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On Mother’s Day Eve, one organization hoped to give moms and hard-hit families on the whole a helping hand. United Way and their community partners provided gifts of supplies to hundreds of families at seven different locations, including one in Dorchester, Massachusetts, “I have diapers. I have books for my children. I have a 5-year-old and a 1-year-old, and...

The pandemic has impacted thousands of families, but ahead of Mother’s Day, a community baby shower helped hundreds of families in need.

A transgender activist was one of two women fatally stabbed Sunday by a man at a home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, authorities said Monday. Jahaira DeAlto was hosting Marcus Chavis and his family when Chavis killed her and his wife, Fatima Yasin, while also stabbing a dog, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. They haven’t determined a...

A man suspected of killing his wife and a transgender activist in Dorchester appeared in court Monday on murder charges.

A Dorchester man charged with murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of two women at a home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood was ordered held without bail Monday in a court hearing in Boston. Marcus Chavis, 35, was arrested Sunday afternoon shortly after police discovered two women — one of whom was his wife — had been stabbed inside of…

A Dorchester man is due in court Monday to face murder charges for the death of two women stabbed at a home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

A Dorchester man will face alleged murder charges for the death of two women stabbed at a home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood on Sunday, police say. The 34-year-old Dorchester resident, Marcus Chavis, has been arrested and will be charged with two counts of alleged murder and one count of animal cruelty, according to Boston police. One of the woman...

Police have identified the man who they believe stabbed two women on Taft Street in Dorchester on Sunday.

One person has been hospitalized with injuries from a shooting in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston Sunday evening, authorities said. Boston police say received word of the shooting at 7:22 p.m. One victim was shot and brought to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The investigation is active, according to police. They have not said whether anyone is in…

Two women were killed from a stabbing on Taft Street in Dorchester on Sunday, and one person is in police custody.

The Celtics took time to acknowledge the loss of Kentucky basketball player and Dorchester native Terrence Clarke on Thursday night.

Boston native Terrence Clarke, a 19-year-old basketball star at Kentucky, was killed in a crash in Los Angeles.

Authorities rescued and recovered five pit bulls while executing a search warrant in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood Saturday night, and a man at the home was arrested on multiple charges. Boston police detectives along with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Boston Animal Control were searching 5 Toledo Terrace when they found the endangered animals and…

Dozens of people were surprised to have the opportunity to receive the coronavirus vaccine Wednesday afternoon in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. Boston Public Health tweeted at 1 p.m. that walk-up appointments would be available, first-come, first-serve, between 2 and 7 p.m. at the Plumbers Union Hall on Massachusetts Avenue. The lines got long as 120 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were…

A vaccine clinic in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood gave 120 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to people on a first-come, first-serve basis Wednesday.

Members of Dorchester’s religious community called on Boston’s mayoral candidates to explain how they’d end gun violence after the shooting of a 73-year-old grandmother was fatally shot on her porch.

A Boston community is reeling after a beloved 73-year-old grandmother was fatally shot as she sat on her porch in broad daylight over the weekend, prompting calls to address gun violence in the city. According to authorities, Delois Brown was sitting on her porch on Onley Street in Dorchester Saturday afternoon when she was shot and killed. Police say she…

Delois Brown was known as the neighborhood grandma — often delivering food to those out of work.

A grandmother shot and killed as she sat on her porch in Dorchester on Saturday has been identified. Boston police gave the 73-year-old’s name as Delores Brown. Officials have not yet announced any arrests in the case.

Family and friends gathered on the porch where she was sitting.