Boston City Councilor Erin Murphy plans to push for an emergency hearing in light of a recent blog post published by a local researcher who analyzed 311 data and found reports of discarded needles ...

Tears started rolling down Allen Alston‘s face at the mention of his mother, who died in July 2024. But Alston couldn’t reach up to wipe them away — his hands remained tightly shackled to his waist.

A Brazilian man, who had been living in Marlborough with his family, is returning to Massachusetts from a Texas detention facility. A judge is allowing him to return home and await a deportation ...