Public Safety
Editor's Note: Today, Judge Carol Ball issued a 70 page ruling that will grant Sean Ellis– convicted of the 1993 murder of Boston Police Detective John Mulligan— a new trial, citing new information that was not heard by jurors at his previous trial.... Read more
The City Council on Wednesday approved a proposal by Councilor Charles Yancey for hearings on the imminent demolition of the Casey Overpass - several years after state officials announced the plans and months after construction crews began tearing down... Read more
As subway officials prepare to winterize tracks on the Red and Orange lines, the head of the MBTA said riders should expect shuttle buses along the above-ground routes this summer and fall.
"In order to get ready for next winter we'll probably be busing... Read more
Actor Mark Wahlberg's pardon request remains on the back burner, a top state official said Wednesday.
"His petition is pending," said Charlene Bonner, chair of the Parole Board, which also handles pardon and commutation recommendations and decides whether... Read more
The MBTA, which shoulders significant debt from past borrowing efforts, spent just over half of the amount budgeted for capital projects in 2014, contributing to "chronic underinvestment" and a backlog of unaddressed maintenance needs, a task force... Read more
The MBTA's unsustainable operating budget is hamstrung by "stagnating" revenues, costs that are growing at twice the rate of inflation, and a fleet that is the oldest among its peer transit systems, according to details of a draft task force report.... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports officers responding to a report of gunfire around 11:25 a.m. on Tuesday at 332 Harvard St. first had to wait for firefighters to douse the flames in a first-floor apartment.
Once inside, police say, officers discovered... Read more
Prosecutors rested their case against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday after jurors in his federal death penalty trial saw gruesome autopsy photos and heard a medical examiner describe the devastating injuries suffered by the three... Read more
What started as an emergency work-around to cope with the winter’s avalanche of snow could result in permanent traffic changes in South Boston. Mayor Walsh’s office this week extended its “Emergency Transportation Reconfiguration” plan — that was... Read more
A federal jury convicted a Dorchester man this week for the brutal attack and robbery of a U.S. postal carrier in December 2013. The brazen attack on Bailey Street left the postman with a non-fatal gunshot wound to the arm. Prosecutors proved that Keyon... Read more
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