Officer Hailed For Showing Restraint After Knife-Wielding Suspect Charges Him
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.
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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.
Two off-duty Boston Police officers were present at a house party in a rented mansion that ended in the fatal shooting of a Randolph man Sunday, the Boston Police Department said.
Marcus Jones had a big defensive play for New England, returning a C.J. Stroud pass for a touchdown in the second quarter.
Follow along with live updates as the Patriots are hosting the Texans in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
There's a house in Massachusetts full of young Patriots fans - and one Houston Texans fan.
The former New England Patriots backup quarterback is set to take center stage with a berth in the Super Bowl on the line.
The New England Patriots host the Houston Texans in a 2026 NFL playoff showdown tonight. The square off at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts with a berth in the AFC Championship on the line.
Follow along with live updates as the Patriots are hosting the Texans in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
The New England Patriots host the Houston Texans in a 2026 NFL playoff showdown tonight. The square off at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts with a berth in the AFC Championship on the line.
Storms will bring some snow to Massachusetts on Sunday, and it could impact the Patriots playoff game.
There's a house in Massachusetts full of young Patriots fans - and one Houston Texans fan.
A murder suspect from Maine was arrested on Saturday in New Hampshire after a police chase that began in Massachusetts.
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.
Flu is on the rise in Massachusetts, just as people are starting to gather for the holidays.
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.
Eight states have laws making police body cameras mandatory. Massachusetts isn't one of them.
A Massachusetts family got stuck with a bill for a damaged tire on their rental car, even though they bought the extra coverage.
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.
Boston's Time Out Market, a Fenway food hall that opened less than seven years ago, is now set to close.
Small businesses in Massachusetts are seeing a boom in business thanks to the playoff run by the New England Patriots.
Three Uno Pizzeria & Grill locations in Massachusetts and one in Rhode Island have closed for good.
TJ Maxx has closed its Newbury Street store in Boston less than a decade after it first opened.
Circle Furniture appears to have suddenly closed all of its stores right before Christmas.
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.
Marcus Jones had a big defensive play for New England, returning a C.J. Stroud pass for a touchdown in the second quarter.
Follow along with live updates as the Patriots are hosting the Texans in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
The former New England Patriots backup quarterback is set to take center stage with a berth in the Super Bowl on the line.
The New England Patriots host the Houston Texans in a 2026 NFL playoff showdown tonight. The square off at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts with a berth in the AFC Championship on the line.
Before the game, the Blackhawks honored their three Stanley Cup champion teams from the 2010s, with 29 players from those squads returning to pose with the Cup.
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.
Alex Cornwell's display of nearly 300 Christmas inflatables is attracting visitors from around Massachusetts.
Police are looking for whoever opened fire on inflatable Christmas decorations in Bow, New Hampshire.