Massachusetts

Authorities say a teenager died after being hit by a vehicle on Monday night in Leominster, Massachusetts. Officers and fire crews responded to the Market Basket on Sack Boulevard, near the Mall at Whitney Field, shortly after 6 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian crash involving a juvenile. The child who was hit was taken to Leominster Hospital and...

A Massachusetts man accused of threatening violence against Jewish people has been arrested, police in Beverly said Monday. Matthew Scouras, a 34-year-old Beverly man, allegedly threatened to rape Jewish women and encouraged others online to shoot people outside of synagogues. Nazi paraphernalia and illegal weapons were found in a search of his Essex Street home, according to investigators. The Federal...

In a training session Monday, officers in the Boston area studied lessons to be learned from the Holocaust and the role law enforcement played. The training, created in partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, examines how police were used to legitimize and enforce Nazi policies. The program, called “What You Do Matters,” provides information about how Adolf Hitler...

Inside Hygge House Books in Westborough, Massachusetts, an idea bound to make a difference was born out of a story in need of a different ending. “Just the thought of helping kids. I mean, that is where it starts,” said Sandy Burgers of Changemakers Rotary Club of Central Massachusetts. “What is more important to people than a child reading?” The...

A family is devastated after the deadly stabbing of a 19-year-old ballet dancer at his mother’s home in Brockton, Massachusetts. Kyre Ambrose was stabbed 28 times shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, prosecutors said. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he died from his injuries. Police arrested 18-year-old Jayden Fernandez of Boston at Newton Wellesley Hospital, where they learned...

A Massachusetts man had pleaded guilty to the 2019 killing of a Worcester mother in her apartment, authorities said Monday. Thomas Bergstrom, 42, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Jennifer Vazquez-Rivera, who was found with stab wounds inside her Lapierre Street apartment on Oct. 2, 2019, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office. Vazquez-Rivera died after...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has ordered an inspection of all state-run emergency shelters following an incident last month where a man was arrested after an AR-15 rifle and $1 million in drugs were found in a search of a Revere hotel that serves as a shelter site. “It’s outrageous that this individual took advantage of our shelter system to engage...

The state agency focused on health care information and analysis did not adequately monitor hospitals experiencing financial distress and failed to fine facilities and health systems for defying data reporting requirements, according to a new report from Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office. DiZoglio’s examination of the Center for Health Information and Analysis, which also criticized the lack of information on the...

Mashpee Middle-High School was evacuated Monday morning after a fire in the building.

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Firefighters are at the scene of a fire at Mashpee Middle-High School on Monday morning. The fire department confirmed they are at the scene but had no word on the extent of the fire. The fire was reported at the school on Old Barnstable Road shortly after 9:14 a.m. Aerial video showed multiple fire vehicles at the scene, and firefighters...

A teenager was detained by police after assaulting an employee at a CVS store in Boston’s Allston neighborhood on Sunday. Boston police said they responded to a report of a disturbance at the CVS on Brighton Avenue at 6:22 p.m. Upon arrival, officers interviewed the victim, who reported that a group of teens had been causing a disturbance in the...

The man found dead in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, over the weekend had been beaten with a baseball bat days before, authorities revealed in court documents, as a man suspected of beating him appeared in court. Ryan Wilcox, 32, is charged with armed assault with intent to kill, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and assault with...

A fire broke out late Saturday night at a home on Cape Cod, killing the owners’ dog. The Mashpee Fire Department says it received a 911 call from the residents of 252 Main Street around 9:05 p.m. reporting a fire on their rear deck, with flames spreading into the home. Responding firefighters found the enclosed deck fully engulfed in smoke...

Massachusetts State Police say they had an interesting start to the new year when they helped out an unlikely victim in Pelham. Troopers responded to reports of an injured owl that had been struck by a car and left with a broken wing. The troopers were able to safely secure the owl, and arrangements were made to transport the animal...

Two people were seriously injured in a crash involving a tree Sunday morning in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, temporarily closing the roadway. Bridgewater police say they responded along with the fire department to multiple reports of a single-vehicle crash near the area of 357 Pine Street around 7:20 a.m. and found a severely damaged Chevrolet Cruze with two seriously injured people inside....

A man in Everett, Massachusetts, is facing animal cruelty charges after a video was shown to police in which the 44-year-old can allegedly be seen striking a cat with a belt while holding it down. Everett police say they responded to 615 Broadway to investigate a report of animal cruelty after a concerned citizen came into the police station a...

The building includes a Rent-A-Center, a hobby store and an antiques shop.

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Fire crews battled a large blaze at a strip mall in the Onset area of Wareham, Massachusetts, on Sunday afternoon that damaged multiple businesses and sent one firefighter to the hospital. The Onset Fire Department says it received an alarm via the municipal fire alarm system for 3086 Cranberry Highway around 11:38 a.m., followed by a subsequent phone call reporting...

A criminal investigation in Hyannis has been resolved, and the road where the investigation was focused has reopened. Barnstable police said in a social media post around 11:30 a.m. Sunday that they were working an active criminal investigation in the area of Bristol Avenue in Hyannis and have the road shut down. They asked that motorists and pedestrians avoid Bristol...

Somerville police say Fabio Armelio, 47, was taken into custody around 6:35 p.m. Friday when he was found in a Cherry Street basement.

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