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Around 10:40 a.m., aerial footage showed police taking two underage teenagers into custody; an 18-year-old was taken into custody as well.

Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, say a standoff with a barricaded subject on Friday morning is now over.

Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, say a standoff with a barricaded subject on Friday morning is now over.

Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, say a standoff with a barricaded subject on Friday morning is now over. They said the incident ended peacefully around 6:30 p.m. One person is in custody and there are no additional occupants in the buliding. Cambridge police said around 5:45 a.m. that they had responded to Sciarappa Street between Charles and Spring streets for “an…

An overnight fire in Cambridge, Massachusetts, forced numerous residents from their home. The fire broke out shortly after 11 p.m. at a building on Andrew Street and was knocked down within about 30 minutes. It started as an outside fire before extending to the building. No injuries were reported, but the home’s residents were evacuated. No further information was immediately…

The U.K. government has announced that it wants a full-blown investigation into Nvidia’s takeover of Cambridge chip designer Arm.

The Federal Election Commission has called off its probe into Cambridge Analytica after it was outmaneuvered by lawyers and struggled to gather evidence.

Things have been shaking and baking lately at Catalyst Restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It’s a much different scene from a year ago when the coronavirus pandemic forced the restaurant to lay off staff and limit serving its customers. That got owner and chef William Kovel to look for ways to keep the flame burning, especially during holidays like Thanksgiving....

Many restaurants across the nation had to shift business to online ordering and catering last Thanksgiving. Many want to repeat the formula, but as business recovers, other challenges such as supply chain issues and worker shortages have prevented workers from taking a break.

A building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was evacuated after a bomb threat, but police in Cambridge say they have not found evidence to substantiate it. The threat was made against the Green Building, or Building 54, MIT said. “Despite similar threats being called at universities nationwide in the past week, we nevertheless out of an abundance of caution…

There is a mystery in Boston and only one reporter can solve it — as long as he can pretend to be a grizzled 1940’s gumshoe while he does it. There has been a secret trophy room under the Longfellow Bridge in Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 2015. The public art display appeared overnight has puzzled locals and tourists alike. It all…

The man behind the mysterious trophy room under the Longfellow Bridge in Cambridge, Mass., reveals why he created this popular art display.

Mark Pincus, 35 of Plymouth, is due in court Monday for allegedly trying to force his way into a college student’s apartment, fleeing and then stabbing a man who was sitting in his truck nearby.

Mark Pincus, 35 of Plymouth, appeared in court Monday for allegedly trying to force his way into a college student’s apartment, fleeing and then stabbing a man who was sitting in his truck nearby. The college student living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said she fought off the man who was armed with a knife Sunday morning. “He was using a screwdriver…

A college student living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, says she fought off a man who was armed with a knife, as he allegedly tried to force his way into her apartment Sunday morning. “He was using a screwdriver to get in our door,” Julia said. Cambridge police have identified the suspect as 35-year-old Mark Pincus, of Plymouth. He was arrested Sunday…

The student says the man was using a screwdriver, trying to get into her door.

A woman was stabbed in Cambridge Friday night, police said, as they search for three people suspected in the attack. The woman, who is in her mid-20s, was stabbed in the lower arm or hand near Putnam Avenue and Surrey Street around 10:13 p.m., police said. She was taken to a hospital for treatment, but her injuries are not...

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The MBTA will postpone the opening of the first Green Line Extension stop in Somerville by three months, and the already-delayed May 2022 goal for the remainder of the megaproject also appears uncertain, officials announced Thursday. Calling it “disappointing news,” MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak said the transit agency now expects to reopen Lechmere Station and open a brand-new stop…

A nationally recognized restaurant in Cambridge is on the selling block. According to a message sent from Patrick Maguire of Maguire Promotions & Hospitality Consulting, Craigie on Main is for sale, with the Main Street spot being listed on the bostonrestaurantgroup.com site for an asking price of $500,000 and stating that “the restaurant is in turnkey condition.” Craigie on Main paused...