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Brockton police responded to a ShotSpotter alert near the BAT Bus stop on Commercial Street just before 8:00 p.m., according to a department spokesperson.

The longest road in the United States stretches from Boston, Massachusetts, to Newport, Oregon, with a stop in Illinois along the way. U.S. Route 20 is not only the nation’s longest highway , but it is also one of the most scenic routes for a road trip. This highway traverses 12 different states . In Illinois, Route...

A federal judge has ordered former community organizer Monica Cannon-Grant to repay $224,000 tied to fraud that included embezzling from her nonprofit, Violence in Boston. In January, Cannon-Grant was sentenced to four years probation, six months of home detention and 100 hours of community service after pleading...

QUINCY, MASS. (WHDH) - The City of Quincy is getting ready to replace firefighters’ gear, following the city council’s unanimous approval of a plan Monday night. The vote allocated a $2.6 million bond to purchase new coats and pants for fire crews. Research from last year found high...

Dear Billy T and Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line,. Billy what do you think about that community space at Gilman Sq? It was supposed to be for families/kids to hang out instead it’s for tents and trash left there from the summer, god forbid if you bring it up, everyone attacks your comment!

A man who was shot and killed by police while wielding a knife in Weymouth was remembered for his love of the outdoors in his obituary. Sean Barry, 25, was shot by police at Webb State Park on March 18 while holding a knife, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office. He was taken to a hospital and...

Residents of this small Massachusetts town are no longer allowed to operate gas leaf blowers as of March 15, 2026.

BOSTON (WHDH) - A 29-year-old man was arraigned in a West Roxbury court Monday in connection to an incident at the Forest Hills MBTA station in Jamaica Plain on Friday. Micah Martin, of Hyde Park, is facing 15 charges including one count of armed carjacking, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building,...

Less than a week before four riders and two police officers were attacked with a butcher knife at a Boston bus station, officers had already confronted another group armed with a butcher knife at a different MBTA stop. Both unusual incidents unfolded in the same week — the first at...

A 37-year-old man convicted of a 2008 Boston killing has been granted parole under the Commonwealth v. Mattis decision, a Supreme Judicial Court ruling that allows a second chance for 18-to-20-year-olds previously sentenced to life without parole. Elbert Newson, of Dorchester, was 19 when he and a co-defendant...