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BOSTON — A person was shot in Dorchester this afternoon, according to police. The shooting happened in the area of 90 Fowler Street shortly after 1 p.m. Officers found an adult victim suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to the hospital. The investigation remains ongoing. Story

Massachusetts officials handed out $15.3 million this week to help five developers convert underused commercial buildings, including a shuttered Westford hotel and a 1903 Boston office tower, into a combined 856 apartments. Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll announced the awards in person at 219 Littleton Road in Westford, the site

Music, colorful costumes and Caribbean food will fill the streets of Boston Saturday as the city hosts the 53rd annual Caribbean Carnival.

BELMONT, MA — Police are investigating an incident involving a nude male who may have been engaging in a sexual act in public at Rock Meadow. The incident occurred in the Rock Meadow parking lot near the Community Gardens off Mill Street on Aug. 28, 2026, according to the Belmont Police Department.

A Lexington, Massachusetts woman is among those missing following deadly flash flooding in Nepal.

From moving trucks to rental vans, oversized vehicles have been getting stuck under bridges in Boston and Cambridge for years. No matter how many signs, flashing lights, or warnings the state puts up, someone still manages to forget one important detail: the height of their moving truck. Every year, oversized...

BOSTON, MA — The Boston Police Department is launching a pilot program that will deploy drones as first responders to 911 calls and ShotSpotter activations. The program, which begins this weekend, will use Federal Aviation Administration certified pilots who are members of the police department to operate drones from l

A local Japanese restaurant chain is cooking up a major Greater Boston expansion. Tori Japan is preparing to open restaurants in Boston, Malden, Taunton, and the Ashmont area in Dorchester, a company representative told What Now Boston. The first of the four will take over the former Boston Halal space at 961 Commonwea

BOSTON (WGGB/WSHM) - On Friday afternoon, the Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin reports more than 430,000 mail in ballots returned with about 60-percent of ballots sent out. Another 68,000 voters have cast ballots in person through early voting. Bringing total turnout so far to just under 500,000 ballots, about

BOSTON (WHDH) - Police are investigating an early morning shooting in Boston that left a person hospitalized, officials said. Officers responding to a reported shooting in the area of 81 Westview St. around 3 a.m. determined the victim had taken themselves to a nearby hospital with what were considered non-life-threate