Boston MA

Boston’s police watchdog is finally flexing its legal muscles. Yesterday, the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency (OPAT) served subpoenas on nine Boston Police officers, ordering them to show up at a commission meeting scheduled for tomorrow. It is the first time the civilian oversight office has used...

A Boston mother is hesitant to send her 5-year-old son with autism back to school after the first grader walked out of the building without anyone noticing.

Showcase Cinema de Lux in Randolph will close its doors on March 1. Showcase Cinema de Lux in Randolph, which sports an IMAX and an immersive MX4D theater, is closing its doors at the beginning of next month. In a statement on the company’s website, it said, “It has been...

Looking up from the bathroom floor of her Stoughton home, she could see the change in her son’s eyes. He towered over her with a knife while blood poured from her wrist, dripping through her fingers as she fought to stay alive. Feet away, her husband sat with multiple stab wounds to his back and torso.

The Boston City Council voted unanimously today to urge the MBTA to keep South Station and other transit facilities open during declared winter emergencies so no more homeless people suffer the fate of Carvell Curry, 62, who died of exposure just outside the station on the night of Dec. 5.

MEDFORD, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Valentine's Day is one of the biggest days of the year for flower shops, and along with many others, one local shop has prepared all month for the rush this weekend. Todd Davis, owner of Lollipops and Roses in Medford, said they've prepared many...

The recent fishing vessel tragedy in Gloucester comes as Marblehead remembers local fishermen lost at sea 50 years ago. In the last days of January 1976, Marbleheaders Steven “Leroy” Haynes, 26, and Capt. Steven “Stevie” Goodwin, 31, died alongside Stephen Kelly, 32, of Newport, Rhode Island, and Candice Stuart, 21,...

“He wasn’t responding, he wasn’t breathing, had no pulse,” said Coach Haffer.

BOSTON (WHDH) - The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a brawl involving several correction officers broke out at Suffolk County House of Correction in Boston Saturday. The video, timestamped just before 7:30 a.m., appears to show three female officers standing at an elevator. One woman knocks...

A Dorchester woman has been doing everything she can to get back on her feet after becoming the victim of a hit-and-run over a year ago, though she hasn’t had much luck. Now, she’s turning to a dog photo contest that comes with a $10,000 cash prize.