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The Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL), one of the region’s largest animal welfare organizations, has received its largest ever donation as it pursues its fundraising goals to build out a new facility and expand its operational capacities. The $2 million gift from longtime ARL supporters Arthur and Paula...

SOMERVILLE — Below Davis Square, the outreach center the Somerville Homeless Coalition has used for 40 years is a refuge. The coffee is hot and a free breakfast awaits, as does help getting into a home. Above ground, it’s often a different story. And as more of the region’s...

Officers responded to the shooting at an apartment complex on Bowdoin Street just steps from the Massachusetts State House.

There is a murder warrant out for Anthony Chester. At the time of 39-year-old Earnest Sims death, Chester was 31 years old.

BOSTON (WHDH) - A high-end athleisure store in the Seaport was targeted by thieves on Friday who made off with pricey merchandise. Boston police were called to the Congress Street Lululemon location around 6 p.m. for a reported theft. Video obtained by 7NEWS shows people running out of the store...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Wild surveillance video shows a crash in Boston on Thursday afternoon that left one car on top of another. Surveillance video from a nearby business shows a blue car passing a red one on Huntington Avenue around 12:30 p.m. before it is sideswiped by a trash truck, sending it up and onto the red car’s...

EVERETT, MA — A man was arrested after brandishing a two-headed hatchet at police officers responding to an assault report. Officers responded to Ellsworth Street on Nov. 12 for a report of a past assault. When officers arrived, they encountered Maxwell Rawles, 23, of Everett. While attempting to engage...

The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) is now accepting applications for the final phase of The Homes at Old Colony, a new affordable housing development at 331 East 8th Street in South Boston, scheduled for completion in January 2026. The new building will include 1- to 5-bedroom apartments for families and...

BOSTON (WHDH) - The foreperson of the jury that acquitted Karen Read spoke out about the retrial this week. Charlie DeLoach, the first person picked by the judge in the second Karen Read murder trial, said he believes Read is totally innocent and that John O’Keefe’s body had been placed on the lawn outside the Canton...

(This story has been updated with additional information.) A Millbury man has been arrested and charged with 19 crimes of bribery and extortion, related to fraud he is alleged to have committed through his position managing Boston Public Schools' buses. Michael Muller, 59, has been charged with five counts of...