Boston MA

BOSTON (WHDH) - A person was pulled from the water in South Boston on Sunday morning, police said. Officers responding to a report of a person in the water off Columbua Road around 8:30 a.m. assisted in transporting the victim to a nearby hospital for a medical evaluation. No additional...

Two Massachusetts men are facing federal drug charges after authorities confiscated tens of thousands of counterfeit pills, substantial amounts of methamphetamine, guns, and pill-manufacturing equipment. According to court documents, 29-year-old Franklin Argueta of Lowell and Luis Arias of Somerville were charged...

Sometimes history and deliciousness collide in the most spectacular ways, and Warren Tavern in Charlestown is living, breathing (and delicious) proof of this magical intersection. This isn’t just any tavern with good chowder – it’s a place where you can slurp creamy clam goodness in the same space where...

The town of Brookline is suing a local property owner, claiming she installed windows that violate historic district regulations and demonstrated “willful disregard” by ignoring demands to fix them for four years. The lawsuit, filed Jan. 29 in Norfolk Superior Court, has prompted the property owner, Pamela Bardhi,...

IN THE WAKE of a lawsuit filed last month by Attorney General Andrea Campbell against nine communities for failing to comply with a controversial new housing law, some leaders of the holdout towns are starting to openly acknowledge that this may be the end of the road for resistance to the law.

Starting January 1, 2026, Everett, Massachusetts, residents age 65 and older can park for free at all metered spaces throughout the city under a new Senior Meter Sticker Program announced by Mayor Carlo DeMaria. The new initiative aims to ease financial pressures on older adults, particularly those on fixed incomes,...

A local man who was wanted by federal authorities for rape in California has been apprehended in Boston. Jose Renderos, 66, of East Boston, was arrested around 7:25 a.m. Thursday near 74 White St. in East Boston, according to police. The arrest was made by officers from the Boston Police...

Cape Ann Wildlife, Inc., a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation organization serving Massachusetts' North Shore since 2005, recently shared that they saved a Red Tailed Hawk trapped in a tunnel after being struck by a vehicle. The Ipswich-based nonprofit successfully treated and released the injured raptor following...

A fluffy 8-year-old Coton de Tulear named Toby is searching for his forever home at the Quincy Animal Shelter in Quincy, Massachusetts, with the shelter hoping to find him a loving family before he turns nine on March 4th. The sweet senior dog has spent most of his life with one owner, making his transition to...

BOSTON – Two Massachusetts men were sentenced in federal court in Boston for fraudulently depositing checks stolen from the mail. According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice, Imanol Rios-Franco, 26, of Canton, was sentenced by Senior District Court Judge Patti Saris to 35 months in federal prison, followed...