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Editor’s note: This article was updated at 5:25 p.m. on June 9, 2026 to add a comment from the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office. The leader of Massachusetts’ public defender agency said Tuesday that the bigoted text messages exchanged by two former investigators revealed in a new lawsuit from Karen Read raised “immed

A man with several active warrants and an extensive criminal history who allegedly fled from authorities was taken into custody in Franklin, according to police.

BOSTON — A two-year-long federal investigation led to charges for 26 members of the notorious gang known as the Trinitarios, a transnational criminal organization linked to five murders and 19 attempted murders in Massachusetts over the past decade. The racketeering and drug distribution charges unsealed Tuesday repres

The teenager was last seen on the morning of Tuesday, May 19. Boston police are seeking the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old girl, who has not been seen for three weeks. Briyana Jacques, a resident of the city’s Dorchester neighborhood, was last spotted leaving her Rosedale Street home...

Routes 23, 28, and 29 will remain fare-free through December. Riders on MBTA bus routes 23, 28, and 29 will continue to ride free through the end of 2026 as an extension of Boston’s fare-free bus program, which has been under pilot for four years, city officials announced. The...

A Massachusetts man is putting action to the adage “it’s better to give than to receive” after hitting big money on a State Lottery scratch ticket. According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, Wei Xiao Zhong of Brighton has won a $4 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “4,000,000 Cash King Doubler” $10 i

A former Brookline sleep doctor who used proceeds from a healthcare fraud scheme to purchase a multimillion-dollar home in Fisher Hill was sentenced Friday to 58 months in federal prison. Pankaj Merchia, 52, of Brookline and Boca Raton, Florida, was also ordered to pay $1.85 million in restitution and serve...

Police in the Norfolk County town of Franklin are warning residents of an “active and large” investigation that’s unfolding on Tuesday morning. In a social media post just before 10 a.m., the Franklin Police Department announced that there is a heavy law enforcement presence in the area of 1221 Pond Street. “Avoid the

A Lynnfield teen was allegedly driving 112 mph before crashing into a popular restaurant on Sunday morning, officials say.

Security footage shows three separate incidents over the weekend that caused more than $500 in damage to a Pride display outside the store. A South Boston business owner is speaking out after a Pride sign outside his store was vandalized three times over Pride weekend. On Monday, Micro Plant Studio,...