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The FBI says they and several other agencies are conducting “law enforcement activity” in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, on Tuesday in connection with an ongoing investigation. “We’re searching for specific evidence and there’s no threat to public safety,” the FBI said in a statement. The FBI said Boston police, Massachusetts State Police and Tewksbury police are also part of the investigation....

A clerk at a Boston liquor store was stabbed Sunday evening by a shoplifter, police said. Boston police received a call around 6:40 p.m. for a stabbing at Savin Hill Wine and Spirits, located at 1051 Dorchester Avenue. According to police, a shoplifter was in the process of stealing a bottle of alcohol when they were approached by the store…

The police warning concerned Rohypnol, commonly known as “roofies,” a colorless and tasteless drug that can go undetected when added to a drink, while causing symptoms including disorientation and loss of consciousness that leave the victim vulnerable.

A woman is recovering after she was stabbed during an attempted robbery in East Boston on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred around 6:40 a.m. at Baywater Street and Saint Andrew Road, Boston police said.

Police say they now believe a report that a woman was stabbed during an attempted robbery in East Boston on Tuesday morning was made up. The incident was reported around 6:40 a.m. at Bayswater Street and Saint Andrew Road, Boston police said. A woman told police she was stabbed as three suspects attempted to rob her. She suffered a minor…

A man was shot and killed near the Fairmont MBTA Commuter Rail Station in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood overnight. Shortly before 10 p.m. Monday, Boston police said they responded to a call for a person shot in the area of Maple Street. When they arrived, they found a man in his 30s suffering from a gunshot wound. The man...

A man appeared in court to face charges including involuntary manslaughter in the boating death of a woman in Boston Harbor.

The driver and owner of a speedboat that crashed last summer in Boston Harbor, killing 27-year-old Jeanica Julce of Somerville, was scheduled to be arraigned on Friday.

The driver and owner of a speedboat that crashed last summer in Boston Harbor, killing 27-year-old Jeanica Julce of Somerville, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday. Ryan Denver, 38, of Boston, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and two counts of assault and battery with a…

Police say they are investigating a death in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood on Sunday morning. A body was reportedly found at an address on Normandy Street. Boston police confirmed they are investigating. No further information was immediately available.

Boston police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a group of men who allegedly assaulted and seriously injured a man in the Fenway Park area early Thursday morning. Police said the assault and battery occurred around 12:34 a.m. Thursday in the area of Lansdowne and Ipswich streets. When police arrived, they found a man suffering from serious...

Firefighters and police officers rushed to Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood Thursday night after two cars collided, leaving one on its roof and the other on fire. Boston police say they received a call shortly after 9 p.m. for a crash involving two cars, with a rollover, on Cummins Highway and Harvard Street. Video from the scene shows that damage to...

Two vehicles were involved in the crash Thursday night on Cummins Highway.

After three officers were shot in Dorchester, community leaders came together to offer support.

While investigators continued to comb the scene of an hourslong standoff in Dorchester that ended with three officers shot and an armed suspect dead, one of the officers remained in a Boston hospital.

One of three police officers shot during a deadly standoff in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood was released from the hospital Tuesday night.

Two of three police officers shot during a deadly standoff in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood have been released from the hospital, but the investigation into what led them there continued Wednesday. One officer was saluted by his colleagues as he exited the doors of Boston Medical Center and made his way into a waiting car. The wounded officer who remains...

Three Boston Police officers were shot in Dorchester Tuesday afternoon during a standoff on Ferndale Street.

Three Boston police officers were shot at the end of a standoff in Dorchester, while a man who’d been barricaded inside a building was fatally shot after opening fire on the officers.

Boston’s top police official gave an update on a standoff that ended when a person with a weapon opened fire on police, before being fatally shot.