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Police said she punched a 71-year-old man and sprayed him with pepper spray at Prudential station. MBTA Transit Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman accused of assaulting a man aboard the Green Line earlier this month. The incident occurred around 3 p.m. on Feb. 17...

Rosa Sanchez is accused of trying to kill her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend, Esneiry Pimentel-Lugo, minutes after Valentine’s Day ended. A Boston woman is accused of trying to kill her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend just minutes after Valentine’s Day came to a close, a chaotic incident in Newton that resulted in...

One person is dead after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston on Friday afternoon. The fire began before 2:55 p.m. at 4 Ellingwood St. on Friday, when Boston police and fire departments responded to a radio call for a residential building fire, according to the police...

In the early 19th century, the idea of exporting ice to the tropics sounded like a joke. Ice was heavy, fragile, and melted. Yet one Boston entrepreneur built a global industry out of frozen New England ponds and earned the nickname “The Ice King.” His name was Frederic Tudor.

BOSTON – Friday, February 27, 2026 – Mayor Michelle Wu and the Community Engagement Cabinet announced the first-ever Office Hours, a family-friendly one-stop opportunity for Boston residents from across the city to connect directly with the Mayor, City services, and department staff to have their questions or...

Cambridge Police Commissioner Christine A. Elow speaks in a Thursday interview with The Crimson. Elow said a new executive order puts Cambridge police in uncharted territory. By Ellen P. Cassidy. The Cambridge Police Department is navigating “uncharted territory” after a new executive order directed officers to...

Two Massachusetts residents have been diagnosed with measles, the Department of Public Health confirmed Friday.

BOSTON (WHDH) - The family of deceased Boston police officer John O’Keefe has filed an emergency restraining order to keep Karen Read from getting her phones back after police seized them nearly two years ago. The O’Keefe family is suing Read, O’Keefe’s former girlfriend, for wrongful death. The family...

Boston 25 News is saying goodbye — and thank you — to Chief Meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz after an incredible 30 years at the station.

A cottontail rabbit seeking warmth from the harsh winter weather was discovered hiding inside a car engine at Sunoco in East Dedham, Massachusetts, this morning, prompting a rescue effort by the gas station's mechanics. The rabbit, affectionately named "Sunoco II" by Dedham Animal Control, was safely removed from the...