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SHREWSBURY – Ever wondered what would happen to your old Toyota if you just left it on state property – say, at Boston Logan Airport – and just walked into the sunset without a care for it? The answer is that it would very likely end up at an abandoned vehicle auction, such as the one that the Massachusetts Port...

Yesterday in Roxbury, the Boston Police Department's Citywide Neighborhood Engagement Safety Team (NEST), along with officers from various districts, apprehended 31-year-old William Allen on multiple narcotic charges. According to the official police report, the arrest unfolded as officers observed suspicious...

At approximately 9:13 PM on Monday, November 10, 2025, officers assigned to District B-3 (Mattapan) were patrolling the area of Washington Street and Brent Street in response to community concerns about the reckless operation of off-highway vehicles. During their patrol, officers observed a group of juveniles...

Governor Maura Healey spoke at the 10th Annual Massachusetts Girls in Trades Eastern Conference & Career Fair, an event connecting high school girls from Greater Boston with professionals in the union construction trades. The conference encourages students to explore careers in fields where women remain...

David Drake was known for his large-sized historic pots that could hold 40 gallons of water. His large clay pots were also used for food storage in the 1850s. However, since he was an enslaved man in South Carolina, he wasn’t allowed to own any of his work.  After almost 200 years, Boston’s Museum of...

The victim had not yet paid the alleged scammer who had requested $15,000. A 35-year-old Revere man was arrested for allegedly trying to scam someone out of $15,000. Around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Essex police received a report from a family member of an Essex resident who said they had been told both over the...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston Mayor Michelle Wu helped cut down the city’s Christmas tree during a trip to Nova Scotia to highlight the continuing partnership formed following the tragic explosion in Halifax Harbor in 1917. As a thank you to Boston for sending medical aid and relief supplies following...

A Massachusetts man is being released from prison after being granted parole last month. But the grandson of the woman killed still doesn’t believe the man’s story. William Shipps, Jr. said he had planned to punch the two people inside the home he was robbing when he was 16 if they had any issues, not shoot them.

Massachusetts lawmakers may double the number of cities and towns allowed to ban fossil fuels in new construction. A bill under consideration would add up to 10 communities to an ongoing pilot program that proponents say is already reducing emissions, making homes healthier, and lowering energy bills — all without...

It’s been a brutal stretch across the Northeast—crashes, shootings, stabbings, and arrests stacking up from New York to Boston to Rhode Island. Cops, troopers, and emergency crews were stretched thin as chaos unfolded on highways, city streets, and neighborhood corners. In upstate New York, a chain of crashes...