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Police in Quincy, Massachusetts, are seeking information after two people were robbed — including one victim who was seriously injured — near the North Quincy train station last week. The victims in both incidents are of Asian descent. Police in Quincy say they don’t believe the incidents are hate crimes. But Asian-American community leaders say there is a lot of…

Asian-American community leaders are expressing concern after people of Asian descent were victims of two separate attacks in Quincy, Massachusetts.

The suspect, a male, allegedly attacked a 69-year-old man and stole a bag from a 55-year-old woman within hours of one another.

A woman jumped from a window to escape after her boyfriend held her against her will for a week, according to police in Quincy, Massachusetts. Authorities said they responded to a 911 call Wednesday after a woman was screaming for help outside in Quincy. When officers responded to the scene at an undisclosed location in Quincy, neighbors said a man…

An 18-year-old was arrested Saturday morning in connection to a deadly shooting in Dorchester, Boston police said. Juan Nazario is facing several charges, including murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.  Police believe the shooting took place on Ferndale Street about 6:47 p.m. Friday night, but the officers who were called there for a report of…

Boston police are actively investigating a shooting that possibly is connected to a crime scene in Quincy.

Two Massachusetts State Police cruisers were involved in separate crashes Monday afternoon, just minutes apart, authorities said.

Residents who spent time at one of two restaurants in Quincy, Massachusetts, within the last week and a half are being urged to get a COVID-19 test. The city of Quincy posted on its Facebook page Wednesday on behalf of the Health Department to let residents know there were COVID-19 cases that occurred at The Irish Pub and Cronin’s...

A missing Quincy man has been safely located, police in Massachusetts say. Massachusetts State Police and Quincy police had been searching for 73-year-old Marshall Jensen. They reported he had last been seen Thursday in the area of #4 Seaport Drive in Marina Bay. Police had said Jensen walked off or was picked up around 3 p.m. on New Year’s Eve….

A rapid response and collective effort from a group of police officers and a good Samaritan helped rescue a woman who became trapped beneath a car in Quincy, Massachusetts, on Thursday, police said. Two people hit were by the car in a grocery store parking lot and taken to the hospital, according to police. One of the victims, a 36-year-old…

The woman is now in the hospital with serious injuries after she was freed from under the car.

The latest monolith to mysteriously pop up wasn’t in Utah’s red-rock desert, a trail in southern California or even a hillside in Romania. No, the most recent unexplained metal object appeared much closer to home — in none other than a quarry in Quincy, Massachusetts. The monolith was discovered Saturday in the Quincy Quarries Reservation before it disappeared just...

The monolith was discovered Saturday in the Quincy Quarries Reservation before it disappeared just a few hours later.

A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday for selling lanyards that he falsely claimed could warn off viruses. Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office said that instead of protecting the wearer against microbes, the lanyards that Jiule Lin sold online beginning last spring actually contained pesticide. U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said prosecutors have zero tolerance for anyone...

A bank robber wearing a black hooded coat and Celtics shirt allegedly stole cash from a bank in Quincy late Friday morning, according to authorities. The robbery, which occurred a few minutes before 11 a.m., took place at the TD Bank on Hancock Street. The robber gave a note to the teller, saying he had a gun and demanding money,…

A Massachusetts non-profit that came up short this year in their efforts to distribute Thanksgiving meals and gift cards for people in need had their prayers answered by the community.

Interfaith Social Services, a non-profit serving people in need on the South Shore for more than 70 years, posted on Facebook that they needed help feeding families for Thanksgiving this year, expecting a much greater need than the 900 families they feed last year on the holiday. They received thousands of dollars and food donations in response.

A woman died early Tuesday morning in a house fire in Quincy, Massachusetts, fire officials said. Firefighters responded to a call around 5:30 a.m. for a person trapped in home on Edwin Street. When crews arrived, 64-year-old Marie Gardner had died as a result of the blaze, fire officials said. “Unfortunately we did have one victim succumb during this fire….

Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of a fatal house fire Tuesday morning in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Health officials in Quincy, Massachusetts, are looking for people who may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus after a confirmed case of COVID-19 was identified at one of the city’s Granite Street establishments. The Quincy Health Department is asking for the public’s assistance in contact tracing after there was a case of the virus at the Fruit Basket...