A Turin-born chef and her husband have opened Olivia’s Kitchen in Ball Square, serving housemade pastas, regional Italian plates, weekend brunch and a compact Italian wine list.

Light rain and fog early May 7 will clear to mostly sunny with highs near 60°F. Plan for rain Saturday and a milder Sunday.

A Boston developer wants to convert the long‑vacant Benny’s Plaza in Plymouth into a 184‑unit senior living community, reviving the shuttered Court Street site.

Local drone makers from Charlestown to Wilmington are racing to meet the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance price and production targets. The shift could turn small workshops into defense factories.

Cambridge AI startup Blitzy raised $200M at a $1.4B valuation to scale its agentic platform that rewrites legacy corporate code. Boston investors joined the round as the company hires in Kendall Square.

A Boston mother tells Boston 25 her daughter was injured on a school bus after months of complaints that went unanswered, renewing scrutiny of BPS transportation.

An AI from Mass General Brigham and MIT can score lung‑cancer risk from one CT up to six years ahead; the model is validated but not yet cleared for routine care.

Showers and gusty southwest winds arrive Wednesday afternoon in Boston. Coastal waters are under Small Craft Advisories into Thursday.

A backseat passenger was killed after a short Amesbury police pursuit ended at Elm Street and Route 110; the 18-year-old driver faces motor vehicle homicide and heroin‑trafficking charges.

A 16-inch water main in Downtown Crossing shut West Street and affected nearby buildings and hydrants as crews worked to isolate the leak. Drivers should expect delays.

Boston artists want to wrap the Tobin Bridge in climate‑driven lights, a $10M plan that has drawn civic interest and sharp warnings from dark‑sky advocates. The proposal mixes ambitious design with knotty permitting and wildlife concerns.

A person was detained after shots were reported near the John D. O'Bryant School in Roxbury; police say no injuries were reported. Officers used BHA camera feeds to locate the suspect.

A large outage left parts of Wellesley in the dark on May 4 as crews from the municipal light plant worked around Weston Road and Route 9.