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2 Arrested in Worcester Double Shooting
Two victims were rushed to the hospital and two men were arrested after a double shooting in Worcester early Wednesday morning, according to authorities. Multiple officers headed to Buffum and Coes streets around 2:30 a.m. after they received a ShotSpotter activation in the area. Police heard gunshots coming from inside a home on Coes Street and saw two people run…
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‘Ready When They Are': Firefighters, EMTs Frustrated by Mass. Vaccine Plan
There is growing frustration from firefighters and EMTs in Massachusetts with what they’re calling a lack of a vaccine plan from the state. Tom Henderson is the EMT director with the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts, which represents thousands of firefighters and EMTs in Massachusetts. “The EMS and fire community are getting frustrated and raising their voices on this,” he...
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Firefighters and EMTs Fight for Vaccination Plan
As coronavirus cases rise across the state, more than 100 firefighters have tested positive in the last week, meaning hundreds more are now quarantining.
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Medical Experts, Not NYPD, Will Respond to 911 Mental Health Calls as Part of Pilot
For the first time in the city’s history, Mayor de Blasio announced Tuesday that the new mental health professionals and crisis workers will be the dispatched through 911, instead of the NYPD, to respond to mental health emergencies in two high-need communities — calling the pilot program a “major innovation.”
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2 Workers Injured in Cambridge Crane Collapse
Two workers were injured Friday morning when a small lift crane tipped over and trapped them, police said. Cambridge police said the incident took place just after 10 a.m. in the area of 258 Hampshire Street on the Somerville line. The workers were taken to a local hospital. The extent of their injuries was not immediately clear. Images from the…
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Two Workers Injured in Cambridge Crane Collapse
Two workers were hospitalized Friday morning after authorities said a small crane tipped over and trapped them at a site in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Woman Accused of Fatally Shooting Daughters, 5 and 7, Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Life in Prison
Sarah Nicole Henderson, the East Texas woman accused of fatally shooting her two daughters in November 2017, struck a plea deal Wednesday where she’ll avoid the death penalty and spend life behind bars.
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Woman Accused of Assaulting EMTs to Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation; Wounded EMT Out of Hospital
The woman accused of assaulting two emergency medical technicians in downtown Boston earlier this week, stabbing one of them, will undergo psychiatric evaluation after lawyers expressed concern about her mental health. Julie Tejeda, 31, of East Boston, had been scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on charges of assault with intent to murder and other offenses for the attack. Tejeda allegedly...
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Terrorism Task Force Interviewed Boston EMT Attack Suspect After Airport Bomb Threats
The woman accused of stabbing an EMT in Boston on Wednesday is also under investigation for bomb threats called in to at least two airports the day before the attack, the NBC10 Boston Investigators have learned. Boston police had traveled to the home of 31-year-old Julie Tejeda in East Boston on Tuesday morning after being contacted by authorities in Washington,...
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Police Seek Driver in Fatal Pedestrian Crash in West Boylston
Massachusetts State Police are seeking a driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in West Boylston overnight. State police said they began responding to several reports of a pedestrian in the road on Route 190 northbound in West Boylston around 2:20 a.m. Sunday. While troopers were responding, another caller reported the pedestrian had been struck.
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Mass. State Police Arrest Man Accused of Sex Assault, Strangulation
Massachusetts State Troopers have identified and arrested a man in connection with a sexual assault near the Palmer-Brimfield line. Police say Leemichael Collins, 25, of Palmer was arrested and is expected to be arraigned in Palmer District Court on Wednesday.
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River Rafters Rescue Pilot From Wreckage of Small Plane
A pilot is alive thanks in part to a group of rafters who raced into action when his plane crashed into the Colorado River on Tuesday.
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NH Officials Rule Girl's Death Accidental
The untimely death of a female in Goffstown, New Hampshire has been ruled accidental, according to officials.
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Man Killed When His Truck Crashes Into Templeton, Mass. Bridge
A man was killed Wednesday in a single-vehicle crash in Templeton, Massachusetts, according to police.
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Gunshot at Georgia School Reignites Debate on Arming Teachers
Police say they don’t know why a popular Social Studies teacher, Jesse Randal Davidson, allegedly fired a handgun inside his classroom, causing a chaotic lockdown and evacuation of his Georgia high school. But it immediately pierced the national debate over whether educators should be armed. Dalton High School teacher Jesse Randal Davidson is accused of barricading himself inside a classroom...
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Mass. State Police Investigating Fatal Pedestrian Accident
Massachusetts State Police said a Maine woman driving on Route 95 near the New Hampshire border struck and killed a male pedestrian who was walking on the highway early Sunday morning.
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Time Is Slowing Down in Europe Because 2 Countries Fighting Over Electricity
Millions of Europeans who arrived late to work or school Wednesday had a good excuse — an unprecedented lag in the continent’s electricity grid that’s slowing down some clocks. The problem is caused by a political dispute between Serbia and Kosovo that’s sapping a small amount of energy from the local grid, causing a domino effect across the 25-nation network...
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Boston Police Looking for Suspect in Shooting of DPW Worker
Boston police are searching for a suspect after a city worker was shot in the leg while sitting in his car in Mattapan early Thursday morning.
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Boston Department of Public Works Employee Injured in Early Morning Shooting in Mattapan
Boston police said a city worker was shot in the leg while sitting in his car in Mattapan early Thursday morning.