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A man died Saturday after he was stabbed during a fight outside of a Columbia Point hotel. The unidentified victim was one of two men found suffering from stab wounds just before 3 a.m. outside of the Doubletree Hotel on Mt. Vernon Street. According to... Read more
The five candidates hoping to replace Marty Walsh in the State House talked public safety and education during individual appearances on BNN News. BNN's Chris Lovett interviewed them in the videos below. The Democratic primary is March 4, and with no... Read more
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The Boston Fire Department says "careless disposal of smoking material" this morning sparked a two-alarm fire that displaced 12 people and injured a firefighter at 24 Freeman St. The fire, right behind the inbound platform at the Fields Corner Red Line... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man, apparently in his 20s, was found shot to death around 11:40 p.m. on Thursday at 196 Itasca St. in Mattapan.
Court: Police must get warrant for detailed phone location data A divided Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that warrants are required in cases where law enforcement seek two weeks or more of cell site location information, or CSLI, from a suspect’s... Read more
The Boston Police Department report drug officers raided a house at 11 Treadway Rd. on Friday and recovered a large assortment of illegal items: "Upon executing the search warrant at 11 Treadway Road, detectives encountered two more suspects and recovered... Read more
Truck fire on the Expressway
A tractor trailer burst into flames shortly before 6 a.m. on Thursday on the southbound Expressway by the gas tank, completely shutting the southbound side of the road and causing significant delays on the northbound side. For a time, State Police were... Read more
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh has called for the return of a city-organized gun buyback program following last Friday’s shooting death of a nine-year-old boy. The victim’s 14-year-old brother, who is alleged to have shot him in their Morton Street apartment... Read more
The FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force is seekingv the public’s help to identify a “serial” bank robber who has hit four Boston-area banks in the last six weeks. The unknown robber is said to be armed and dangerous. The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for... Read more
Foam covered gas station in Dorchester
The Boston Fire Department reports a man was pumping gas at the Citgo station at 741 Morrissey Blvd. around 8:15 Sunday morning when the driver of a car behind him failed to stop: "It moved his car out of the station and pinned him between the car that... Read more

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