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The building has 99 new units for aging residents who experienced homelessness.

READING, MASS. (WHDH) - The murder of 49-year-old Andria Hanafin has her close friends stunned. Hanafin was found dead in her home Thursday morning with gunshot wounds. Her 22-year-old son Ryan was arrested in Vermont Thursday afternoon in connection with her death. “She was a really good human,” said Elizabeth...

Federal authorities say the city of Boston's head of security filed a fraudulent pandemic loan application and used over $20,000 in taxpayer funds on personal expenses. Between the lines: U.S. Attorney Leah Foley's office announced the charges and plea agreement in one fell swoop Thursday afternoon, weeks after quietly proposing a plea agreement. Driving the news: Reuben Taylor, the director of the city's Municipal Protective Services, was charged with one count of wire fraud last month, per Fol

Massachusetts police are looking for a 22-year-old man believed to be driving a black Dodge Charger after his mother was found dead of a gunshot wound in her kitchen early Thursday. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said Reading police received the call around 12:38 a.m. Thursday, from the victim’s husband,...

WESTON – Today, at the Weston Barracks, the Massachusetts State Police and partner agencies announced Operation Wicked Safe, a multi-state law enforcement initiative that will address dangerous driving on major roadways across the region. Highly visible and targeted patrols by Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont Troopers will operate from October 13 through October 15. The operation reflects each agency’s shared commitment to address aggressive driving,

Cambridge saw its second shooting in two days as police, firefighters and EMTs responded to 911 calls from the Columbia Terrace area in The Port neighborhood at around 11:45 p.m. There officers found a 19-year-old gunshot victim, who was reportedly shot through a window. He was taken to Massachusetts General...

A Cambridge resident is one of two suspects taken into custody Wednesday in connection with a kidnapping and related violent offenses, Haverhill police said. Ali Cali, 22, was arrested in Cambridge. Andy Lahens, also 22, of Everett, was arrested in Canton, police said. “This investigation involved significant investigative work over...

Citing the depth of Boston's housing shortage, Mayor Michelle Wu said the city may need to do more than offer tax breaks to get stalled projects moving. That could include using public money for infrastructure expenses that builders would usually cover. Here's what to know. At a Greater Boston Chamber...

A teenager suspected of shooting and killing a man during a fight in Boston in June appeared in court on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Cerrone Wilcox Buford, 19, was ordered held without bail in Suffolk Superior Court for charges including first-degree murder, armed assault to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.

Boston police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a man inside a Hyde Park gas station on Wednesday.