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Get ready for the ‘best time' at Boston's Museum of Ice Cream, opening Saturday
Boston, are you ready to discover your inner child? (Think unlimited ice cream and a world-famous sprinkle pool.) The Museum of Ice Cream is opening in the Seaport on Saturday.
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McKinsey & Company to pay $650 million to settle U.S. opioid consulting probe
A former top partner at McKinsey has also agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice in the federal probe, according to court filings Friday
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Death investigation underway at luxury apartment building in Boston's South End
The homicide unit of the Boston Police Department is investigating the death of a person in a South End apartment building. Police responded just before 7 p.m. Thursday for a well-being check on Harrison Avenue, finding a person dead. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office confirmed the victim is a female. Authorities did not give any more information about...
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3 hurt after car slams into Abington home overnight; driver to be charged
Multiple people were injured when a car crashed into a home overnight in Abington, Massachusetts, and now the 18-year-old driver is facing charges. The Abington Fire department says the vehicle struck the High Street house around midnight. Residents of the home were in a different part of the house when the collision happened and were not injured in the incident,...
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Elderly woman dies after being hit by vehicle while walking in Charlestown, police say
An elderly woman has died after she was struck by a vehicle while walking in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood Thursday morning, police said. The pedestrian, a woman in her 80s whom first responders found unconscious near the intersection of Vine and Moulton streets about 8:45 a.m., was rushed to the hospital with what were said to be serious injuries, according to...
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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...
