A Wilbraham man was sentenced to 12–16 years after pleading guilty in the January 2024 shooting that badly injured a Wilbraham police officer.

A federal appeals court in Boston largely kept a lower-court injunction blocking the White House’s attempt to pause trillions in federal aid, saying agencies failed to weigh recipients’ reliance. Judges narrowed the remedy but left the freeze off the table while appeals continue.

A Quincy man was sentenced to 10–12 years after pleading guilty in the 2022 Wollaston Station abduction and repeated sexual assaults of a 64‑year‑old woman.

A new Florida filing says a previously undisclosed James 'Whitey' Bulger manuscript may undercut John 'Zip' Connolly's murder conviction and seeks a new hearing. The motion revives long‑running questions about the Bulger era and prosecutorial disclosures.

Steady rain and patchy fog through Monday, with heavy downpours possible and damaging gusts expected Monday night. Allow extra time for travel and check service alerts.

Somerville will host an in‑person site walk and a virtual meeting about a sewer‑separation project designed to reduce flooding in Winter Hill and Ten Hills and lower sewage overflows into the Mystic River.

Two juveniles were arrested after an alleged attempt to steal a coat at Green Street Station; a replica gun was recovered and the suspects were booked.

Boston police arrested two Roslindale residents after a probe turned up fentanyl, crack and a handgun at a Washington Street home.

Doctors and recent studies say gaps in preventive dental care — and strains on Medicaid — are sending more children to emergency rooms with painful tooth infections. Local experts and national research point to prevention and hospital‑based fixes.

Surveillance video released this week shows the Oct. 1, 2024 Green Line derailment near Lechmere. The NTSB found the operator failed to stop and the train entered a 10‑mph zone at about 36 mph.

A Boston trust claimed the first $25M Mega Money scratch‑off and took a $16.25M lump sum; the Turners Falls Cumberland Farms that sold the ticket will receive a $50K bonus.

Two new proposals — at 320 Summer Street and 11 Avenue de Lafayette — would add about 213 apartments and push Boston’s office-conversion tally to 29 buildings.

The SJC unanimously held that Commonwealth charter schools must obey Massachusetts' public‑records law, ending a yearslong fight with Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden.