Public Safety
Over the objections of chanting protesters, an MBTA Board appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker to take control of the transit authority voted Monday to raise fares by an average of roughly 9.3 percent starting July 1. The fare hikes, which will raise about $42... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports a fire in a second-floor apartment at 380 Talbot Ave. early this morning left a woman dead.
The one-alarm fire, reported at 3:50 a.m. in the former Girls Latin Academy building, was confined to a single apartment, the... Read more
The South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sun., March 20, will be shortened for the second consecutive year, according to Mayor Martin Walsh’s office. It will keep to the abbreviated trek – about half the traditional route, centered on Broadway – that... Read more
A Boston man wanted for allegedly murdering two sisters in their Dorchester apartment in 2011 is now one of the most hunted men in America— and internationally.
The U.S. Marshals added fugitive Jean Weevens Janvier, 34, to their 15 Most Wanted list today... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports a fire in the basement of 50 Barry St. spread upwards and required striking a second alarm before it was brought under control Tuesday morning.
The department estimates damage from the fire, reported around 9 a.m., at $... Read more
It was a troubling discovery. Last October, during a routine call to open a vacant warehouse on Hancock Street in Dorchester for a client viewing, a representative for the property owner stumbled into what from all appearances was a newly constructed, but... Read more
Proponents are told they need to make ‘strong case’
Top state transportation officials have informed advocates for the Blue Hill Avenue/Cummins Highway commuter rail station that the $25.2 million needed to build it have not yet been budgeted, meaning the... Read more
Amari Pope didn't like the way an argument between two other teens was going Sunday afternoon, so he went up to his Columbia Road apartment, got a kitchen knife and returned to plunge it into one of the teens, prosecutors said Monday.
Pope, 16, was... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports the arrest of two alleged drug dealers - whom they say stored a loaded gun in a baby seat in a house that had an armed home invasion in December.
Police say officers armed with a search warrant raided the house at 193... Read more
A man was killed Friday morning after exchanging gunfire with police responding to reports of an earlier shooting, officials said.
Boston Police officers arrived at the 107 Devon St. around 10:25 a.m., police said. They were called for a double shooting... Read more
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