Truck crashes into Beverly house
BEVERLY, MASS. (WHDH) - A pickup truck crashed into a house in Beverly Tuesday night. The truck came up onto the porch and into the front of the house. One person was taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries. “I couldn’t open my bedroom door,” said Cheyenne Chacon,...
USPS to Honor Phillis Wheatley With Black Heritage Stamp
BOSTON (AURN News) — According to USPS, the U.S. Postal Service will honor Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet, with the 49th stamp in its Black Heritage series. The stamp commemorates Wheatley’s groundbreaking literary legacy as the first author of African descent in the American Colonies to...
Boston Police Probe Shooting in Roxbury and Linked Dorchester Car Crash, Suspect At Large
Boston Police Department is actively working a pair of incidents in the city that may be linked: a shooting in Roxbury followed by a getaway car crash in nearby Dorchester last night. The first incident left a 40-year-old man with non-life-threatening injuries after he was shot on Brook Avenue in Roxbury, as reported...
Trial date for woman accused in Boston houseboat killing pushed back
The trial date for the woman accused of killing a 65-year-old Boston lawyer and his dog aboard his houseboat in January 2025 has been rescheduled. Nora Nelson is facing charges of murder, animal cruelty and the malicious killing of an animal in connection with the death of Joseph Donohue, of Charlestown, on Feb. 2,...
Man convicted in series of random assaults in Waltham
WALTHAM, MA — A man has been convicted in connection with a string of unprovoked attacks that occurred throughout the city in November 2020. Clauvens Janvier, 29, of Waltham, pleaded guilty this week to twelve separate assaults that occurred in public areas over a 30-day period. The defendant randomly...
Officials identify victim of Mattapan homicide
Boston Police have identified the victim who was shot and killed on Monday morning in Mattapan.
Inspector general’s probe of Mass. sheriffs’ spending includes communications with Beacon Hill
In his investigation of Massachusetts sheriffs, state Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro is probing a broad set of financial data, communications with top Beacon Hill officials and "non-law enforcement" activities, according to a document reviewed by WBUR. State lawmakers ordered Shapiro to conduct a deep dive into...
Boston nightclub faces license review after woman’s death on dance floor: What we know
The Boston Licensing Board is expected to vote Thursday on whether the management of a downtown nightclub violated licensing regulations when a woman collapsed on the dance floor last month. Anastaiya Colon, 27, was at Icon Nightclub to celebrate her sister’s birthday when she suffered a medical emergency and...
Man Accused of Raping Patient in Boston Medical Center Emergency Room
A 55-year-old man is being accused of raping a patient while they were both in Boston Medical Center’s emergency room. Barry Howze, of Boston, is expected to be arraigned at 2 p.m. on Monday in Suffolk Superior, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden‘s office. He will be charged with two counts of...
Boston nightclub says it handled a woman’s fatal medical episode properly. Her loved ones...
A woman collapsed on the dancefloor of ICON, a club in Boston's Theater District, last month and died. Early on the morning of Dec. 21, Anastaiya Colon suffered a medical episode while at ICON, a nightclub in Boston’s Theater District. She collapsed on the dancefloor and was later pronounced dead. Now, the club is...
