RoxFilm returns June 18–26 with more than 100 films, opening at the MFA with a Clyde Best documentary and a week of virtual programming.

Healey announced final rules to curb insurer prior‑authorization delays at Dana‑Farber, with patient advocate Chuck Stravin among speakers.

Three men were arrested after a masked, gunpoint robbery in East Bridgewater; police credit a multi-agency investigation. One suspect had removed a court-ordered GPS monitor.

A 29‑year‑old Chelsea man was arrested after prosecutors say he threatened Boston University students and deans and posted photos of shell casings and a dean’s home.

Biogen will advance diranersen — an antisense tau drug given intrathecally — to late‑stage trials after a Phase 2 readout showed tau reduction and hints of slowed decline.

The Bruins have some projected cap room but also multiple awkward contracts that could limit summer maneuvering. Lindholm, Korpisalo and Zacha headline the list of decisions.

CREATE Medicines, cofounded by Siddhartha Mukherjee, closed a $122M Series B to advance in‑vivo CAR‑T candidates for cancer and autoimmune disease.

A reported threat sent Medway High into lockdown Thursday; police searched the campus and later said the calls were not credible. No injuries were reported.

A DOJ probe says Yale School of Medicine favored Black and Hispanic applicants and tracked "racial proxies" to sidestep the Supreme Court's ban on race‑conscious admissions.

Massachusetts will activate a public-health emergency operations plan on June 1 to coordinate care, surveillance and safety ahead of World Cup matches in Foxborough.

Quincy mourns active-duty firefighter Neil Leonard, who died of occupational cancer; the union says his death has been designated a line‑of‑duty loss.

Federal regulators recalled about 94,000 LiCB CR2032 coin batteries sold on Amazon after finding their packaging fails child‑safety rules. Buyers should stop using them and seek refunds.

The Massachusetts attorney general sued Agretech, saying runoff from the company's Dracut recycling yard reached the Merrimack River and violated federal clean-water law. The case was filed in federal court in Boston.