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A Massachusetts man has been charged with murder and two others are being charged with assault and battery in connection with the stabbing death of a 20-year-old man in Leominster on Tuesday. Juan Diaz Contreras, 19, was arrested without incident on Thursday night at his home in Fitchburg after police sought a warrant for his arrest, the Worcester District Attorney’s…

Aidan Kearney — the blogger better known to most as “Turtleboy” — was excused from the courtroom during Friday morning’s witness testimony in the Karen Read murder trial, after a motion from the Commonwealth to have him removed. Kearney has written about the case extensively on his blog, and has also been charged with intimidating witnesses in the Read case….

After days of demonstrations at MIT, the tent encampments are now clear. Police raided the site early Friday morning and arrested 10 protesters.

The holiday season can be the most difficult time of the year for many people. Dr. Ximena Sanchez-Samper, a board-certified psychiatrist from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, shares practical tips to help you prioritize your mental health and manage holiday stress.

The body of a Massachusetts man that was swept away by the current at a waterfall in Puerto Rico on Wednesday has been found, according to the authorities. Rescuers and emergency teams were searching for 28-year-old Alex DaLomba Tavares of New Bedford after he was swept away at the Gozalandia waterfall in the Municipality of San Sebastián. Daniel Cabrero...

In honor of Mother’s Day this weekend, we bring you the story of a mother and son bonded over an unexpected tragedy 30 years ago in Boston. And in a twist of fate, one of our photographers recently found a picture he took of the tragic day 30 years ago, and then went on mission to track the family down...

Legislation paving the way for a soccer stadium in Everett scored a favorable committee report, and while the bill’s hometown sponsor is revved up about “getting everything going,” the bill appears to be on the Senate backburner for at least this month. Sen. Sal DiDomenico’s bill (S 2692), which seeks to change the designation for a blighted land parcel...

Dozens of police officers moved in on MIT’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Friday morning to dismantle a pro-Palestinian encampment and arrested 10 protesters, school officials said. Shortly after 4 a.m., police moved in and began taking protesters into custody, putting zip ties on them and loading them into at least one of the buses. Sally Kornbluth, MIT’s president, confirmed that 10...

Dozens of police officers move in on MIT’s campus Friday morning, standing toe-to-toe with pro-Palestinian protesters. Officers are trying to break up the encampment. 

MIT says fewer than 10 people were arrested after a group of protesters disrupted traffic near a parking garage.

Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead will not deliver the keynote speech at UMass Amherst’s graduation next week after dozens of protesters were arrested Tuesday. About 130 people were arrested at a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. Whitehead spoke out Thursday against the arrests, and the school confirmed on its website that he had withdrawn. “I was looking forward to speaking next…

Months after a child died following a medical emergency in Winthrop, Massachusetts, a report found a “taxed” system left no ambulances available to respond. The report is the result of an investigation from Massachusetts’ Office of Emergency Medical Services following the death of a 2-year-old girl on Jan. 26. Winthrop Fire Chief Scott Wiley was among those who responded to…

There was tension between police and pro-Palestinian protesters Thursday.

More than two years after John O’Keefe’s death outside the house of fellow Boston Police Officer Brian Albert, the homeowner’s brother and sister-in-law took the witness stand in the murder trial against Karen Read.

A 2-year-old Winthrop girl died after being in need of medical assistance with no ambulance available to respond immediately.

Statewide housing issues are causing conversations in cities across Massachusetts, including in Cambridge, where lawmakers are considering a change to residential zoning laws. Cambridge Housing Committee members are discussing a plan to remove zoning requirements that only low-occupancy homes may be constructed in certain areas. “There are some neighborhoods in Cambridge where it’s actually illegal to build anything other...

A judge ruled Tuesday that the bankrupt Steward Health Care system can meet Wednesday’s payroll for its roughly 9,750 employees in Massachusetts and more than 20,000 others around the country, an early ruling in a court proceeding in which Massachusetts is among hundreds of interested parties. The operator of the third-largest hospital system in Massachusetts, Steward filed for Chapter 11…

Zoning changes could be on the way in Cambridge, as the city considers doing away with single-family-only areas. That would clear the way for more multi-unit housing.

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“Fewer than ten” pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested after a traffic disruption in the area of MIT’s campus Thursday afternoon, the school said. The protest was taking place in the area of Vassar Street. Dozens of protesters were holding signs that identified the group as the “MIT Coalition for Palestine.” MIT police said in a statement posted on the school’s...

Dollars coming from Washington to support survivors of violent crimes have dried up in recent years, and state funds to prop up struggling service providers are held up in a spending bill awaiting legislative action. Federal funding through the Crime Victims Fund to support victim service programming nationwide has fallen dramatically over the past six years — a trend that…

The expansion of the Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett, Massachusetts, has been suspended as the casino and city can’t come to terms over things like taxes and impact fees, Encore parent company Wynn Resorts said this week. Wynn had been seeking to build a new facility across Broadway from the $2.6 billion casino that opened in 2019 as the…