Michelle Wu

Cox, 57, is a Boston native, and served multiple roles with the Boston Police Department between 1989 and when he left for Ann Arbor in 2019.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu swore in new Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox in a ceremony at City Hall Plaza on Monday morning. Wu announced Cox as Boston’s new police commissioner last month. He most recently served as the police chief in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but is a longtime veteran of the Boston Police Department. Wu said during Monday’s ceremony...

Newbury Street in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood will be pedestrian-only on six upcoming Sundays, as Mayor Michelle Wu and the city’s transportation department announce the return of the Open Newbury Street series. The event will begin on Aug. 21, and will continue every Sunday through Sept. 25. With the famed commercial avenue closed off to car traffic, the city wants…

While Boston’s mayor projects a month-long Orange Line and partial Green Line shutdown will unleash “chaos,” Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday he feels confident that recent subway closures have gone more or less smoothly. “For the past two summers, we closed the E Branch of the Green Line and ran buses all summer long. People said that was going...

Local leaders are pushing back against the idea of a federal takeover of the MBTA as riders continue to deal with issues.

More and more MBTA passengers are making the inconvenient transition from trains to shuttle buses.

With a top state lawmaker calling for de facto federal receivership of the MBTA to address a torrent of safety failures, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Monday that the agency needs “a partnership, not a takeover.” Wu, who leads the city at the heart of the T’s sprawling subway, bus and commuter rail network, lamented that the fraying quality...

Individual towns are now stepping up to try and help. In the Town of Scituate, for example, there is now a Tier 4 water ban in place. That means there’s a total ban on all nonessential outside water use.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has extended the current heat emergency through Tuesday due to the ongoing hot weather. This is now the second time the heat emergency has been extended, after it started last Thursday. “With the weather forecast now showing the high temperatures and humidity lasting through Tuesday, we’re extending the heat emergency to make sure all of...

The entire state of Mass. is under some sort of drought status, mounting concerns over fire issues.

Despite near-record temperatures amid dangerous humidity as a heat wave continues to hammer the Boston area, the only two pools in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood are closed on Sunday. Former Boston City Councilor at-large candidate Domingos DaRosa is among those calling on Mayor Michelle Wu to open the public pools. Currently, the pools at BCYF Perkins and BCYF Holland...

The heat is making typical outdoor work a bit more dangerous.

The city will have its 16 cooling centers open at Boston Centers or Youth & Families all over the Hub.

The City of Boston’s heat emergency kicked in Thursday, a day when the heat set a new record. The emergency was announced Wednesday, and will continue through Sunday. The city will have its 16 cooling centers open at Boston Centers or Youth & Families all over the Hub. Libraries are also open to cool off. The brutal temperatures didn’t...

Sixteen cooling centers will be opening at Boston Centers for Youth & Families facilities across the city through Sunday

Boston has announced a heat emergency ahead of an extremely hot stretch.

The next few days will be hot, and Boston has declared a heat emergency.

The NBC10 Boston Investigators are looking into what has led to the current state of the MBTA.

The MBTA’s announcement that the Orange Line will shut down for 30 days comes amid mounting scrutiny from federal investigators, elected officials and the general public. A long series of safety issues has plagued the public transportation system, with many noteworthy incidents taking place since 2021. The Federal Transit Administration has been reviewing the MBTA’s safety practices for months. Just…

The Orange Line will shut down from Friday, Aug. 19, until Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, the longest shutdown of an entire line in MBTA history.