Boston MA

The taxpayer cost of redeveloping the historic White Stadium in Franklin Park won’t be known until the end of the year, Mayor Michelle Wu revealed this week. In an interview with WBUR on Tuesday, Wu did not provide a current estimate of the multi-million dollar project, but said the city had already put out bids for...

Some residents in Boston's Roslindale neighborhood are searching for answers after the partial building collapse on Poplar Street on Wednesday night. Bricks came down from the building housing Felix Barber Shop, across from Adams Park in Roslindale Village. No one was injured. The situation could have been a lot...

A neighbor has sued in an attempt to block a 103-apartment housing project in Chestnut Hill that, almost two years after it was first proposed, was recently given the go-ahead by the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals. The complaint, filed on July 21 by Xiaoning “Nina” Crowley, challenges the...

The Boston Police Department is reaching out to the public to help identify a suspect involved in an armed robbery that took place in Roxbury. According to the department's official statement, the incident occurred on Saturday evening, around 6:55 PM, in the vicinity of Ruggles Street and Leon Street. The...

The judge in the Brian Walshe murder case revealed at a hearing on Friday that she may have a conflict of interest.

Police use of gas to end standoff goes awry, spreading further than expected in building. Police engaged in a nightlong standoff Friday in Cambridge after a man wielded a machete in Central Square and made it to his home in The Port neighborhood, according to police and police scanner reports.

Another day, another minimum-wage worker getting harassed by an entitled customer. Only this time, we’ve got a dash of incel energy thrown into the mix. The incident happened at a Panera in Somerville’s Porter Square, Massachusetts. And in a twist of irony, the video we’re all watching wasn’t filmed by some horrified...

The problem has vexed Boston leaders, public health officials and police for years: How best to address the interwoven issues of homelessness and public drug use that collide near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. Two years after the city cleared a nearby tent encampment where...

The MBTA Transit Police are on the lookout for an individual involved in a violent altercation that occurred last week near the Chinatown station. A social media post from the police department describes a near-miss vehicular incident that turned violent yesterday, when a driver nearly hit a pedestrian in a...

Part of the Charles River is closed for water activities after toxic cyanobacteria was spotted in the City of Boston. Cyanobacteria, sometimes referred to as blue-green algae, can make humans and pets sick. “You don’t want to have prolonged exposure to the water. That’s probably our biggest concern is that...