Italian flag colors painted on road in Newton, Massachusetts removed for second time
A group in Newton, Massachusetts attempted to block city workers from removing painted lines on the street that serve as a tribute to Italian heritage.
Body Discovered Wrapped in Blankets and Duct Tape Parked in Car Outside Emergency Room
Neighbors of Declan Perry told police they saw a man carrying what looked like a “large, heavy blanket” out of Perry’s apartment and into the back of a car the same day his body was discovered outside a Massachusetts hospital. Perry, 27, was found unresponsive in a black Honda Civic parked outside the emergency room...
The Who’s Sir Roger Daltrey Visits Dana-Farber Cancer Patients And Families
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Ahead of their show tonight at Fenway, lead singer of rock band The Who Sir Roger Daltrey visited Dana Farber Cancer Institute on Tuesday to meet with patients and their families, as well as celebrate the 10th anniversary of their organization Teen Cancer America, founded with bandmate Pete...
Boston Police Seek Public’s Help to Identify Suspects in Dorchester Shooting Incident
Boston Police Department is reaching out for public assistance after a shooting incident in Dorchester last week. Last Friday, around 5:52 PM, a person was reportedly shot during what is believed to have begun as an attempted carjacking near Old Colony Terrace and Savin Hill Avenue, according to Boston Police...
Tracing Mayor Wu’s trail to a potential second term
‘Bold’ plans, hostile feds are part of terrain. Eighteen years ago, Michelle Wu, a Chicago native and recent Harvard graduate with a degree in Economics, was working in the private sector for a consulting firm when a family crisis changed the course of her life, calling her home to Illinois, then back to Boston, this...
Wu appoints former Boston Latin head to School Committee
"The trajectory of my life was changed due to preparation and experiences I had as a Boston Public Schools student." The former head of Boston Latin School has been appointed to serve on the Boston School Committee, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Monday. Rachel Skerritt spent five years as the leader...
Armed carjacking under investigation in Boston
Police are investigating after an armed carjacking in Boston on Wednesday morning.
Over 100 people hold vigil in East Boston for activists detained by ICE
Over a hundred people gathered at sunset on Sunday in an East Boston park, where they prayed in front of an altar adorned with candles, orange and yellow flowers, and photographs. They were there to call for the release of two community organizers recently detained by federal immigration authorities: Carlos...
‘Didn’t see her as a human’: Mass. man denied parole 30 years after murder
Decades after her sister was beaten, gagged and left at the bottom of a quarry with cinder blocks weighing down her body, a woman stood before the Massachusetts Parole Board with a painful reminder: This could’ve been your loved one. “Do not let this monster, Robert Larkin, out to...
Mass. sheriff steps away from job amid extortion investigation, Gov. Healey says
An indictment alleges that the sheriff extorted a cannabis company to give him a sweetheart stock deal.
