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A federal jury has acquitted Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins who was charged on two counts of extortion for a cannabis investment. Prosecutors had alleged Tompkins pressured his longtime friend, cannabis executive Frank Perullo, to sell him $50,000 of stock before Perullo’s company, Ascend Wellness Holdings, went

A family in Hyde Park is looking for the good Samaritan who alerted them to their house being on fire.

A Malden woman pleaded guilty in federal court to assaulting federal agents during an immigration enforcement operation and threatening to kill them.

A Massachusetts woman convicted in the stabbing deaths of her two young sons has been granted a new trial. According to previous information released by the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office, Latarsha L. Sanders of Brockton was sentenced in December of 2022 to mandatory life in prison without parole for murder

Kimberly Bookman has been reporting in Boston since joining 7News in 2014. Less than a month after announcing her departure from the station, longtime 7News reporter Kimberly Bookman said this week that she will continue to cover Boston, joining NBC10 as of Sept. 14. Bookman announced in a LinkedIn post...

The man was out on parole in connection with previous firearm offenses in September 2025 when he was approached by police.

Michael Lara, 41, of Norwood, is repaying the $6,200 he used from the accounts of the Watertown Housing Authority. The former director of the Watertown Housing Authority agreed to return the funds he stole and used to renovate his bathroom, federal prosecutors announced. Through the Deferred Prosecutions Agreement, Mic

Happy Tuesday! Well….the forecast of rain certainly verified! As we usher into the evening and overnight hours the rain will continually become lighter and more and more isolated. The clouds will stick around overnight with an isolated shower or sprinkle/drizzle. That means it’ll be a humid night with lows...

EVERETT, MASS. (WHDH) - Encore Boston Harbor employees are setting Friday as the date to go on strike. The contract expired Monday for more than 1,000 workers at the Everett casino resort. Employees said they will walk off the job Friday at 7 a.m. unless Wynn Resorts reaches a new...

Hawksmoor, the London steakhouse group founded by childhood friends Will Beckett and Huw Gott in 2006, opens its first Boston restaurant on September 8 at 15 Necco Street in Fort Point. The 280-seat restaurant includes a main dining room, two private dining rooms, an 18-seat bar with room for 66 more at bar seating, an