A Massachusetts artist is paying tribute to health care workers through his painting, part of a movement to honor the people risking their lives to save people with COVID-19 that started overseas. “I have been sitting at home during this shutdown and I saw what’s going on and I thought, this is a great way to give back to...

Pickup trucks mounted with loudspeakers broadcasting coronavirus safety messages traversed through Boston neighborhoods today. The trucks drove through Roxbury, Mattapan, East Boston, Dorchester, Hyde Park and Roslindale, areas which have seen the highest cases of the new virus. The message was broadcast in seven different languages, depending on the neighborhood, to ensure those who may not be native speakers could…

A 10-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was shot while in her apartment in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, city officials said Saturday. Police Commissioner William Gross said there was some type of gathering in another apartment when someone discharged a firearm. A stray bullet went through the wall, striking the 10-year-old girl, he said. Gross said the shooting...

The coronavirus pandemic didn’t stop 102-year-old Agnes Carson from getting a big birthday party Thursday — it came to her in the form of a parade conducted by dozens of great-grandnieces and -nephews in Woburn, Massachusetts. Meanwhile, in nearby Melrose, a mother and daughter helped make the days a little brighter for their neighbors by dressing up in their inflatable…

Former Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson disclosed on social media Saturday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Jackson is quarantining at his home and is distancing from family members, he shared in a public Facebook post. “Stay your butt at home!” Jackson wrote. “This virus is no damn joke.” Jackson said he began having a sore throat and a…

Four women who work at a Massachusetts dry cleaning business have made over 200 masks in less than 24 hours to donate to a local hospital amid the coronavirus pandemic. The women who work at JC Fast Tailors and Dry Cleaners in Abington have been working around the clock since Friday making masks to donate to South Shore Hospital. They…

Amid the growing coronavirus outbreak, Massachusetts’ Norwood Hospital has erected an outdoor medical tent that will serve as the location for any upcoming testing for the virus.

A Massachusetts man is custody after he stabbed his co-worker and fled the scene at a produce wholesaler in Wakefield, police said. The alleged attacker was arrested in some marsh nearby after he was found with the help of a police dog, according to Wakefield police. Officers were called to the Produce Connection on Audubon Road just before 8:30 a.m….

A woman who died after being stabbed on Saturday in Amesbury, Massachusetts, was allegedly killed by her son, the Essex County District Attorney announced Sunday. Authorities say John Brittan, 27, of Amesbury, killed his mom, Barbara Diehl-Peirce and injured his step-father on Saturday at 23 Chestnut Street. Brittan was arrested and is facing charges of murder, assault and battery on…

Hundreds of Department of Public Works employees showed their support Thursday for a city public works employee who was killed on the job in Lawrence last week. Crews from Lawrence, Wayland, Newton and Natick were among several lining Pleasant Valley Street in Methuen for a procession from the funeral home to the church in honor of Marcos Ruiz-Rodriguez. Ruiz-Rodriguez, 52,…