A staff member was seriously injured in a fall at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in Stow and was taken to UMass Memorial in Worcester.

The CCRI Knight campus in Warwick went on lockdown Tuesday after reports of a suspicious person nearby; police later said the report of a possible firearm was unfounded.

Revere Police say joint warrants in Lynn and Revere last Thursday led to two arrests and the seizure of fentanyl, crack and cash.

Boston police say a Dorchester warrant uncovered hundreds of fentanyl and meth pills plus large quantities of cocaine; one man was arrested. Authorities called it a multi‑agency probe.

A cybersecurity incident at Brockton Hospital forced ambulances to divert and shifted staff to paper records, disrupting outpatient care including canceled chemotherapy and pharmacy closures.

Worcester police and partner agencies deterred planned street takeovers over the weekend, arresting 12 people and issuing 19 traffic citations and warnings.

A late-night incident near Houghton's Pond left a dog wounded after a person says they stabbed it in self-defense. Milton animal control will investigate.

Two people were hurt Monday in a Hyde Park stabbing near Readville Street; police arrested a suspect nearby and the case remains under investigation.

A Nantucket painter says he slipped while working at Bill Belichick’s Fair Street home and is seeking roughly $300,000 in damages in a new negligence suit.

A West Roxbury man was arrested after police say two employees at Sam's Express in Dedham were assaulted and a customer's car was stolen in separate incidents.

Harvard warns affiliates that callers impersonating IT staff are using live calls and cloned .edu pages to harvest credentials; affiliates are urged to report suspicious contact.

A suspect was shot and several Boston police officers were injured Saturday near Northeastern University. The suspect and officers were taken to nearby hospitals and police closed Hemenway Street.

An early‑morning house fire in Brockton killed one person and has left investigators searching for a cause.