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Photos: Campus protests continue, police make arrests and clear encampments
University of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are among the latest campuses to witness police action linked to the war in Gaza. In Cambridge, police in riot gear dismantled a Pro-Palestinian encampment on the MIT campus early this morning. At least 10 students were arrested. It was a similar scene at Penn in Philadelphia.
Weekend To Do List: Mother's Day, farm fest, food truck festival
BOSTON - Mother's Day is this weekend there's lots of events to celebrate and enjoy with mom!Soluna Mother's Day Flower Pop-UpIt's a flower-filled afternoon from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Cambridge on Sunday. Join Soluna Garden Farm and learn about flower growing while getting a handmade local bouquet for mom. The flower pop-up takes place at the Spice Lab, next to Curio Spice Co. on Mass Ave.When: Sunday, May 12 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.Where: The Spice Lab, next to Curio Spice Co., 2267 Mass Ave., CambridgeCost: Free event, $56 for a bouquetClick here for more informationClick here...
Police dive team finds gun in Taunton lake after years of searching. How it got there
TAUNTON — People driving by wondering why law enforcement were seen diving into Lake Rico in Massasoit State Park early this morning can be breath a sigh of relief knowing it wasn’t for any tragic reason. Members of the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (SEMLEC) Dive Team Unit...
11 Brockton school employees topped $200K in 2023 — including 3 getting paid not to work
BROCKTON — In 2023, nearly 900 people earned at least $100,000 working for the Brockton Public Schools. That's one takeaway from a close look at salary data for the calendar year 2023. Eleven school workers grossed $200,000 or more. They include three top officials who remain on paid leave...
Family connected to house where Boston police officer’s body was found outside in snow testifies
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A highly anticipated trial involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank outside a home entered its ninth day on Friday in Massachusetts. John O’Keefe died in the Boston suburb of...
Footage shows Karen Read in Boston bar with police officer boyfriend on night of his murder
Newly released footage shows a college finance professor who has been charged with murder in the death of her police officer boyfriend at a Boston bar on the night she allegedly killed him. Karen Read, 44, can be seen embracing John O’Keefe at CF McCarthy’s in Boston before ordering drinks at the bar.O’Keefe’s body was found in the snow in front of a home in the early hours of 29 January 2022, following a night of partying at a bar in Canton, Massachusetts.Days later, the 44-year-old was arrested and charged with her boyfriend’s murder.Prosecutors allege that Ms Read ran over her police officer boyfriend during a snowstorm and left him for dead on the freezing front lawn of their friends’ home.Ms Read denies the allegations against her, and instead argues that she believes Mr O’Keefe was killed by his police colleagues. Read More Dialysis patients evacuated from Rafah hospital as Israeli operation intensifiesSuspect tackled to ground by Rochdale police officer after escaping from ambulanceWatch: Elderly Just Stop Oil protesters damage Magna Carta glass at British Library
3 men zip-tied and pepper-sprayed cash courier before burning U-Haul, feds say
A trio of men are facing a series of charges in connection with a February 2024 armed robbery of a cash courier in Swansea in which they are accused of robbing the courier at gunpoint, zip-tying and pepper-spraying the man, and burning the vehicle they had stolen to flee the scene, acting U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Joshua S. Levy’s office announced.
Northern lights visible in Boston area, across New England
The northern lights were visible across much of New England, including the Boston area, as a powerful geomagnetic storm hit. The storm is categorized as a G5 — the highest on the scale — and is the most powerful since at least 2003. It brings the possibility of blackouts, but also allows the aurora borealis to be seen much farther south than usual.
Families displaced by Randolph fire receive donated supplies
Residents displaced by a fire last month in Randolph, Massachusetts, received help on Friday. The fire on April 28 prompted evacuations from an apartment complex on Bridle Path Circle, leaving 80 people without a home. The Cut Fire Fund, a nonprofit set up to help first responders and families affected...
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