Boston MA

Featured picture for Operation Summer Heat: 176 arrests across New England in violent crime crackdown

Operation Summer Heat: 176 arrests across New England in violent crime crackdown

The FBI’s Boston division made 176 arrests and seized nearly 50 kilograms of drugs across New England as part of a nationwide initiative targeting violent crime over the summer.
Featured picture for Medford middle and elementary schools closed Friday after water main break

Medford middle and elementary schools closed Friday after water main break

Two schools in Medford, Massachusetts, are closed on Friday due to a water main break outside the building, school officials said. McGlynn Middle and Elementary School will have no school on Friday "due to an unexpected city water main break outside the school," school officials said in a statement posted to social media just before 8 a.m. They said the building doesn't have any running water, but otherwise all students and staff are OK.
Featured picture for Woman reported missing in Boston

Woman reported missing in Boston

BOSTON, MA — Boston police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 38-year-old woman last seen Friday. Taylor Lyden was last seen on Aug. 28, according to detectives assigned to District D-4. Lyden is described as a white female, approximately 5 feet 3 inches tall and...
Featured picture for A Boston doctor got three years for Medicare orders on patients she never treated

A Boston doctor got three years for Medicare orders on patients she never treated

Dr. Le Thu, 71, of Boston, was sentenced on Oct. 6 to 36 months in prison, three years, for signing Medicare orders for patients she had never treated. She was also ordered to pay over $27 million in restitution. Medicare paid more than $27 million on claims that came from her orders. Orders signed without […]
Featured picture for Mass General Brigham, nurses stalemate drags as strike nears

Mass General Brigham, nurses stalemate drags as strike nears

Mass General Brigham nurses and hospital management ended Thursday's talks without any indication that they're close to a contract agreement. Why it matters: At this rate, they appear headed toward an indefinite strike starting next week, which would disrupt services at the state's largest hospital system. Catch up quick: MGB nurses and management have been at odds for more than a year over contract negotiations, which union leaders say included pay raises, staff-to-patient ratios and concerns o
Featured picture for Massachusetts mom found shot to death inside home — son arrested in Vermont after manhunt

Massachusetts mom found shot to death inside home — son arrested in Vermont after...

A Massachusetts mother was shot to death inside her home as authorities launched an hours-long manhunt to capture her adult son, who had fled to Vermont. Andria Hanafin was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside the kitchen of her Reading, Mass., home at around 12:38 a.m. on Thursday, the Reading Police Department said. Hanafin’s husband, Matthew, had discovered his 49-year-old wife when he returned home from work and called 911. Andria Hanafin was found dead of an apparent gunshot wou
Featured picture for Boston Council Asks Wu, Healey to Turn Public Buildings Into Shelters for Haitians Who Lost TPS

Boston Council Asks Wu, Healey to Turn Public Buildings Into Shelters for Haitians Who...

The Boston City Council voted 12-0 on Wednesday to urge Mayor Michelle Wu and state officials to inventory publicly owned buildings and convert vacant or underused ones into temporary emergency shelter for Haitian nationals who lost Temporary Protected Status this summer and cannot cover their own housing. The non-binding resolution,...
Featured picture for ‘This is stealing from people': More families of late Waltham police officers speak out

‘This is stealing from people’: More families of late Waltham police officers speak out

More families of police officers in Waltham, Massachusetts, are voicing frustration to the NBC10 Boston Investigators about not receiving thousands of dollars in death benefits after their loved ones passed away. It is money the families said they expected from the Waltham Police Relief Association, a nonprofit to which the...
Featured picture for Boston Hotel Converted Into New Affordable Housing

Boston Hotel Converted Into New Affordable Housing

The building has 99 new units for aging residents who experienced homelessness.
Featured picture for ‘The world is a much darker place without her’: Friends react to death of Reading mother

‘The world is a much darker place without her’: Friends react to death of...

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...

Trending Posts