Boston police arrest man on gun charges after crowd vandalizes cruiser
BOSTON — Police arrested a 21-year-old Brighton man on multiple firearm charges Wednesday night after he allegedly discarded a loaded gun while fleeing officers near Almont Park. Joshua Villar-Diaz was taken into custody around 9:21 p.m. after officers on patrol in the Mattapan area observed about 20 people...
Super PACs continue to flood Boston mayor’s race with cash: Who’s spending what
Just in time for the weather to warm up, super PACs backing Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and main challenger Josh Kraft are turning up the heat in the race for City Hall. All told, independent expenditure groups on either side of the already tense mayoral campaign recently have poured nearly $1 million into the contest,...
Boston hotel in the running for best pet-friendly hotel in the US, here’s how...
A Boston hotel has been nominated for one of the best pet-friendly hotels in the country. Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston is in the running for USA Today’s 10Best pet-friendly hotel. It stands alongside two other New England hotels — the Inn by the Sea in Maine and Woodstock Inn & Resort in Vermont.
Karen Read’s defense changed its strategy for retrial — and won
At a series of pretrial hearings, ’s defense team fought bitterly to be able to pursue a theory it had suggested for years: that her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, was beaten up inside a Canton home before his body was placed on the front lawn. But when Read’s retrial...
Karen Read Witness Brian ‘Lucky’ Loughran Says She Went ‘Through Hell,’ Twice
Karen Read deserved to be acquitted after being put through the gauntlet -- twice ... so says a star witness in her case.
Plymouth County DA announce details, identities, concerning 22- and 18-year-olds killed in murder-suicide
BROCKTON – Massachusetts State Police and Brockton Police are investigating a domestic murder-suicide, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz. On Wednesday, at approximately 5:45 p.m., Brockton Police received a 911 call from the landlord at 643 North Main Street, reporting that his upstairs...
Lawn Equipment Banned In This Mass. City
Summer starts tomorrow in the bay state and that means noisy gas powered machinery is alive and well. Or not. One municipality in Massachusetts has called it quits on the leaf blowers. Gas Powered Leaf Blowers Banned In This Mass. City. Under the updated Leaf Blower Ordinance passed by the...
‘It’s getting hotter’: Bill aims to implement strategies to protect outdoor workers in high...
While some of us enjoy the shade, many are working outdoors, and resources could be limited.
Boston Police Seek Public’s Help to Find Missing 13-Year-Old Girl from Dorchester
The Boston Police Department has issued an alert for a missing 13-year-old girl, Brianna Joseph, from Dorchester, and is calling on the public to help in their search efforts. Last seen on Wednesday, June 18, around 6 p.m. near Hiawatha Road in Mattapan, Brianna is described as a black female, standing about 5'04"...
Investigation underway after person shot, Boston police says
The victim was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
