Karen Read appeared in court for a hearing on several motions on Tuesday ahead of her upcoming retrial. Read is charged with second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving ...

The number of reported homicides last year in Worcester was the most the city has seen in at least 38 years, according to data from the FBI’s online Crime Data Explorer, which goes as far back ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a forceful defense of Chicago’s history as a haven for immigrants during his opening statement before a Republican-led congressional hearing.

Republicans attempted to lock the mayor into answers as the fate of the city’s federal funding hangs in the balance and an ...

Johnson will be joined by New York Mayor Eric Adams, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Denver Mayor Mike ... while depriving the feds of a key resource — local police, who have traditionally been U.S.

In Boston, the city’s homicide rate in 2024 was 24 killings, down from 37 homicides in 2023, 40 both in 2022 and 2021 and 56 in 2020, according to Boston Police Department statistics. ©2025 ...

Safety is something that’s often not thought about when visiting the United States. This is understandable, considering you’ll be traveling to the “land of the free, home of the brave”. But crime ...

Liquor stores in South Boston will close at 4 p.m. on Sunday, while bars must close early around 7 p.m. as well.

A longtime Boston cop has sued Harvard University, claiming he was discriminated against while he was with the Harvard ...

The Boston Police Detectives Union praised the actions of an off-duty officer who authorities say shot and killed a ...

Two people were chased inside Chick-fil-A on Boylston Street around 5:27 p.m. by a man armed with a knife, officials said.