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Comedian John Oliver will perform a small handful of shows during the final week of 2025, including a set on Saturday, December 27 in Boston. Comedian and late-night host John Oliver is performing a small handful of standup shows to round out 2025, starting with a date in Boston. The...

Boston may be on track to exceed the number of homicides it saw last year, per data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association. The big picture: The number of Boston homicides remains small in the first six months of the year, especially compared to other cities, but the uptick comes as cities nationwide are seeing...

A passerby alerted police early Friday morning after finding one male and one female puppy “thrown to the side” along a path between a school and Barbara Road, police said. 1 minute to read. Two 11-week-old puppies were discovered abandoned in the woods in Randolph Friday, police said.

The Boston Fire Department's latest recruiting class has reached a new milestone. This year, seven female recruits, more than any class in the past, have answered the call to service, according to Boston Fire Department Commissioner Paul Burke. During a training demonstration held at the Boston Fire Department's fire...

In a concerted push against the scourge of human trafficking, a collaborative law enforcement operation has resulted in the arrests of thirteen individuals in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. The sting, which took place yesterday, targeted the area around Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, a known hotspot...

Neighbors have had it with Bijou nightclub on Stewart Street downtown, calling in the police to measure nighttime sound levels well above what's allowed. Why it matters: The ongoing war between residents and loud music is one of the key tensions Boston's nightlife economy needs to deal with. Enforcing noise...

Take down your bird feeders and secure your trash. That’s the message from officials after a massive black bear was spotted multiple times in a Bay State neighborhood. The Townsend Police Department is alerting residents about the bear sighting in the northern Middlesex County community. “We want to alert...

Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn is trying to declare the area around Mass and Cass a public health and humanitarian crisis.

Court documents and Somerville police reports say a woman was having a drink with friends at the Lenox on Exeter Street early Saturday morning with friends and coworkers.

“He’s probably a 4-year-old with a 29-year-old’s body, you know it’s just tragedy,” said Michael Morse, Marcus’ father.