Boston MA

Police are investigating after a bus driver with Canton schools was allegedly assaulted by a parent on Tuesday morning.

The beloved shop was opened in 1952 by Beatrice and Peter Polemenako before their daughter carried on the business. After 74 years in business, Dairy Witch Ice Cream in Salem is closing its doors, the shop announced Saturday. “We will not be opening this spring,” the business said on Facebook....

Prosecutors said Harvey Rodriguez, a/k/a “Big Opp,” participated in a multi-year drug conspiracy that took place in the Lynn area and on the North Shore.

A Massachusetts man has been identified as the victim of a recent fatal highway crash. According to State Police, last Tuesday, just after 10:45 a.m., State Police Troop “E” Montville dispatched Troopers to the area south of exit 18 on I-395 northbound in Norwich, CT for the report of a motor vehicle collision with serious injuries.

If it closes, the nearest 99 Restaurant locations to Boston will be in Revere and Quincy. A beloved New England chain restaurant’s last Boston location may close as developers eye the lot around it for future apartments at Charlestown’s Bunker Hill Mall. Universal Hub first reported the news...

A United Airlines flight was diverted to Boston Logan Airport Monday morning to allow authorities to remove an “unruly” passenger, according to Massachusetts State Police. Massport dispatched troopers to board the flight shortly after 9:30 a.m. The passenger was restrained on the flight, but was “cooperative” by the time troopers arrived. Paramedics also responded to evaluate the passenger, but the passenger declined medical...

A spell of wet weather is headed for the Boston area later this week. Here are the latest updates from local meteorologists. National Weather Service: ‘Rain arrives late Wed night and persists into Thu with highs in the 50s’. Chris Lambert, 7News: ‘The bulk of this wet weather is...

It's "DeRATification Week" in Somerville, Massachusetts. Usually, residents are trying to get their city leaders laser-focused on solving rat infestations. This week, city leaders are flipping the script, aiming to get residents more locked in on rats. Officials are putting on a show-and-tell on controlling the rat population. Rat czar...

The city of Boston plans to buy only electric vehicles and increase access to cooling spaces during periods of extreme heat under a new five-year climate plan released Monday. The plan detailed the steps the city plans to take by 2030 to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets, as well as to strengthen the city’s defenses against the growing threat of climate change...

BOSTON (WHDH) - The lead investigator in the 1990 art heist at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum spoke about the twists and turns of the mystery. Former FBI Agent Geoffrey Kelley has a new tell-all book, “Thirteen Perfect Fugitives.”. “They took the Rembrandts – that’s the well-known artist...