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Despite a common reputation for its filth, forged from rock songs and warnings imparted for decades, multiple organizations have made efforts to make the Charles River swimmable, but that could all be coming to an end soon. A recent proposal by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) would allow an...

A former Boston City Hall staffer who claims she was wrongfully terminated is urging a court to unseal police body camera footage from her arrest, saying it will prove she did not strike a police officer last spring. Marwa Khudaynazar made the request in a motion filed Wednesday as part...

BOSTON (WHDH) - The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) said Thursday it will not investigate Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox because he is a “civilian executive,” not a sworn law enforcement officer. Defense Attorney Alan Jackson, who represented Karen Read during her murder...

A live mouse inside Legal Sea Foods led to a failed health inspection at the Copley Place location this month. “A live mouse was observed in the dining room near the bar,” the Nov. 18 report stated. During the same visit, health inspectors found evidence of mouse droppings near...

Joshua Morency, 28, of Dorchester, allegedly sold 21 firearms to a law enforcement informant at a Stop & Shop parking lot and a Shell station, among other sites. A Dorchester man was charged with trafficking firearms after allegedly selling 3-D printed “ghost guns.”. Joshua Morency, 28, allegedly sold 21...

Emma is a talented artist who loves drawing and painting, and she also has a passion for helping others.

The incident occurred Friday afternoon near Downtown Crossing. MBTA Transit Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly threatened a passenger with a needle on Friday. The suspect allegedly threatened to stab a female passenger with the hypodermic needle, police say. The incident occurred...

For months, people in New England have been whispering about a possible serial killer.

The average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Boston is a little over $3,000. Is there relief on the horizon?

Two weeks after a federal raid at a Boston car wash led to the arrest of nine immigrant workers, their lawyer said that three of them were released. Immigration attorney Todd Pomerleau, who represents all nine Allston Car Wash workers, said late Tuesday that the trio were released and headed home to their families...