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Gary Rogers, who faced eviction after refusing to pay a 90% rent increase imposed by his landlord in 2024, can stay in his apartment and continue to pay his previous rent, a jury decided Thursday. Rogers lives in a third floor one-bedroom apartment on 22 Sargent Ave. in Somerville as...

Boston Public Schools has rolled out a 36-page directive called "Protecting All Students" that tells principals and staff, step by step, how to respond if federal immigration agents appear at a school, on a bus, or during a field trip. The guidance lays out when officers may enter campus, what staff are allowed to...

No arrests have been made in connection with the stabbing.

A late-night traffic stop in Roslindale ended with Boston officers pulling a Glock 29 modified for fully automatic fire out of a teenager’s waistband, according to police. Boston police say members of the Youth Violence Strike Force stopped a car near 435 Hyde Park Avenue on Tuesday night as part of a firearms...

Another significant infrastructure investment has slipped through the city's fingers after Boston's Streets Cabinet failed to finalize plans in time for a major safety improvement project in the Fenway neighborhood. Since 2011, the City of Boston has been planning a federally-funded project to repair and address...

Three people are facing charges following a daytime shootout in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. Boston police said the arrests stem from an incident around 1 p.m. Thursday, when a police sergeant stopped at a red light at the intersection of Dearborn and Dudley streets heard multiple shots fired and saw a man run...

The truck was reportedly stolen under circumstances eerily similar to another theft that occurred at the same garage just weeks prior. After flying home from a tropical vacation last week, small children and luggage in tow, Brendon Byrnes arrived back in Boston to a nasty surprise. Before leaving, the Boxborough...

Alyssa Partsch was sentenced to 15 t0 20 years in a Massachusetts prison for fatally stabbing a 21-year-old mom over a social media feud. The post Woman upset over 'social media exchanges' killed young mom during first face-to-face meeting first appeared on Law & Crime .

A sightseeing helicopter crash off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii, has claimed the lives of a married couple with deep ties to Needham. Patrick Haskell, 59, and Margaret Rimmler, 65, were two of the three people killed when their tour helicopter, operated by Airborne Aviation, crashed into the ocean near Kalalau Beach on...

The suspect allegedly exposed himself at two Main Street businesses, authorities say. A Watertown man is facing charges after allegedly exposing himself inside two businesses on Main Street in Stoneham, authorities said. Stoneham police responded March 22 to a report that a man had exposed himself to an employee...