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Major water main break floods Boylston Street in Boston's Back Bay
A major water main break is making a mess of a stretch of Boylston Street in Boston on Friday afternoon. The water main break was reported shortly after 1 p.m. The Boston Water and Sewer Commission said on social media at 1:16 p.m. that they were responding to a leak in the street in the vicinity of 364 Boylston St....
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Snowstorm could bring 8+ inches of snow to parts of New England
Heads up! We’re tracking rain and snow for parts of Massachusetts as early as Wednesday night. As we move through this Wednesday, expect increasing clouds as a clipper system moves into New England. Sometime after 8 p.m., we’ll begin seeing snow developing over parts of western and central Massachusetts. A winter weather advisory is in effect for western and central...
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Elderly dog taken from front yard in Swampscott, found after search
A 14-year-old dog was taken from her front yard in Swampscott, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning before being found, police said, saying she’ll be reunited with her owners. Investigators released photos of a man and a woman seen on camera taking the 14-year-old hound mix, Trudy, from the home on Bates Road around 10 a.m. They were driving a white van. Police...
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Man, woman charged in deadly Brockton home invasion
Two people have been arrested on charges including murder after a man’s deadly shooting in his apartment in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Friday in what prosecutors said was a case of home invasion.
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Man killed in Brockton apartment shooting
A man was shot and killed Friday afternoon in an apartment in Brockton, Massachusetts. The shooting happened on Pleasant Street. Officers responded to a 911 call shortly before 3:30 p.m. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz later said a 54-year-old man was killed. Cruz added that the case is not believed to be random. The investigation is ongoing, authorities said.
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Teen arrested 6 days after shooting on MBTA Red Line platform in Boston
A teenager was arrested nearly a week after a shooting on a T platform in Boston, MBTA Transit Police said Friday.
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Woman found dead in burning vehicle in Cape Cod woods is IDed
Authorities have identified the woman whose remains were found in a burning vehicle in the woods in Cape Cod on Monday, but haven’t shared what is believed to have led to her death.
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Person's remains found in burning vehicle in Cape Cod woods
Human remains were found inside a burning vehicle in the area of a Cape Cod park on Monday, authorities said.
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Man shot at Boston MBTA station, Red Line service affected
A man was shot on a platform at the MBTA Red Line’s Broadway Station in Boston Friday evening, police said. The man is expected to survive the gunshot wound to his lower extremities, according to the MBTA Transit Police, which said it was investigating the shooting, reported about 5:30 p.m. The man was rushed to the hospital. A witness told...
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Harvard temporarily bans faculty involved in ‘study-in' protests from using library
Dozens of Harvard University professors who staged a “study-in” protest at the school’s library earlier this month in solidarity with students disciplined for taking part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration have now been disciplined themselves. Harvard has temporarily suspended 25 professors and more than 60 law students from using the flagship library on campus following the protest. “I pulled out my...
