Babies in Boston Medical Center’s NICU get in Halloween spirit
BOSTON (WHDH) - Some of Boston Medical Center’s smallest patients got in the Halloween spirit this week. Babies in the neonatal intensive care unit donned adorable and creative costumes, dressed as athletes, superheroes, and pumpkins. The costumes were Project Sweet Peas, a non-profit organization supporting families...
32-year-old Cape Verdean predator lures, rapes 14-year-old girl twice in covert car encounters
The following is a statement from Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn Office. “32-year-old, Erickson Barbosa, of Brockton, plead guilty on 10/24/25 and was sentenced on 10/27/25 in the Fall River Superior Court on Child Rape charges. The defendant was sentenced to serve 7 years in the State Prison with 5...
Trader Joe’s opens new Massachusetts location
Products that go unsold but remain fit to enjoy will be donated each day, the store said.
Redacted videos of Birchmore police misconduct hearings released; ruling remains secret
The Massachusetts police oversight board has released redacted videos of the decertification proceedings against a former Stoughton deputy police chief, who faces misconduct allegations tied to the Sandra Birchmore case. However, a final decision on whether Robert Devine may keep his license to work in law...
I-Team: Amtrak passengers say door issues caused delays on new Acela trains
Customers have been telling the I-Team that the service has not been as advertised with delays and equipment problems.
Quincy man arrested in Lansdowne sucker-punch assault
The 22-year-old victim has several months of recovery ahead, as he heals from a brain bleed, his family told Boston.com earlier this month. Boston police arrested a suspect Tuesday in a connection to an alleged assault on Lansdowne Street last month, which reportedly left the victim with a brain bleed.
Piece of construction equipment crashes to ground in Downtown Crossing
BOSTON (WHDH) - Construction equipment came crashing to the ground in Boston’s Downtown Crossing Friday morning. Boston police said a piece of equipment fell off a building near 500 Washington Street; they say no one was injured. That street remained closed around noon, people were asked to avoid the...
Man arrested on theft warrants in Roxbury
BOSTON, MA — A Mattapan man wanted on multiple theft-related warrants was arrested Thursday morning in Roxbury. Officers assigned to the Boston Police Fugitive Unit and District B-2 arrested Tyronne Burris, 49, of Mattapan, at about 10 a.m. in the area of 895 Massachusetts Avenue. Burris was wanted on...
Teen arrested for threatening somebody at South Station with what seemed in the moment...
Transit Police report arresting a 14-year-old on charges he threatened somebody with what appeared to be a working firearm - with an actual working laser sight in the commuter-rail side of South Station around 11:30 p.m. on Monday. "He was engaged in a verbal dispute with an adult male and...
YouTuber with ‘Addicted To Killing’ rap video paralyzed innocent woman with bullet to the...
A man is accused of paralyzing an innocent woman in Massachusetts during a shooting in which he intended to hit someone else — within days of suggesting on social media that he was addicted "to killing." Shawn Walker, 24, faces a slew of charges, including assault and battery with...

















