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Worcester Red Sox Unveil New Name and Logo
The Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox has announced the new name it will adopt with its move from Rhode Island to Massachusetts. The Worcester Red Sox will also be known as the WooSox, the team confirmed during a live television ceremony Monday night.
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Bishop, Bride Shot During Wedding at NH Church; Suspect ID'd
A bishop and a woman were shot and a suspect was in custody Saturday after a gunman opened fire during a wedding in Pelham, New Hampshire, authorities said. One of the gunshot victims has been identified as Bishop Stanley Choate, according to the New Hampshire attorney general’s office. He was transported to Tufts Medical Center in Boston, where his condition...
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School Employee Accused of Raping Disabled Teen: What We Know
A Massachusetts school employee accused of raping a disabled student at a Middleborough school turned himself in to authorities Friday after a nearly day-long search. New Bedford resident Phillip Houtman, 28, had a warrant for his arrest after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old student at the Chamberlain International School.
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Man Admits Mailing Powder, Blood in Threats to OkCupid CEO
A Beverly man has admitted to sending the CEO of a dating website letters containing white powder described as Anthrax and a red substance described as AIDS-infected blood. Liam MacLeod, 47, sent nine letters to the CEO of OKCupid.com between September and December 2017, each of which contained threatening communications or suspicious substances, the district attorney said Thursday.
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Sharks Seen Eating Seal, Breaching in Spate of Mass. Sightings Friday
Sharks were sighted or detected at beaches on Cape Cod and at Plymouth, Massachusetts, Friday, one of them eating a seal just 25 feet from shore and another seen jumping out of the water. The great white shark seen eating the seal was a stone’s throw from shore about a quarter mile north of Nauset Public Beach in Orleans, the...
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Shark Sightings Close Cape Cod, Nantucket Beaches
Multiple shark sightings have closed beaches in Cape Cod and Nantucket on Sunday. A shark spotted at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro on Sunday led officials to close the beach to swimmers until given further notice.
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VIDEO: Shark Leaps From Water Feet From Group's Boat
A group of adults and kids that was fishing off Orleans Saturday got a big surprise when a great white shark jumped from the water feet from their boat.
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Shark Attack Victim Mourned
Arthur Medici, 26, was killed in a rare fatal shark attack — the first in Massachusetts in 80 years.
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67 Canisters of Nitrous Oxide Found Outside Fenway at Phish Concert, Police Say
Officers found 67 canisters of nitrous oxide and dozens of balloons in the street and on the sidewalk near Boston’s Fenway Park on Friday.
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67 Canisters of Nitrous Oxide Found Outside Fenway at Phish Concert, Police Say
Officers found 67 canisters of nitrous oxide and dozens of balloons in the street and on the sidewalk near Boston’s Fenway Park on Friday.
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Police: $30,000 Offered in Shooting That Wounded Ortiz
Police say a suspected drug trafficker offered to pay $30,000 for the shooting that wounded baseball slugger David Ortiz, who was sitting alongside the intended victim.
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Police: $30,000 Offered in Shooting That Wounded Ortiz
Police say a suspected drug trafficker offered to pay $30,000 for the shooting that wounded baseball slugger David Ortiz, who was sitting alongside the intended victim.
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Woman Charged After Her Dog Drowns in NH Lake
A woman has been arrested after her dog drowned in Naticook Lake in New Hampshire last week. According to officials, Merrimack police responded to 116 Naticook Road for a dog that had drowned in Naticook Lake around 7:30 p.m. on June 8.
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Woman Charged After Her Dog Drowns in NH Lake
A woman has been arrested after her dog drowned in Naticook Lake in New Hampshire last week. According to officials, Merrimack police responded to 116 Naticook Road for a dog that had drowned in Naticook Lake around 7:30 p.m. on June 8.
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David Ortiz Injured in Shooting in Dominican Republic
Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back at nearly point-blank range Sunday night in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said.
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David Ortiz Injured in Shooting in Dominican Republic
Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back at nearly point-blank range Sunday night in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said.
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Green Line Derailment Injures 11, Causes Major Delays
Officials say 10 people were injured, and nine were transported with non-life threatening injuries, when a Green Line subway car derailed in a tunnel near Kenmore Square around 11 a.m. Saturday. The operator of the train was one of those injured.
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Body Found at Little League Field in Worcester
A body has been found at a Little League field in Worcester. According to police, a deceased male was discovered at the Ted Williams Little League on Chandler Street at 7:15 a.m. Saturday morning.
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Officials: 16 Sick Passengers Transported from Logan Airport
Sixteen people were transported to area hospitals following their arrival at Logan Airport on Sunday.
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Hacker Group Posts Hundreds of Law Officer Records
Authorities were investigating Saturday the online posting by a hacker group of the personal information of hundreds of federal agents and police officers apparently stolen from websites affiliated with alumni of the FBI’s National Academy.