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Michal P. Norton, State House News ServiceIn a ruling praised by gun rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down New York's concealed-carry gun licensing law with a decision that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said flouts hundreds of years of state-level gun regulation and "poses a grave danger" to people traveling...
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Everleigh McCarthy was less than 2 weeks old when she died at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2020. The police said her remains were “probably mistaken as soiled linen” and discarded. The post Their baby died. Then a Boston hospital lost the body. appeared first on Boston.com.
Seth Daniel, News EditorThanh Le, the man police credit with a one-man crime wave. State Police photo When a man who had been held without bail for 90 days this spring following what police described as a “one-man crime wave” in Fields Corner was arrested again last Tuesday (June 14) after a brief, high-speed chase involving a stolen vehicle...
Gintautas Dumcius, Managing EditorA once-heavily-used set of stairs at JFK-UMass MBTA station have been blocked off since engineering consultants discovered “structural concerns" last month. Gintautas Dumcius photo Longer wait times for subway trains and shiny new train cars taken out of service. Those are two of the major issues facing the MBTA...
Jennifer Smith, Reporter CorrespondentKevin Hayden— Suffolk County District Attorney won the endorsement of Ward 15 Democrats on June 18. File photo Boston’s Ward 15 Democratic Party Committee endorsed Kevin Hayden for Suffolk County District Attorney on Saturday, following candidate interviews in which Hayden and City Councillor Ricardo Arroyo...
Reporter StaffThe Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved entrepreneurs' plans to turn a dilapidated Blue Hill Avenue building into a home-delivery marijuana service that will use three unmarked vans to ferry orders to customers. Unlike in the past, when board members would often raise loud objections to placing marijuana businesses within a...
Massachusetts home prices once again set records in May. But will spiking mortgage rates throw a bucket of cold water on the fiery housing market? The median sale price of a single-family home in Massachusetts hit an all-time high of $590,000 in May, according to The Warren Group, a real estate analytics firm. That marked […] The post Will...
The joy and excitement of Charlestown High School’s graduation was cut short by gunfire Monday as students and families ran for cover as gunfire erupted across the street from the school’s commencement exercises. Boston Police say the gunfire was in…Read more →
Thanh Le was arrested following a high-speed chase that resulted in a four-car crash. The post DA: Suspect arrested after high-speed chase was on probation for crime spree appeared first on Boston.com.
Gintautas Dumcius, Managing EditorActing mayor Kim Janey and former state Rep. Mel King (center) in November 2021 at the unveiling of Mel King Square in the South End. (File photo via Mayor's Office) Former acting Mayor Kim Janey and Mel King, a giant in Boston politics, are throwing their support behind state Rep. Nika Elugardo’s run for state...
Reporter StaffThe Massachusetts Appeals Court on Wednesday upheld Dominic Shiner's conviction for voluntary manslaughter for the stabbing death of Sean Dwyer outside Dwyer's Adams Street barber shop in 2014. In a 2-1 ruling, the court acknowledged there was no direct evidence that Shiner fatally stabbed his lifelong friend, no fingerprints or DNA...
Andrew Blake and Walter Suprey were arrested within about an hour of each other. The post Two BPD officers arrested for separate domestic violence incidents appeared first on Boston.com.
No one was injured, and police found bullet holes in two nearby cars. The post Gunshots fired near Charlestown High School graduation appeared first on Boston.com.
Jennifer Smith, Reporter CorrespondentFor the first time in a decade, there will be a primary race this year for state representative in the 6th Suffolk District. Incumbent state Rep. Russell Holmes, running for a sixth term, will face challenger Haris Hardaway. Both men are Democrats. Holmes, 52, first claimed the seat in 2010, beating out four...