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Family of Louisa Gag calls for city action on street safety
The family of Louisa Gag, a Boston transportation planner killed by a truck while cycling in Mission Hill in July, asked the City Council to act on street safety.
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Police arrest Foxborough teen over 2025 Dorchester killings
Police said a 16-year-old from Foxborough was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of murder in the May 2025 shooting deaths of two men in Dorchester.
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- Dorchester Reporter16-year-old charged with ’25 double murder in Dorchester
- Universal HubTeen charged with double murder on Franklin Hill Avenue in Dorchester last year
- Boston PatchTeen Charged In 2025 Boston Double Homicide
- 7News WHDH16-year-old charged with 2025 Dorchester double murder appears in court
- NBC10 BostonPerson arrested in Foxboro in deadly Dorchester double shooting
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Fire commissioner says batteries caused fatal May fire
Boston Fire Commissioner Rodney Marshall said lithium-ion batteries in plastic toolboxes caused the May 2026 Treadway Road fire that killed Firefighter Bobby Kilduff.
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Arrest Made After Man Stabbed At Boston MBTA Station
The victim was stabbed in the neck on the station’s westbound Green Line platform.
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Former Boston official pleads guilty to pandemic loan fraud
A former Municipal Protective Services leader pleaded guilty to pandemic loan fraud, Boston Patch reported. Reports say he claimed to be an auto mechanic.
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Dorchester woman charged in alleged $34,000 online extortion
A Dorchester woman has been charged in an alleged online extortion scam involving $34,000. The defendant allegedly posed online as a Hells Angels member.
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Man Arrested In Connection With Series Of Boston Storefront Break-Ins
Storefront windows were smashed in one area of the city between September and October.
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Second Boston gang member pleads guilty in prison drug scheme
A second Boston gang member pleaded guilty in a prison drug smuggling scheme, Boston Patch reported. Hearns is serving a sentence for manslaughter.
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Rhode Island man faces indictment for stalking Boston woman
A Rhode Island man has been indicted on charges of stalking a Boston woman for 16 months, according to the district attorney's office.
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Boston Police Looking To Identify Person Possibly Connected To Assault And Battery
The victim of the assault was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Aggro bicyclist punched somebody in the face for telling him to stop riding on a Back Bay sidewalk, then took photos of his victim sprawled on the ground, police say
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