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Postal worker hospitalized after being attacked in Medford
Local News The suspects allegedly stole a post office key from the letter carrier. Authorities are investigating after a mail carrier was attacked and seriously injured Tuesday morning in Medford. Medford police said officers responded about 11:40 a.m. to a 911 call reporting the assault in the area of Arden Road at Winthrop Street. At […]
Police: Rhode Island father arrested, charged after accidentally shooting 4-year-old son
Local News The boy is in critical condition after undergoing emergency surgery. A Cranston man was arrested Tuesday after police say he accidentally shot his 4-year-old son in the head. Cranston police said Michael Jones, 33, has been charged with felony assault, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and firing in a compact […]
Police warn trick-or-treaters to watch out for bear after sighting in Whitman
Local News “Please take in your pumpkins and don’t leave candy out unattended.” A black bear photographed in New Hampshire. Bryan Marquard Police are warning trick-or-treaters to be on the lookout on Tuesday after a bear was spotted in Whitman earlier in the day. Whitman police said they received a report that a black bear […]
Watch: Medway family stuck in Gaza describes increasingly dire situation
Abood Okal, Wafaa Abuzayd and their 1-year-old child have been trapped in Gaza for weeks. Reporter John Hilliard is tracking them as they try to get home. The post Watch: Medway family stuck in Gaza describes increasingly dire situation appeared first on Boston.com.
Brandeis Center calls out Harvard for professor’s alleged antisemetic bias
Local News The legal warning claims that a professor at Harvard University discriminated against three Jewish Israeli students who were in his class. Harvard University’s iron gate in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Shutterstock The Brandeis Center, a Jewish civil rights nonprofit, sent Harvard University a legal warning demanding “immediate action” of addressing and denouncing a professor who […]
City reportedly begins clearing tents from Mass. and Cass
Local News A plan approved last week seeks to clear encampments and relocate people living in them to shelters. Work was underway Tuesday to clear the tents on Atkinson Street. Tony Rivera (right) from the Newmarket Business Improvement District cleans up the street where tents once stood. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe Following Boston […]
2023 Boston elections: Q&As with the City Council candidates ahead of Nov. 7
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Israeli airstrikes level apartments in Gaza refugee camp, as ground troops battle Hamas militants
World News Palestinians look for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in the Nusseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Doaa AlBaz / AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A flurry of Israeli airstrikes Tuesday on a refugee camp near Gaza City leveled apartment buildings, leaving craters where they once stood, as ground […]
Halloween headaches in Salem, Massachusetts: Traffic. Crowds. Tiny liquor bottles?
Local News Weary of the crunchy plastic carpet underfoot — and wary of their appeal to teens and closet drinkers — a growing roster of cities and towns is moving to ban nips altogether. Discarded nips are found at various places throughout Salem., Mass., on Oct. 22, 2023. Kieran Kesner/The New York Times By Jenna […]
Gaza Strip’s tunnels loom large for Israel’s ground forces
World News Hamas is believed to hide weapons, fighters, and even command centers in miles of subterranean pathways and chambers. The entrance to a tunnel that was discovered by Israeli forces near Kissufim, Israel, in 2017. The Israeli military regularly trains infantry on how to destroy tunnels. Uriel Sinai / The New York Times By […]