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Postal Service audit finds significant problems at Boston facility
An audit conducted by the Postal Service’s inspector general at the Boston Processing and Distribution Center, as well as three delivery units it services, found significant issues, including delayed mail strewn about the floor and packages that were scanned improperly by employees. The audit’s findings were released Tuesday and examined the efficiency of operations at the Boston USPS facility from...
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Barricaded person found dead after standoff at Allston apartment building, Boston police say
A standoff involving a person who was barricaded inside an apartment building in Boston’s Allston neighborhood has come to an end after the suspect was found dead, police said Thursday morning. According to Boston police, the incident on Western Avenue near North Harvard Street ended around 3 a.m., about 11 hours after it started. There was no immediate word from...
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Boston man arrested after gun fired during road rage incident
A road rage incident allegedly led to one driver firing a gun at another car Friday in the city’s South End. Boston police say 40-year-old Jair Furtado was arrested around 10:37 p.m. Friday on firearm charges after officers responded to the area of 145 East Berkeley Street for a report of shots fired and found two vehicles stopped at the...
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Oil spills into Boston's Muddy River, threatening the wildlife
Oil spilled into the Muddy River on the Brookline/Boston line Sunday afternoon, leaving the community concerned about animals that were coated in oil. Brookline police say they were dispatched to the river in the area of the Longwood MBTA Station around 12:05 p.m. for a report of a possible oil leak. The Boston Fire Department responded as well as the...
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Jeep slams into Brockton business; injuries reported
An SUV slammed into a building in Brockton, Massachusetts, Sunday night, resulting in minor injuries. The Brockton Fire Department said shortly after 7:30 p.m. that they had responded to the incident at 609 Oak Street, the listed address for the Meineke Car Care Center. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone inside the business was hurt, or if the driver is...
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Mass. woman killed in crash on Everett Turnpike in Merrimack, NH
One woman is dead after the pickup truck she was a passenger in apparently crossed a median on the F.E. Everett Turnpike, and crashed into multiple vehicles in Merrimack, New Hampshire, leading to a road closure that lasted several hours Sunday afternoon. NH State Police say troopers responded around 12:55 p.m. to a reported crash on the northbound side of...
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Woman dies after being pulled from Wakefield fire; man expected to survive
Wakefield Fire says they responded to multiple calls reporting an explosion on 318 Water St. at around 8:44 a.m.
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Large fire breaks out at abandoned building in Dorchester
Boston Fire says they have been battling a blaze on the 600 block of Columbia road since before 7 a.m.
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19-year-old critically injured in Dighton crash involving tree and utility pole
A Mercedes was allegedly speeding in Dighton, Massachusetts, shortly before the vehicle veered off the road and struck a utility pole and then a tree, critically injuring a 19-year-old passenger Saturday night. According to Dighton police, an officer saw the grey Mercedes sedan take a sharp right turn from Somerset Avenue onto Old Somerset Avenue while traveling at a high...
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20-year-old killed in crash in Somerset, Mass.
A 20-year-old was killed in a rollover crash in Somerset, Massachusetts, early Friday. State police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that troopers responded to the single-car crash on Interstate 195 westbound around 2:15 a.m. According to police, the car went off I-195 and rolled over in the median, killing the driver and sole occupant, WJAR reports. The victim has been...
