13+ hour, 4+ min ago   (932+ words) LOWELL — A violent confrontation inside a downtown apartment building erupted into gunfire, leaving one man bloodied and another facing felony charges. Yosvani Hernandez, 24, of Boston, is accused of pistol‑whipping a Lowell man and firing two shots — one in a…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (697+ words) By MATT BROWN, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and SCOTT BAUER Across the country, Democratic candidates are grappling with their previous positions calling to “defund the police” — a prominent demand during the protests that followed George Floyd’s death — by either reimagining public safety…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (133+ words) Boston Herald Feds slam Massachusetts school district over ‘graphic’ survey: ‘Parents… have the final say’ Lindsay Clancy Trial: Patrick Clancy’s 911 call played in court Six of 11 Massachusetts congress members score ‘F’ grades in integrity: Group Lindsay Clancy murder trial: First…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (452+ words) Following weeks of escalating conflict between the Stoughton town manager and police chief, the town’s Select Board placed both on paid administrative leave Wednesday night pending an investigation into harassment and other charges levied against them. The investigations will look…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (391+ words) A Dominican national has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for coordinating a conspiracy with his brother that trafficked over 20 kilograms of fentanyl from Massachusetts to Maine. Ramon De Leon, 26, who is unlawfully in the U.S., reportedly told federal…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (569+ words) A man allegedly called in a bomb threat to a movie theater near Boston Common after being kicked out of the theater earlier that day, according to the Boston Police Department. The threat was called in around 3:43 p.m. Tuesday to the…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (297+ words) A Beacon Hill man was arrested after allegedly calling in a bomb threat to a downtown movie theater Tuesday afternoon. Christopher McFadden, 55, is accused of making the bomb threat after he was kicked out of the AMC Theatre for allegedly…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (444+ words) Boston can’t afford to have a shortage of police officers. The question is, can new police officers afford to live in Boston? The city implemented residency requirements for city employees in 1976. Back then, a studio at the posh Harbor Towers…...

5+ day, 58+ min ago   (246+ words) Toronto deputy chief Frank Barredo said a high-speed chase ensued that lasted an hour, but that no arrest was made. He vowed that the search for the perpetrator or perpetrators would continue. “We will approach this investigation with great seriousness,…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (461+ words) SEATTLE — A suspect arrested after a shootout that killed three people and left at least four others injured at a crowded food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle over the weekend is 15 years old, the city’s mayor said Monday. The teen…...