Valley Parkway in Hyde Park shortly before 8 p.m. for what quickly became a second-alarm fire in a rear building at the complex. One firefighter was transported by Boston EMS to a local hospital. The bulk of...

A car struck and killed a man walking in Saugus on Friday night near Collins Avenue. Authorities identified Brian McDonald, 53, as the man struck by the car. A car driving in the left lane on Route 1 South struck McDonald, who appeared “suddenly and without warning,” according to the Massachusetts State Police.

The founder and executive director of The Croft School, Scott Given, has been sidelined by the school’s board, which says it uncovered “serious irregularities” in the school’s finances. Trustees voted on March 7 to suspend Given, launch an independent review and bring in lawyers and financial advisers, all while...

FAE, a majestic female bald eagle seen by many around the area, died on Wednesday from an unknown cause. The bird arrived at the Mystic Lakes in 2023 after the death of an earlier female known as MK. Unlike most eagles in this region, FAE had not been banded by researchers. She became known simply as “Female Adult...

BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A driver and a person who was inside working out were hospitalized on Sunday morning after a car slammed into a gym in Brockton, officials said. Officers responding to a reported crash at the DS Body Mind & Studio on Prospect Street found a gray SUV that had crashed through the front of the...

One person was injured after a car crashed into a building in Brockton on Sunday afternoon.

The Saint Margaret’s Church in Dorchester was packed on Saturday for its annual St. Patrick’s Day Fundraiser breakfast.

Boston police officers have arrested 17 people at the St. Patrick’s Day parade in South Boston as of 4 p.m. on Sunday, according to police department spokesperson Sgt. John Boyle. Boyle could not provide information about the charges Sunday afternoon, as those arrested were still being booked. No further...

BOSTON – A New York woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly smuggling more than eight kilograms of cocaine in duty-free alcohol boxes via a commercial flight from the Dominican Republic to Boston Logan International Airport. According to a release from the Massachusetts Department of...