Hearing To Focus On Body Cameras For Boston Police
A City Council committee is holding a hearing Thursday evening at the Mildred Community Center to review the police department's plan to pilot the cameras.
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A City Council committee is holding a hearing Thursday evening at the Mildred Community Center to review the police department's plan to pilot the cameras.
A Boston Police sergeant is being praised for showing restraint in taking down a suspect who charged him with a knife while screaming that he would kill him.
Boston Police provided an update on the death of 7-year-old Kyzr Willis, who was found dead off Carson Beach while under the supervision of a city camp.
In the wake of the shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that left three officers dead and three wounded, the Boston Police Department said Sunday that all patrols by their officers would be done in two-person units.
More than 1,000 people organized by Mass Action Against Police Brutality marched from Boston Police Headquarters in response to the deaths of black men and women involving police.
Mayor Marty Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans announced Tuesday the city has come to an agreement with the patrolmen's association to launch a six-month body camera program.
Boston city councilor Andrea Campbell, chair of the committee on public safety and criminal justice, thought Boston Police would start their body camera pilot program by now.
Patrols in Boston will be completed in two-officer units a day after 12 officers were shot in Dallas.
One person was killed and another injured Thursday morning in a Dorchester shooting.
A male suffered life-threatening injuries after being assaulted Saturday in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.
Boston Police have reunited a young boy with his family nearly 24 hours after he was found wandering barefoot at a Mattapan playground.
A corrections officer from the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department was arraigned Thursday on charges that he had improper contact with an inmate at the South Bay House of Corrections.
Boston Police are warning that a small blue pill being sold on the street illegally as Oxycodone has actually been found to be the deadly drug Fentanyl.
Boston Police posted a photo to their Facebook page Tuesday of an officer who stopped to make a child's day last weekend.
Police say the assault happened around 10 a.m. Monday in the downtown area of Beacon and Bowdoin streets.
A person suffered life-threatening injuries in a double shooting late Saturday night in Mattapan, Boston EMS says.
Police have identified the 19-year-old woman who construction workers found dead in an East Boston garage.
Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans said his department is offering help and security to nightclubs in Boston in the wake of the largest mass shooting in U.S. history, which killed 50 people at an Orlando gay club early Sunday.
Fenway Park played host Sunday to a multi-agency counterterrorism exercise that included simulated explosions and gunfire.
A Boston Police sergeant helped deliver a baby girl in Jamaica Plain on Friday.
Sergeant Rene Sanchez, a 20-year veteran of the Boston Police Department, was working with other officers on a traffic stop when a man ran over to him and told him that his wife was in labor.
Boston Police arrested a Brighton High School student who they say was in possession of a loaded gun that had been reported stolen.
Boston Police are investigating a late-night shooting in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood.
Police are searching for a woman who allegedly assaulted a two-year-old girl who was playing at the Make Way for Ducklings statues.
Police say they need helping finding a man who groped two women in separate incidents Wednesday in Dorchester.
Dispatcher Sophia Zervos quickly and calmly instructed parents how to perform CPR on their 4-year-old daughter.
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing on Feb. 1 and ransom notes were being investigated.
An Irish man living in the Boston area, who is married to a U.S. citizen and is seeking a green card, has been in ICE custody for five months.
Maxim Naumov's score Tuesday was enough to make it through the short program, giving him another opportunity to perform when the men's free skate takes place Friday night.
All eyes at one Massachusetts ice rink were on Maxim Naumov Tuesday, even while he competed in the Olympics about 4,000 miles away.
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show cohost Savannah Guthrie, has been missing for 10 days.
An Irish man living in the Boston area, who is married to a U.S. citizen and is seeking a green card, has been in ICE custody for five months.
Dispatcher Sophia Zervos quickly and calmly instructed parents how to perform CPR on their 4-year-old daughter.
Quarterback Drake Maye confirmed during his final news conference of the season that he did injure his throwing shoulder during the AFC Championship Game.
Boston's official FIFA World Cup 2026 fan festival will be held on City Hall Plaza.
There's a new drug that can help early morning shift workers stay awake and alert, a study out of Boston found.
As millions of Americans struggle with paying for health care, doctors and health experts discuss how medical care is being eroded by insurers denying necessary tests and treatment, making it "more difficult to be healthy in the United States."
Flu cases are rising rapidly, especially among kids in Boston, where hospitalizations of children under five have increased 150% over the last two weeks.
Four children have died from the flu in Massachusetts so far this season, public health officials say.
Fewer people in Massachusetts are getting their seasonal flu and COVID vaccinations as the number of respiratory infections in the state continues to rise.
Four Massachusetts State Police instructors have been charged following an investigation into the 2024 death of state police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia.
After I-Team reports about a Foxboro woman's frustration with her GE gas range, the company has agreed to give her a refund.
It took Aaron Braun years to get more than 93,000 Dunkin' rewards points, but after a policy change he's left with a fraction of that.
In the last three years, the Better Business Bureau has received thousands of complaints about GE.
A home baker from Foxboro, Massachusetts is frustrated that the pricy oven she bought from GE wasn't working properly. Attempts to fix it failed.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
The Neiman Marcus store at Copley Place in Boston is closing, Saks Global announced.
Raising Cane's claims a Boston landlord has threatened to evict one of its locations in the Back Bay because the restaurant "smells like chicken fingers."
The Kowloon is coming to Revere Beach.
Panera, Zipcar and Thermo Fisher are all closing facilities or offices in Massachusetts.
Cape Cod potato chips will no longer be made on Cape Cod as of this spring.
Just steps from the water's edge along Lake Winnipesaukee, a spectacular estate mixes modern architecture with breathtaking views.
An innovative craft winery located in downtown Meredith, New Hampshire, Hermit Woods is taking a different approach to winemaking.
Located on the water's edge along New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Mill Falls blends elegant luxury with spectacular vistas.
Kohler Store by Supply New England and an interior designer showcases how beauty and functionality can breathe new life into a project.
James Beard-nominated pastry chef and co-founder of Bakey in Boston gives insight on how to make his world-famous babka.
Maxim Naumov's score Tuesday was enough to make it through the short program, giving him another opportunity to perform when the men's free skate takes place Friday night.
Head coach Mike Vrabel held his final news conference of the season at Gillette Stadium on Tuesday.
Quarterback Drake Maye confirmed during his final news conference of the season that he did injure his throwing shoulder during the AFC Championship Game.
New England Patriots left tackle Will Campbell met with reporters on Tuesday after leaving the Super Bowl without taking questions.
San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Keion White was shot and injured early Monday morning in San Francisco, the team confirmed.
Raising Cane's claims a Boston landlord has threatened to evict one of its locations in the Back Bay because the restaurant "smells like chicken fingers."
A tegu lizard was found buried beneath the snow in Providence, Rhode Island.
A gathering of North Atlantic right whales off Massachusetts over the weekend appears to have set a new monthly record.
A rocketship on a downtown Boston roof is part of the new Winteractive 2026 public art installation.
The overpowering scent of Dunkin' donuts in the air has some Haverhill residents complaining.