Roxbury

A firefighter was injured while battling a 3-alarm blaze in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood on Monday afternoon. The fire was first reported around 5 p.m. in a 6-family home at the corner of Southwood and Edgewood streets. Heavy flames and smoke could be seen upon arrival. Aerial video from the scene showed numerous ladder trucks and other fire apparatus surrounding...

Flames tore through a 6-family home in Roxbury on Monday afternoon, as six adults and four kids inside raced to get out. The fire quickly grew to three alarms and the roof eventually collapsed.

The fire was first reported around 5 p.m. in a 6-family home at the corner of Southwood and Edgewood streets. Heavy flames and smoke could be seen upon arrival.

A man who state police believe is responsible for targeting multiple Connecticut EMS agencies with Molotov cocktails on Saturday night has been arrested and remains in custody in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Richard White, 37, of Torrington, was arrested on Saturday night on Interstate 80 west in Milton, Pennsylvania, following a traffic stop after officials said he fled the state. White…

Officials have arrested the man they believe is responsible for targeting at least four Connecticut EMS agencies with Molotov cocktails Saturday night. Richard White, 37, of Torrington, was arrested after police obtained a warrant on third degree arson and burglary charges. White fled the state and was located in Pennsylvania shortly after 10 p.m., according to officials. Pennsylvania State Police…

At the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury, a sense of confidence is growing amongst Black and Brown communities about getting the coronavirus vaccine.

A vaccination site in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood will eventually provide 2,500 shots per day.

Emmanuel College basketball standout Jamad Fiin is using her viral fame to empower young people through basketball.

For Jamad Fiin, it was a routine shot.  It happened on an ordinary day in 2016 at Clarence Jones Park in the heart of Roxbury, one of the Boston courts where the Emmanuel College basketball standout learned to play the game.  Twenty-one years old at the time, Fiin and her friends decided to accept a challenge to play a...

Pushed back a day due to the snowstorm, the mass coronavirus vaccine clinic at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood opened for people with appointments at noon Tuesday. All appointments that were made for the original opening day on Monday, Feb. 1, at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College were automatically rescheduled for…

The Reggie Lewis Center in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood has opened for coronavirus vaccinations.

The vaccine rollout is getting back on track after the nor’easter with a new mass vaccination site open in Massachusetts.

The Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury will open as a COVID-19 vaccination site Tuesday, pushed back from its original opening date Monday due to the storm. Since many of Massachusetts’ coronavirus vaccination sites had to make adjustments due to the weather, officials are encouraging people to confirm their appointments.

A Massachusetts man has been arrested twice for a pair of stabbings in the same place just days apart, authorities say.

Dozens of protesters gathered in the bitter cold Saturday in Roxbury’s Nubian Square to demand action from the government for what they believe is an unprecedented economic and health crisis. “The government needs to make it a priority to cancel rents and mortgages. That’s the only solution that’s gonna make sure that people don’t lose their housing because of...

Protesters gathered Saturday in Roxbury’s Nubian Square to demand action from the government for what they believe is an unprecedented economic and health crisis.

Two rallies for racial justice were held in Boston on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

There’s a misconception about the Trump flag waving on top of a two-story building in Boston’s West Roxbury neighborhood that’s affecting business at the pizzeria on the first floor, its owners say. The owners of Target Pizza on Washington Street say the flag gives the impression that they are supporters of Donald Trump, whose term ends Wednesday after becoming...

There’s a misconception about the Trump flag waving a top a two-story building in Roxbury.

An elderly man is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after someone broke into a Roxbury apartment complex on Christmas Eve. Police could hear screaming inside of an apartment where a break-in was reported near Pompeii Street in Roxbury just after 11 p.m. on Christmas Eve. They initially couldn’t get in the building as their only access point was...