Boston MA

As driverless Waymo service rolls out to new cities across the U.S., Boston is trying to pump the brakes on autonomous vehicles. This past Thursday, at-large City Councilors Erin Murphy and Henry Santana unveiled a proposed ordinance that would prohibit commercial autonomous vehicle operations in the city until a new...

NBC Boston It was around 1 a.m. on a cool Saturday morning in Somerville, Massachusetts, when Katharine VanBuskirk, 69, was viciously attacked by a raccoon on her porch. VanBuskirk was letting out her pet spaniels, Blue and Rubi, when out leapt what she called a “giant ball of viciousness.” VanBuskirk was bitten and...

Tenants' rights groups and progressive lawmakers are renewing a push to bring rent control back to Massachusetts. Hundreds of activists in yellow T-shirts lined the marble grand staircase of the State House on Tuesday, holding signs and banners ahead of a key committee hearing. "This isn't about tenants versus...

A disgusted resident filed a 311 complaint shortly after noon about the overflowing dumpster behind apartments at 94-96 Itasca St. in Mattapan:. The management company, Greater Boston Management, must be made to clean up this mess, as there is already a rodent problem. No action has been taken since last report.

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man was sentenced Tuesday to 26 months in prison for attempting to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon and trying to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight. Francisco Severo Torres, of Leominster, pleaded guilty in May to one count of...

Is looking for the return of her SUV as well as three cellphones, key pieces of evidence that are still in law enforcement custody. She was acquitted last month of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her vehicle. Her attorney Steven Boozang said he contacted the...

WEST ROXBURY, MA — A rare real estate opportunity is coming to market as The Linden, a newly constructed 70-unit luxury apartment complex in West Roxbury, is set to be sold at a public foreclosure auction on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at 12:00 PM. The auction, announced by Sullivan...

On Monday, the MBTA published a set of proposed rules and regulations for a new bus-mounted automated enforcement system, which would let the agency automatically identify and record vehicles that are illegally blocking bus stops and bus lanes, and then issue fines to those vehicles' owners. Under the proposed...

All 14 units are already reserved. One Dorchester couple is taking a different approach to affordable housing, offering new “micro-apartments” for just $750 per month. Elisa and Vivian Girard are in the final stages of completion on a four-story building located at 141 Westville Street in the Field’s Corner...

“These fraudsters are capitalizing on fear and intimidation because nobody wants to be the subject of a law enforcement investigation." Federal authorities issued a warning Tuesday, urging Massachusetts residents to be on guard against scams where people pose as members of law enforcement and government agencies to...