Boston MA

A Lynn man admitted in Salem Superior Court Thursday that he murdered his 80-year-old mother, according to Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker’s office. Alfredo Paratore, 53, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in state prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years, the...

On Friday, June 13, 2025, officers assigned to the Youth Violence Strike Force arrested 18-year-old Alphy Vazquez of Charlestown on firearm-related charges at 89 Polk Street in Charlestown. At approximately 8:32 PM, while patrolling the Bunker Hill Housing Development, officers observed a group smoking marijuana...

NASHUA, NH – On June 13, 2025, members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Crimes Task Force, the Massachusetts State Police, the Lexington Police Department, and the Nashua Police Department arrested Ronald Ribeiro, 41, of Lexington, Mass., as a fugitive from justice. On May 28, 2025, the...

BOSTON – James Rausch, a 57-year-old New York-based director of operations and sales for the Northeast region of a mobile medical diagnostics company, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston on June 14, 2025, to conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks to doctors in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain...

BOSTON — Members of the Boston Police Drug Control Unit arrested a 32-year-old Randolph man Thursday in connection with an ongoing fentanyl distribution investigation. Rafael Mercedes was taken into custody following a comprehensive investigation into large-scale narcotics trafficking activity conducted by Boston...

ICE is responding following the release of a Milford teen from a detention center in Burlington, saying he ‘peddled blatant lies’.

A roving UHub photographer captured a couple of signs at a No Kings rally today in Milton, where, she reports, some 1,000 people attended - with lots of support honking from passing drivers. It was, she reports:. Multigenerational, patriotic, peaceful and fun. My favorite chant all day was from a...

Winning big money on the Massachusetts State Lottery isn’t easy, but when it happens, it is really sweet as it was for this Massachusetts woman. Kathleen Benson of Weymouth is the winner of a $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$4,000,000 Cash King Doubler” instant ticket game.

Boston police are investigating after the George Washington Statue in the city's Public Garden was vandalized sometime before Saturday morning. According to a police report, officers responded around 7:45 a.m. to the statue at Arlington Street and Commonwealth Avenue where they were met by the caller who notified...

Police say that around 7:35 PM, Troopers were dispatched to the area of 267 Blue Hills Parkway in Milton to reports of a possible stabbing.