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Boston Braces for Weather Whiplash, From Drizzle to Sizzle, with 90s Possible by Wednesday
Boston's weather is shaping up to quickly swing from drizzly to sizzling as forecasters predict a shift from weekend showers to a potentially hot midweek. The National Weather Service reports a 40% chance of showers today with temperatures hovering near 57 degrees and northeast winds blowing at about 10 mph, gusting up to 20 mph. New precipitation could reach between a tenth and a quarter of an inch.
Lawsuits, development and a new beer garden
This is Jen Wagner, executive editor at The Patriot Ledger. Welcome to this week's edition of Your Week on the South Shore. Only for subscribers. As always, be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of this newsletter for more stories. I hope you're having a great weekend....
What do police do with their guns when they're not used anymore?
BOSTON - Guns that are used to protect the public are ending up on the other side of the law. Records from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms show that over 16 years, more than 52,000 guns once owned by law enforcement later showed up at crime scenes. That means roughly 3,000 times a year, a police gun was used in the commission of a crime, sometimes with deadly results. WBZ-TV's I-Team worked with CBS News in a partnership with non-profit newsrooms "The Trace" and "Reveal" on a special investigation into where old police weapons end up. Boston mom Ruth...
Brockton driving school owner arrested, accused of bribing road test examiner to give out licenses
A driving school owner was arrested on Friday for allegedly bribing a road test examiner to give driver’s licenses to people who didn’t pass or didn’t take the road tests at the Brockton RMV.
Mild temperatures and scattered showers in New England
An onshore flow out of the northeast will keep us unsettled Saturday afternoon, right through the night, and into the day Sunday. The best chance for showers will be along the coast during that time period, but a few may sneak inland, especially Saturday. Showers will be scattered in nature,...
Here’s where people in Boston are looking to buy homes, ranked
A recent report by the social media site Stacker appears to confirm what anyone who’s tried to buy a house in Greater Boston over the last year or so already knows: There’s so little stock, and prices are so high, that many folks are looking beyond the Bay State’s borders for their dream house.
Weekend kicks off with scattered showers on Saturday
The weekend looked ok, until it didn’t. We watched the forecast start to unravel yesterday as our pesky storm from Thursday kept a toehold on New England. It’s slipping just enough moisture into the region to stew up a few spotty, light, sprinkles or showers throughout the day today. Sunday is looking a little better, but there could still be a couple of early morning sprinkles – or mist.
New England’s Unsolved: New information in the murder of John and Geraldine Magee
It was a double murder that shocked the Merrimack Valley town of Andover. On the morning of December 14th, 2011, John and Geraldine Magee were found shot to death in the living room of their sprawling home on Orchard Crossing.
Two arrested in Foxborough on drug and fugitive charges
Two people in Foxborough are facing several charges after police conducted a search warrant on Thursday. Officials arrested 37-year-old Patrick Rockett, and 36-year-old Dacia Broccoli. Police said Rockett was charged with trafficking methamphetamine, possession of drugs and possession of ammunition without an FID card. He was arraigned in Wrentham District...
Shots fired in East Boston tear through teenager's bedroom wall
EAST BOSTON - It was a close call for a teenager in East Boston Thursday night as gunshots rang out in his neighborhood and a bullet went through his bedroom wall."Mom, there is a bullet hole in my wall""So my son's bedroom is on the other side of this wall, the bullet came through and went through this wall as well," said Christine Dioria. One of the bullets came barreling through her 16-year-old son Jason's bedroom. "I heard what sounded like firecrackers but it wasn't. My son came running out of his bedroom, 'Mom, there is a bullet hole in...
A murderous romance or frame job? Things to know about Boston's Karen Read murder trial
A highly anticipated trial in Massachusetts involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank is finishing its third week on Friday.The case has garnered national attention because the defense alleges that state and local law enforcement officials framed Karen Read and allowed the real killer to go free. John O’Keefe died in the Boston suburb of Canton on Jan. 29, 2022. His body was found on another officer’s front lawn, and the defense argues the homeowner’s relationship with local and state police tainted their investigation.A...
Italian markets don't get much better than this longtime fave just north of Boston
Sub shops tend to do really well in good times and bad. They are typically quick and convenient, inexpensive and geared toward takeout and delivery — that last item being particularly important over the past few years, when the pandemic left to-go meals as about the only option out there for quite some time.
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