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Huge turnout expected for Head of the Charles that kicks off Friday
It’s sure to be a busy weekend in both Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the 59th Head of the Charles Regatta kicking off Friday morning. You can watch a livestream of all the weekend’s events here. Over the three-day event, hundreds of thousands of spectators will come out to watch the races. And with this weekend’s beautiful, unseasonably warm weather,...
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Head of the Charles Regatta begins today
Over the 3-day event, hundreds of thousands of spectators will come out to watch the races.
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Mass. Question 4: Should some psychedelic drugs be legal?
Should some hallucinogenic drugs be legalized for use in Massachusetts? That is what Question 4 asks Bay State voters to decide. If approved, the measure would allow five psychedelics — psilocybin, psilocyn, mescaline, dimethyltryptamine (also known as DMT, the psychoactive ingredient in the drug ayahuasca) and ibogaine — to be grown, shared, used at home and offered by licensed professionals...
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Person shot in Boston
10/18/24 UPDATE: Boston police said Friday morning the victim had died from his injuries. Police are investigating a shooting Thursday night in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood. A person was shot near the intersection of Huntington Avenue and South Huntington Avenue, near the Riverway stop on the MBTA’s Green Line sometime before 10 p.m., according to police. Police said Friday night...
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After suspension for late-night crash that injured family, Brockton police officer promoted
An Internal Affairs probe reviewed the circumstances of a crash involving an off-duty Brockton police officer after he left a bar at closing time. Even though the police chief imposed a three-day unpaid suspension for the incident that injured a family, Stanley David received a promotion to lieutenant.
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Karen Read trial security cost Mass. nearly $210K in police overtime
Courthouse security for the first Karen Read case cost more than $200,000 in police overtime, according to records shared with NBC10 Boston Thursday.
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Man charged in 4-year-old daughter's death at Worcester home
A 4-year-old girl died after being rushed to a hospital from a home in Worcester, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, and her father is now facing charges, according to court documents. Prosecutors had said that Francisco Ortiz, a 34-year-old from Worcester, was arraigned in court Wednesday and held without bail on assault and battery charges in connection with a child’s serious injuries....
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Does this winter have much snow in store for New England? Here's NOAA's latest look
What do the weather patterns mean for winter weather in Massachusetts and New England? Here’s what the 2024 outlook from NOAA suggests.
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Traffic delays after 2 trucks crash on I-95 in Lynnfield
The two right lanes were closed, transportation officials said.
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What did Karen Read prosecutors say in response to her team's appeal? Read the brief
Prosecutors in the high-profile Karen Read case submitted their response to her team’s appeal to Massachusetts’ highest court Wednesday to have two counts in her murder case dismissed. Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV during a snowstorm in Canton in January 2022, but after a mistrial was declared in the initial...
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30 Harvard professors hold ‘study-in' protest at library
Dozens of professors at Harvard University staged a “study-in” protest at the school’s library Wednesday, in solidarity with students disciplined for taking part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration. Thirty professors sat down inside Widener Library to take a stand against the university’s decision to suspend 12 students from using the facility. “I can’t imagine that a university would want to punish...
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Saugus officials issue coyote warning
Residents in Saugus are being warned to keep their pets inside at night after a rise in coyote attacks in the area.
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Mass. ballot question on MCAS' future splits Healey, Warren
Battle lines continue to form around a ballot question to change a key component of the education reform law that some say made Massachusetts the best educated state in the country, separating politicians who are used to standing on the same side of most issues, and simultaneously creating strange allies. The day after U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, declared...
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Springfield police investigate abandonment of baby
A newborn baby was found abandoned Tuesday evening in Springfield, Massachusetts. Police say the boy, believed to be a few weeks old, was left outside an apartment building on Worthington Street. Officers responded around 7:45 p.m. after a resident called 911. The baby was brought to Baystate Medical Center to be evaluated. He is in stable condition, according to police….
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Report reveals new details of MBTA Green Line derailment investigation
Speed may have contributed to an MBTA Green Line derailment in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that injured several people and snagged service for days at the beginning of the month, according to the preliminary investigative report released Wednesday. The train derailed on Oct. 1 around 4:45 p.m., just after leaving Lechmere Station in Cambridge. MBTA officials initially said that they believed the...
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Dunkin' debuts new Halloween buckets, spooky menu items
The purple holiday pail is “illustrated with a sweet Halloween motif” of round-shaped, costumed creatures.
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This retired Mass. state trooper is in dire need of a kidney
Tom McAnulty hates asking for help, but right now, he has no choice.
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Mass. Question 3: Should rideshare drivers be allowed to unionize?
This November, voters in Massachusetts will get to decide whether or not Uber and Lyft drivers should be allowed to unionize. If approved, Question 3 will make Massachusetts the first state in the nation to let rideshare drivers unionize, enabling them to engage in collective bargaining for wages, benefits and work conditions. In June, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell…
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Hingham parents sue school district, claiming son unfairly punished for AI use
A Massachusetts family has filed a lawsuit against Hingham Public Schools claiming their son was unfairly punished for using artificial intelligence to research for a class project. The case, which could have broader implications for how schools nationwide handle AI policies, has drawn significant attention from both legal experts and educators. Jennifer Harris, the mother of a Hingham High School...
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‘He needs help': This retired Mass. state trooper is in dire need of a kidney
A retired Massachusetts state trooper has spent his life helping others — but now, he’s in need of help as he searches an organ donor following a kidney failure diagnosis. Tom McAnulty lives in Walpole with his wife of over three decades, Kathleen. The two were looking forward to their retired lives, when Tom received life-changing news in 2020. “Out…