14+ hour, 57+ min ago   (104+ words) Boston police are looking for a man who they said stole a vehicle in Roxbury with a child in the backseat. The incident occurred in the area of Crawford and Warren streets around 9:15 p.m. Saturday, BPD said in a community alert....

15+ hour, 20+ min ago   (425+ words) A growing number of Massachusetts communities are reconsidering their relationships with Flock Safety, the company behind the controversial Flock automated license plate reader cameras. Some Massachusetts towns have ended their contracts with Flock Safety, while others have temporarily disabled cameras…...

20+ hour, 50+ min ago   (255+ words) Boston.com Governor Maura Healey honored a Good Samaritan who helped stop the shooting on Memorial Drive in May. On Friday, Healey presented Thomas Joseph “TJ” Swenson Jr. with the Madeline “Amy” Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery during the state’s…...

18+ hour, 43+ min ago   (130+ words) A Massachusetts man died after falling while rock climbing in Connecticut, officials said. On Thursday afternoon, Environmental Conservation Police and Connecticut State Police responded to a report of a fall victim on the Appalachian Trail on River Road in Kent,…...

19+ hour, 18+ min ago   (138+ words) A Sandwich police officer was placed on leave following his arrest for allegedly operating under the influence while off-duty. Around 9:30 p.m. Friday, police received a report of a motor vehicle crash on Grand Oak Road, Sandwich police said. The caller said…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (398+ words) Nearly 2,000 nurses at Boston Medical Center (BMC) voted to authorize a three-day strike amid fraught contract negotiations, their union said Friday. The decision received overwhelming support, with more than 90 percent of nurses in the union voting in favor of authorizing…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (999+ words) The first time a white hockey puck-like object fell from a resident’s ceiling in a New Hampshire government-subsidized building, maintenance was at their door within 15 minutes. The second time it fell, the resident looked up the serial number. The Mînut…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (252+ words) An Amtrak Northeast Regional train traveling from Boston to Washington, D.C., struck and killed an individual at the Sharon MBTA station Wednesday afternoon, officials say. The train made contact with the person, who Amtrak officials say was trespassing, around 3:07 p.m. Sharon police…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (253+ words) An employee at Marylou’s Coffee in Norwood reported a customer threw food and a tip jar over the counter at them due to a dispute over food allergies. Shortly before 11 a.m. Sept. 1, a store employee called 911 alleging a customer dispute…...

4+ day, 28+ min ago   (216+ words) A New Bedford woman was recently arrested and charged with murder in connection with a shooting at a Taunton house party, authorities said. Sienna Barboza, 25, faces one count of murder and seven counts of armed assault with intent to murder,…...