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Driver crashes into yard in Mattapan
BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston police responded after a driver crashed into a yard in Mattapan on Saturday night. Video from the scene showed police looking around the damaged vehicle on Morton Street. No additional information was immediately available. This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online...
Anti-war protesters leave USC after police arrive, while Northeastern ceremony proceeds calmly
Students protesting the war in Gaza abandoned their camp at the University of Southern California early Sunday after being surrounded by police and threatened with arrest, while Northeastern University’s commencement ended peacefully at Boston’s Fenway Park. Developments in both places were being watched closely following scores of arrests last month — more than 90 people at USC in Los Angeles and about 100 at Northeastern in Boston. Dozens of Los Angeles Police Department officers arrived about 4 a.m. at USC to assist campus safety officers. The university had warned of arrests on social media and in person. Video showed some protesters packing up and leaving, while officers formed lines to push others away from the camp as it emptied out. The university said there were no reports of any arrests. USC President Carol Folt said it was time to draw a line because “the occupation was spiraling in a dangerous direction” with areas of campus blocked and people being harassed.
23-year-old detained at Northeastern's commencement at Fenway Park
A week after police arrested nearly 100 protesters at Northeastern, the school held its commencement exercises Sunday at Fenway Park for the fourth consecutive year, and one person was detained during that ceremony. Boston police told NBC10 Boston they detained a 23-year-old who was later booked, but they did not...
No charges filed after 4 babies found in Boston mom’s freezer
BOSTON (WJW) – No charges are being filed after the bodies of four infants were found in the freezer inside a mom’s apartment in South Boston. According to an investigative report issued by Suffolk County, Massachusetts District Attorney Kevin Hayden on April 30, the investigation into the four babies found in a freezer in an apartment in South Boston in November 2022 will result in no charges being filed.
What is ‘tranq’ and why do police carry wound care kits because of it?
About four months ago, the Beverly Police Department received dreaded but expected news. Two samples of suspected fentanyl the city submitted to Brandeis University’s Street Check program had tested positive for xylazine, or “tranq.”. It was only a matter of time. The non-opioid veterinary tranquilizer, an extremely sedating...
Commencement Events Largely Proceed as Planned, with Some Interruptions
The war in the Gaza Strip, combined with tensions over student protests in the past several weeks, had an unmistakable presence at some commencement ceremonies on Sunday. At Fenway Park in Boston, home of the Boston Red Sox, about 4,000 undergraduate students of Northeastern University and nearly 30,000 attendees gathered for a graduation ceremony. It came at a tense time, just over one week after 98 people were arrested — including 29 students and six faculty or staff members — when police cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment built on campus last Saturday.
Cool Sunday morning before evening rain
Another cooler weekend day heading our way. While Sunday morning will be mainly dry and cloudy, rain will be moving in by the afternoon and becoming more widespread into the evening. Highs on Sunday will be in the mid-50s. By sunrise Monday, the rain will be winding down. Once skies...
Massachusetts man awaiting extradition to Vermont in connection with 2023 shootout
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Massachusetts man is waiting to be extradited to Vermont for an alleged connection to a 2023 shootout in Burlington. Walter Jones, 28, of Springfield was arrested on March 19. Massachusetts court records show he was the subject of a warrant as a fugitive from justice.
Natick Town Meeting member says municipal employees need Paid Family and Medical Leave
More than 200,000 municipal workers in Massachusetts are currently ineligible for the state’s comprehensive, cost-effective and equitable Paid Family and Medical Leave benefits; this spring, Natick Town Meeting has an opportunity to bring 2,000 of those workers into PFML coverage. When Massachusetts’ Paid Family and Medical Leave law went...
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