2 boys accused of carjacking woman in parking lot of South Shore movie theater
The victim told police that the suspects threatened to shoot her if she didn’t exit her car.
Quincy man rings in the New Year with record-breaking $1.6M win at Encore Casino
A Quincy man welcomed 2026 with unforgettable luck, becoming $1.6 million richer.
Variety of domestic birds beheaded and dumped, according to Dedham Animal Control
Animal control officials in Dedham are seeking the person responsible for the beheading and dumping of a variety of domestic birds off the bridge along Sawmill Lane.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Rings In Second Term At Skating Rink
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu celebrated the start of her second term in office by skating in the park Friday with her constituents. "So much of what we showed over the last four years is that it is possible to do big things when you keep community at the center and get the little details right,"...
Boston man charged after allegedly stealing more than $55K in merchandise from multiple Targets
A 54-year-old man was caught allegedly trying to make off with 27 bottles of lotion from the South Bay Plaza Target. A Dorchester man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the alleged theft of more than $55,000 worth of merchandise from Target stores across the country, Boston police said. Long...
New Trader Joe’s Has Settled Into This Former Walgreens Site in Boston
The Trader Joe’s at 1999 Centre Street in Boston’s West Roxbury neighborhood is no longer a future plan or a fresh opening. The store has been operating since late 2025, fully converting a former Walgreens site into a neighborhood-scale grocery location. The transition reused the existing building rather...
Police Officers Helped Deliver a Woman’s Baby in the Back Seat of Her Car:...
The officers were dispatched to the scene at 6:12 a.m. on Dec. 25, and the newborn arrived just five minutes later
Boston records second-coldest December in 25 years as blast of Arctic air fuels bitter...
The average high in Boston last month sat at just 31.3 degrees, marking the city's second-coldest December in 25 years amid a blast of frigid Arctic air from Canada
Boston biotech stalls and Ph.D.s are suddenly jobless
Boston spent the past decade selling itself as the safest bet in science, a place where a doctorate was practically a ticket to a lab bench and a stock grant. Now the city’s biotech engine has stalled, and a generation of Ph.D.s who moved here for that promise are discovering that even stellar résumés are...
Mass General Brigham ‘strongly encouraging’ masking for visitors as respiratory infections spike
For the time being, MGB is requiring its health care providers to wear masks during direct patient interaction. With respiratory infections on the rise in Massachusetts and flu cases spiking, the state’s largest hospital system says patients and visitors are “strongly encouraged” to wear masks during doctors...

















