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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:37:48 EDT NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A body found near Patriots tight end, Aaron Hernandez’s, home was ruled a homicide. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010939186891/ 10010939186891 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:28:23 EDT BOSTON -- The body of a semi-professional football player was found in an industrial area of North Attleboro Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010935530398/ 10010935530398 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:58:17 EDT Boston -- Portraying a star government witness as a mass murderer, a serial killer and a liar without remorse, defense lawyers for James "Whitey" Bulger tried Wednesday to undermine the testimony of that witness, former mob hitman John Martorano. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010933549766/ 10010933549766 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:20:09 EDT AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine lawmakers have approved a bill designed to encourage gun sellers to perform background checks. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010939080932/ 10010939080932 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:18:53 EDT AUGUSTA, Maine -- A second attempt to override a veto of Medicaid expansion by Republican Gov. Paul LePage has failed in the Democratic-controlled Maine Legislature. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010939073355/ 10010939073355 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:17:41 EDT HINGHAM, Mass. -- It was a video surprise that brought tears to this principal's eyes, just as he retires. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010937626163/ 10010937626163 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:08:50 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- Chairs and fists flew inside Popeye’s Restaurant at the Westgate Mall in Brockton Tuesday and it was all caught on the store’s surveillance video. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010937213044/ 10010937213044 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:27:44 EDT NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Sources told 7News New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez and the man, whose body was found in North Attleboro a mile from Hernandez’s home, were seen together at a nightclub in Boston Sunday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010937686428/ 10010937686428 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:36:15 EDT BOSTON -- A new report says the MBTA could save $250 million over six years by bringing the cost of maintaining its bus fleet in line with other transit agencies around the country. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010935937572/ 10010935937572 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:31:53 EDT NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. -- State police returned to the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Wednesday, two days after a body was found about a mile away. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010935191366/ 10010935191366 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:51:32 EDT WINDHAM, N.H. -- Dodgeball is back in physical education classes in a New Hampshire school district. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010933869232/ 10010933869232 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:28:25 EDT SOMERSET, Mass. -- Police released the description of a car believed to be involved in a deadly crash in Somerset. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010933370581/ 10010933370581 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:31:39 EDT NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- More than a dozen State Police investigators swarmed the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010930509913/ 10010930509913 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:04:44 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- What started as a beautiful, sunny day quickly turned rainy and gloomy Tuesday. The storms moved in fast, first with pea marble sized hail, and then the rain quickly added up. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010927108496/ 10010927108496 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:20:03 EDT HYDE PARK, Mass. – A local artist took her love for the Bruins to a whole new level. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010929000384/ 10010929000384 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:50 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A five-year-old girl special needs girl and her mother were kicked out of a performance of Beauty and the Beast in Providence. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010928657022/ 10010928657022 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:18:23 EDT BOSTON -- Retired Boston hitman John "The Executioner" Martorano testified on Tuesday that he and James “Whitey” Bulger were “up to our necks in murder” by the time he committed what he described as his last killing at Bulger’s behest, more than three decades ago. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010924310360/ 10010924310360 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:29:47 EDT BOSTON -- Police have arrested two people, including a 15-year-old girl, in connection with a bleach attack and robbery on a Boston bus. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010925098752/ 10010925098752 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:47:21 EDT BOSTON -- The deputy administrator of the main compensation fund for Boston Marathon bombing victims says it has received 247 claims so far. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010924484163/ 10010924484163 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:14:23 EDT AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill to expand Medicaid for a second time. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010922486347/ 10010922486347 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:13:13 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. -- The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an "urgent safety recommendation" after a Metro-North track foreman was struck and killed by a passenger train last month in Connecticut. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010922479355/ 10010922479355 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:57:52 EDT BOSTON -- With defendant James "Whitey" Bulger sitting less than eight feet away and staring straight ahead, a star government witness in the case against Bulger explained Monday why he turned against the man he long counted among "my partners in crime, my best friends." http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010915187245/ 10010915187245 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:45:07 EDT ROXBURY, Mass. -- A 21-year-old Northeastern student was charged with a vicious assault on a woman who was walking home early Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010915830714/ 10010915830714 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:47:05 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- A car riddled with bullets was towed away from Vaughn Avenue in Dorchester not long after a 20-year-old woman and her boyfriend were shot. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010920162595/ 10010920162595 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:00:44 EDT BEVERLY, Mass. -- Police say a Beverly woman who first said she had been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of her car now says she made up the story. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010916644498/ 10010916644498 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:13:49 EDT NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The town beach in North Kingstown has been closed again to swimming because of high bacteria counts in the water, but three others have been reopened. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010893682978/ 10010893682978 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:49:02 EDT DOVER, N.H. -- A New Hampshire man has been arraigned on a manslaughter charge in connection with a toddler's death. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010918734229/ 10010918734229 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:16:17 EDT BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- A West Bridgewater man police say was texting when he was involved in a car crash last week has died. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010917457731/ 10010917457731 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:19:49 EDT BOSTON -- A flood watch is in effect in Middlesex and Norfolk counties until 2:00 p.m. on June 19. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010918918936/ 10010918918936 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:00:55 EDT LEICESTER, Mass. -- The general manager of a central Massachusetts McDonalds's has died in a head-on crash in Leicester. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010916285530/ 10010916285530 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:38:20 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Police are investigating a crash that landed one car on its roof. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010915790068/ 10010915790068 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:15:22 EDT UNDATED -- The latest effort by a Boston hospital underscores a growing willingness to do transplant surgery to enhance lives, not just save them. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010915292285/ 10010915292285 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:39:57 EDT RANDOLPH, Mass. -- Police are investigating an overnight shooting in Randolph which left two people shot. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010915799730/ 10010915799730 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:39:46 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Police in Providence are looking for the gunman behind a deadly shooting at a graduation party. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010913638678/ 10010913638678 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:00:15 EDT SWANSEA, Mass. -- Authorities say two people are dead after a shooting and roughly three-hour standoff in Swansea. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010913401572/ 10010913401572 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:21:06 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island State Police say a man driving in Providence with two children in the back seat of his SUV was stopped by troopers after they received calls of a possibly intoxicated motorist going slowly, drifting from lane to lane and nearly hitting other vehicles on Route 95 South. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010913166664/ 10010913166664 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:08:31 EDT NEW HAMPTON, N.H. -- Police say a motorcyclist has been charged with topping speeds of 150 mph on a New Hampshire interstate highway. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010912731116/ 10010912731116 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:53:19 EDT NEW MILFORD, Conn. -- Searchers have scaled back efforts to find a commercial photographer who went missing last week after telling his wife he was heading to Connecticut's Housatonic River to retrieve a lost bicycle. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010912639940/ 10010912639940 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:12:24 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. -- Organizers of a veteran's memorial being built in Hartford that will feature a walkway of granite engraved pavers are inviting the public to buy the permanent markers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010912034490/ 10010912034490 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:42:30 EDT NEW HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut environmental officials have identified a New Hartford woman who was reported missing after falling out of a raft on the Farmington River. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010903215045/ 10010903215045 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:08:16 EDT SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Aerospace companies from northern New England will be well represented at the upcoming Paris Air Show. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010911649618/ 10010911649618 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:09:40 EDT NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Two Pittsfield men have been arrested following a North Adams barroom brawl involving dozens and leading to two stabbings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010911298055/ 10010911298055 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:05:04 EDT SOUTHINGTON, Conn. -- Twenty-six butterfly bushes are being planted along the Southington Rail Trail to honor the 20 first graders and six educators killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010911270463/ 10010911270463 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:57:51 EDT PORTLAND, Maine -- Maine State Police say the driver of a tractor-trailer believed to have struck and killed a 23-year-old bicyclist near the start of the three-day, 180-mile Trek Across Maine fundraiser was unaware his truck might have hit the rider. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010911227183/ 10010911227183 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:53:41 EDT SOMERSET, Mass. -- Somerset police returned to the scene of an accident Saturday where they recovered pieces of a car believed to have hit a 65-year-old victim in a wheelchair. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010902562114/ 10010902562114 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:30:01 EDT MISSION HILL, Mass. -- Police asked people to be on the lookout following alarming back to back attacks. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010904580143/ 10010904580143 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:11:06 EDT BOSTON -- Applications were rushing in the day before the deadline to submit a claim to the primary compensation fund for Boston Marathon bombing victims. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010904466619/ 10010904466619 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:59:19 EDT BOSTON -- One of the FBI's Most Wanted for more than a decade, James "Whitey" Bulger went on trial this week. Here's a look back at the first week of the racketeering trial of a man who prosecutors say participated in 19 killings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010904035955/ 10010904035955 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:28:40 EDT BOSTON -- A federal judge has ordered Homeland Security officials to release certain immigration records following a newspaper's 2012 lawsuit. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010903852023/ 10010903852023 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:25:20 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Police say they're investigating the deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies they found in a Worcester home as a case of apparent murder-suicide. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010904192069/ 10010904192069 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:48:26 EDT PORTLAND, Maine -- About 10 same-sex couples have exchanged vows during a group wedding in Portland's largest park during an annual gay pride parade and festival. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010902530670/ 10010902530670 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:38:37 EDT BOSTON --Pay up. That's what two bookies claimed Whitey Bulger demanded of them during his strangle hold on the city decades ago. That's the new testimony against the former mob boss. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010895631725/ 10010895631725 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:00:59 EDT SUTTON, Mass. -- A police chief being called a crime stopper. After he prevents a bank robbery in Sutton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010896125925/ 10010896125925 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:41:46 EDT AMESBURY, Mass. -- An out of this world discovery made right here in Massachusetts. An Amesbury man went out for a walk then he found a strange rock. He decided to keep it, but had no idea just how unique it was. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010896010674/ 10010896010674 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:20:04 EDT MERRIMACK, N.H. -- Authorities are investigating a bank robbery in Merrimack, N.H. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010895520453/ 10010895520453 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:25:18 EDT BOSTON --Mick Jagger and the rest of the Rolling Stones are in Boston this week for their 50 and Counting Tour. These guys put on a great show but they are getting a little help from a local choir. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010894831875/ 10010894831875 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:03:49 EDT NEWTON, Mass. -- Contamination concerns in Wellesley. E. Coli sent several people to the hospital. The Department of Public Health is working to find the source or trying to find out where it's coming from. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010894702994/ 10010894702994 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:40:40 EDT MILTON, Mass.-- A call led to a dramatic confrontation in Quincy. Investigators are on the scene where a state trooper pulled over a driver and then shot him following a violent fight. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010890964065/ 10010890964065 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:35:21 EDT Newborn babies show off their Bruins pride! Photos courtesy of Tufts Medical Center. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010893812170/ 10010893812170 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:16:22 EDT BOSTON --An unforgettable fan of the Bruins headed home Friday. The transit officer Dick Donohue last month was hurt in a shootout with the alleged marathon bombers and tonight he is finally home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010889378295/ 10010889378295 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:25:44 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A Cambridge brewing company released a new beer honoring Sean Collier, the MIT officer who was killed by the bombing suspect. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010891594479/ 10010891594479 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:17:24 EDT BOSTON -- One to two inches of rain fell in many places overnight Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010891184438/ 10010891184438 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:33:25 EDT BOSTON -- Mourners will remember former Gov. Argeo Paul Cellucci during a funeral Mass in his hometown of Hudson. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010890920551/ 10010890920551 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:58:00 EDT BOSTON -- The former executive director of the Chelsea Housing Authority is scheduled to be sentenced on charges he tried to hide his inflated salary from state and federal authorities. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010890708038/ 10010890708038 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:38:33 EDT If you want an adventurous companion to go on hikes, runs, or long walks with then Hulk is the man for you. This handsome 4-year-old Pit Bull was surrendered by an owner to the MSPCA-Centerville who was having financial difficulties. Hulk has settled right into the MSPCA- Centerville adoption center on Cape Cod and is ready to find a new home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010890591371/ 10010890591371 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:29:43 EDT NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Six months after the Newtown school shooting, the tragedy will be marked with a moment of silence, the reading of thousands of names of gun violence victims and calls around the country to pass legislation expanding background checks for gun purchases. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010890538342/ 10010890538342 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:44:24 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Three people were transported to local hospitals after what was likely a weather-related accident Friday morning, according to state police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010890266458/ 10010890266458 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:17:59 EDT BOSTON -- Two bookmakers are expected to testify in court about how James "Whitey" Bulger allegedly forced them to pay him so they could stay in business. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010889387983/ 10010889387983 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:38:22 EDT BOSTON -- In a flag draped coffin, Governor Paul Cellucci laid in repose in the State House as people filed in to pay their respects. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010885550235/ 10010885550235 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:07:53 EDT HINGHAM, Mass. -- Hingham Middle School Assistant Principal made a technology mistake we can all relate to. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010885727378/ 10010885727378 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:48:14 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- The father of 10-year-old Brockton rapper, Lil Poopy, spoke to 7News about his recent arrest on assault charges. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010887769424/ 10010887769424 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:01:26 EDT BOSTON --Weapons on display in Whitey Bulger's trial. Two former state troopers showed off big guns as prosecutors begin to outline this case. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010885688625/ 10010885688625 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:48:10 EDT ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A jury in Attleboro District Court found Crystal Goodis guilty in connection with her work as a babysitter. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010885969064/ 10010885969064 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:22:57 EDT BOSTON -- Most towns will pick up between 1-2" of rain by early Friday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010874297743/ 10010874297743 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:11:39 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Watertown police say the town's insurance company has agreed to cover the cost of replacing three department vehicles peppered with bullet holes and damaged beyond repair by explosions during the shootout with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010882149988/ 10010882149988 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:03:37 EDT HAMPTON, NH -- A driver crashed into a New Hampshire toll booth, propping his truck halfway up the structure. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010878861790/ 10010878861790 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:49:27 EDT BOSTON -- Jurors in James "Whitey" Bulger racketeering trial have been shown a massive collection of weapons, including machine guns, allegedly owned by Bulger and his gang. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010883816797/ 10010883816797 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:51:33 EDT NASHUA, N.H. -- Boston Marathon bombing victim Jeff Bauman, who lost his legs in the blast, has paid a visit to his co-workers at the New Hampshire store where he's worked for three years. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010881669381/ 10010881669381 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:51:19 EDT BOSTON -- A retired state police lieutenant has returned to the witness stand for a second day in the racketeering trial of reputed Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010880587941/ 10010880587941 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:50:20 EDT BOSTON -- A Boston police officer and another man are recovering from a shootout in South Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010879862029/ 10010879862029 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:49:12 EDT ROXBURY, Mass. -- Three women are accused of attacking a man on the number 28 MTBA bus and then throwing bleach on him. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010878775250/ 10010878775250 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:21:29 EDT UNDATED -- X-rays told a disturbing story to a Maine veterinarian. Dozens of tiny white spots found on the skull and rib cage of a dog were BB’s. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010878968924/ 10010878968924 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:34:42 EDT BOSTON -- So it begins. The man with so much bravado and murderous rage, according to prosecutors decades ago, sat meekly in a South Boston courtroom Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010876528250/ 10010876528250 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:54:11 EDT FALMOUTH, Mass. -- Falmouth and state police are investigating an apparent double homicide after two bodies were discovered in a home early Wednesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010873405139/ 10010873405139 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:50:32 EDT BOSTON --- A new MBTA station looks ready for passengers - but it won't be used for transportation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010874463284/ 10010874463284 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:04:53 EDT BOSTON -- A federal prosecutor said in opening statements Wednesday at James "Whitey" Bulger's racketeering trial that the reputed mobster was at the center of "murder and mayhem" in Boston for almost 30 years, while the defense attacked the credibility of the government's star witnesses. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010872749287/ 10010872749287 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:46:02 EDT LYNN, Mass. -- Police said that the fire that burned a century-old church in Lynn was arson. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010874436274/ 10010874436274 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:56:46 EDT BOSTON -- For anyone who's spent a night out in Boston -- this won’t come as a surprise. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010874500622/ 10010874500622 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:35:40 EDT BOSTON -- Boston police have issued new guidelines on how officers should treat transgendered persons. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010874374070/ 10010874374070 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:42:06 EDT Action now after a Hank investigation of a controversial wedding photographer. He's now ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in penalties -- including restitution to his angry customers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010873332676/ 10010873332676 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:45:33 EDT BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick is hosting the president of Peru in Boston. President Ollanta Humala will meet Patrick at the Statehouse early Wednesday afternoon. Humala is in the Boston area to sign cooperation agreements with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010872633391/ 10010872633391 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:45:54 EDT FALL RIVER, Mass. -- A car headed towards an intersection, crashed into a man crossing the street and kept driving in Fall River. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010870475427/ 10010870475427 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:22:44 EDT LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A massage parlor for men in Lawrence was shut down after accusations the owner was running a prostitution ring. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010870336428/ 10010870336428 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:40:15 EDT SOUTH BOSTON -- A jury has been selected to hear the Whitey Bulger case and it’s predominantly white and male. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010865401569/ 10010865401569 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:44:09 EDT CONCORD, N.H. -- Police in New Hampshire are charging a 16-year-old Concord High School student with lying about a man threatening her with a gun on school property -- which prompted an after-hours evacuation of the school and a large police response. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010869024910/ 10010869024910 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:34:19 EDT BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Relatives of a Connecticut woman charged with killing her ex-boyfriend with her car say he had choked her with a belt and she drove at him to try to save her life. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010868965926/ 10010868965926 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:22:07 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island cab drivers have gathered at the Statehouse to encourage lawmakers to repeal a tax on taxi fares. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010868892726/ 10010868892726 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:19:26 EDT LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Police say the owner of a Lawrence massage parlor is facing charges because her employees allegedly performed sex acts on customers, some of which were videotaped without the clients' knowledge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010867436612/ 10010867436612 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:37:43 EDT HARPSWELL, Maine -- A 90-year-old lobsterman is eager to get back on the water after surviving the sinking of his boat by swimming to a nearby island through the cold waters of the Gulf of Maine. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010868266387/ 10010868266387 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:40:59 EDT BOSTON -- The head of the FBI's Boston office has announced he's stepping down to take a private sector job. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010866485956/ 10010866485956 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:17:39 EDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police in Manchester, N.H., say a man walked into an 89-year-old woman's bedroom and took her jewelry box while she was in bed watching a Red Sox game. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010867425957/ 10010867425957 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:44:14 EDT DUXBURY, Mass. -- A Duxbury beach closed because of endangered birds nesting in the area. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010865785416/ 10010865785416 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:23:51 EDT BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A Connecticut woman is accused of killing her former boyfriend by pinning him against a garage wall with a car and crushing him. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010864583171/ 10010864583171 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:55:16 EDT PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- The owners of the oil tanker that damaged a bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine say in court documents that any negligence should be directed toward the agency that hired the tugboat captain. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010864411617/ 10010864411617 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:10:25 EDT SOUTH BOSTON -- The defense in Whitey Bulger’s case wants to know more about former hit man John Martorano. He could be one of the most damaging witnesses against Bulger. That’s why Bulger’s defense team said they have to know everything prosecutors know about him, including allegations that State Police are protecting Martorano. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010856222550/ 10010856222550 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:44:58 EDT NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Newtown officials say the school system was placed on lockdown after someone implied a threat during a call to an elementary school. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010858949850/ 10010858949850 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:29:05 EDT MILTON, Mass. -- A Milton High School teacher in court accused of kissing a student used his Parkinson’s medication as a defense. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010857774597/ 10010857774597 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:51:27 EDT BOSTON -- Morning sunshine will fade by Monday afternoon with scattering showers after 4 p.m. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010857188799/ 10010857188799 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:00:05 EDT BOSTON -- The MBTA’s green line experienced service delays Monday morning after an electrical problem. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010857240552/ 10010857240552 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:15:18 EDT BOSTON -- As reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger goes on trial, his former stomping grounds in South Boston are sure to be the backdrop for much of the testimony. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010856251825/ 10010856251825 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:51:37 EDT BOSTON -- Boston police are investigating the death of a woman of about 80 was who struck and killed by vehicle while crossing a downtown street. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010856829787/ 10010856829787 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:13:13 EDT HAVERHILL, Mass. -- A serious accident on I-495 in Haverhill. It happened overnight in a construction zone Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010855519327/ 10010855519327 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:21:41 EDT MATTAPOISETT, Mass. -- State police say a vehicle carrying eight people has crashed on a Massachusetts interstate, killing one woman. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010852330186/ 10010852330186 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:17:44 EDT BOSTON -- The Prudential Tunnel shut down Sunday night - but this time, the thousands in the Back Bay were prepared for the night in the dark. NSTAR planned the power outage in order to fix the problem that left 12,000 people suddenly without power Sunday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010851946498/ 10010851946498 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:45:26 EDT BOSTON-- The body of former Massachusetts Gov. Argeo Paul Cellucci will lie in repose at the State House before a public funeral Mass and private burial. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010852472657/ 10010852472657 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:22:50 EDT BOSTON --Hundreds gathered to remember the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombings. Bagpipes played outside St. Anne's Church in Dorchester in honor of Martin Richard on what would have been his ninth birthday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010850897053/ 10010850897053 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:36:31 EDT ORLEANS, Mass. -- Officials have closed down Nauset Beach because of a confirmed siting of a great white shark. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010850979190/ 10010850979190 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:32:59 EDT SHAFTSBURY, Vt. -- A family of five has been left homeless following a house fire in southern Vermont. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010850957913/ 10010850957913 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:31:07 EDT NEW LONDON, Conn.-- The nation's oldest intercollegiate sports event is still being dominated by Harvard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010850946773/ 10010850946773 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:19:30 EDT BOSTON --Former Mass. Governor Paul Cellucci has died after a 5-year battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease. He had a long career serving as Governor of the Bay State and later appointed U.S. Ambassador to Canada. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010843677095/ 10010843677095 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:21:33 EDT BOSTON --ALS, commonly known as Lou Geghrig's Disease, is brutal.The mind stays intact as the body degenerates. There is no cure. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010844769374/ 10010844769374 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:31:36 EDT BOSTON -- A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing reached a major milestone on her long road to recovery. She graduated from high school! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010844109696/ 10010844109696 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:03:44 EDT BOSTON --In April, Jason Collins became the first active professional athlete in US sports to come out as gay. And Saturday, the former Boston Celtic led the way in the gay pride parade in Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010842142437/ 10010842142437 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:14:37 EDT BOSTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Argeo Paul Cellucci has died of complications from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 65. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010842927732/ 10010842927732 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:59:05 EDT HOULTON, Maine -- Maine State Police are reminding drivers to be on the lookout for moose on roads especially after dark after six vehicles hit moose in different areas of the state in one night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010842114568/ 10010842114568 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:06:18 EDT MILTON, Mass. -- A Milton High School track coach was arrested for indecent assault and battery on a minor. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010835677748/ 10010835677748 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:42:50 EDT TRENTON, Maine -- Maine State Police say a Trenton teen has been taken into custody and is being charged with criminal threatening after the 16-year-old's parents told police the boy and two guns were missing from their ransacked home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010834457033/ 10010834457033 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:30:51 EDT BOSTON -- Soaking rains bore down on places like Peabody Friday night, thanks to an angry Andrea. Kim Santos works at a convenience store. She didn’t waste any time and put down sandbags near the door of the store to prevent any flooding. She said the downpours worried her. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010835465137/ 10010835465137 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:38:10 EDT BOSTON --Whitey Bulger found out today at least two thirds of the potential jurors brought into court so far either know too much about the alleged mob boss and killers, or they just can't take off the three or four months it may take to try him. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010833349017/ 10010833349017 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:45:40 EDT WHITING, Vt. -- Vermont State Police are investigating a report of the beating and stabbing of a farm worker in Whiting. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010834474044/ 10010834474044 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:29:32 EDT BILLERICA, Mass. – Parents of students at Vining and Dutile Elementary Schools are keeping their kids a little closer right now. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010834017299/ 10010834017299 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:41:25 EDT SAUGUS, Mass. – Police have responded to a scene on Route 107 in Saugus Friday morning where they found the body of a 24-year-old Boston man. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010831928581/ 10010831928581 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:23:04 EDT BOSTON--16-year-old Sylvia Chojnowska always dreamed of having a dog! The Worcester native just completed treatment for a tumor, so the Make A Wish Foundation stepped-in to make her dream a reality. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010833978454/ 10010833978454 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:04:10 EDT BOSTON -- Lawyers for reputed Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger have accused a state police lieutenant of protecting a former hitman who's expected to be a star witness against the defendant. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010832785094/ 10010832785094 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:59:17 EDT UNDATED -- Weather conditions have caused some schools to postpone planned graduations. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010832755714/ 10010832755714 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:21:38 EDT BOSTON -- Prosecutors and defense attorneys for reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger are reviewing hundreds of questionnaires filled out by prospective jurors in Bulger's racketeering trial. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010831089863/ 10010831089863 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:19:58 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. -- President Barack Obama has nominated Quinnipiac University law professor Jeffrey Meyer to serve as a U.S. District Court judge in Connecticut. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010832519834/ 10010832519834 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:23:13 EDT BOSTON -- Wet weather is underway. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010814899369/ 10010814899369 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:36:13 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority is temporarily discounting the cost to get an E-ZPass transponder ahead of the start of toll collections on the Sakonnet River Bridge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010832257358/ 10010832257358 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:33:38 EDT If ever there were a cat who embodied the perfect blend of playful and mellow personality traits it would be Mr. Dickens. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010831161824/ 10010831161824 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:05:38 EDT BOSTON -- Federal transportation regulators ordered a discount bus service between Boston and New York to shut down Thursday, saying its vehicles and drivers were a threat to public safety and that it once dispatched a bus with a large hole in the bottom. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010830633836/ 10010830633836 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:45:03 EDT HANOVER, N.H. -- Some Dartmouth College seniors tried in vain to save a 20-year-old man who drowned while swimming in the Connecticut River. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010830510325/ 10010830510325 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:40:27 EDT NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- A 91-year-old retired police officer from Northampton has received his high school diploma, 71 years after he left school to work on a farm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010830482750/ 10010830482750 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:38:37 EDT FITCHBURG, Mass. -- A woman in Fitchburg was rushed to the hospital after she cut part of her hand off during a machete fight. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010827231756/ 10010827231756 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:11:10 EDT METHUEN, Mass. -- Police arrested five people after a fast food fight landed three others in the hospital. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010825987037/ 10010825987037 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:22:07 EDT BOSTON -- Charlestown High was one of more than a dozen schools to receive a threatening letter Thursday. These suspicious letters mention weapons of mass destruction, the FBI, the CIA, and Al-Qaeda. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010824252713/ 10010824252713 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:37:59 EDT BOSTON -- Two Massachusetts residents have sued the New York Post, saying the newspaper falsely portrayed them as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010821107951/ 10010821107951 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:18:04 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino returned to the Parkman House after undergoing surgery on his prostate last week. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010823868485/ 10010823868485 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:11:33 EDT BOSTON --The parents of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects are meeting with American investigators. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010825269380/ 10010825269380 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:38:12 EDT BOSTON – A bride’s wedding day took an unexpected turn when she and her groom showed up at their wedding reception in a State Police cruiser. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010825429268/ 10010825429268 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:31:21 EDT WOBURN, Mass. – A Woburn man was in court Thursday after he was accused of making pipe bombs. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010825028116/ 10010825028116 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:00:03 EDT EXETER, N.H.--Explosive allegations at Exeter, New Hampshire High School. Police and school officials say they're investigating three teachers in connection with an allegation of inappropriate conduct in 2009; the alleged victim, a former female student. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010824840376/ 10010824840376 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:08:48 EDT DUXBURY, Mass. – A rare breed of birds have caused Duxbury beaches to close. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010824892874/ 10010824892874 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:37:59 EDT BOSTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered another discount bus service between Boston and New York to halt service. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010824347915/ 10010824347915 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:20:47 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Gov. Deval Patrick went to his rural home the day after the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect was captured and got "quite drunk" alone in a restaurant, he said during a candid conversation at a Boston area marketing firm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010822084771/ 10010822084771 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:10:27 EDT WESTFORD, Mass. -- A special-needs student went missing from Westford Academy for hours Thursday. Her disappearance led to canceled classes and a massive search around the school. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010823462779/ 10010823462779 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:12:12 EDT BOSTON -- Prosecutors and defense attorneys for reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger are poring through hundreds of questionnaires filled out by prospective jurors in his racketeering trial. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010823113228/ 10010823113228 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:15:09 EDT BANGOR, Maine -- A newly released court document says a Maine teenager told her boyfriend that the man now charged in her death tried to kiss and grope her the night before she disappeared. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010823490938/ 10010823490938 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:06:23 EDT BOSTON -- The number of people taking the T has dropped over the past ten months. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010822718382/ 10010822718382 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:06:31 EDT MIDDLETON, Mass. -- The state is planning to build a $34 million youth detention center in Middleton that will hold up to 45 juvenile offenders. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010821999166/ 10010821999166 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:28:55 EDT NATICK, Mass. -- Natick police are searching for a man who groped a woman out jogging. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010821773553/ 10010821773553 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:59:58 EDT EXETER, N.H. -- Authorities say two teachers at a New Hampshire high school have resigned and another is on paid leave after allegations that they acted inappropriately with students. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010821239847/ 10010821239847 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:54:15 EDT BOSTON -- The Boston Public Schools have taken disciplinary action against 14 department employees who have faced or been convicted of criminal charges. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010821205586/ 10010821205586 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:39:52 EDT METHUEN, Mass. -- Three people were beaten overnight at a McDonalds in Methuen. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010820759230/ 10010820759230 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:48:10 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- A convicted rapist arrested in a Brockton home invasion plead not guilty in front of a judge Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010818289046/ 10010818289046 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:24:24 EDT UNDATED -- A two-car crash in Barnstable left one car up in flames Wednesday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010818146492/ 10010818146492 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:34:28 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- A man was arrested after an attempted carjacking in Worcester. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010816766896/ 10010816766896 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:07:39 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- Police arrested a man accused of stabbing a 62-year-old woman in the throat during a home invasion in Brockton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010812285969/ 10010812285969 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:38:16 EDT BOSTON -- A lawyer for reputed Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger argued Wednesday that jurors should be allowed to hear statements that government prosecutors made about a star witness against Bulger, including that he's "a sick individual" and not credible. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010814989673/ 10010814989673 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:54:17 EDT WATERVILLE, Maine -- A group looking for clues into the disappearance of Waterville toddler Ayla Reynolds is hoping to enlist tourists in their effort. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010815805715/ 10010815805715 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:14:12 EDT WOBURN, Mass. -- A man was arrested Wednesday after a standoff with police in Woburn. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010815205255/ 10010815205255 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:22:23 EDT CUTTYHUNK ISLAND, Mass. -- The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a wooded area on Cuttyhunk Island Wednesday morning has died, according to the Dukes County sheriff. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010814174365/ 10010814174365 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:49:31 EDT BOSTON -- Jury selection in the trial of reputed Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger continued Wednesday as lawyers tried to whittle down a massive pool of potential jurors. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010814697187/ 10010814697187 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:34:58 EDT BOSTON -- Here are some of the key witnesses expected to testify at the racketeering trial of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, according to witness lists and statements made by prosecutors and Bulger's attorneys. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010815329857/ 10010815329857 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:04:38 EDT BOSTON -- The three-day breast cancer walk hosted by Susan G. Komen for the Cure has been canceled in Boston and five other cities for 2014. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010814427888/ 10010814427888 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:30:33 EDT BOSTON -- As the trial of alleged Boston gang boss, FBI informant and former fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger begins with jury selection Tuesday, Steve Davis is looking for three things: answers, justice and eye contact. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010815303382/ 10010815303382 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:36:37 EDT BOSTON -- The selection of a jury for the long-awaited trial of reputed Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger may end up being most notable for how routine it appears despite the notoriety of the case and the outsized tales of the man at its center. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010813899777/ 10010813899777 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:04:06 EDT SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. -- Southborough police are investigating the apparent theft of 45 chickens from a resident's coop. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010813704650/ 10010813704650 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:05:36 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A TV news crew was attacked while reporting on a shooting at a kindergarten graduation party. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010813713688/ 10010813713688 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:04:20 EDT James “Whitey” Bulger, currently on trial for participating in 19 murders among other charges, is a reputed mob boss in Boston. Here is a look at his life of alleged crime. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010814066089/ 10010814066089 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:12:07 EDT SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Criminal charges have been dismissed against the leader of a Roman Catholic diocese in Massachusetts after he pleaded guilty to refusing a post-accident alcohol test. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010813392766/ 10010813392766 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:24:34 EDT BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- An overnight police chase on the Cape started in Barnstable when an officer spotted a car with stolen license plates. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010812387468/ 10010812387468 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:14:58 EDT BOSTON -- The Boston Bar Association says it can connect people who suffered losses in the Boston Marathon bombings with lawyers who can provide free legal help. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010811969852/ 10010811969852 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:44:22 EDT BOSTON -- After seeing his face all over the news and in the papers, the public knows exactly what Dzhokhar Tsarnaev looks like. But what about hearing him talk? http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010809626291/ 10010809626291 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:22:17 EDT BOSTON -- Boston’s trial of the century is underway. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010808053754/ 10010808053754 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:00:15 EDT BOSTON -- Almost 400 emergency workers who responded to the Boston Marathon bombings and investigation have been honored aboard Navy's historic USS Constitution. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010808641568/ 10010808641568 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:28:12 EDT BOSTON (WHDH) -- Nearly 450 prospective jurors came to the Moakley Federal Court House Tuesday as the Jury selection in the trial of accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger began. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010803769298/ 10010803769298 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:27:16 EDT LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A Lawrence liquor store owner is no stranger to criminals. He’s been robbed before, and his vow to never be attacked again paid off. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010807723685/ 10010807723685 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:05:30 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two former top executives at Rhode Island's economic development agency want immunity from liability over its failed $75 million investment in Curt Schilling's video game company because they say they were public officials who were just doing their jobs. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010808673074/ 10010808673074 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:12:22 EDT WALTHAM, Mass. -- Classmates and Teammates are mourning the sudden loss of a college basketball player. Monday night, 19-year-old Joey Glynn collapsed on the court during a pick-up game and later died. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010804754278/ 10010804754278 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:50:17 EDT SALEM, NH -- An officer and a neighbor rushed into a burning house and rescued a man before firefighters even got there. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010807501750/ 10010807501750 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:17:50 EDT BOSTON -- U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano has filed a bill in Congress named after slain MIT Officer Sean Collier that would extend federal benefits to campus police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010806587012/ 10010806587012 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:36:53 EDT BOSTON -- The driver of a tour bus, which crashed on Soldier’s Field Road when it hit an overpass last February, appeared in court Tuesday facing charges in connection with the crash. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010805981391/ 10010805981391 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:56:42 EDT ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A Norton woman crashed into another driver after texting a friend, saying she was drunk. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010805020226/ 10010805020226 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:44:56 EDT BOSTON -- If you ride the MBTA, you'll have a new way to find out if your train is running late. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010804949668/ 10010804949668 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:37:04 EDT MOSCOW -- A senior Russian official said Tuesday that the Boston Marathon bombings could have been prevented if American officials had followed through with Russian intelligence. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010804902474/ 10010804902474 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:19:02 EDT READING, Mass -- This prank has become a hit on YouTube and has made its way to Reading. But parents don’t think it’s funny http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010801194214/ 10010801194214 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:24:56 EDT HOPKINTON, Mass. -- State police have identified the victim of a weekend crash on Interstate 495 in Hopkinton as a Franklin resident. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010804109639/ 10010804109639 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:43:35 EDT MANCHESTER, NH -- A car chase in Manchester resulted in a shoot out. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010800981561/ 10010800981561 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:33:10 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- A two car collision in Dorchester led to shots being fired, all while kids were nearby. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010800919064/ 10010800919064 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:42:35 EDT FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Police said there is no evidence of water tampering after three broken locks were discovered along the Hultman Aqueduct in Framingham on Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010798455558/ 10010798455558 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:08:34 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut lawmakers have approved a package of revisions to the gun control legislation that passed in April in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010800051473/ 10010800051473 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:24:26 EDT BOSTON -- Boston's fire chief is resigning, citing criticism from deputies for his response to the marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010797266612/ 10010797266612 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:14:09 EDT SOUTH BOSTON -- The trial process for Whitey Bulger has begun. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010792164972/ 10010792164972 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:27:08 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- The District Attorney’s Office is investigating the suspicious death of a boy in Brockton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010794762877/ 10010794762877 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:17:23 EDT BOSTON -- A Baltimore area pre-school teacher who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings has been discharged from the hospital. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010795784315/ 10010795784315 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:19:25 EDT SAUGUS, Mass. -- The Square One Mall in Saugus was evacuated Monday after suspicious device was found in a parking garage at the mall. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010797236573/ 10010797236573 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:28:16 EDT LOWELL, Mass. -- Three suspects were arrested after they removed flowers from graves at a Lowell cemetery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010796569630/ 10010796569630 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:59:34 EDT UNDATED -- You can buy almost anything on the online classified website Craigslist. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010796397471/ 10010796397471 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:23:15 EDT NEWTON, Mass. -- State police say a woman has died following a motorcycle crash on Interstate 95 in Newton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010795819514/ 10010795819514 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 23:05:20 EDT NEWTON, Mass.--Some people in Newton woke up with a surprise. A big black bear made its way up a tree and police were forced to shoot it down. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010792472071/ 10010792472071 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:30:04 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. --Boston Police say they were called out to Dorchester for a second time Sunday for multiple reports of shots fired. Officers said the 37-year-old alleged shooter was inside his car and kept shooting as police approached. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010791180485/ 10010791180485 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:30:26 EDT BOSTON--Friends of Boston marathon bombing victim Dick Donohue showed their support for the MBTA officer with a fundraiser. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010790822682/ 10010790822682 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:00:46 EDT PITTSFIELD, Mass.-- Western Massachusetts health officials say recent heavy rain and heat could make it easier for more mosquitoes to breed in the Berkshires than last year. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010790644642/ 10010790644642 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:38:43 EDT BOSTON--Adam Williams and Kayna Whitworth still going strong as they crossed the finish line in Hyannis after a long bike ride in the intense heat. They along with lots of other people biked all the way from Boston to Hyannis. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010770712378/ 10010770712378 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 23:31:17 EDT BEACON HILL, Mass.-- A warning for women on Beacon Hill. Three violent attacks in as many days, targeting women on their home as police are increasing their patrols there. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010783987745/ 10010783987745 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 23:04:10 EDT WELLESLEY, Mass.-- A 10-year old boy was found after a desperate search around Morris' pond in Wellesley. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010783825036/ 10010783825036 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 22:35:59 EDT BOSTON--The two extreme marathon runners making the long trek from Washington D.C. to Boston to raise money for marathon victims have made it! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010783655918/ 10010783655918 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:34:53 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. -- The Connecticut Senate has approved a compromise bill that will require special labels on food that contains genetically modified ingredients. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010783289317/ 10010783289317 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:30:08 EDT HARTFORD, Conn.-- A bill that sets standards for school security officers in the wake of the Newtown school shooting has received final legislative approval. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010783260850/ 10010783260850 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:20:26 EDT ROXBURY, Mass.--A woman is killed and a man fighting for his life after a double shooting in Roxbury. Right now police are searching for the shooter. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010782842653/ 10010782842653 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:17:32 EDT BOSTON-- It's free fishing weekend in Massachusetts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010781745274/ 10010781745274 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:13:13 EDT MANCHESTER, Conn. -- Connecticut state police officers have seized tens of thousands of synthetic marijuana bags with a street value of $610,000. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010781719346/ 10010781719346 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:08:38 EDT BOSTON -- The chief of the National Guard Bureau is set to pay tribute to hundreds of service members from Massachusetts and New York who played a key part in the response to the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010781691834/ 10010781691834 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:03:43 EDT ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.-- Authorities say a Massachusetts rug store worker misdialed when he tried to call a New Jersey wholesale company this week and instead reached an elderly woman who told him she was having a heart attack. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010781662328/ 10010781662328 Fri, 31 May 2013 22:48:34 EDT SOUTH BOSTON -- Power restored after smoking manhole knocks out power Friday evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010775091463/ 10010775091463 Fri, 31 May 2013 17:45:30 EDT KENNEBUNK, Maine-- Zumba instructor, Alexis Wright made an emotional address to a Maine courtroom Friday, before learning she will spend the next ten months behind bars for prostitution and tax evasion. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010773273098/ 10010773273098 Fri, 31 May 2013 17:18:49 EDT ARLINGTON, Mass. -- A gasoline tanker trucked rolled over on the Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford near the Arlington town line sending thousands of gallons of fuel right into the Mystic River. Crews threw out booms to contain the spill so that it can be removed. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010773112960/ 10010773112960 Fri, 31 May 2013 17:32:26 EDT BOSTON -- Seventy-two hours before the Boston Marathon bombings, suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev worked out together at a gym in Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010773194647/ 10010773194647 Fri, 31 May 2013 17:07:29 EDT BOSTON--Boston Mayor Tom Menino resting tonight following a successful surgery to remove his prostate. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010773044943/ 10010773044943 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:58:07 EDT BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Hot weather that has swept into northern New England has broken records in Burlington, Vt., and Concord, N.H. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010772988759/ 10010772988759 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:57:27 EDT WEST NEWBURY, Mass. -- Saturday morning, chairs will be filled with the happy faces of the graduating class of the New Pentucket Regional School. But before the processions can begin, safety checks are being put in place. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010772984764/ 10010772984764 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:47:48 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Marathon bombing victim Krystle Campbell’s brother accepted a posthumous degree for her at the University of Massachusetts Boston on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010772926893/ 10010772926893 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:36:06 EDT READING, Mass.-- Toy trouble for a man in Burlington accused of stealing Legos and some other items and then selling them online for a big profit. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010772856695/ 10010772856695 Fri, 31 May 2013 15:45:57 EDT CRANSTON, R.I. -- A Rhode Island man accused of shooting his estranged wife and her male friend in a pizza parlor parking lot has made his first court appearance, though he had to be removed from the courtroom after repeated outbursts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010772555745/ 10010772555745 Fri, 31 May 2013 15:36:24 EDT BOSTON -- One of the two brothers who lost their right legs in the Boston Marathon bombing has been released from the hospital. And J.P. Norden said Friday that he's looking forward to "a new life, a better life" than the one he led before the attack. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010772498432/ 10010772498432 Fri, 31 May 2013 13:02:25 EDT BOSTON -- Big-name bands rocked out at Boston’s TD Garden Thursday night to benefit victims of the marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010771574561/ 10010771574561 Fri, 31 May 2013 10:38:39 EDT ALFRED, Maine -- A Zumba fitness instructor at the center of a prostitution scandal featuring sex videos, adultery and more than 100 clients told a judge who sentenced her Friday to 10 months in jail that she's happy to have escaped her former life. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010770711920/ 10010770711920 Fri, 31 May 2013 10:21:05 EDT What’s sweeter than a purring, head-butting 11-month-old cat who just wants to play and cuddle? Not much! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010770606562/ 10010770606562 Fri, 31 May 2013 09:53:25 EDT BOSTON -- Officials say Michelle Kosilek, who was awarded a tax-payer funded sex change violated a rule that could prevent her from getting that operation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010770440536/ 10010770440536 Fri, 31 May 2013 05:42:39 EDT ANDOVER, Mass. -- A car smashed into a tree overnight in Andover. Three people were trapped in the crash on Elm Street. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010768935970/ 10010768935970 Thu, 30 May 2013 13:03:50 EDT BOSTON -- A busy day in downtown Boston as kids on field trips toured the Freedom Trail, the time and temp sign on School Street flashed 88. And the sun hasn't even started to really sizzle yet. For some tourists visiting from the desert this is a-okay. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010762943037/ 10010762943037 Thu, 30 May 2013 23:56:37 EDT BOSTON -- The youngest Marathon bombing victim has a surprise waiting for her after she finishes her recovery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010766859715/ 10010766859715 Thu, 30 May 2013 22:26:53 EDT BOSTON -- The warm temperatures brought people from all over the city out in the beautiful summer-like weather Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010766321372/ 10010766321372 Thu, 30 May 2013 18:34:41 EDT BOSTON--Boston Bruins fans visiting the Sam Adams Brewery are outraged to hear a Pittsburgh bar is banning the Boston brew for the length of the Eastern Conference Finals with the Penguins. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010764928192/ 10010764928192 Thu, 30 May 2013 17:49:39 EDT LYNN, Mass. -- A car slammed into a canopy in the front of Union Hospital near the North Shore Medical Center on Thursday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010764657991/ 10010764657991 Thu, 30 May 2013 18:10:31 EDT ANDOVER, Mass. – A prank gone wrong resulted in 20 seniors at Andover High getting suspended on the last day of school. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010764783134/ 10010764783134 Wed, 29 May 2013 21:41:07 EDT WEST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Environmental authorities say they euthanized a 200-pound black bear that attempted to chase a dog into a Connecticut home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010757406787/ 10010757406787 Thu, 30 May 2013 16:33:48 EDT NEWBURY, Mass.--The town of Newbury so well known for them, a local brewer has put them on tap. Greenhead, the beer that bites back. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010764202852/ 10010764202852 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:28:21 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- After two days of jury deliberations, self-proclaimed white supremacist Keith Luke was found guilty of first-degree murder, among other charges, Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010763810194/ 10010763810194 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:31:27 EDT HYDE PARK, Mass. -- A community on alert following a frightening assault early Friday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010763468725/ 10010763468725 Thu, 30 May 2013 12:19:28 EDT NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- Six public benches removed from downtown Northampton to discourage loitering and other problems that some businesses said was driving away customers are being put back. Mayor David Narkewicz announced the reinstallation of the benches Thursday, just about a week after they were removed. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010762676813/ 10010762676813 Thu, 30 May 2013 12:09:53 EDT MASHPEE, Mass. -- Mashpee Police were searching Thursday for a man accused of attacking his wife - hitting her on the head with a hammer. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010762619322/ 10010762619322 Thu, 30 May 2013 09:48:56 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Oprah Winfrey has told graduating students at Harvard University to expect failure at some point in their lives, but she said how they deal with hard times will ultimately define their success. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010761773634/ 10010761773634 Thu, 30 May 2013 09:15:11 EDT NORTON, Mass. -- A memorial mistake had people talking in Norton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010761571122/ 10010761571122 Thu, 30 May 2013 08:16:42 EDT CHELSEA, Mass. -- Police have made an arrest in connection with the shooting deaths of two people found dead inside a livery vehicle found resting against a building in Chelsea earlier this month. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010761220234/ 10010761220234 Thu, 30 May 2013 06:52:16 EDT BANGOR, Maine -- An affidavit says a man indicted for the murder of a teenage girl used a fake Facebook account to lure her from her home so that he could stage her kidnapping and rescue and look like a hero. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010760713696/ 10010760713696 Thu, 30 May 2013 06:46:11 EDT BOSTON -- The University of Massachusetts-Boston will award a posthumous bachelor's degree to Boston Marathon bombing victim Krystle Campbell at the school's commencement. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010760677117/ 10010760677117 Thu, 30 May 2013 06:35:34 EDT BILLERICA, Mass. -- Flames destroy a home in Billerica Thursday morning. The fire started just before 5 a.m. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010760613490/ 10010760613490 Thu, 30 May 2013 05:39:02 EDT BOSTON -- Police in Boston are searching for a suspect after a disturbing video showed a masked man pointing a gun at a woman in Hyde Park - and then pulling the trigger. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010760274293/ 10010760274293 Wed, 29 May 2013 23:13:08 EDT STONEHAM, Mass.--Life wasn't always cuddles and hugs for Ray Charles the dog. The 5-and-a-half month old golden retriever was born blind. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010757958884/ 10010757958884 Wed, 29 May 2013 21:13:37 EDT BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Two Massachusetts men accused of secretly recording and selling a prank phone call involving two NFL general managers face federal wiretapping charges in western New York. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010757241733/ 10010757241733 Wed, 29 May 2013 21:10:32 EDT HARTFORD, Conn.-- The Connecticut Senate is considering legislation that would allow immigrants to obtain driver's licenses regardless of their legal status. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010757223257/ 10010757223257 Wed, 29 May 2013 18:35:15 EDT BOSTON--The last of Mass. General's 31 bombing victims was discharged by his team of doctors on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010756291581/ 10010756291581 Wed, 29 May 2013 17:46:47 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- Keith Luke smiled through closing arguments in Brockton Superior Court Wednesday, but a verdict hasn’t been reached yet whether he is guilty. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010756000788/ 10010756000788 Wed, 29 May 2013 18:39:34 EDT RANDOLPH, Mass. -- More than 100 tires were slashed on cars throughout Randolph. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010756317415/ 10010756317415 Wed, 29 May 2013 18:34:52 EDT LIMINGTON, ME -- More than 14 hours after the search for 73-year-old Robert McDonough started, he made it back home…just in time for the evening news. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010756289234/ 10010756289234 Tue, 28 May 2013 23:24:07 EDT CHELSEA, Mass. -- Workers confronted a would-be thief inside a Chelsea grocery store. When she took off she ended up in the store's ceiling. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010749384781/ 10010749384781 Wed, 29 May 2013 12:45:48 EDT ARLINGTON, Mass.--A roaring fire devoured the back of a two family home in Arlington Tuesday evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010754194882/ 10010754194882 Wed, 29 May 2013 16:40:38 EDT BOSTON (WHDH) -- First lady Michelle Obama came back to Boston Wednesday to spend more time with Marathon bombing victims. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010755603888/ 10010755603888 Wed, 29 May 2013 13:07:09 EDT BROCKTON, Mass.--The double murder trial of self-described white supremacist, Keith Luke is wrapping up. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010754322959/ 10010754322959 Wed, 29 May 2013 15:21:25 EDT FITCHBURG, Mass. --One of two people inside a car that drove into a river in Fitchburg, has died. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010755128593/ 10010755128593 Wed, 29 May 2013 10:20:39 EDT BOSTON -- There is the potential for severe thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010753323912/ 10010753323912 Wed, 29 May 2013 06:29:36 EDT LAWRENCE, Mass.--The mayor of Lawrence was called to court Wednesday to face a grand jury. Mayor William Lantigua stayed at the hearing for about an hour. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010751937688/ 10010751937688 Wed, 29 May 2013 06:19:26 EDT BURLINGTON -- A serious accident in Burlington left two people in the hospital Wednesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010751876686/ 10010751876686 Wed, 29 May 2013 04:24:02 EDT BOSTON -- First lady Michelle Obama is planning to be in Boston to meet again with Boston Marathon bombing victims whom she visited last month. She'll also attend a fundraiser for Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward Markey. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010751184230/ 10010751184230 Tue, 28 May 2013 23:30:18 EDT ARLINGTON, Mass. -- Flames trapped an elderly woman inside an Arlington home - but she was saved thanks to an off-duty police officer. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010749421863/ 10010749421863 Tue, 28 May 2013 23:05:54 EDT LOWELL, Mass. – Boston Marathon bombing survivor Sydney Corcoran got a big surprise when she attended her senior prom Tuesday http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010749275412/ 10010749275412 Tue, 28 May 2013 12:56:01 EDT NORWOOD, Mass. -- A Foxboro city inspector is facing charges after a fight with his ex-wife over Memorial Day weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010745616110/ 10010745616110 Tue, 28 May 2013 18:46:22 EDT TAUNTON, Mass. -- Officials have declared a huge fire at an abandoned school in Taunton was arson. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010747718247/ 10010747718247 Tue, 28 May 2013 21:42:53 EDT BOSTON -- Accused Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev called his mother from prison Monday, according to reports. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010748777315/ 10010748777315 Tue, 28 May 2013 18:01:21 EDT REHOBOTH, Mass. -- An unlikely character walked into a liquor store -- and it wasn’t an underage person trying to buy beer. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010747448139/ 10010747448139 Mon, 27 May 2013 12:57:07 EDT PEABODY, Mass. -- A man was found dead after a shooting and a standoff with police in Peabody Sunday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010736982779/ 10010736982779 Tue, 28 May 2013 18:52:31 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard's undergraduate dean will step down in July, months after she was criticized for approving secret searches of junior faculty members' emails. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010747755182/ 10010747755182 Tue, 28 May 2013 13:38:04 EDT BOSTON -- A Boston Marathon victim is hoping to meet the person who helped her at the bombing scene before she's discharged from the hospital this week. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010745868468/ 10010745868468 Tue, 28 May 2013 15:13:50 EDT BOSTON -- State auditors found over 1,000 cases where people reported as dead continued to receive welfare benefits. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010746443088/ 10010746443088 Tue, 28 May 2013 15:59:00 EDT BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill that would allow an MIT police officer allegedly slain by the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing to be posthumously appointed to the Somerville Police Department. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010746714039/ 10010746714039 Tue, 28 May 2013 18:45:53 EDT HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A sister of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects is facing a drug charge in New Jersey. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010747715314/ 10010747715314 Tue, 28 May 2013 17:20:05 EDT PALMER, Mass. -- A plastic Lego sized gun caused a disturbance on a Old Mill Pond Elementary School bus Friday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010747200553/ 10010747200553 Tue, 28 May 2013 11:36:33 EDT KINGSTON, N.H. -- A memorial service for the mother of Newtown, Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza will be held on June first. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010745139388/ 10010745139388 Tue, 28 May 2013 11:25:19 EDT BOSTON -- Federal prosecutors have urged a judge to reject a request from lawyers for James "Whitey" Bulger who want to limit testimony from family members of people he is accused of killing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010745071975/ 10010745071975 Tue, 28 May 2013 11:00:35 EDT BOSTON -- Police say a man has been fatally shot outside a Boston public housing apartment building. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010744923534/ 10010744923534 Tue, 28 May 2013 09:09:21 EDT BOSTON -- Amid the chaos and fear in the moments after the Boston Marathon explosions, customers at the Rattlesnake Bar and Grill evacuated the restaurant without settling their tabs. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010744256142/ 10010744256142 Tue, 28 May 2013 08:37:40 EDT BOSTON -- Hundreds of Boston police officers hoping to take promotion exams are putting their careers on hold while they await a ruling in a federal court case. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010744066038/ 10010744066038 Tue, 28 May 2013 06:47:34 EDT NANTUCKET, Mass. -- Nantucket's harbor master and a firefighter have rescued a man who was found clinging to a buoy in Polpis Harbor. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010743405486/ 10010743405486 Mon, 27 May 2013 22:45:11 EDT MILFORD, Mass. -- A man robbed a gas station in Milford but left behind most of the things he tried to steal. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010740511194/ 10010740511194 Mon, 27 May 2013 22:40:24 EDT BOSTON -- It’s not uncommon to spot a whale while on a Boston Harbor cruise, but on Monday morning some people got quite a surprise. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010740482451/ 10010740482451 Mon, 27 May 2013 22:43:51 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Authorities relocated inmates in the Middlesex County Jail to other facilities Monday night after an issue with the building’s water system. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010740503151/ 10010740503151 Mon, 27 May 2013 17:54:47 EDT BEVERLY, Mass. -- A Memorial Day tradition in Beverly was canceled this year. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010738768766/ 10010738768766 Mon, 27 May 2013 20:32:15 EDT COLCHESTER, Conn. -- One person is dead and another hurt after a tree fell on them near a Connecticut state park. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010739713575/ 10010739713575 Mon, 27 May 2013 20:37:12 EDT BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Police say a Vermont Spanish teacher suspended after being charged with sexually exploiting one of her Burlington High School students is in jail after being charged with contacting the alleged victim in violation of the conditions of her release. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010739743242/ 10010739743242 Mon, 27 May 2013 17:49:37 EDT TAUNTON, Mass. -- Fierce flames and thick, black smoke filled the skies over Taunton Monday as fire destroyed a large building. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010738737768/ 10010738737768 Mon, 27 May 2013 17:10:01 EDT SAUGUS, Mass. -- It was supposed to be a peaceful school sleepover to celebrate the end of classes, but chaos quickly erupted at Saugus High School last Thursday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010738500117/ 10010738500117 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:49:49 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will undergo elective surgery for an enlarged prostate on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010737658933/ 10010737658933 Mon, 27 May 2013 12:53:06 EDT HINGHAM, Mass.– Seventeen people were arrested Saturday night after a large house party was broken up in Hingham. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010736958617/ 10010736958617 Mon, 27 May 2013 15:09:25 EDT BOSTON -- A musical tribute to America's fallen soldiers will cap off Memorial Day observances in Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010737776540/ 10010737776540 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:05:43 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A Civil War sailor from Springfield who was credited for rescuing men from a sinking ship has finally been recognized with a marked grave. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010737394384/ 10010737394384 Mon, 27 May 2013 12:09:21 EDT ADAMS, Mass. -- A rare Memorial Day weekend snow fall left guests stranded at a Berkshire Mountains lodge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010736696110/ 10010736696110 Mon, 27 May 2013 11:00:21 EDT BOSTON -- Overcoming obstacles: It's at the core of the "Best Buddies" program. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010736282123/ 10010736282123 Mon, 27 May 2013 06:14:45 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Oprah Winfrey will be one of the principal speakers at Harvard University's commencement this week. The media mogul and talk show host will speak Thursday during the afternoon exercises at Harvard's 362nd commencement. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010734568548/ 10010734568548 Mon, 27 May 2013 06:07:21 EDT UNDATED -- It's almost summer - which means it's report card time. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010734524181/ 10010734524181 Mon, 27 May 2013 06:02:33 EDT HOOKSETT, N.H. -- State police in Hooksett get a report of a driver waving a handgun and threatening other drivers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010734495383/ 10010734495383 Sun, 26 May 2013 23:34:59 EDT BOSTON--They're convenient to store, take out and reuse, but before you put away the bag, a warning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010732169960/ 10010732169960 Sun, 26 May 2013 23:17:24 EDT FITCHBURG, Mass.--A car in Fitchburg was submerged under 3 feet of water with both passengers trapped inside. The Fitchburg couple in their 80's, now fighting for their lives. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010732064474/ 10010732064474 Sun, 26 May 2013 22:41:08 EDT BOSTON--The ninth annual Boston Run to Remember kicked-off Sunday morning, honoring law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010731846827/ 10010731846827 Sun, 26 May 2013 21:40:23 EDT BOSTON-- Some of Boston's biggest music icons are scheduled to perform this week at a benefit concert for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010731482369/ 10010731482369 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:52:53 EDT EPHRATAH, N.Y.-- The three people on board a volunteer medical flight that crashed in central New York on Friday were a 64-year-old cancer patient, his wife and a pilot from Connecticut. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010721117319/ 10010721117319 Sun, 26 May 2013 19:53:33 EDT WESTFORD, Mass.--A camera mounted to police dogs let’s officers see the danger that lies ahead of them. The lightweight camera is attached to the K-9’s bulletproof vest. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010730841347/ 10010730841347 Sun, 26 May 2013 16:59:33 EDT ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia-- The winner of the men's race at the Boston Marathon says he is returning his winner's medal to honor the city and those killed and injured in the terrorist bombings near the finish line of one of the world's top running events. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010729797378/ 10010729797378 Sun, 26 May 2013 16:50:51 EDT MONTPELIER, Vt.-- A holiday weekend storm bringing rain and late-season snow is causing flooding and knocking out power in Vermont. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010729745166/ 10010729745166 Sun, 26 May 2013 16:46:09 EDT STERLING, Conn.-- Connecticut State Police have identified a motorist found dead at the scene of a minor car accident. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010729716967/ 10010729716967 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:59:41 EDT BOSTON--Thousands of runners headed back to the finish line of the Boston Marathon to finish what they started. When the two bombs went off during the marathon in April there were still many runners on the course. Runners met to run or walk that “final mile” on Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010722598133/ 10010722598133 Sat, 25 May 2013 17:07:32 EDT BOSTON-- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has welcomed five new priests during an ordination ceremony attended by about 1,200 people. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010721205275/ 10010721205275 Sat, 25 May 2013 17:02:03 EDT MINOT, Maine -- A Minot man faces charges after allegedly burning down his home and a mobile home belonging to his estranged wife, then leading police in car chases reaching high speeds. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010721172320/ 10010721172320 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:56:09 EDT BELMONT, N.H.-- Authorities say a man and a woman whose bodies were discovered in a central New Hampshire home were those of a 39-year-old man and his mother, who were chopped to death. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010721136969/ 10010721136969 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:51:12 EDT BOSTON--Nothing says summer like the Cape. And now a new rail service will take you from South Station in Boston to Hyannis every weekend, from now until Labor Day. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010709587299/ 10010709587299 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:53:56 EDT RYE, N.H.--A baby seal was found on one of the beaches in Rye, New Hampshire Thursday morning. A woman picked it up, put in her car, drove it to the Seacoast Science Center in Rye and dropped it off. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010713203620/ 10010713203620 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:26:42 EDT NEW BEDFORD, Mass.--A fallen hero honored, after thieves stole the Purple Heart given to his family. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010714480246/ 10010714480246 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:31:44 EDT PEABODY, Mass. -- Michael Fowler had nothing to say as officers brought him into court Friday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010710910471/ 10010710910471 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:09:12 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Members of Brown University's governing body have asked the school to develop a "robust response" to climate change but taken no action on a recommendation that it divest from coal companies. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010713655299/ 10010713655299 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:51:45 EDT SANDWICH, Mass. -- A woman in Sandwich came home to a disturbing image of her pet cat. The cat couldn’t walk and was paralyzed from the waist down. It turned out it had been shot. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010712830561/ 10010712830561 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:04:09 EDT EAST BROOKFIELD, Mass. -- A black bear was caught on camera trying to snack from a bird feeder in East Brookfield http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010712544912/ 10010712544912 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:14:45 EDT BOSTON -- The family of the man shot and killed by an FBI agent in Florida spoke out. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010712608511/ 10010712608511 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:08:05 EDT Holiday Traveling Information http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010711848567/ 10010711848567 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:41 EDT EPPING, N.H.-- A cow on the loose in New Hampshire has finally returned home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010712344149/ 10010712344149 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:26:50 EDT NASHUA, N.H. -- Parents are on alert after a middle school student in New Hampshire told police she was approached by a man who tried to get her into a van. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010708721039/ 10010708721039 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:13:22 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Police cleared up confusion about a suspicious man driving around taking photographs of children in Worcester. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010710800283/ 10010710800283 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:45:24 EDT WESTERLY, R.I. -- Rhode Island is reopening its beaches for Memorial Day weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010711712438/ 10010711712438 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:36:03 EDT JERICHO, Vt.-- Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says state officials are adding up the damage from overnight flash flooding to determine if it meets the $1 million threshold that could bring federal disaster assistance. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010711296362/ 10010711296362 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:04:22 EDT AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine state police are warning motorists that troopers will be out in force for the holiday weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010710746280/ 10010710746280 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:19:36 EDT Small, fluffy, cute and easy to train -- the very characteristics that make gerbils, members of the rodent family, such wonderful pets for kids and adults alike. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010710117689/ 10010710117689 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:12:31 EDT BRATTLEBORO, Vt.-- Police say four people have been arrested on charges of forcing two women into a car at gunpoint in Brattleboro http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010710795166/ 10010710795166 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:44:24 EDT BOSTON-- State public health officials are proposing a fee structure for the state's new medical marijuana program. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010710626438/ 10010710626438 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:29:25 EDT BOSTON -- A bill that would posthumously honor the dream of slain MIT officer Sean Collier to be appointed to the Somerville Police Department is moving quickly through the legislature. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010708376581/ 10010708376581 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:15:52 EDT EPPING, N.H. -- A little boy saved his own money to buy a cow, but the animal broke free and is now on the run in New Hampshire. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010706135228/ 10010706135228 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:44 EDT BOSTON -- People on Harding Street in Cambridge remember seeing Ibragim Todashev, who was killed by the FBI on Wednesday, and Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev together in their neighborhood. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010704094450/ 10010704094450 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:51:03 EDT BOSTON--Jane Richard, the sister of the youngest marathon bombing victim is now moving forward with her own recovery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010705986325/ 10010705986325 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:28:17 EDT SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I.-- Rhode Island education officials have approved allowing the state's public higher education institutions to arm campus police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010705849753/ 10010705849753 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:35:39 EDT HARTFORD, Conn.-- State senators are building on a package of reforms the General Assembly passed in April addressing the Newtown school shooting, requiring annual firearms safety training for armed security in local schools and improvements in mental health services for children. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010705173944/ 10010705173944 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:58:08 EDT GRANBY, Mass. --A high school student in Western Mass. was struck by lightning on Tuesday but is alive thanks to the heroic act of some teachers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010701348893/ 10010701348893 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:57:55 EDT HAVERHILL, Mass.-- A masked man entered a Haverhill liquor store Wednesday night, but he wasn’t there to buy alcohol. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010704227551/ 10010704227551 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:49:00 EDT BOSTON-- After 17 years the cicada bugs are back and just getting started. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010703814038/ 10010703814038 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:36:36 EDT WORCESTER, Mass.-- A person in Worcester was spotted driving around a residential neighborhood and taking pictures of children. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010703739652/ 10010703739652 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:51:26 EDT DEDHAM, Mass. -- A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts has been sentenced to 36 to 40 years in prison more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010703468675/ 10010703468675 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:56:01 EDT BOSTON, Mass.--More than 1,000 hand sewn flags from around the world were hung at the Museum of Fine Arts Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010702416173/ 10010702416173 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:29:51 EDT BOSTON -- A special service on Boston Common is honoring people who died in service to the nation since the Sept. 11 terror attacks. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010701539117/ 10010701539117 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:23:33 EDT CONCORD, N.H.-- New Hampshire soon could join 17 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing seriously ill people to use marijuana to treat their conditions. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010703301347/ 10010703301347 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:26:41 EDT BOSTON -- A former Massachusetts lawmaker who more recently worked as a tutor at a Boston charter school has been held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to drug charges. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010701160191/ 10010701160191 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:32:43 EDT Strong thunderstorms with heavy rain and small hair are expected to move through Southeast New England on Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010701196397/ 10010701196397 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:24:03 EDT PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The body of a soldier from Massachusetts killed in Afghanistan last week has been returned to Berkshire County. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010701144335/ 10010701144335 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:30 EDT WAREHAM, Mass. -- A woman was killed in Wareham while trying to cross Cranberry Highway Wednesday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010700793095/ 10010700793095 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:52:14 EDT DEDHAM, Mass. -- A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts faces sentencing more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010699873496/ 10010699873496 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:45 EDT BOSTON -- The following is a press release from Boston Public Schools. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010696786596/ 10010696786596 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:48:05 EDT LOWELL, Mass. -- Officers were called to a possible breaking and entering in Lowell Wednesday night after police say shots were fired at an investigator. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010697328552/ 10010697328552 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:56:57 EDT BOSTON -- An attorney for reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger is arguing the government should reveal the name of a confidential informant the defense thinks could undermine two star prosecution witnesses. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010695581790/ 10010695581790 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:10 EDT BOSTON -- Dead Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and another man -- who was killed by the FBI on Wednesday -- murdered three people in Massachusetts after a drug deal went wrong in 2011, law enforcement sources tell NBC News. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010695241057/ 10010695241057 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:01:35 EDT JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass. -- Stephen Doran, a former Bay State representative and math tutor, has been charged with dealing drugs. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010695249587/ 10010695249587 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:47:05 EDT BOSTON -- The Massachusetts House has approved a change in how the state's court system handles teenage offenders. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010694802550/ 10010694802550 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:55:48 EDT BOSTON-- A Boston church official who once claimed to be an associate of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger has been arrested on charges of stealing money from the church. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010693414844/ 10010693414844 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:21:22 EDT ORLANDO, Fla. -- A man with ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed after attacking an FBI agent during questioning in Florida, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010691408274/ 10010691408274 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:10:34 EDT LYNN, Mass. -- A Lynn church was destroyed by three-alarm fire that started just after 5:00 Wednesday morning. Fire crews were still on the scene at 9 a.m. and the building was smoking. Firefighters raced into the church but they had to race out because the roof was in danger of collapsing. The church was a complete loss. Flames poured out of the windows forcing more than 200 people out of nearby apartment building. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010691343454/ 10010691343454 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:20:41 EDT BOSTON -- The radar stays pretty clear until mid-afternoon Wednesday. Increasing humidity and temperatures expected to get into the low 70s - but not along the coast. There, temps will barely make it out of the 50s. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010692484167/ 10010692484167 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:25:06 EDT ORLANDO, Fla. --A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot to death by authorities early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010694310663/ 10010694310663 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:14:51 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lawyers for Curt Schilling and architects of a state deal to give his now-bankrupt video game company a $75 million loan guarantee are set to argue for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against them by Rhode Island's economic development agency. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010691009136/ 10010691009136 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:37:36 EDT TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- A glitch in a Tewksbury school’s automated messaging system sent parents into a panic after it called students’ homes to confirm the child was sick. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010688625679/ 10010688625679 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:20:33 EDT BOSTON -- The Amber Alert for a child kidnapped in Roxbury has been canceled after he was found in Cambridge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010688523364/ 10010688523364 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:33:57 EDT LYNN, Mass.-- Bonnie is a shepard mix. She received gall bladder surgery back in February 2012 and when she wouldn’t eat and wasn’t acting her usual self, her owner Anthony Batchelder grew worried. It turned out the vet left a surgical clamp inside of her. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010688963761/ 10010688963761 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:36:27 EDT ACTON, Mass.-- A family in Acton witnessed a black bear in their backyard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010688618767/ 10010688618767 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:48:24 EDT BOSTON -- Strong storms made their way across much of southern New England Tuesday afternoon into evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010685450482/ 10010685450482 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:04:35 EDT BEVERLY, Mass. -- Massachusetts task force members have been training year round to prepare for a tragedy like the one in Oklahoma City. And now, they think they’re ready. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010686627531/ 10010686627531 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:25 EDT BOSTON--The Suffolk County District Attorney, Daniel F. Conley, released the following press release: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010686044587/ 10010686044587 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:20:11 EDT BOSTON -- The highest court in Massachusetts has refused to grant a new trial to two men convicted in a subway shooting that killed a passenger's unborn baby. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010685641183/ 10010685641183 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:11:55 EDT BRAINTREE, Mass. -- An Amber Alert in Massachusetts ended with the arrest of a father who allegedly took his two children taken from their foster family in Braintree. Both children were found safe. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010679471575/ 10010679471575 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:56:44 EDT BOSTON -- Boston authorities say they are cracking down on drug trafficking, violent crime and gang activity in the city. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010685140450/ 10010685140450 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:01:17 EDT BOSTON -- A judge has agreed to postpone a probable cause hearing for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010685167774/ 10010685167774 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:59:31 EDT BANGOR, Maine -- Police charged a 20-year-old Maine man with murder Tuesday in the death of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago, when she went to meet someone she met on Facebook. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010683357166/ 10010683357166 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:37:45 EDT NEWBURYPORT, Mass. -- Police say a badly decomposed body pulled from the Merrimack River last weekend appears to be that of a sailor who's been missing since November. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010683586594/ 10010683586594 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:39:42 EDT BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Commuters facing long delays after a train collision disrupted their route along Connecticut's shoreline can look forward to easier traveling. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010682518273/ 10010682518273 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:26:11 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts transportation officials are planning a series of meetings to inform drivers about plans to switch to an all-electronic tolling system on the Tobin Bridge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010682437131/ 10010682437131 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:25:13 EDT BOSTON -- UMass student trustees are calling on the state Senate to boost funding for the university so tuition and fees will not have to be increased in the next academic year. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010682431397/ 10010682431397 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:18:12 EDT BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Transit authorities say commuter rail service in Connecticut is expected to resume in full by rush hour Wednesday morning, five days after a derailment and crash injured scores of passengers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010678429216/ 10010678429216 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:11:02 EDT NEW IPSWICH, Mass. -- A plan to move more than 50 graves in a New Ipswich cemetery for construction purposes is causing controversy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010680186276/ 10010680186276 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:45 EDT BOSTON -- A judge has approved a defense request for federal prison records on the Boston Marathon bombing suspect. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010679188539/ 10010679188539 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:20:49 EDT WESTON, Mass. -- A black bear has been spotted in several local neighborhoods, and a man in Lincoln was able to capture the animal on camera. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010680244933/ 10010680244933 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:29:02 EDT BOSTON -- Police are questioning the driver in a deadly accident near Kenmore Square that killed visiting MIT scientist Dr. Kanako Miura on Sunday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010671294212/ 10010671294212 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:18:46 EDT BOSTON -- Five weeks after they were blasted by shrapnel from a bomb at the Boston Marathon, two Boston College graduate students walked past their applauding classmates to receive their diplomas. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010678072654/ 10010678072654 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:34:08 EDT MIDDLEBORO, Mass. -- A police officer and two other people were rushed to the hospital after a cruiser and an SUV collided head on in Middleboro. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010678524867/ 10010678524867 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:58:14 EDT ARLINGTON, Mass. -- A man accused of abusing children 30 years ago appeared in Cambridge District Court Monday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010675429437/ 10010675429437 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:23:24 EDT SKIPPACK, Pa.-- The parents of a University of Rhode Island student who disappeared while driving home to Pennsylvania last week pleaded for information that will lead to his return. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010678100455/ 10010678100455 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:20:51 EDT BOSTON -- Thousands of students received their diplomas at Boston College Monday morning, but not everyone at the commencement was celebrating. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010673765115/ 10010673765115 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:46:54 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A gas main break in Cambridge Center forced evacuations Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010676081481/ 10010676081481 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:21:15 EDT DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- The college where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attended has formed a public safety task force in the wake of the April 15 attack. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010677007571/ 10010677007571 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:33 EDT BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick and his wife, Diane, are grandparents for the first time. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010675551380/ 10010675551380 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:52:44 EDT HANOVER, N.H.-- New Hampshire authorities say they've confirmed two cases of rabies in raccoons in the town of Hanover. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010676116455/ 10010676116455 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:22:24 EDT BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A Bridgeport man faces murder and kidnapping charges in the death of an Eastern Connecticut State University student who disappeared in April. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010674134478/ 10010674134478 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:34:52 EDT WARWICK, R.I. -- Police say a man whose body was found in a trash barrel at Warwick City Park may have been killed on Thursday or Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010673849268/ 10010673849268 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:25:41 EDT BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010673794192/ 10010673794192 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:45:13 EDT BOSTON -- The transit officer who was shot during the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects opened up about the night he almost died. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010670311342/ 10010670311342 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:20:44 EDT NEWPORT, R.I. -- More than 300 people have attended a fundraiser for Heather Abbott, a Newport woman who lost part of her left leg in the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010670164466/ 10010670164466 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:22:29 EDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police in New Hampshire are investigating a late-night fatal shooting in a residential neighborhood in Manchester. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010670534987/ 10010670534987 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:19:00 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut's Foxwoods Resort Casino is looking to expand next door in Massachusetts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010670514096/ 10010670514096 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:24:31 EDT MILTON, Mass. -- The administrator overseeing efforts to provide financial help to victims of the Boston Marathon bombings says he will keep to the June 30 date for release of donated money. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010670547195/ 10010670547195 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:20:59 EDT CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire state troopers are raising money for Boston Marathon victims with their own version of a "Boston Strong" T-shirt. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010670525977/ 10010670525977 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:36:47 EDT STOUGHTON, Mass. -- Mark Crean, of Stoughton, is charged with attempted murder and kidnapping after police say the 49-year-old held his girlfriend captive for a month in her Bridgewater home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010662700756/ 10010662700756 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:32 EDT BOSTON -- 7News spoke with a passenger who was on board a Southwest Airlines flight that nose dived, causing oxygen masks to fall from overhead compartments. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010654065248/ 10010654065248 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:11:24 EDT FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010652828426/ 10010652828426 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:14:34 EDT BOSTON -- The attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cannot take their own periodic photos of him, a judge ruled Friday, denying the request pertaining to "his evolving mental and physical state" and whether his statements to authorities after his arrest were made voluntarily. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010651407416/ 10010651407416 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:26:39 EDT BOSTON -- Police and fire crews responded to the Arlington “T” station stop after people reported hearing a loud explosion Friday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010653999926/ 10010653999926 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:29 EDT BOSTON -- The MBTA police officer who was critically injured in a shootout with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has moved to a rehab hospital. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010652420931/ 10010652420931 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:56:53 EDT LOWELL, Mass. -- The nine-week old infant allegedly assaulted by his father has died, according to the Middlesex district attorney. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010652741354/ 10010652741354 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:25:01 EDT BOSTON -- A federal appeals court has upheld the 8-year prison sentence given to the longtime girlfriend of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger for helping him during his 16 years as a fugitive. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010651470159/ 10010651470159 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:25 EDT METHUEN, Mass. -- A record $600 million is up for grabs this weekend for the Powerball jackpot. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010652042548/ 10010652042548 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:02:38 EDT DEDHAM, Mass. -- A major accident shut down traffic on Route 128 southbound in Dedham on Friday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010651695877/ 10010651695877 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:49:19 EDT DALTON, Mass. -- A Dalton man is mourning the death of his soldier son who was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010651615955/ 10010651615955 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:27:29 EDT BOSTON -- The husband of a former doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has come under scrutiny following her death. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010648964965/ 10010648964965 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:08:28 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Connecticut man charged with assault on a Brown University basketball player that left him hospitalized with severe head injuries acted in self-defense, his attorney said Friday. Providence police made a second arrest in the case Friday afternoon, charging a Brown University student with disorderly conduct. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010649210837/ 10010649210837 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:57:11 EDT BOSTON -- The “Bigs of the Year” event was held Thursday night in Boston to honor six Big Brother and Big Sister volunteers in the area. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010650943139/ 10010650943139 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:50 EDT Three-year-old Roxy the cat has been at the MSPCA-Nevins Farm in Methuen, Mass. since just before Christmas 2012—a very long time for a cat to be in an animal shelter. It’s true what they say: it’s hard to be an all-black cat because it takes longer for these kitties to find homes! Roxy is super sweet and friendly with velvety black fur and golden almond-shaped eyes. She is still quite young and has many healthy years ahead of her. She loves to play and is the ultimate “people cat,” who is always moving in for snuggles and to curl up in a lap. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010649789065/ 10010649789065 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:28:27 EDT BOSTON -- The commissioner of the Boston Fire Department is defending his chief after 13 deputies wrote a letter to the mayor highly critical of the chief's response to the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010649330733/ 10010649330733 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:22:41 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A Massachusetts microbrewery is creating a beer in honor of slain Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010649296142/ 10010649296142 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:37:31 EDT BOSTON -- Developers are unveiling a plan to build a pair of towers in front of Boston's TD Garden. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010649025178/ 10010649025178 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:56:42 EDT NORWOOD, Mass. -- Two people were thrown from their car on I-95 north. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010648780248/ 10010648780248 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:07:23 EDT BELCHERTOWN, Mass. -- Investigators have determined that seven people spotted by police in a restricted area near the Quabbin Reservoir have no connection to any criminal activity or groups. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010648484343/ 10010648484343 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:40:14 EDT MANCHESTER, NH -- New developments emerged Thursday in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation - the FBI investigating a New Hampshire man and his ties to Tamerlan Tsarnaev. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010648321411/ 10010648321411 Thu, 16 May 2013 23:11:29 EDT BOSTON -- Some big names came out Thursday night to support victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and the One Fund. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010645628999/ 10010645628999 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:41:01 EDT HOOKSETT, N.H. -- Investigators say three people stole a gun from a store in Hooksett, New Hampshire. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010645446176/ 10010645446176 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:52:13 EDT BOSTON -- A south shore man became the first person in the United States to receive the world’s newest bionic hand. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010644073326/ 10010644073326 Thu, 16 May 2013 16:57:37 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- The trial against a self-proclaimed white supremacist began Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010643385797/ 10010643385797 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:33:30 EDT WALTHAM, Mass. -- A Waltham police officer who has been off the force since being arrested on child porn charges is now accused of going back online. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010643961022/ 10010643961022 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:46:08 EDT SCITUATE, R.I. -- Members of the Rhode Island State Police have been honored for their response to the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings during a ceremony to mark Police Week and honor fallen officers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010642236869/ 10010642236869 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:51:48 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. -- Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation are attempting to secure federal funds to help Newtown build a new elementary school after last year's massacre -- and they say senators owe the residents after failing to support legislation that would have expanded background checks for certain gun purchases. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010641910822/ 10010641910822 Thu, 16 May 2013 09:32:29 EDT BOSTON -- The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon attack indicated the bombing was retribution for what he called U.S. attacks against Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq, a law enforcement official said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010640714976/ 10010640714976 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:18:40 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A high-ranking Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal into revelations that the agency improperly scrutinized conservative groups has bowed out of her commitment to deliver the keynote address at a Massachusetts law school's commencement. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010641352049/ 10010641352049 Thu, 16 May 2013 08:32:52 EDT BOSTON -- A grand jury has indicted five employees of the Massachusetts Port Authority for allegedly taking bribes from cab drivers and letting them cut ahead of other taxis to pick up passengers at Logan International Airport. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010640357240/ 10010640357240 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:00:32 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Springfield police say a city man has been killed in an exchange of gunfire with officers responding to a domestic disturbance call. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010639803220/ 10010639803220 Thu, 16 May 2013 05:52:13 EDT HANOVER, N.H. -- A Dartmouth College rugby player from Great Britain has been charged with raping a female student, and police suspect there is at least one additional victim. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010639393331/ 10010639393331 Wed, 15 May 2013 19:31:11 EDT VERNON, Conn. -- Vernon police have arrested a local man for his alleged involvement in the assault of a Brown University basketball player hospitalized with severe head injuries. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010635667169/ 10010635667169 Wed, 15 May 2013 23:12:34 EDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A decision to only celebrate students’ birthdays once per month is causing a stir in Manchester, New Hampshire. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010636995499/ 10010636995499 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:54:17 EDT SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- A local lawmaker’s colleagues are standing behind her after homophobic slurs were made toward Somerville Alderman Courtney O'Keefe at a city council meeting http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010636885731/ 10010636885731 Wed, 15 May 2013 21:10:46 EDT BOSTON -- Dozens of top chefs have set up operations behind Fenway Park concession stands offering fine food and drinks in a project intended to raise money for Boston Marathon bombing victims. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010636264623/ 10010636264623 Wed, 15 May 2013 19:47:28 EDT BOSTON -- Two sisters from Stoneham walked the marathon route to raise money for their brothers who were injured in the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010635764826/ 10010635764826 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:59:40 EDT BOSTON -- The administrator of a fund created to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings has released final guidelines for distributing the money. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010635118052/ 10010635118052 Wed, 15 May 2013 06:24:31 EDT GREENWICH, Conn. -- Prince Harry wrapped up his weeklong tour of the United States by taking part in a charity polo match in Connecticut. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010630947113/ 10010630947113 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:57:35 EDT ROXBURY, Mass. -- A Roxbury woman says her daughter was kidnapped while they were tied up during an armed invasion. The men who broke in also made off with expensive electronics. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010634745527/ 10010634745527 Wed, 15 May 2013 05:37:27 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a family business in Worcester. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010630664772/ 10010630664772 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:50:00 EDT BOSTON -- First responders to the shootout in Watertown, which occurred days after the Boston Marathon bombing, sat down with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to talk about the events of that night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010634700015/ 10010634700015 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:29:28 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- MGM Resorts International has announced that it's requesting a July 16 referendum in Springfield on its $800 million casino plan. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010633496826/ 10010633496826 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:42:04 EDT PEMBROKE, Mass. -- A Pembroke teenager was rushed to the hospital after being hit by a car at a bus stop on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010633212463/ 10010633212463 Wed, 15 May 2013 10:19:07 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Providence police are following "substantial leads" in a weekend assault that left a Brown University basketball player in the hospital with severe head injuries. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010632354777/ 10010632354777 Wed, 15 May 2013 09:08:37 EDT QUINCY, Mass. -- The mystery of the foul odor that's been wafting over coastal Quincy for several weeks has been solved. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010631931784/ 10010631931784 Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:58 EDT BOSTON -- Boston's fire chief is facing criticism from 13 of his deputies for the way he handled the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010630805847/ 10010630805847 Wed, 15 May 2013 07:28:30 EDT BOSTON -- A statewide association of doctors and medical students is backing a proposed ban on the sale of tobacco products by health care institutions. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010631331044/ 10010631331044 Wed, 15 May 2013 04:54:55 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new criminal defense lawyer for the widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev says his client will continue to cooperate with investigators but says he plans to keep quiet about the details of her case publicly because that could hurt the investigation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010630409556/ 10010630409556 Tue, 14 May 2013 22:47:00 EDT KEENE, N.H. -- A group of men and women in New Hampshire say they're just trying to help people avoid parking tickets, but Robin Hood and his merry men are looking at a lawsuit and could end up paying the price. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010628202022/ 10010628202022 Tue, 14 May 2013 23:18:40 EDT SAUGUS, Mass -- Police say a passenger on an MBTA bus put the driver in a choke hold, putting other passengers’ lives in danger. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010628392045/ 10010628392045 Tue, 14 May 2013 22:04:38 EDT BELCHERTOWN, Mass -- Massachusetts State Police and the FBI are investigating a possible security breach at the Quabbin Reservoir near Belchertown after authorities found seven people trespassing there. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010627947889/ 10010627947889 Tue, 14 May 2013 18:23:52 EDT BOSTON -- Boston came together to give a young girl in South Boston a new beginning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010626623279/ 10010626623279 Tue, 14 May 2013 18:34:26 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The leader of Worcester's Roman Catholic diocese has lost his license for six months after admitting he refused a chemical breath test, but his lawyer says a separate drunken driving charge will be dismissed. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010626686674/ 10010626686674 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:45:01 EDT NEWTOWN, Conn. -- They're small ceramic hearts full of hope and love, all hand-painted by residents of Newtown, Conn. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010626030171/ 10010626030171 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:33:58 EDT CONCORD, Mass. -- An escaped inmate is back in custody after being on the run for nearly two hours Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010624523830/ 10010624523830 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:29:59 EDT NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Two teenagers were arrested after they hit a North Andover homeowner with a minivan. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010625939990/ 10010625939990 Tue, 14 May 2013 15:32:18 EDT BOSTON -- Prosecutors and defense attorneys for a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have asked to delay a probable cause hearing for two weeks. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010625593865/ 10010625593865 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:59:48 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia was discharged from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010624678860/ 10010624678860 Tue, 14 May 2013 09:33:26 EDT BOSTON -- A federal judge has ruled that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can black out the names of university officials and other information when releasing documents related to the investigation into free-information activist Aaron Swartz. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010623440683/ 10010623440683 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:15:37 EDT WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Authorities say they have arrested two people in connection with what they call an "extensive" human trafficking enterprise that forced women into prostitution and made them live in squalor. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010622613724/ 10010622613724 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:12:25 EDT UPTON, Mass. -- Authorities have recovered a 48-year-old woman's body from an Upton pond. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010622594578/ 10010622594578 Tue, 14 May 2013 05:15:40 EDT BOSTON -- The parents of a Wayland teen who was killed by a former boyfriend plan to ask state lawmakers to require dating violence prevention as part of health and sexual education programs in public schools. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010621894056/ 10010621894056 Tue, 14 May 2013 04:31:01 EDT MONTPELIER, Vermont -- The Vermont House has approved a measure that would allow doctors to provide lethal medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own lives. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010621626168/ 10010621626168 Mon, 13 May 2013 22:55:02 EDT FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Two clerks fought back against armed would-be robbers in Fall River. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010619610298/ 10010619610298 Mon, 13 May 2013 22:03:48 EDT UNDATED -- A New Hampshire girl has a solution to TV show Twitter spoilers, and her design has already earned her an award. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010619302857/ 10010619302857 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:58:30 EDT BOSTON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron visited an impromptu memorial that sprang up near the site of the Boston Marathon bombings, striking a combative tone Tuesday in saying that democratic and multiracial countries like the United States and Britain will never give in to terrorists who feed on "the poisonous narrative" of violence, extremism and victimhood. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010615671028/ 10010615671028 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:35:16 EDT BOSTON -- The MBTA’s transit police welcomed three new members to its team. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010617331699/ 10010617331699 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:18:29 EDT BOSTON -- Two brothers who each lost his right leg in the Boston Marathon bombings say they're hoping sibling rivalry will help push them in rehab to speed their recoveries. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010617230991/ 10010617230991 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:39:10 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Brown University basketball player is in critical condition after being punched in the head in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack, according to police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010616275095/ 10010616275095 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:11:16 EDT GREENWICH, Conn. -- Connecticut's Gold Coast is preparing for a royal visit. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010617187621/ 10010617187621 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:45:38 EDT BOSTON -- The director of the Massachusetts funeral home where Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body was held says the family of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect had the right to bury the body as they did. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010616313822/ 10010616313822 Mon, 13 May 2013 05:35:32 EDT CHELSEA, Mass. -- Two people were found dead inside a car in Chelsea Monday morning. Sources said the two people were shot. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010613373288/ 10010613373288 Mon, 13 May 2013 07:49:26 EDT LOWELL, Mass. -- A war veteran accused of severely injuring his 2-month-old son was arraigned Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010614176686/ 10010614176686 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:39:45 EDT QUINCY, Mass. -- Police say a Quincy woman is facing charges for allegedly punching a restaurant worker who put "too many pickles" on her steak and cheese sandwich. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010615198552/ 10010615198552 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:32:30 EDT DOSWELL, Va. -- A group critical of the Virginia burial of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect wants the body disinterred and sent elsewhere. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010615515022/ 10010615515022 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:04:32 EDT NASHUA, N.H. -- A 2-year-old boy from Nashua New Hampshire died after suffering a head injury in an alleged assault by his mother. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010614987227/ 10010614987227 Mon, 13 May 2013 06:42:13 EDT WEYMOUTH, Mass. -- Reports of ammunition inside a house fire had crews in Weymouth on edge while fighting the flames. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010613773378/ 10010613773378 Mon, 13 May 2013 04:50:19 EDT SALEM, N.H. -- Police in Salem, N.H., say a 44-year-old woman has died after being struck by a pickup truck on Main Street. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010613101939/ 10010613101939 Mon, 13 May 2013 04:45:53 EDT BOSTON -- A survivor of the Boston Marathon bombings who was shown in a widely publicized photo staggering away from the scene of the explosions wants people to remember the victims of the April 15 blasts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010613075337/ 10010613075337 Mon, 13 May 2013 04:40:44 EDT CANTON, Mass. -- A Stoughton man who was driving a car that crashed in Canton, killing a 20-year-old Agawam woman riding in the vehicle, was arraigned at a Boston Medical Center room on several charges, including motor vehicle homicide. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010613044436/ 10010613044436 Sun, 12 May 2013 23:09:18 EDT SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- A victim of the marathon bombing suspects gave many people a reason to run in Somerville on Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010611055832/ 10010611055832 Sun, 12 May 2013 22:58:41 EDT CANTON, Mass.-- The family of 20-year-old Evan Bard, the Curry College student killed in a car crash early on May 11, spent Mother's Day at the scene of the accident with police by their side. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010610992142/ 10010610992142 Sun, 12 May 2013 22:38:20 EDT DARTMOUTH, Mass -- The effects of the Boston Marathon bombing were felt at UMass Dartmouth where stepped-up security was visible at Sunday’s commencement ceremonies. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010610870011/ 10010610870011 Sun, 12 May 2013 18:07:36 EDT BRIDGEPORT, Conn.-- Investigators are trying to figure out who opened fire on a car near an intersection in Bridgeport, killing a 22-year-old man inside the vehicle. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010609245613/ 10010609245613 Sun, 12 May 2013 18:15:57 EDT MONTPELIER, Vt.-- A rise in heroin abuse across northern New England is being blamed partly on aggressive marketing by out-of-state drug dealers and the higher cost of prescription drugs sold illegally on the streets. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010609295737/ 10010609295737 Sat, 11 May 2013 22:40:57 EDT ROXBURY, Mass. -- Police said a man found tied up in a second-story apartment wasn’t the victim, but a suspect in an attempted armed home invasion. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010602245716/ 10010602245716 Sat, 11 May 2013 23:01:08 EDT CANTON, Mass. --Flowers mark the scene of a deadly car accident that killed 20-year-old Evan Bard on May 11. Bard was a Curry College nursing student, passionate about cheerleading. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010602366837/ 10010602366837 Sat, 11 May 2013 22:27:34 EDT WINTHROP, Mass. -- A group of middle school students in Winthrop came together to support the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010602165438/ 10010602165438 Fri, 10 May 2013 22:05:51 EDT NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Officials in Newtown, Conn., officials say the district should tear down the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December and construct a new building on the property. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010593395169/ 10010593395169 Sat, 11 May 2013 21:10:52 EDT BOSTON -- A man was found shot to death at a cemetery in Mattapan on Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010601705266/ 10010601705266 Sat, 11 May 2013 20:06:16 EDT BOSTON -- A Lexington, Mass., middle school student has won a national math competition in Washington with the right answer to a question about integers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010601317648/ 10010601317648 Sat, 11 May 2013 19:23:28 EDT DOSWELL, Va. -- The Virginia woman whose actions led to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev being buried about 30 miles north of her Richmond home said the angry backlash from local officials, some cemetery neighbors and online critics has been unpleasant, but she has no regrets. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010601060829/ 10010601060829 Sat, 11 May 2013 17:48:15 EDT NASHUA, N.H. -- A fundraiser in New Hampshire will take place to benefit Boston Marathon bombing victim Jeffrey Bauman, whose vivid description of one of the bombing suspects helped police crack the case. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010600489537/ 10010600489537 Sat, 11 May 2013 17:46:00 EDT BOSTON -- Marc Fucarile lost his right leg in the Boston Marathon bombing, and doctors are still fighting to save his shattered left leg. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010600476032/ 10010600476032 Sat, 11 May 2013 17:41:23 EDT BOSTON -- A declaration by President Barack Obama that the Boston Marathon bombings were an act of terrorism could make it difficult for many affected businesses to be reimbursed for losses. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010600448388/ 10010600448388 Sat, 11 May 2013 16:40:32 EDT BOSTON-- A Rhode Island woman who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombings took to the pitcher's mound at a Red Sox game. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010600083270/ 10010600083270 Fri, 10 May 2013 20:58:43 EDT BOSTON -- Crews responded to the scene of a large water main break in Boston’s North End Friday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010592992370/ 10010592992370 Fri, 10 May 2013 20:08:16 EDT CONCORD, N.H. -- Police say a Concord man has been arrested on charges of burglary and sexual assault after a woman says she woke up and found a man in her daughter's bedroom. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010592689635/ 10010592689635 Fri, 10 May 2013 18:14:26 EDT MALDEN, Mass. -- A man in Malden is lucky to be alive after he was struck by lightning on Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010592006669/ 10010592006669 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:56:13 EDT NASHUA, N.H. -- A New Hampshire man who fled a day before being convicted in 1991 of killing his 2-year-old stepson has been tried and convicted again in Greece, where he is serving an 18-year sentence for the boy's death, authorities said Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010591897328/ 10010591897328 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:00:17 EDT BOSTON -- Thousands of Boston Marathon runners who weren't allowed to finish the race because of the bombing are now asking for another chance. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010591561794/ 10010591561794 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:32:02 EDT BOSTON -- At the marathon memorial on Friday, it was clear so many are still coping with the aftermath of the attack. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010591752299/ 10010591752299 Fri, 10 May 2013 16:08:18 EDT WATERBURY, Conn. -- A strange rock found in the front yard of a Waterbury home appears to be a meteorite, a Yale mineralogist said Friday, marking the second time in a month that a meteorite has fallen to Earth in Connecticut. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010591249811/ 10010591249811 Fri, 10 May 2013 16:02:14 EDT BOSTON -- A Rhode Island woman who lost her foot in the Boston Marathon bombing is heading home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010591213467/ 10010591213467 Fri, 10 May 2013 15:28:10 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Marathon bombing victim Jeff Bauman returned home from the hospital on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010591009069/ 10010591009069 Fri, 10 May 2013 14:05:43 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s death certificate was released Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010590514399/ 10010590514399 Fri, 10 May 2013 11:52:01 EDT DOSWELL, Va. -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in a cemetery in central Virginia, infuriating some members of the area's Islamic community who say they weren't consulted and flooring at least one neighbor who said she didn't even know she lived near a burial ground. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010589712148/ 10010589712148 Fri, 10 May 2013 10:41:32 EDT Two-year-old Pit Bull mix Petunia is the face of rescue. This small dog was living as a stray and likely had one or more litters outside before she was found by a good Samaritan and brought to the MSPCA-Nevins Farm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010589289250/ 10010589289250 Fri, 10 May 2013 08:41:19 EDT UNDATED -- Expect a lot of company on the roads. Friday could be the busiest travel day of the year -- beating out the days leading up to Thanksgiving and Christmas! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010588567996/ 10010588567996 Fri, 10 May 2013 08:24:43 EDT BOSTON -- The victims of the attack continue to make strides in their recovery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010588468339/ 10010588468339 Fri, 10 May 2013 06:32:34 EDT STOUGHTON, Mass. -- The National Weather Service said a small tornado touched down in Stoughton on Thursday evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010587795493/ 10010587795493 Thu, 09 May 2013 23:34:03 EDT WINCHESTER, Mass. -- Nine Winchester High School seniors hosted a charity auction Thursday evening with the proceeds going to MBTA Officer Richard Donohue and his family. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010585284368/ 10010585284368 Thu, 09 May 2013 23:19:43 EDT LUNENBURG, Mass. -- A family welcomes their third child sooner than they expected -- and it wasn’t the first time the mother and father have made a very fast delivery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010585198389/ 10010585198389 Thu, 09 May 2013 18:22:05 EDT BOSTON -- A teenager who collapsed during a basketball game reunited on Thursday with the surgeon who saved his life. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010583412583/ 10010583412583 Thu, 09 May 2013 22:58:22 EDT AMESBURY, Mass. -- A young child in a stroller was rescued by a stranger when a dog went on the attack early Tuesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010585070254/ 10010585070254 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:21:07 EDT BOSTON -- One of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing went home from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010582686743/ 10010582686743 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:57:30 EDT BOSTON -- Strong storms moved into the area Thursday evening, bringing a lot of rain, thunder and lightning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010582905036/ 10010582905036 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:38:36 EDT FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- The leader of the Massachusetts state police thought it was likely another dead end when he first heard about a 911 call from a man who thought someone was hiding in his boat following a frantic daylong manhunt for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010582431692/ 10010582431692 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:10:42 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says he's glad the family of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has found a burial location, but says he doesn't know where that is. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010581904262/ 10010581904262 Thu, 09 May 2013 10:41:38 EDT BOSTON -- Boston police said a 12-year-old boy was hit and killed by a car in Allston Thursday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010580649880/ 10010580649880 Thu, 09 May 2013 11:43:08 EDT BOSTON -- The younger sister of the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings has undergone what her family calls a "milestone" 11th operation on her left leg, which she lost below the knee, they said in a statement Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010581018815/ 10010581018815 Thu, 09 May 2013 10:33:14 EDT WASHINGTON -- FBI agents did not tell Boston police they had receiving warnings from Russia's government in 2011 about suspected bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev and had performed a cursory investigation, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis told Congress Thursday, in the first hearing into last month's terror attack on the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010580599464/ 10010580599464 Thu, 09 May 2013 09:42:15 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was secretly buried in an undisclosed location outside Worcester after a frustrating weeklong search for a community willing to take the body, police said Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010580293567/ 10010580293567 Thu, 09 May 2013 06:28:28 EDT WASHINGTON -- Boston's police commissioner told lawmakers conducting the first congressional hearing on the Marathon bombings that government should tighten security around celebratory public events and consider using more undercover officers, special police units and technology, including surveillance cameras -- but only in ways that don't run afoul of civil liberties. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010579130860/ 10010579130860 Thu, 09 May 2013 05:02:03 EDT AUGUSTA, Maine -- It's high season for moose on Maine highways. The Maine departments of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Transportation are asking drivers to take extra precautions in May and June. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010578612329/ 10010578612329 Wed, 08 May 2013 19:00:10 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The widow of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has hired a criminal lawyer with experience defending terrorism cases as she continues to face questions from federal authorities. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010575001088/ 10010575001088 Wed, 08 May 2013 23:02:56 EDT GARDNER, Mass. -- He has a grandchild and eight stents in his artery, but a 70-year-old Gardner man didn’t think twice when he fought back against a would-be burglar who broke into his house early Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010576457668/ 10010576457668 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:48:10 EDT FITCHBURG, Mass. -- Police in Fitchburg are looking for a man who may be behind a number of crimes. In one case, he was caught on camera after crawling through a hole in a store. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010574209077/ 10010574209077 Wed, 08 May 2013 18:01:49 EDT SALEM, Mass. -- Salem police say an officer was attacked by a 15-year-old girl outside the police department Wednesday evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010574650982/ 10010574650982 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:06:49 EDT BOSTON -- A surgeon helped a teen who collapsed on a basketball court and now the family is trying to find the hero to thank him. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010574320997/ 10010574320997 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:48:48 EDT FITCHBURG, Mass. -- Police in Fitchburg are looking for a man who may be behind a number of crimes. In one case, he was caught on camera after crawling through a hole in a store. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010574212897/ 10010574212897 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:14:04 EDT OXFORD, Mass. -- Prosecutors are preparing to file charges against a drive who was involved in a hit and run crash with a pregnant woman. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010574364489/ 10010574364489 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:46:49 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Federal investigators said they found a basement dungeon in the home of a Worcester man who was allegedly planning to kidnap children. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010574200952/ 10010574200952 Wed, 08 May 2013 15:55:14 EDT DARMOUTH, Mass. -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth says federal education officials have found that it cannot publicly release records of students related to the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010573891463/ 10010573891463 Tue, 07 May 2013 21:31:33 EDT MELROSE, Mass. -- A World War II veteran and prisoner of war was hit and killed by an MBTA bus while crossing a street in Melrose on Tuesday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010567269324/ 10010567269324 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:04:44 EDT BOSTON -- Nineteen days after Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a gunbattle with police, cemeteries still refused to take his remains and government officials deflected questions about where he could be buried. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010572148415/ 10010572148415 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:09:38 EDT SALEM, Mass. -- Salem State University is paying tribute to slain Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010571817882/ 10010571817882 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:25:19 EDT HARTFORD, Vt. -- A retired Vermont teacher has offered a spot in his family's cemetery plot to the family of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died following a shootout with police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010571911981/ 10010571911981 Wed, 08 May 2013 06:33:47 EDT BOSTON -- The Museum of Fine Arts is honoring the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing by waving admission fees over Memorial Day weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010570522720/ 10010570522720 Wed, 08 May 2013 04:41:44 EDT BOSTON -- An aide to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino says the mayor does not want marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried in Boston and calls the decision "a family issue." http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010569850444/ 10010569850444 Wed, 08 May 2013 04:38:58 EDT BOSTON -- The state's top gun advocacy group says membership has soared in recent months. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010569833898/ 10010569833898 Wed, 08 May 2013 04:24:57 EDT BOSTON -- The father of a student charged with conspiracy in the Boston Marathon bombing case insists his son is not a terrorist and said the 19-year-old believes his friend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is "not a human" if he's responsible for the attacks. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010569749710/ 10010569749710 Tue, 07 May 2013 22:47:07 EDT RANDOLPH, Mass. -- A serious situation unfolded in Randolph Tuesday evening after a drug deal went sour. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010567722734/ 10010567722734 Tue, 07 May 2013 23:08:25 EDT BROOKLINE, Mass. -- A Brookline teenager took to Twitter to explain to the UCLA admissions office why the school should accept him after he was put on the wait list. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010567850539/ 10010567850539 Tue, 07 May 2013 19:06:44 EDT BOSTON -- An MBTA driver who found an envelope filled with cash on his bus route is looking for its rightful owner. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010566400451/ 10010566400451 Tue, 07 May 2013 17:59:46 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Worcester police said Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body will be moved in the coming days, but to where is still unknown. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010565998656/ 10010565998656 Tue, 07 May 2013 17:17:32 EDT BOSTON -- A Stoneham man who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombing spoke to 7News about his long road to recovery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010565745226/ 10010565745226 Tue, 07 May 2013 16:54:41 EDT BOSTON -- The swans are back at the Public Garden after spending the winter at the Franklin Park Zoo. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010565608153/ 10010565608153 Tue, 07 May 2013 16:19:02 EDT LUNENBURG, Mass. -- Crews rescued a horse trapped in mud in Lunenburg on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010565394214/ 10010565394214 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:38:52 EDT WAKEFIELD, R.I. -- The leader of the Roman Catholic diocese in Worcester charged with driving drunk in Rhode Island has been released on $1,000 bail. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010563353242/ 10010563353242 Tue, 07 May 2013 11:09:44 EDT AURORA, Colo. -- The founder of the organization that built Colorado's largest mosque is offering to bury suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a Denver-area Muslim cemetery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010563538421/ 10010563538421 Tue, 07 May 2013 09:49:46 EDT DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was a student, is stepping up security and limiting the number of people who can attend commencement ceremonies. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010563058682/ 10010563058682 Tue, 07 May 2013 04:39:59 EDT BOSTON -- The MBTA says it is taking steps to protect its workers against assault. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010561199990/ 10010561199990 Tue, 07 May 2013 05:56:08 EDT DOVER, N.H. -- Newly unsealed documents say a man charged with killing a University of New Hampshire student in October initially told investigators that someone else strangled her then later said he accidentally killed her during a consensual sex act, which prosecutors dispute. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010561656871/ 10010561656871 Tue, 07 May 2013 05:37:05 EDT QUINCY, Mass. -- Crews were still on the scene Tuesday morning after an overnight fire at a two family home in Quincy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010561542579/ 10010561542579 Tue, 07 May 2013 04:38:23 EDT TAUNTON, Mass. -- Authorities say a 47-year-old Taunton man has died in a boating accident on the Taunton River. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010561190323/ 10010561190323 Mon, 06 May 2013 16:39:27 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- The parents of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev are asking for his body to be returned to Russia. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010556876788/ 10010556876788 Mon, 06 May 2013 17:08:44 EDT BOSTON -- Whether it's a genocidal dictator or a gunman behind a mass shooting, debate often flares over where the notorious should be laid to rest. Concerns about gravesite vandalism, possible backlash from the public and some sites becoming shrines often lead to burials cloaked in secrecy. In Massachusetts, controversy is surrounding where to bury Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010557052412/ 10010557052412 Mon, 06 May 2013 22:49:02 EDT WOBURN, Mass. -- Four defendants pleaded guilty Monday to charges in connection with a violent armed robbery and shooting that injured a Woburn police officer. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010559094247/ 10010559094247 Mon, 06 May 2013 18:28:28 EDT BOSTON -- The families of those who lost loved ones and individuals who suffered double amputations or permanent brain damage in the Boston Marathon bombing would receive the highest payments from a fund created to help people injured in the twin blasts, according to a draft proposal of payouts from the One Fund Boston, which has already taken in more than $28 million in donations. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010557530889/ 10010557530889 Mon, 06 May 2013 12:02:45 EDT BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- A Barnstable woman convicted of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a charity she founded to help families dealing with tragedy has been sentenced to up to five years in prison. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010555216599/ 10010555216599 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:05:23 EDT BOSTON -- A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been released from federal custody while he awaits trial for allegedly lying to federal investigators probing the April 15 bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010554872377/ 10010554872377 Mon, 06 May 2013 21:23:33 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- A Massachusetts resident charged in an international investigation has pleaded guilty to solicitation of child kidnapping and charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010558581333/ 10010558581333 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:54:49 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- The leader of a Roman Catholic Diocese in Massachusetts was arrested over the weekend on a drunken driving charge after an alleged hit-and-run accident in Rhode Island. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010555168921/ 10010555168921 Mon, 06 May 2013 10:39:07 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- The trial of a Northampton man charged with setting a series of fires in the city in 2009 that resulted in two deaths is getting under way with jury selection. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010554714774/ 10010554714774 Sun, 05 May 2013 18:29:00 EDT STOUGHTON, Mass. -- After the body of a woman was found in a Stoughton apartment, a search was under way for her estranged husband. He was arrested Monday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010548894094/ 10010548894094 Mon, 06 May 2013 10:03:31 EDT BOSTON -- Despite more than 100 offers, a Massachusetts funeral director is striking out in his search for a burial location for the body of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed in a gun battle with police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010554501117/ 10010554501117 Mon, 06 May 2013 09:18:19 EDT BOSTON -- City officials sending a reminder -- warning people not to be alarmed about blasts scheduled for the Fenway neighborhood Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010554229927/ 10010554229927 Mon, 06 May 2013 07:43:27 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- A Massachusetts community activist plans to start a campaign to raise money to send the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev to Russia for burial. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010553660763/ 10010553660763 Mon, 06 May 2013 08:00:06 EDT FARMINGTON, Maine -- The town of Farmington has come up with a way to save money in a time of tight municipal budgets. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010553760618/ 10010553760618 Mon, 06 May 2013 07:37:06 EDT NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The Congressional Medal of Honor Society is in Newtown, Conn., to honor six educators killed in the December elementary school massacre with its highest civilian award. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010553622621/ 10010553622621 Sun, 05 May 2013 16:22:17 EDT BOSTON -- Lawyers for a man charged with lying to investigators after the Boston Marathon bombings are asking a judge to release him from jail, saying he had nothing to do with the bombings and isn't a flight risk. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010548133748/ 10010548133748 Mon, 06 May 2013 04:40:06 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Below-average rainfall is robbing surface soil of moisture, but rain and snow during fall and winter have left Massachusetts reservoirs at normal levels. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010552560611/ 10010552560611 Sun, 05 May 2013 22:54:05 EDT DANBURY, Conn. -- A cloudless sky and perfect spring temperatures greeted hundreds of Sandy Hook families at a lake in Danbury, Conn. Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010550484599/ 10010550484599 Mon, 06 May 2013 05:44:46 EDT CHICAGO -- Anna Tabakh didn't know a word of English. At age 5, a stranger in a strange land, she was en route with her parents from the Soviet Union to a new home in Kansas City, Mo. But she understood the intent when security guards at a New York City airport suspiciously eyed her stuffed animal, a rather rotund plush toy pig. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010552948652/ 10010552948652 Sun, 05 May 2013 22:08:36 EDT GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- Authorities have identified the two people who died after slipping into the ocean off the coast of Gloucester last weekend as a Rhode Island man and a local woman he and his wife had been visiting. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010550211622/ 10010550211622 Sun, 05 May 2013 18:39:53 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The Watertown Police Department marched alongside several other Massachusetts police departments in a Rhode Island parade that honors fallen officers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010548959314/ 10010548959314 Sun, 05 May 2013 19:26:27 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- A small group of protesters still lined Main Street in Worcester Sunday night, hours after the uncle of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing had left the funeral parlor. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010549238778/ 10010549238778 Sun, 05 May 2013 18:53:22 EDT BOSTON -- Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords received the JFK Profile in Courage award in Boston on Sunday. While in Boston she visited some victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010549040219/ 10010549040219 Sun, 05 May 2013 18:11:30 EDT SALEM, Mass. -- Salem fire officials have released the name of a man who died in a two-alarm fire at a city home over the weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010548789058/ 10010548789058 Sun, 05 May 2013 17:17:30 EDT BOSTON -- Thousands of people came out for the 45th annual Walk for Hunger on Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010548465045/ 10010548465045 Sun, 05 May 2013 17:50:06 EDT BOSTON -- FBI agents searched the Tsarnaev brothers Cambridge apartment on Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010548660655/ 10010548660655 Sun, 05 May 2013 16:18:22 EDT BOSTON -- The details of the Boston Marathon bombings were still fuzzy when fundraising ramped up to help its victims, just hours after the explosions. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010548110226/ 10010548110226 Sun, 05 May 2013 16:13:11 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- A Cambridge city official is urging the family of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the funeral director who has Tsarnaev's body not to request a burial permit in the city. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010548079133/ 10010548079133 Sat, 04 May 2013 23:06:58 EDT WAREHAM, Mass. -- For Cindy Jeffers, it was a moment she'll never forget. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010541921834/ 10010541921834 Sat, 04 May 2013 22:49:36 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- A fast-moving fire spread through a multi-family home Saturday, forcing firefighters to move quickly to rescue residents trapped inside. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010541817678/ 10010541817678 Sat, 04 May 2013 21:33:24 EDT BOSTON -- Legal experts say authorities are placing intense pressure on the widow of one Boston Marathon bomber and three detained friends of the other to cooperate in the ongoing investigation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010541360417/ 10010541360417 Sat, 04 May 2013 21:14:32 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- A Worcester man from the African nation of Burundi says the drowning of his 10-year-old son in a pond has devastated his family, adding they can't even figure out how to begin making funeral arrangements and cannot even afford a funeral. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010541247263/ 10010541247263 Fri, 03 May 2013 23:00:44 EDT SUDBURY, Mass. -- The Sudbury police chief has resigned after being arrested for drunk driving. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010533244491/ 10010533244491 Fri, 03 May 2013 18:13:01 EDT EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- A man from East Bridgewater is recovering after he was run over by his sister while he was sitting on his stoop. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010531518137/ 10010531518137 Fri, 03 May 2013 13:29:03 EDT DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died of gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to the head and body, his death certificate says. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010529814384/ 10010529814384 Fri, 03 May 2013 22:32:46 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Rescue crews suspended the search for a missing boy last seen swimming in a pond in Worcester Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010533076665/ 10010533076665 Fri, 03 May 2013 17:13:50 EDT BOSTON -- A person died after a shooting on Warren Street in Roxbury Friday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010531163038/ 10010531163038 Fri, 03 May 2013 11:01:32 EDT BOSTON -- The New Hampshire-based family of a journalist missing for five months now believe "with a very high degree of confidence" that he is being held in a Syrian prison. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010528929217/ 10010528929217 Fri, 03 May 2013 18:52:19 EDT BOSTON -- The following is a traffic advisory for the week of May 5 for Greater Boston roadways from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010531753951/ 10010531753951 Fri, 03 May 2013 17:06:38 EDT DARMOUTH, Mass. -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is asking federal education officials if it can legally release records of four students related to the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010531119834/ 10010531119834 Fri, 03 May 2013 12:10:46 EDT KEENE, N.H.-- New Hampshire police say two people are dead and a third was hospitalized after a fuel tanker collided with a car in Keene. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010529344638/ 10010529344638 Fri, 03 May 2013 14:10:03 EDT BOSTON -- The administrator of a fund created for people injured in the Boston Marathon bombings and the families of those who were killed plans to hold meetings with victims next week and begin cutting checks by the end of June. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010530060337/ 10010530060337 Fri, 03 May 2013 14:41:23 EDT WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Woonsocket police have arrested four students in connection with a recent string of bomb threats at Woonsocket High School. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010530248376/ 10010530248376 Fri, 03 May 2013 12:10:38 EDT ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Former teachers of one of the students from Kazakhstan arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings describe him as an easygoing teenager not the least interested in Islam who distinguished himself mainly by his failing grades in math and science. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010529343829/ 10010529343829 Fri, 03 May 2013 11:12:44 EDT Albert is a male rabbit who is less than one year old. He is gentle, very sweet and loves affection. Albert is litter box trained and in excellent health and the only thing he needs is the perfect forever home! Rabbits are wonderful family pets and excellent “starter” pets for young kids. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010528996480/ 10010528996480 Fri, 03 May 2013 11:36:37 EDT BOSTON -- The family of slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was making arrangements Friday for his funeral as investigators searched the woods near the college attended by his younger brother and alleged accomplice. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010529139721/ 10010529139721 Fri, 03 May 2013 10:54:01 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Police Commmissioner Ed Davis received an honorary doctorate from Northeastern during the school's commencement ceremony at the TD Garden Friday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010528884113/ 10010528884113 Fri, 03 May 2013 10:28:11 EDT BOSTON -- Funeral arrangements for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a shootout with police are being handled by a funeral home that has experience with Muslim services. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010528729168/ 10010528729168 Fri, 03 May 2013 10:57:53 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- A Worcester man has been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for using a knife to threaten three teenage girls walking to school http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010528907318/ 10010528907318 Fri, 03 May 2013 09:06:30 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- People who worship at the Cambridge mosque where the Boston Marathon bombing suspects prayed have held an interfaith service with community members during which a leader condemned the attacks as a "grotesque perversion of the teaching of our faith." http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010528239022/ 10010528239022 Fri, 03 May 2013 08:53:36 EDT BOSTON -- A health scare at Boston College - the State Department Of Health is investigating a possible outbreak of mumps. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010528161647/ 10010528161647 Fri, 03 May 2013 06:50:03 EDT BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- A Barnstable woman who founded a charity to help families dealing with tragedy has been found guilty of keeping most of the money for herself. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010527420360/ 10010527420360 Fri, 03 May 2013 06:16:14 EDT BOSTON -- Commuters at South Station have a new way to get connected. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010527217431/ 10010527217431 Fri, 03 May 2013 06:08:01 EDT BOSTON -- Federal agents searched for answers - armed with search warrants they raided the Sweden-Borgian Church in Beacon Hill. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010527168120/ 10010527168120 Fri, 03 May 2013 05:56:29 EDT MELROSE, Mass. -- A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in Melrose. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010527098968/ 10010527098968 Fri, 03 May 2013 05:49:22 EDT BOSTON -- The lawyer overseeing the Boston Marathon bombings victims' fund says the families of people who died could each receive more than $1 million. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010527056232/ 10010527056232 Fri, 03 May 2013 05:12:23 EDT FRANCONIA, N.H. -- New Hampshire is marking the 10th anniversary of the Old Man of the Mountain's fall with a moment of silence and a ceremony at the plaza created in its memory. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010526834386/ 10010526834386 Thu, 02 May 2013 19:58:10 EDT UNDATED -- The brothers accused in the Boston Marathon bombings originally planned to set off explosives on July 4 — but changed their minds and decided on Patriot’s Day, officials with knowledge of suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s interrogation told NBC News. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010523509081/ 10010523509081 Thu, 02 May 2013 23:08:05 EDT BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Employees at Café Escadrille in Burlington donated all of their tips Thursday to Boston Marathon bombing victim Jeff Bauman and his family. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010524648553/ 10010524648553 Thu, 02 May 2013 22:50:40 EDT WENHAM, Mass. -- Police say someone is targeting Gordon College students during drive-bys on campus, hitting them with everything from eggs to trash. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010524544065/ 10010524544065 Thu, 02 May 2013 22:22:15 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- State police are investigating a shootout between a police gang unit and a suspect in Brockton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010524373535/ 10010524373535 Thu, 02 May 2013 18:20:50 EDT BOSTON -- Federal agents were seen on Beacon Hill carrying boxes out of a Boston church Thursday evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010522925092/ 10010522925092 Thu, 02 May 2013 18:46:19 EDT READING, Mass. -- Emotions ran high in Reading as more than 100 soldiers returned home Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010523077960/ 10010523077960 Thu, 02 May 2013 17:51:31 EDT NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A mortuary familiar with Muslim services will handle funeral arrangements for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died in a gunbattle with police after an intense manhunt, a funeral director said Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010522749159/ 10010522749159 Thu, 02 May 2013 17:32:37 EDT CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Students at Boston College are being warned to be on alert for a possible outbreak of mumps. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010522635743/ 10010522635743 Thu, 02 May 2013 17:22:41 EDT NASHUA, N.H. -- Three landscapers rescued a woman who was trapped in a car that was on fire, which likely saved the woman’s life. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010522576164/ 10010522576164 Thu, 02 May 2013 17:40:52 EDT BOSTON -- Investigators say a weekend fire that fatally injured a Boston University student was caused by careless disposal of smoking materials. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010522685258/ 10010522685258 Thu, 02 May 2013 17:03:20 EDT BOSTON -- The father of one of the suspects accused of helping destroy evidence and lie to investigators the days following the bombings at the Boston Marathon is defending his son. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010522460089/ 10010522460089 Thu, 02 May 2013 09:26:35 EDT METHUEN, Mass. -- A Methuen high school student is being held without bail on a charge that he threatened to kill people and outdo the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010519719581/ 10010519719581 Thu, 02 May 2013 17:04:31 EDT QUINCY, Mass. -- A career criminal who police say has been convicted of more than 100 crimes and has targeted hospitals and colleges was back in court Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010522467121/ 10010522467121 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:40:21 EDT BOSTON -- Officials say 19-year-old Robel Phillipos has known Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for years, the two of them went to high school and college together. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010521242186/ 10010521242186 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:17:08 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts has a new probation commissioner. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010521102849/ 10010521102849 Thu, 02 May 2013 09:22:21 EDT BOSTON -- The new judge presiding over the James "Whitey" Bulger case has granted prosecutors' motion to bar the reputed Boston mobster from arguing immunity at trial. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010519694148/ 10010519694148 Thu, 02 May 2013 11:27:57 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island has become the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, after a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010520447759/ 10010520447759 Thu, 02 May 2013 08:27:52 EDT BOSTON -- Krystle Campbell, the 29-year-old restaurant manager killed near the finish line, is being honored by the Massachusetts Bay Community College. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010519367294/ 10010519367294 Thu, 02 May 2013 09:27:34 EDT BOSTON -- Just hours before one of the Boston Marathon suspects and his brother allegedly gunned down a campus police officer, authorities say he exchanged a series of text messages with a friend who'd become suspicious after seeing what looked like a familiar face being flashed on television. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010519725434/ 10010519725434 Thu, 02 May 2013 06:49:13 EDT DOVER, N.H. -- A man charged with killing a University of New Hampshire student in October has waived his arraignment on murder charges. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010518775316/ 10010518775316 Thu, 02 May 2013 05:15:31 EDT BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick's administration has set a new goal for solar energy installations in Massachusetts after reaching its initial target four years early. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010518213169/ 10010518213169 Wed, 01 May 2013 17:41:12 EDT CAMBRIDGE -- Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and accused Wednesday of removing a backpack containing hollowed-out fireworks from Tsarnaev's dorm room three days after the attack to keep him from getting into trouble. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010514047227/ 10010514047227 Wed, 01 May 2013 17:08:58 EDT DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth has suspended one student charged in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings and says the other two aren't enrolled. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010513853891/ 10010513853891 Wed, 01 May 2013 16:48:44 EDT BOSTON -- Lawyers for two men charged with conspiring to obstruct justice in the Boston bombing case say their clients had no idea the attack was being planned. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010513732450/ 10010513732450 Wed, 01 May 2013 23:07:12 EDT NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- 7News has learned one of the suspects arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing had a specialized license plate on his car that is drawing attention. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010516003247/ 10010516003247 Wed, 01 May 2013 18:12:54 EDT NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- People from the New Bedford neighborhood where Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev were arrested said they are shocked by the recent developments in the case. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010514237423/ 10010514237423 Wed, 01 May 2013 04:23:27 EDT BOSTON -- A U.S. woman revealed her new face after a transplant Wednesday, six years after her ex-husband disfigured her by dousing her with industrial-strength lye, and said she went through "what some may call hell" but has found a way to be happy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010509260730/ 10010509260730 Wed, 01 May 2013 19:46:52 EDT LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A former Lawrence school superintendent has been ordered to repay $10,000 after being convicted of using school resources for himself. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010514801253/ 10010514801253 Wed, 01 May 2013 13:50:01 EDT Message from Transit Police Officer Richard "Dic" Donohue: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010512660151/ 10010512660151 Wed, 01 May 2013 15:14:07 EDT BOSTON -- Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev removed a backpack containing fireworks emptied of gunpowder from his dorm room at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth three days after the attack, according to charges filed Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010513164798/ 10010513164798 Wed, 01 May 2013 15:24:28 EDT WASHINGTON -- One of three college students arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings case was allowed to return to the United States from Kazakhstan in January despite not having a valid student visa, a federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010513226877/ 10010513226877 Wed, 01 May 2013 16:33:48 EDT In response to media requests regarding the status of individuals charged today in connection with Boston Marathon tragedy, UMass Dartmouth is able to confirm the following: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010513642822/ 10010513642822 Wed, 01 May 2013 11:15:36 EDT BOSTON -- Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and accused Wednesday of trying to protect him by going into his dorm room and getting rid of a backpack filled with hollowed-out fireworks three days after the deadly attack. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010511733611/ 10010511733611 Wed, 01 May 2013 07:33:07 EDT SALEM, Mass. -- A Wakefield man already facing multiple charges in Middlesex County for allegedly sexually abusing children at his wife's day care center is now facing charges in Essex County. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010510398762/ 10010510398762 Wed, 01 May 2013 10:13:13 EDT BOSTON -- The 26-year-old Chinese entrepreneur who was carjacked by alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev described a frightening encounter. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010511359364/ 10010511359364 Wed, 01 May 2013 06:38:56 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Firefighters battled flames at a Cambridge restaurant in Central Square. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010510073679/ 10010510073679 Wed, 01 May 2013 04:39:21 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno says he's confident the city will have the best casino proposal to offer in the western Massachusetts region. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010509356154/ 10010509356154 Wed, 01 May 2013 04:27:14 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Relatives of the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said as officials in both Washington and Russia deepened their investigations into him and his ties. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010509283478/ 10010509283478 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:35:56 EDT CONCORD, N.H. -- Concord, N.H. police say a report about a student with a gun at Concord High School are not true. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010507175642/ 10010507175642 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:03:42 EDT FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Several officers were on the scene of a school bus crash in Fall River Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010505542278/ 10010505542278 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:17:01 EDT PLYMOUTH, Mass. -- The family of a teenage boy who was killed in a dirt bike crash picketed outside the Plymouth courthouse where a man was charged in connection with the boy’s death. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010505262117/ 10010505262117 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:56:08 EDT BOSTON -- A Stoneham man, who remains in the hospital after surviving the Boston Marathon bombing, described his experience in the blasts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010504056827/ 10010504056827 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:38:14 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The widow of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects will ask the Massachusetts medical examiner to release her husband's body to his family. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010506109441/ 10010506109441 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:01:24 EDT ALLSTON, Mass. -- The landlord of the Allston home where a Boston University student died in a fire is being cited by the city for illegal occupancy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010501208416/ 10010501208416 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:30:30 EDT NEWTON, Mass. -- Several students were rushed to the hospital after their school bus crashed Tuesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010502103056/ 10010502103056 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:55:47 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Marathon amputees who don't have insurance that covers the cost of their first artificial limb could find help from a new coalition of prosthetics industry groups. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010505494742/ 10010505494742 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:30:51 EDT BOSTON -- Authorities say the medical examiner has determined the cause of death for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, but the information will remain private until his remains are released and a death certificate is filed. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010500665170/ 10010500665170 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:20:51 EDT ROCKPORT, Mass. -- Two lobstermen were rescued after their fishing boat caught fire over the weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010492325198/ 10010492325198 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:36:17 EDT BOSTON -- Kayna Whitworth will be joining Adam Williams as co-captain of Team Tom Brady. Last year Adam alone raised over $16,000 so there’s a lot of fundraising to do - and a lot of training! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010502857793/ 10010502857793 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:08:07 EDT DURHAM, N.H. -- Police faced off against unruly partygoers near the University of New Hampshire over the weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010492608781/ 10010492608781 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:27:24 EDT WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- In the days after the bombings, a mystery man known as “Misha” emerged. The suspects' family accused him of brainwashing Tamerlan Tsarnaev. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010497044419/ 10010497044419 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:13:07 EDT PLYMOUTH, Mass. -- A family who lost their teenage son in a dirt bike accident wants a harsher punishment for the man he collided with. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010496598712/ 10010496598712 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:17:19 EDT BOSTON -- New video shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with his niece. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010496983947/ 10010496983947 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:46:55 EDT BOSTON -- One lawyer won acquittal for a Saudi man charged with carrying three firecracker-like devices on a plane, arguing he was a victim of hysteria over airport security after the Sept. 11 attacks. Another has managed to avert death sentences for some of the highest-profile criminals of our time, including the Unabomber and the gunman whose rampage injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010496801599/ 10010496801599 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:50:03 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts State Police is warning residents in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood that they may hear very loud blasts on Wednesday, but they shouldn’t be alarmed. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010495020348/ 10010495020348 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:34:30 EDT HOLYOKE, Mass. -- New England's power grid operator says it's ready to meet summer demand for electricity. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010496007076/ 10010496007076 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:28:17 EDT BOSTON -- The Linden Street home remains intact after a massive fire killed a Boston University student and injured 15 other people early Sunday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010494889744/ 10010494889744 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:46:23 EDT BOSTON -- A federal judge has denied a request by reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger to order prosecutors to reveal the identity of a confidential informant his lawyers believe could damage the credibility of a key witness against him. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010494278388/ 10010494278388 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:12:09 EDT BOSTON -- Since the bombing at the Boston Marathon there have been many touching stories of those paying their respects and helping people heal. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010495152975/ 10010495152975 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:30:11 EDT NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have visited the Rhode Island home of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's in-laws and carried away several bags. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010495981117/ 10010495981117 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:40:04 EDT BOSTON -- The trip between Worcester and Boston has just gotten faster for some commuter rail passengers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010494240497/ 10010494240497 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:10:19 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- Police say a 17-year-old Brockton High School junior has died in a car crash in the city. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010494061934/ 10010494061934 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:51:34 EDT FALMOUTH, Mass. -- Police in Massachusetts arrested a Connecticut man they allege claimed he brought a bomb on to a Cape Cod-to-Martha's Vineyard ferry. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010493949446/ 10010493949446 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:09:27 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Police were investigating two shootings in Dorchester that sent two people to the hospital. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010492256782/ 10010492256782 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:48:16 EDT AMHERST, Mass. -- The University of Massachusetts at Amherst is seeking to raise $300 million in its most ambitious campaign in the school's 150 years. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010492129641/ 10010492129641 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:46:24 EDT BOSTON -- The angry and grieving mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects insists that her sons are innocent and that she's no terrorist. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010492118450/ 10010492118450 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:15:07 EDT SCITUATE, R.I. -- For the first time, 17-year-old Bobby Hutson of Foster, R.I. met the family of the man who's life he's credited with saving, 86-year-old Edgar Albert of Clayville. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010489410751/ 10010489410751 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:36:16 EDT WESTERLY, R.I. -- A 28-foot-long dead basking shark has washed ashore on a Rhode Island beach. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010489177697/ 10010489177697 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:49:47 EDT BOSTON -- People are returning in big numbers to the shops and restaurants near the site of the Boston Marathon bombing, but reminders of the deadly attack are unavoidable. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010489618752/ 10010489618752 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:19:08 EDT AYER, Mass. -- The Boston Marathon bombing suspect is being held in a small cell with a steel door at a federal medical detention center about 40 miles outside the city, a federal official said Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010488354887/ 10010488354887 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:40:44 EDT WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday that the FBI is investigating in the United States and overseas to determine whether the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing received training that helped them carry out the attack. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010487404445/ 10010487404445 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:38:39 EDT BOSTON -- People across Boston and beyond continue to offer their support following the bombing at the Boston Marathon nearly two weeks ago. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010488471967/ 10010488471967 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:36:20 EDT BOSTON -- Flames tore through a multi-family home on Linden Street Sunday morning, claiming the life of a woman living inside and injuring 15 people, including six firefighters. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010487738050/ 10010487738050 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:12:06 EDT BOSTON -- With every snip of the scissors, another dollar was raised for the victims of the bombing at the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010488672632/ 10010488672632 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:40:30 EDT BOSTON -- Boston hospitals say the number of patients being treated for injuries sustained in the marathon bombing continues to drop, nearly two weeks after the attack that killed three and hurt more than 260. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010487043089/ 10010487043089 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:15:37 EDT BOSTON -- In photos of her as a younger woman, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva wears a low-cut blouse and has her hair teased like a 1980s rock star. After she arrived in the U.S. from Russia in 2002, she went to beauty school and did facials at a suburban day spa. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010488693797/ 10010488693797 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:28:05 EDT WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials say investigators have found no evidence that a conservative Muslim friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev had any connection to the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010488768584/ 10010488768584 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:59:50 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- In Watertown, opening day for little league was also a time for honoring the victims of Boston’s Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010481759077/ 10010481759077 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:34:18 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- A two-alarm fire tore through a home in Brockton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010481245874/ 10010481245874 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:30:37 EDT BOSTON -- It's moving day at Spaulding rehab hospital - they're packing up and heading over to their new facility in the Charlestown navy yard. Among the hundreds of patients being moved, 10 of them are victims from the Boston Marathon bombing http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010480863773/ 10010480863773 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:19:14 EDT BOSTON -- Dangerous flames in Mattapan send three firefighters to the hospital. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010481155421/ 10010481155421 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:30:25 EDT WAREHAM, Mass. -- Massachusetts police say a pedestrian in Wareham was hit by a car and killed. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010480502576/ 10010480502576 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:03:05 EDT BOSTON -- The road to recovery is now ahead for the victims of the bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010479978595/ 10010479978595 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:38:35 EDT WASHINGTON -- Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010479471526/ 10010479471526 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:15:42 EDT PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. -- Forest officials are strongly advising visitors to Mount Washington's Tuckerman Ravine to plan ahead and be prepared for the spring thaw. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010479334219/ 10010479334219 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:20:16 EDT BOSTON -- The 24-year-old man who was carjacked by the bombing suspects spoke about the terrifying moments in the car with them, and how he was able to escape. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010471081676/ 10010471081676 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:39:55 EDT U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal James Crosby grew up in Winthrop. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010471919576/ 10010471919576 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:52:02 EDT BOSTON -- A lawyer for two jailed college friends of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect say they had nothing to do with the deadly attack and had seen no hints he harbored any violent or terrorist sympathies. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010472352236/ 10010472352236 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:10:49 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. --- Investigators removed the boat where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found after a day-long manhunt. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010471024917/ 10010471024917 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:47:08 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- The Savin Hill Little League is paying tribute to 8-year-old Martin Richard who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010472322864/ 10010472322864 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:32:03 EDT BOSTON -- Reputed Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger appeared in federal court at a pretrial hearing before the new judge assigned to his case. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010469712367/ 10010469712367 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:36:32 EDT DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- On Friday, the FBI concluded its search of a landfill near a Massachusetts college where the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was a student. Authorities were searching for Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s laptop in a landfill in Dartmouth on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010470819246/ 10010470819246 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:06:06 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was moved from a hospital to a federal prison medical center while FBI agents shifted the focus of their investigation to how the deadly plot was pulled off and searched for evidence Friday in a landfill near the college he attended. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010470636629/ 10010470636629 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:32:58 EDT PLYMOUTH, Mass. -- The pictures that showed police they had found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were taken from a state police helicopter. The state police air wing crew told their account of the Watertown takedown on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010469357816/ 10010469357816 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:30:42 EDT BOSTON -- Amid the hustle and bustle of Copley Square there is a place of comfort and solace. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010468984225/ 10010468984225 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:27:07 EDT Rascal has lived his life on the streets and staffers at the MSPCA-Nevins Farm in Methuen, Mass. believe he may never have had a bed of his own or a family to love him. Despite this, he is friendly and loveable and enjoys the company of people -- especially those who give him cat nip! This senior cat is shy at first, but after a few soft words he softens up and begins to roll around in hopes you might pet his belly. Staffers believe he’d prefer to be the only cat in the household, and he’ll more than make up for that by doubling the number of head-butts he’ll offer! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010468602734/ 10010468602734 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:53:18 EDT BOSTON -- The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had been added to a federal terrorism database about 18 months before the attack, government officials said Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010469479858/ 10010469479858 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:46:22 EDT BOSTON -- NBC News obtained a copy of a detailed government analysis of how the bombs in the Boston Marathon bombings were made. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010468718238/ 10010468718238 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:45:11 EDT BOSTON -- Even as Jeff Bauman Jr. was being rushed to the hospital in the frantic minutes after the Boston Marathon bombings, he was already providing investigators with their first leads. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010468351181/ 10010468351181 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:48:21 EDT NATICK, Mass. -- A robbery was caught on Camera in Natick. Surveillance video shows a masked man carrying a gun walk into a CVS pharmacy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010468010177/ 10010468010177 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:34:48 EDT AYER, Mass. -- The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect was released from a Boston hospital and transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010466848860/ 10010466848860 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:58:39 EDT BOSTON -- The lawyer for the chemist charged with faking results and tampering with evidence at a state drug testing lab says he has had "cursory" talks about a possible plea. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010467351971/ 10010467351971 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:41:31 EDT BOSTON -- Martin Richard's school is making sure he'll never be forgotten. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010466529159/ 10010466529159 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:32:45 EDT WOBURN, Mass. -- Middlesex County prosecutors say they're building a murder case against the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings for the death of an MIT police officer. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010466116568/ 10010466116568 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:15:28 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Police discovered nearly $150,000 in a car filled with teenagers following a police chase. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010464212856/ 10010464212856 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:37:23 EDT BOSTON -- A mother, who had both her legs amputated below the knee, and her daughter, who nearly died from shrapnel wounds, spoke about the terrifying Boston Marathon bombing and how they are recovering side by side, giving each other strength to survive. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010463624337/ 10010463624337 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:31:59 EDT BOSTON -- Aaron Hern stopped at the growing memorial on Boylston Street for one of his first stops after leaving the hospital Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010462511922/ 10010462511922 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:51:14 EDT SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- MIT Officer Sean Collier who was killed in his patrol car on the school’s campus one week ago was just months away from becoming a Somerville police officer. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010464067434/ 10010464067434 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:37:42 EDT BOSTON -- There were emotional visits to Boylston Street Thursday as runners, strangers and victims paid tribute to the growing memorial. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010462186210/ 10010462186210 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:00:22 EDT Cost of amputating a leg? At least $20,000. Cost of an artificial leg? More than $50,000 for the most high-tech models. Cost of an amputee's rehab? Often tens of thousands of dollars more. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010460882253/ 10010460882253 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:11:31 EDT BOSTON -- Since Marathon Monday more than $20 million has been generated by a fund to help victims of the bombings. A portion of that is coming from the sale of shirts showing support for those affected. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010460589183/ 10010460589183 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:41:10 EDT BOSTON -- A Rhode Island woman who lost part of her leg in the Boston Marathon bombing spoke out from Brigham and Women’s Hospital Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010461847089/ 10010461847089 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:20:50 EDT NEW YORK -- Armed with a pressure-cooker explosive and five pipe bombs, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing made a spur-of-the-moment decision last week to give the Big Apple a taste of their mayhem, New York officials say. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010460645041/ 10010460645041 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:48:38 EDT BOSTON -- Boylston Street is back in business, but many people said it will be awhile before the area is truly back to normal. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010460451842/ 10010460451842 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:25:55 EDT DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Investigators combed through a landfill in Dartmouth on Thursday looking for receipts in connection with the bombings at the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010460315588/ 10010460315588 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:26:10 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island medical examiner's office says a body found in Providence is that of a Brown University student missing since last month. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010449877039/ 10010449877039 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:48:58 EDT BOSTON -- Mornings are the hardest for Adrianne Haslet because the 32-year-old professional ballroom dancer forgets at first that her left foot is gone. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010459733864/ 10010459733864 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:43:54 EDT BOSTON -- Life has yet to truly return to normal in Boston, but people are starting to go back into their normal routines. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010457903479/ 10010457903479 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:52:04 EDT PLYMOUTH, N.H. -- The 22-year-old son of Boston's Police Commissioner has pleaded guilty in a New Hampshire courtroom on a charge of operating under the influence. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010459032450/ 10010459032450 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:17:45 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has not yet said whether she plans a funeral or wants to claim his body. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010459906557/ 10010459906557 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:49:27 EDT LOWELL, Mass. -- A former Lowell police officer has been sentenced to two years in jail for using his badge to extort sexual favors from prostitutes. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010459016759/ 10010459016759 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:33:01 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- In Watertown - the scene of the wild shootout with the bombing suspects and lockdown - a convenience store clerk there says investigators found empty fireworks outside his store. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010458918178/ 10010458918178 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:11:18 EDT EVERETT, Mass. -- Officials in Everett are ready to take the next step in their bid to bring a casino to the city. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010458067892/ 10010458067892 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:35:10 EDT BOSTON -- Sixteen hours after investigators began interrogating him, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings went silent: He'd just been read his constitutional rights. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010457491081/ 10010457491081 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:14:37 EDT BOSTON -- 7News spoke with the off-duty Lynn firefighter who rushed to rescue an injured six-year-old girl whose brother, Martin Richard, was killed in the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010455207793/ 10010455207793 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:26:55 EDT WASHINGTON -- In the years before the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert who steered the religiously apathetic young man toward a strict strain of Islam, family members said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010455281552/ 10010455281552 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:14:03 EDT WASHINGTON -- The federal government added the name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect to a terrorist database 18 months before the deadly explosions, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010454844394/ 10010454844394 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:27:01 EDT WASHINGTON -- New information emerged Wednesday from U.S. officials that the name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had been added to a U.S. government terrorist database long before the explosions. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, more than 4,000 mourners paid tribute to a campus police officer who authorities say was gunned down by the suspects. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010454562192/ 10010454562192 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:34:26 EDT WASHINGTON -- Two U.S. officials say the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings acknowledged his role in the attacks to FBI investigators. But the officials say this occurred before authorities advised him of his constitutional rights, including the right to consult with an attorney and not to incriminate himself. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010454606684/ 10010454606684 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:07:01 EDT CAMRBRIDGE, Mass. -- Police officers from around the nation joined Vice President Joe Biden and the MIT community to say goodbye to MIT police officer Sean Collier Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010453722151/ 10010453722151 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:53:06 EDT WASHINGTON -- Two U.S. officials say the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings was unarmed when police captured him hiding inside a boat in a neighborhood back yard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010454358682/ 10010454358682 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:50:38 EDT BOSTON -- An enduring image from last week’s bombing at the Boston Marathon features Carlos Arredondo in a cowboy hat rushing a victim, Jeff Bauman, to safety after suffering a gruesome injury. The two were reunited a week after the bombings at the Boston Medical Center. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010453623840/ 10010453623840 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:12:52 EDT BOSTON -- Superintendent of Boston Public Schools Carol Johnson says she's resigning this summer. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010453757270/ 10010453757270 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:45:28 EDT WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials say the surviving suspect in last week's attack on the Boston Marathon has told investigators he and his brother were angry about U.S. wars in Muslim countries. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010452872815/ 10010452872815 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:26:10 EDT BOSTON -- It may never be business as usual on Boylston Street, but they’re trying. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010453477050/ 10010453477050 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:18:07 EDT BOSTON -- Jill Biden has visited the finish line memorial for Boston Marathon victims and left behind a pair of sneakers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010452708766/ 10010452708766 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:27:31 EDT WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials say the Boston Marathon explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 260 were triggered by a remote-controlled detonator. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010452405144/ 10010452405144 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:00:26 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced "Boylston Strong" in a press release on Tuesday in an effort to encourage more business in the Back Bay: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010452242680/ 10010452242680 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:41:22 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Slain Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier was remembered Wednesday for his dedication to law enforcement and his love of people as thousands gathered at a campus memorial. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010452128257/ 10010452128257 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:34:32 EDT WASHINGTON -- Two U.S. officials say investigators in the Boston bombings have recovered only one handgun believed to have been used in a gun battle with police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010452087265/ 10010452087265 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:50:27 EDT The lawyers defending Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are dealing with federal budget cuts that will force them to take three unpaid weeks off even as they prepare to defend one of the most complicated criminal cases in the nation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010452902782/ 10010452902782 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:37:11 EDT BOSTON -- The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is still being held by the Massachusetts medical examiner. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010451743130/ 10010451743130 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:07:01 EDT BOSTON -- Boylston Street completely opened to the public on Wednesday for the first time since the Boston Marathon bombing attack. Police barriers came down at 3 a.m. and the Copley MBTA station doors were open when trains hit the tracks. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010442562198/ 10010442562198 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:42:49 EDT METHUEN, Mass. -- Authorities have captured a man they believe may be responsible for a string of Merrimack Valley bank robberies. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010451056992/ 10010451056992 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:39:00 EDT BOSTON -- The suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings killed in a shootout with police received welfare benefits from the state up until last year, when he became ineligible based on family income. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010451034061/ 10010451034061 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:17:40 EDT BOSTON -- Her rescue from the scene of the Boston Marathon bombings quickly became an iconic image of the tragedy: A frightened college student, her legs bloodied, her arms gripping the neck of the burly man carrying her. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010450906057/ 10010450906057 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:50:37 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Thousands of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students, faculty and staff as well as law enforcement officials from across the nation are expected to attend a memorial service for fallen campus police officer Sean Collier. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010449663787/ 10010449663787 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:31:02 EDT NEW YORK -- Some experts in sibling research say the powerful bonds that can develop between brothers may have played a role in the actions of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010448826288/ 10010448826288 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:24:54 EDT BOSTON -- Victims of the Boston Marathon bombing are helping each other heal. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010446989450/ 10010446989450 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:45:17 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- From his third-floor window, as low and close to the window he could get, Andrew Kitzenberg snapped pictures of a gun battle raging between police and the suspected Boston Marathon bombers outside his Watertown home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010446751753/ 10010446751753 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:09:31 EDT BOSTON -- The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday -- including an 8-year-old boy -- as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had embraced a radical, anti-American strain of Islam and was the driving force behind the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010446537123/ 10010446537123 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:02:52 EDT BOSTON -- Victoria McGrath is trying to come to terms with the blast that sent shrapnel into her leg eight days after the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010446137268/ 10010446137268 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:27:55 EDT BOSTON -- The first three policemen to approach the boat where the second suspected Boston marathon bomber was hiding say they backed off after movement inside led them to call for reinforcements. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010445927570/ 10010445927570 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:40:05 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Governor Deval Patrick held a press conference Tuesday to announce the One Fund Boston has raised over $20 million. The follow release was sent out after the press conference: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010444560555/ 10010444560555 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:38:24 EDT BOSTON -- The family of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombing says a private funeral has been held for the boy, 8-year-old Martin Richard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010444190419/ 10010444190419 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:13:18 EDT BOSTON -- 7News has obtained video of investigators speaking with a gas station clerk following a crime spree through Cambridge and Watertown, allegedly involving the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010445479876/ 10010445479876 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:36:42 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino say donations to the One Fund Boston, benefiting victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, have reached $20 million. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010444900268/ 10010444900268 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:45:48 EDT NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Lawyers for the wife of the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect say she is doing everything she can to assist authorities. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010444234877/ 10010444234877 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:45:19 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A mosque where the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects sometimes attended services says one of them had outbursts during two sermons that encouraged Muslims to celebrate American institutions such as the Fourth of July and figures like Martin Luther King Jr. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010444951917/ 10010444951917 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:08:10 EDT CONCORD, N.H. -- The manager of a New Hampshire fireworks store says the older of the two Boston bombing suspects bought two mortar kits at the store in February. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010445089079/ 10010445089079 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:29:02 EDT BOSTON -- Federal officials say the Boston Marathon bombing suspect's medical condition has improved. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010444134219/ 10010444134219 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:29:46 EDT BOSTON -- A day before a memorial service is set to honor the MIT police officer killed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, his siblings remembered a kind and charitable brother who was dedicated to his work. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010443418693/ 10010443418693 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:56:11 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --The following restrictions are in place for a memorial service taking place on MIT's campus in Cambridge for slain officer Sean Collier on Wednesday April 24: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010443577177/ 10010443577177 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:58:34 EDT BOSTON -- Public health officials are now saying that 264 people sought treatment at hospitals for injuries sustained in the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010442871431/ 10010442871431 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:44:12 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- There will be no casino referendum in Springfield on June 25 as originally scheduled, the same day Massachusetts voters will be going to the polls to elect a new U.S. senator. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010442425248/ 10010442425248 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:59:59 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Worcester police are calling the shooting deaths of two people found on the porch of a city home a case of domestic violence. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010440719946/ 10010440719946 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:50:17 EDT STONEHAM, Mass. -- Gray skies and rainy weather reflected a somber mood outside St. Patrick’s Church, where family, friends and colleagues gathered to say goodbye to MIT Officer Sean Collier. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010440661787/ 10010440661787 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:10:39 EDT (CNN) -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died early Friday after a gunfight with police. Investigators are looking into his past for clues about last week's terror attack. Here's a look at some key dates, compiled from CNN's reporting and other media reports. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010438263919/ 10010438263919 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:32:25 EDT FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- A Framingham State College student reunited with the man he helped save after the blast at the Boston Marathon finish line. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010438394586/ 10010438394586 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:29:23 EDT BOSTON -- A professional dancer who lost her left foot in the Boston Marathon bombings vows to dance again. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010436936324/ 10010436936324 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:43:44 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Katherine Russell was a talented artist, a good student who grew up Christian, the daughter of a suburban doctor. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010433422442/ 10010433422442 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:41:42 EDT BOSTON -- Lu Lingzi was passionate about the piano, a daughter who always made her father laugh and a standout statistics student. She was killed by the Boston Marathon blasts two days after acing qualifying exams. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010438090252/ 10010438090252 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:16:42 EDT BOSTON -- The following is a press release from the Cambridge Police Department. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010437220274/ 10010437220274 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:17:40 EDT BOSTON -- The following is a press release from the office of Mayor Thomas Menino. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010437586057/ 10010437586057 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:45:59 EDT BOSTON -- The following is an announcement from Mayor Thomas Menino's office. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010437395986/ 10010437395986 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:44:55 EDT BOSTON -- Hours after one of their own was shot in the line of duty, transit police officers arrested a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010436669524/ 10010436669524 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:17:14 EDT BOSTON -- The name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect was included in a federal government travel-screening database in 2011 after the FBI investigated the man at Russia's request, two law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press on Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010436503452/ 10010436503452 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:12:52 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- The public is getting a glimpse as forensic investigators look inside the boat where the suspect was found. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010433957233/ 10010433957233 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:16:01 EDT BOSTON -- Thousands of leads came into investigators by way of camera phone photos and videos following the bombings at the Boston Marathon, but one photographer found out he captured the suspects in crystal clear high resolution. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010436496196/ 10010436496196 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:48:25 EDT DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth officials told 7News they knew Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was on campus Tuesday and Wednesday after the bombings because they say he swiped his I.D. card at the campus gym and his dormitory building. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010428410573/ 10010428410573 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:53:50 EDT REVERE, Mass. -- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19 year old accused of using a weapon of mass destruction to kill three people and injure nearly 180, was captured on Friday night after hiding out in a boat in a family’s backyard in Watertown. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010436363090/ 10010436363090 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:51:29 EDT BOSTON -- Federal investigators formally released the Boston Marathon finish line bombing crime scene to the city. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010436348990/ 10010436348990 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:29:45 EDT BOSTON -- Elementary school students in Dorchester returned to class Monday, a week after their classmate was killed in the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010433698522/ 10010433698522 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:34:31 EDT WALTHAM, Mass. -- Investigators in a Boston suburb are looking into whether there are links between a suspect in last week's Boston Marathon bombing and an unsolved 2011 slaying. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010435527170/ 10010435527170 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:24:54 EDT BOSTON -- People in Boston and other cities are observing a moment of silence for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings one week after the explosions. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010431869469/ 10010431869469 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:54:55 EDT WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Cambridge, Mass., on Wednesday to attend the memorial service for the MIT police officer killed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010435289560/ 10010435289560 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:38:49 EDT BOSTON -- The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating and charging Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with crimes that could bring the death penalty. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010434832986/ 10010434832986 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:01:39 EDT BOSTON -- Attorney General Martha Coakley sent out a release about resources available to victims of the Boston Marathon attack: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010435329976/ 10010435329976 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:18:53 EDT BOSTON -- The following release was sent out Monday after suspect No. 2 was formally charged in the Boston Marathon bombing: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010435073343/ 10010435073343 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:53:45 EDT BOSTON -- Doctors at Boston Medical Center say many of those injured in the Boston Marathon bombings face a long recovery, both mentally and physically. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010434202561/ 10010434202561 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:31:05 EDT WASHINGTON -- The White House says the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will not be tried as an enemy combatant in a military tribunal. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010434786548/ 10010434786548 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:17:51 EDT BOSTON -- The screams and cries of bloody marathon bombing victims still haunt the nurses who treated them one week ago. They did their jobs as they were trained to do, putting their own fears in a box during their 12-hour shifts so they could better comfort their patients. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010432907189/ 10010432907189 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:57:16 EDT NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The in-laws of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects are selling their Rhode Island home. The North Kingstown home of Warren and Judith Russell was listed for $467,000 Friday on several real estate websites. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010432783621/ 10010432783621 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:47:20 EDT BOSTON -- Doctors at Boston Medical Center say many of those injured in the Boston Marathon bombings face a long recovery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010432724094/ 10010432724094 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:53:47 EDT BOSTON -- The Boylston Street Boston Marathon memorial is going to be moved over to the park at Copley Square. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010432402737/ 10010432402737 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:21:14 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Students in Dorchester return to class Monday but one desk will be empty. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010432207442/ 10010432207442 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:32:17 EDT BOSTON -- Despite a serious throat wound preventing him from speaking, the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect is beginning to respond to questions from investigators, federal officials tell NBC News. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010431913781/ 10010431913781 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:54:43 EDT WASHINGTON -- Investigators believe the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing were likely planning other attacks based on the cache of weapons uncovered, the city's police commissioner said Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010427368317/ 10010427368317 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:14:49 EDT MEDFORD, Mass. -- Mourners lined up outside a Medford church Monday for the funeral of Krystle Campbell, the 29-year-old woman killed in the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010428568952/ 10010428568952 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:22:29 EDT WILMINGTON, Mass. -- A vigil has been held in Massachusetts for an MIT police officer authorities say was shot and killed by the alleged Boston Marathon bombers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010427894926/ 10010427894926 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:40:34 EDT BOSTON -- The city moved ahead Sunday with plans to slowly reopen the six-block area surrounding the Boston Marathon finish line that has been cordoned off as a crime scene since twin bombs killed three people and wounded more than 180 others. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010427283461/ 10010427283461 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:20:27 EDT BOSTON -- A public memorial for MIT police officer Sean Collier who was ambushed by the marathon bombing suspects will be held at noon on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010429682756/ 10010429682756 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:02:19 EDT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has a range of legal options in the Boston Marathon bombings, and they could include seeking the death penalty against the 19-year-old suspect in the case. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010429213915/ 10010429213915 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:39:14 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Doctors say the Boston transit police officer wounded in a shootout with the marathon bombing suspects had lost nearly all his blood and his heart had stopped from a single gunshot wound that severed three major blood vessels in his right thigh. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010408195497/ 10010408195497 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:38:58 EDT The woman wearing bib No. 19,255 was a flute instructor from Utah, listening to her son singing through her headphones as if the sound of his voice could somehow will her body the last few yards to the finish line. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010421153886/ 10010421153886 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:20:16 EDT BOSTON -- Four glowing white pillar candles illuminated photographs of the people killed in bombing-connected violence in the Boston area last week as the city sought comfort in religious services on the first Sunday after the blasts plunged the community into days of chaos. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010428241634/ 10010428241634 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:02:47 EDT BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick is asking Massachusetts residents to observe a moment of silence Monday, beginning at the time the first of two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010427416778/ 10010427416778 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:30:01 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- New video shows the moment the Boston Marathon bombing suspect was captured in Watertown. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010420740130/ 10010420740130 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:25:01 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Hundreds of rounds were exchanged in a deadly gun battle, a suspected terrorist's body was dragged under a stolen SUV and a bomb blast rattled residents. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010421070138/ 10010421070138 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:11:07 EDT BOSTON -- On Sunday in Boston, Faneuil Hall was filled with music, Newbury Street lined with shoppers and Boston Common, only two days ago deserted, was full of children. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010429626729/ 10010429626729 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:57:30 EDT NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Two foreign nationals have been arrested on immigration violations in the Massachusetts town where police say the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect may have once lived. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010420185087/ 10010420185087 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:38:23 EDT BOSTON (AP) — Tamerlan Tsarnaev ranted at a neighbor about Islam and the United States. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, relished debating people on religion, "then crushing their beliefs with facts." http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010420070377/ 10010420070377 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:57:00 EDT BOSTON -- A doctor involved in treating the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died in a gunbattle with police says he had injuries head to toe and all limbs intact when he arrived at the hospital. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010419462073/ 10010419462073 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:10:05 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Police stood at attention on Albany Street from East Canton Street to the Expressway in a tribute to MIT Officer Sean Collier. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010419180595/ 10010419180595 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:49:43 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized in serious condition under heavy guard Saturday as people around the city breathed easier and investigators tried to piece together the who and why of the deadly plot. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010418698375/ 10010418698375 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:06:05 EDT Share your #BostonPride photos with 7News! Tweet us @7News using #BostonStrongPhotos or email them to senditto7@whdh.com. We'll feature some on-air and here on our website WHDH.COM ! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010418076543/ 10010418076543 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:43:09 EDT MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. -- An uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he had a falling-out with one of his nephews because of the man's increased commitment to Islam. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010417578995/ 10010417578995 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:35:01 EDT WASHINGTON -- A foreign government told the FBI in early 2011 about information that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, was a follower of radical Islam. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010417530183/ 10010417530183 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:49:35 EDT DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth remains closed as law enforcement officials continue their investigation into a student suspected as the Boston Marathon bomber. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010417617557/ 10010417617557 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:31:06 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- A 19-year-old Massachusetts college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombing was captured hiding in a boat parked in a backyard Friday night and his older brother lay dead in a furious 24-hour drama that transfixed the nation and paralyzed the Boston area. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010412466619/ 10010412466619 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:10:43 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- People who knew the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, Watertown shootout, the shooting of an MBTA officer and the killing of an MIT officer are speaking out. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010412344358/ 10010412344358 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:17:54 EDT BOSTON -- A young college police officer beloved by his colleagues has been identified by authorities as the latest casualty of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010410227416/ 10010410227416 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:01:17 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Suspect No. 2 hid out in a boat in the backyard of a home on Franklin Street in Watertown before being taken into custody on Friday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010412287746/ 10010412287746 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:59:16 EDT BOSTON - They gathered in silence on Boylston Street, just three blocks away from the chaos and carnage caused by twin bombings four days earlier. Some were crying. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010412275616/ 10010412275616 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:52:27 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010411514792/ 10010411514792 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:19:02 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- After suspect No. 2 was apprehended in Watertown, law enforcement officers could be seen congratulating each other in the streets. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010412394293/ 10010412394293 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:51:18 EDT 7's Janet Wu speaks with suspects' neighbor who lived right across the street. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010410427815/ 10010410427815 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:22:10 EDT NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Police say three people have been taken into custody for questioning at a housing complex where the younger marathon bombing suspect may have lived. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010411693034/ 10010411693034 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:42:56 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Massachusetts State Police say the at-large Boston Marathon bombing suspect fled on foot and may not have a car. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010410737654/ 10010410737654 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:32:40 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says mass transit service is resuming in Boston even though one Boston Marathon bombing suspect is still on the lam. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010410676092/ 10010410676092 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:10:46 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Police say the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings exchanged gunfire with law enforcement for an hour while holed up in a boat before being captured. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010410544691/ 10010410544691 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:59:05 EDT 7News’ Adam Williams reacts to the dramatic moments when he was amid a shooting in Watertown. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010410114512/ 10010410114512 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:29:28 EDT BOSTON — Tamerlan Tsarnaev was an amateur boxer who had hoped to fight on the U.S. Olympic team, a man who said he had no American friends. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrestled at a prestigious high school, won a scholarship from his city and went on to university. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010409936899/ 10010409936899 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:04:55 EDT BOSTON -- The Red Sox and the Bruins both scrapped their games. The famous Bull Market at Faneuil Hall was closed, and there were more pigeons than tourists on City Hall Plaza. Even the Starbucks at Government Center was shuttered. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010409789572/ 10010409789572 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:04:12 EDT TORONTO -- An aunt of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Friday the older brother recently became a devout Muslim who prayed five times a day, and she doesn't believe the brothers could have been involved in Monday's attack. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010409065245/ 10010409065245 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:46:54 EDT BOSTON -- Shelter in place remains for affected area, but it does not prevent employees from returning home. People who went to work this morning not expected to remain there. Workers encouraged to return home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010408961452/ 10010408961452 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:45:29 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- With Boston virtually paralyzed, thousands of officers with rifles and armored vehicles swarmed the streets in and around the city on Friday, hunting for a 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombing after his older brother and alleged accomplice was killed in a furious getaway attempt overnight. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010408952971/ 10010408952971 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:15:03 EDT WASHINGTON -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev traveled to Russia last year and returned to the U.S. six months later, government officials told The Associated Press. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010408770383/ 10010408770383 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:07:57 EDT NEW YORK -- Mass transportation to and from the Boston area was virtually shut down Friday as police conduct a massive manhunt for one of two suspects in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. The exception is air travel, as planes continued to take off and land at Logan International Airport. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010408367794/ 10010408367794 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:45:32 EDT MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. -- The uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects urged one of his nephews to turn himself in Friday, saying he had brought shame to the family and the entire Chechen ethnicity. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010408233244/ 10010408233244 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:02:16 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Massachusetts State Police say a pair of brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings spent the night in a Honda CRV and used it to carjack a Mercedes SUV. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010408333679/ 10010408333679 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:53:55 EDT DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth this week after the explosions killed three people and wounded more than 180 others, his classmates told The Associated Press on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010407923579/ 10010407923579 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:02:47 EDT NORWALK, Conn. -- Authorities in Connecticut say they searched trains in Norwalk and Darien for one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects but didn't find anything. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010408336742/ 10010408336742 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:58:13 EDT Video of FBI removing woman and child from suspects' home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010407589318/ 10010407589318 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:47:41 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Gunfire exploded on the street as police and the suspect exchanged gunfire. During the gunfight, neighbors woke up and heard gunshots and saw bullets flying into their homes. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010407886158/ 10010407886158 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:49:29 EDT MAKHACHKALA, Russia -- The father of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing described his fugitive son as a smart and accomplished "angel" in an anguished interview in which he claimed they were set up. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010407536985/ 10010407536985 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:19:33 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- State police say officers are going door-to-door, but the Boston Marathon suspect is still on the loose. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010406997354/ 10010406997354 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:32:52 EDT BOSTON -- Key moments related to the search for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, based on reports from the Massachusetts governor, the Middlesex County district attorney, Massachusetts State Police and Boston police: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010406717222/ 10010406717222 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:53:27 EDT AP: Surviving Boston bomb suspect identified as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Mass. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010406480755/ 10010406480755 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:27:24 EDT 7's Adam Williams amid Watertown shooting. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010405964499/ 10010405964499 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:07:21 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer, injured a transit officer in a firefight and threw explosive devices at police during their getaway attempt in a long night of violence that left one of them dead and another still at large Friday, authorities said as the manhunt intensified for a young man described as a dangerous terrorist. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010406204192/ 10010406204192 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:33:47 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, Massachusetts State Police and Gov. Deval Patrick updated the media with a brief news conference at 8 a.m. on Friday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010405642788/ 10010405642788 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:07:24 EDT CAMBRIDGE -- Police are investigating a fatal shooting of MIT campus police officer by two men who then committed an armed carjacking in Cambridge, Middlesex Acting District Attorney Michael Pelgro, Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas, and MIT Police Chief John DiFava announced this evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010405484473/ 10010405484473 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:50:59 EDT The FBI has released new images of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010405025945/ 10010405025945 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:12:50 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Police are locking down some neighborhoods in Boston and its western suburbs as they search for the remaining suspect in the marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010403717086/ 10010403717086 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:15:03 EDT BOSTON -- First Lady Michelle Obama went to Children’s Hospital Thursday to visit two young victims from Monday’s blast. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010403010347/ 10010403010347 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:02:28 EDT BOSTON -- The FBI released photos and video Thursday of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and asked for the public's help in identifying them, zeroing in on the two men on surveillance-camera footage less than three days after the deadly attack. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010402214850/ 10010402214850 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:35:39 EDT Marathon Bombing Suspect Photos http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010401693981/ 10010401693981 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:16:36 EDT BOSTON -- Anger. Crying jags. Nightmares. They're all normal reactions for survivors of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, and witnesses to the mayhem. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010402299698/ 10010402299698 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:07:20 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- The neighbors of 8-year-old Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard said they are glad the FBI released pictures and video of two suspects Thursday, but are still worried for their safety. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010403684030/ 10010403684030 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:53:19 EDT BOSTON -- As 85-year-old Mary O'Kane strained at the bell ropes in the steeple of historic Arlington Street Church, she imagined the sounds spreading a healing across her city -- and the land. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010402879970/ 10010402879970 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:50:03 EDT BOSTON -- Adam Anzaroo had police called on him Thursday, just minutes after the FBI released video and pictures of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010403220330/ 10010403220330 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:58:24 EDT BOSTON -- 7News spoke with criminal profiler Pat Brown after the FBI released a video and photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010402190459/ 10010402190459 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:37:08 EDT Marathon Bombing Suspect Video http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010401702821/ 10010401702821 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:27:30 EDT BOSTON -- Plucking a couple of faces in baseball caps out of a swarming crowd, the FBI zeroed in on two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and shared surveillance-camera images of them with the world Thursday in hopes the public will help hunt them down. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010401645053/ 10010401645053 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:52:32 EDT BOSTON -- Crowds lined sidewalks around a Boston cathedral Thursday, looking for comfort and to lend support as an interfaith service that included remarks by President Barack Obama paid tribute to marathon bombing victims. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010401435232/ 10010401435232 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:50:38 EDT BOSTON -- President Barack Obama visited victims of the Boston Marathon bombing at Massachusetts General Hospital on Thursday after attending an interfaith service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston’s South End. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010401423852/ 10010401423852 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:38:14 EDT BOSTON -- President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were in Boston Thursday for an interfaith service honoring the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010401349419/ 10010401349419 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:29:23 EDT BOSTON -- The FBI and other law enforcement officials are planning a news briefing Thursday afternoon on the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010400936399/ 10010400936399 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:15:02 EDT BOSTON -- President Barack Obama sought to inspire a stricken city and comfort an unnerved nation Thursday, declaring that Boston "will run again" and vowing to hunt down the perpetrator of the twin blasts that brought mayhem and death to the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010400850293/ 10010400850293 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:43:48 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick spoke of the bombings at the Boston Marathon in an interfaith service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010401022861/ 10010401022861 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:08:35 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino praised the response of his city during the bombings at the Boston Marathon in an interfaith service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010400811578/ 10010400811578 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:22:45 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley spoke of the bombings at the Boston Marathon in an interfaith service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010400896555/ 10010400896555 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:38:50 EDT BOSTON -- The number of critically injured victims from Monday's bombings at the Boston Marathon continues to shrink. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010400993028/ 10010400993028 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:17:47 EDT BOSTON -- Boston radio stations are planning to go silent for one minute next Monday to honor the victims and heroes of the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010399426753/ 10010399426753 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:55:29 EDT SHENYANG, China -- The Chinese student killed in the Boston Marathon blasts grew up in an intellectual family in a northeastern Chinese city with gritty, industrial roots, and graduated from a highly competitive high school that routinely sends students abroad. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010399292947/ 10010399292947 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:50:52 EDT BOSTON -- One of the youngest victims of the Boston Marathon bombings is improving and no longer in critical condition. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010399265295/ 10010399265295 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:46:29 EDT WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the FBI wants to speak with individuals seen in at least one video from the Boston Marathon, but she says she isn't calling them suspects. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010399238964/ 10010399238964 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:02:40 EDT BOSTON -- There's a heavy police presence around Boston's main Roman Catholic cathedral as residents lined up to mourn the victims of the marathon bombing at an interfaith service that will be attended by President Barack Obama. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010398976061/ 10010398976061 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:15:11 EDT BOSTON -- There has been an outpouring of support to help people around the world. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010398691131/ 10010398691131 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:10:09 EDT MEDFORD, Mass. -- Hundreds of people attended a vigil for a 29-year-old victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in her hometown of Medford. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010398660946/ 10010398660946 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:52:59 EDT WAREHAM, Mass. -- Police say the 3-year-old autistic girl who was found unresponsive in a Wareham pond earlier this week has died. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010398557983/ 10010398557983 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:46:31 EDT BOSTON -- Dr. David King has his own remarkable story - not only has he been saving lives at Massachusetts General Hospital - he was at the marathon finish line shortly before the bombs went off. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010397799144/ 10010397799144 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:45:29 EDT BOSTON (AP) — Kevin White had just left a restaurant with his parents when the first of two bombs that hit the Boston Marathon exploded about 10 feet away. The force of the blast, he said Wednesday, was so strong that it slammed them to the ground, breaking some of his mother's bones and tearing his father's right foot so badly surgeons had to amputate it. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010397072998/ 10010397072998 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:28:21 EDT BOSTON -- Using futuristic photo-analysis tools, federal agents on the Boston Marathon case pressed the search Thursday for one or more potential suspects seen on video and considered releasing the images to enlist the public's help in hunting down the bombers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010396970155/ 10010396970155 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:15:28 EDT LOWELL, Mass. -- An 18-year-old from Lowell, who had already cheated death once before, was severely injured in the Boston Marathon blasts Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010394732844/ 10010394732844 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:29:25 EDT BOSTON -- Virtually overnight, a peace activist with a colorful past has turned into a living reminder of both the horror and bravery witnessed in the double bombing at the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010394456569/ 10010394456569 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:41:26 EDT BOSTON -- A Framingham State College student, who had crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon right before the blasts, ran to help injured victims. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010395248622/ 10010395248622 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:21:46 EDT BOSTON -- Steve Byrne has a BB imbedded in his neck, but knows he's lucky to be alive after the Boston Marathon bombing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010395130675/ 10010395130675 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:39:58 EDT BOSTON -- The press conference at 8 p.m. Wednesday regarding the update of the Boston Marathon explosions has been canceled. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010393079832/ 10010393079832 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:05:22 EDT BOSTON -- They were married in Boston in August, a seemingly unlikely match who fell in love and shared a passion for running. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010393592215/ 10010393592215 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:12:33 EDT BOSTON -- Pet owners needing access to pets inside the Boston Marathon explosions crime scene perimeter should call the Mayor’s Hotline at 617-635-4500. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010393275392/ 10010393275392 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:35:22 EDT Of all the traits that make dogs special, here’s one of the best: They don’t judge you when you cry. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010394132256/ 10010394132256 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:10:47 EDT BOSTON -- An 11-year-old California boy and a 9-year-old girl remain in critical condition at Boston Children's Hospital, two days after twin bombings at the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured more than 170. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010392904738/ 10010392904738 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:18:53 EDT BOSTON -- Brigham and Women’s Hospital has treated a total of 35 patients related to Monday’s explosions, a hospital spokesperson said Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010392953369/ 10010392953369 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:05:15 EDT The twin bombs at the Boston Marathon killed Lu Lingzi, a 23-year-old Boston University student from China; 8-year-old spectator Martin Richard; and 29-year-old spectator Krystle Campbell. But it also injured more than 170 people: runners, couples, spectators, children. Some are in grave condition; some lost limbs or senses; all their lives will be forever touched by the bombings. Here are some of their stories. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010388911538/ 10010388911538 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:22:02 EDT BOSTON -- Workers are returning to a Boston federal courthouse that had been evacuated because of a bomb threat amid reports of a breakthrough in the marathon bombings investigation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010392252294/ 10010392252294 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:20:59 EDT BOSTON -- In what could be major break in the Boston Marathon case, investigators are on the hunt for a man seen in a department store surveillance video dropping off a bag at the site of the bombings, a local politician said Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010391525943/ 10010391525943 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:56:37 EDT BOSTON -- A bomber may have been seen amid the Boston Marathon revelers carrying an unusually heavy nylon bag, weighed down with shrapnel-packed explosives, the FBI has suggested. Or perhaps someone heard something beforehand as a culprit tested explosives or expressed an interest in attacking the race. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010381659791/ 10010381659791 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:12:10 EDT Here's a look at some of the evidence recovered after the bombings at the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010391113026/ 10010391113026 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:10:26 EDT BOSTON -- Laura Nowacki rushed to help the shooting victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut earlier this year. As a first responder, the pediatrician was stunned at the horror she encountered. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010390742614/ 10010390742614 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:13:31 EDT FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Massachusetts State Police have responded in force since two explosions killed three and injured more than 170 at the Boston Marathon's finish line. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010390761140/ 10010390761140 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:03:04 EDT BOSTON -- The FBI is getting a lot of tips from people who were near the bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010390698467/ 10010390698467 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:38:50 EDT VERNON, Conn. -- The former trial attorney for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel is due back on the witness stand in Skakel's latest appeal of his 2002 murder conviction. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010390553046/ 10010390553046 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:58:19 EDT BOSTON -- Authorities investigating the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon have recovered a piece of circuit board that they believe was part of one of the explosive devices, and also found the lid of a pressure cooker that apparently was catapulted onto the roof of a nearby building, an official said Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010390309944/ 10010390309944 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:53:26 EDT FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Police with bomb-sniffing dogs have swept a Boston-bound commuter rail train after a man was overheard making what were interpreted by some as threatening remarks. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010390280693/ 10010390280693 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:48:33 EDT BOSTON -- The trauma surgery chief at Boston Medical Center says a 5-year-old is among the 19 patients still being treated there for injures received during the marathon bombings and that all are expected to survive. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010390251398/ 10010390251398 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:25:51 EDT BOSTON -- The father of one of the three people who died in the Boston Marathon bombings was at first told that his daughter had survived, but was in surgery and could lose a leg. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010389755190/ 10010389755190 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:44:43 EDT BOSTON -- The family of two sisters who suffered serious leg injuries in the Boston Marathon bombing say both women face long recoveries. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010389508391/ 10010389508391 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:36:17 EDT BOSTON -- For the doctors, cops and other emergency personnel who responded to the Boston marathon bombings Monday, it was nothing less than a war zone, disaster experts say. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010389457753/ 10010389457753 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:21:12 EDT DURHAM, N.H. -- More than 1,000 University of New Hampshire students held a candlelight vigil for those killed and injured at the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010389367283/ 10010389367283 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:37:28 EDT BEIJING -- She was a food fan, eager for culinary discoveries. In her last microblog update the morning before the Boston Marathon blasts, the Chinese graduate student identified as the attack's third victim posted a photo of ciabatta-like bread chunks and fruit. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010388384899/ 10010388384899 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:23:34 EDT BOSTON -- Carlos Arredondo, who ran to help a 27-year-old man who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon blasts, spoke out. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010386861419/ 10010386861419 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:06:02 EDT WASHINGTON -- An intelligence bulletin issued to law enforcement includes a picture of a mangled pressure cooker and a torn black bag that the FBI says were part of a bomb that exploded during the Boston marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010385676257/ 10010385676257 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:43:00 EDT BOSTON -- Hundreds of people gathered for a vigil on the Boston Common sang songs and lit candles one day after the bombing attack on the city's marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010386618083/ 10010386618083 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:46:57 EDT BOSTON -- Emergency responders rushed to the scene just after the bombs went off Monday. Now those groups are banding together to lend a helping hand to the victims http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010385561711/ 10010385561711 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:18:29 EDT Two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday killed three people and wounded scores. A look at the facts in the case: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010385030950/ 10010385030950 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:15:44 EDT WASHINGTON -- The Boston Marathon was still in progress on a bright Monday afternoon, but for Boston city police officers using the department's radio scanner channel, the day was winding down. At 2:51 p.m., an unidentified police dispatcher told several units that they could head out from the day's assignments. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010385014473/ 10010385014473 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:10:36 EDT BOSTON -- Third-grader Martin Richard had just gotten ice cream and was near the Boston Marathon finish line, eagerly watching for friends to run by. Krystle Campbell was enjoying the race with her best friend, hoping to get a photo of the other woman's boyfriend after he conquered the last mile. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010384983615/ 10010384983615 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:58:46 EDT BOSTON -- After the blasts at the finish line of the Boston Marathon people from everywhere jumped in to help. Some Cambridge firefighters were among them. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010384912626/ 10010384912626 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:45:08 EDT MEDFORD, Mass. -- The second victim of three victims was identified in the Boston Marathon bombings. Krystle Campbell, 29, of Medford was at the marathon watching her friend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010384470810/ 10010384470810 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:49:32 EDT BOSTON -- Boston University says a graduate student at the school was one of the three people killed in the bombings at the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010384497260/ 10010384497260 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:30:56 EDT There wasn't an instant of doubt about "When?" and "Where?" But a day after the Boston Marathon bombings, "Who?" and "Why?" remained frustrating questions with no clear answers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010384745644/ 10010384745644 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:26:25 EDT BOSTON -- Riders on the MBTA are being subject to enhanced security, including random bag searches, in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon explosions. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010383998553/ 10010383998553 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:40:08 EDT BOSTON -- Photos sent to 7News by a viewer show the scene just before and right after the bombs went off on Boylston Street. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010384080855/ 10010384080855 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:45:35 EDT BOSTON -- A husband and wife speak out after being caught in Monday’s explosion. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010383393584/ 10010383393584 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:35:45 EDT BOSTON -- The second victim of three victims was identified in the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010383334547/ 10010383334547 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:34:15 EDT BOSTON -- The father of a man injured in the Boston Marathon bombing says his son had both legs amputated. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382965527/ 10010382965527 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:53:43 EDT BOSTON -- According to an official at Tufts Medical Center, a female patient is looking for a Sgt. Tyler who picked her up and carried her to safety. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010383082347/ 10010383082347 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:06:27 EDT Here is a statement from Martin's father, Bill Richard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382798711/ 10010382798711 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:28:18 EDT BOSTON -- Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out -- with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel -- but said they still didn't know who did it and why. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382569877/ 10010382569877 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:23:20 EDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A University of New Mexico School of Medicine resident intern jumped to help victims of the Boston Marathon explosions just minutes after she completed the race as a runner. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382900020/ 10010382900020 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:48:12 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has ordered all U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382689264/ 10010382689264 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:25:08 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Marathon organizers vowed to continue the race next year, calling the world's oldest and most prestigious annual marathon "a deeply held tradition (and) an integral part of the fabric and history of our community." http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382550866/ 10010382550866 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:14:57 EDT Here is a look at those killed in the Boston Marathon bombings: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382849789/ 10010382849789 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:16:22 EDT Here's a look at various places around the world showing support for the city of Boston after the bombings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382858252/ 10010382858252 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:13:57 EDT BOSTON -- Boston's Logan Airport has heightened security the day after two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382483718/ 10010382483718 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:08:42 EDT BOSTON -- A day after the Boston Marathon explosions, newspapers depicted the tragedy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382452247/ 10010382452247 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:52:27 EDT BOSTON -- There was concern over a bag on a plane at Logan Airport on Tuesday, a day after explosions at the Boston Marathon that killed three and injured over 140 people. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382354792/ 10010382354792 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:14:28 EDT BOSTON -- A day after the Boston Marathon bombings the streets around the finish line were vacant. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382486856/ 10010382486856 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:32:22 EDT REVERE, Mass. -- FBI agents searched a suburban Boston apartment overnight and appealed to the public for amateur video and photos that might yield clues to who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing, while a doctor treating the wounded said one of the victims was maimed by what looked like ball bearings or BBs. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382234221/ 10010382234221 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:08:22 EDT A dark-haired little girl arrived with singed eyebrows, nails sticking out of her and a badly damaged leg. A little boy also was full of metal fragments, one of his legs bound by a tourniquet that saved his life. A day later, the injuries from the Boston Marathon explosions are now more of a threat to limbs than to lives, doctors and hospitals report. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382090232/ 10010382090232 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:39:59 EDT Two deadly bomb blasts, seconds apart, turned the 117th Boston Marathon – the nation’s premier event for elite and recreational runners – into a tragedy on Monday. Here is a timeline of how the day’s events unfolded: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010382279959/ 10010382279959 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:46:12 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says no unexploded bombs were found at the Boston Marathon. He says the only explosives were the ones that went off Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010381957229/ 10010381957229 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:30:22 EDT CANTON, Mass. -- A suspicious device was found in a vehicle in Canton according to Canton Police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010381862295/ 10010381862295 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:53:56 EDT BOSTON -- The Yannis were standing outside the Marathon Sports store about 10 feet from the finish line, cheering on friends who were running the race. Both were injured when the two bombs detonated near the finish line: Lee-Ann had emergency surgery for an open fibular fracture after shrapnel ripped through her shin, and is waiting for a skin graft, while Nick sustained a pierced ear drum. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010381643664/ 10010381643664 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:45:14 EDT BOSTON -- Former Boston Police Commissioner Bill Bratton spoke on the Today Show Tuesday morning to discuss the security efforts before and after the explosions. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010381591476/ 10010381591476 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:15:06 EDT BOSTON -- The boy who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings was remembered by neighbors Tuesday as a vivacious 8-year-old who loved to run and climb. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010381410617/ 10010381410617 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:52:47 EDT BOSTON -- Rescue crews were quick into action Monday. Medical staff, police, first responders all on hand to help the injured, even just civilians. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010380916722/ 10010380916722 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:13:45 EDT BOSTON -- FBI agents searched a suburban Boston apartment overnight and appealed to the public for amateur video and photos that might yield clues to who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing, while a doctor treating the wounded said one of the victims was maimed by what looked like ball bearings or BBs. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010381042595/ 10010381042595 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:14:56 EDT BOSTON -- Many of the dozens of people injured in Boston Marathon bombing were brought to Boston area hospitals in critical condition. Spread out through eight hospitals, most suffered injuries to their lower extremities. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010380689687/ 10010380689687 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:59:48 EDT BOSTON -- As law enforcement continues to update the public with the latest developments related to the deadly blasts that took place at the finish line at the Boston marathon, many are wondering what they can do to help. Here's what you can do. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010380598864/ 10010380598864 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:58:26 EDT BOSTON -- The City of Boston opened Park Plaza Castle as a resource and information center. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010380230626/ 10010380230626 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:14:36 EDT BOSTON -- A massive area of the Back Bay will be shut off Tuesday and likely for the next several days so that police can protect the crime scene. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010379967695/ 10010379967695 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:12:05 EDT BOSTON -- Soldiers who had recently returned from battle overseas weren’t far from the blast near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010377792588/ 10010377792588 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:44:18 EDT BOSTON -- Monday night, 23 patients wounded from the explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line were being treated at Boston Medical Center. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010377985867/ 10010377985867 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:29:13 EDT BOSTON -- Streets were silent Monday night…a night usually filled with people celebrating the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010377895331/ 10010377895331 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:03:40 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- An 8-year-old boy from Dorchester was killed in the blast at the Boston Marathon. His mother and sister were also critically injured. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376302065/ 10010376302065 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:25:43 EDT BOSTON -- 7News’ Steve Cooper ran the Boston Marathon and was stopped before the finish line -- but his wife, a critical care nurse, was very close to where the bombs went off. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010377874385/ 10010377874385 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:52:09 EDT WASHINGTON -- The FBI is taking charge in the criminal investigation of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010377312934/ 10010377312934 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:24:09 EDT BOSTON -- The following is a press release from Mayor Thomas Menino's office. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010377504926/ 10010377504926 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:35:21 EDT BOSTON -- Bruce Mendelsohn was attending a post-race party in an office building just above the Boston Marathon finish line when an explosion knocked him to the floor. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010377212163/ 10010377212163 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:50:03 EDT EVERETT, Wash. -- A 78-year-old Washington state man running his third Boston Marathon was near the finish line when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts and caught in a news photograph that quickly went viral. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376940318/ 10010376940318 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:27:58 EDT BOSTON -- The FBI has released photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings and is asking for the public's help in identifying them. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376807864/ 10010376807864 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:26:50 EDT Boston Marathon Explosion Photo Gallery http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376801096/ 10010376801096 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:41:14 EDT BOSTON -- Investigators have warned police to be on the lookout for a "darker-skinned or black male" with a possible foreign accent in connection with Monday's bombings at the Boston Marathon, according to a law enforcement advisory obtained by CNN. The man was seen with a black backpack and sweatshirt and was trying to get into a restricted area about five minutes before the first explosion, the lookout notice states. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376887472/ 10010376887472 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:19:27 EDT WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service says Boston-area taxpayers need time to finish their tax returns without worry. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376756727/ 10010376756727 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:03:50 EDT BOSTON -- Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 130 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010375943045/ 10010375943045 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:36:15 EDT BOSTON -- The perimeter of the Boston Marathon bombing crime scene has been updated, as of 3 p.m. Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376497593/ 10010376497593 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:09:51 EDT BOSTON -- Far-flung family members, co-workers and friends frantically used social media, cellphones and even a "people finder" website Monday to try to learn the fate of participants and spectators at the Boston Marathon, where three people were killed and dozens injured after a pair of bombs exploded near the finish line of one of the world's great races. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010375979191/ 10010375979191 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:56:24 EDT BOSTON -- Boston University says on its website that one of its students has been injured in the explosions at the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376618479/ 10010376618479 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:18:13 EDT BOSTON -- Two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line Monday about three hours after Lelisa Desisa and Rita Jeptoo crossed it to win the race. At least three people were killed and scores more injured, some seriously. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12010375090265/ 12010375090265 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:21:36 EDT BOSTON -- Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley released a statement on Monday's explosions are the Boston Marathon finish line. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376409648/ 10010376409648 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:14:44 EDT BOSTON -- Boston hospitals that were prepared Monday to treat injuries from a rigorous road race instead mobilized disaster plans to treat the dozens seriously injured in the explosions that killed three people at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376368485/ 10010376368485 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:07:24 EDT BOSTON -- Governor Deval Patrick released a statement on the explosions that occurred at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010375964472/ 10010375964472 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:07:59 EDT WASHINGTON -- Cellphone companies say service is operating in the Boston area, but with heavy traffic following of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010375967992/ 10010375967992 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:16:32 EDT BOSTON (WHDH) -- Two bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 50 others in a terrifying scene of shattered glass, billowing smoke, bloodstained pavement and severed limbs, authorities said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376019242/ 10010376019242 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:08:08 EDT AUGUSTA, Maine -- Gov. Paul LePage says Maine Emergency Management Agency staff is on standby in case they are called to help in the aftermath of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010375968880/ 10010375968880 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:12:02 EDT Current world events are very unsettling. The war, economic difficulties, and the nation's heightened state of alert can cause justifiable anxiety. The uncertainty of terrorist warnings can be especially unnerving. Children may be confused or fearful that they or their loved ones are at risk. Adults need to help children feel safe, even if they themselves feel vulnerable. Parents and teachers can help children understand what is happening factually, how events do or do not impact their lives, and how to cope with their reactions. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010376352254/ 10010376352254 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:58:17 EDT FITCHBURG, Mass. -- Police say a 16-year-old boy has been hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself in the abdomen at a Fitchburg home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010372669745/ 10010372669745 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:53:33 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Massachusetts officials are sending evidence in the unsolved killing of teenager Molly Bish to a private lab in Texas for analysis. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010372641351/ 10010372641351 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:44:53 EDT DURHAM, N.H. -- University of New Hampshire students are making a point about the debt they expect to carry after graduation with a sculpture made out of 32,320 pencils. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010372589348/ 10010372589348 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:24:36 EDT MILTON, Mass. -- The Norfolk County District Attorney said the victim was stabbed at about 10 p.m. Sunday right in his quiet Milton neighborhood. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010371387676/ 10010371387676 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:03:16 EDT DRACUT, Mass. -- Police were looking for the man who robbed the TD Bank in Dracut. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010371619627/ 10010371619627 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:29:02 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- A woman is recovering from a stabbing in Brockton, and a child might be responsible for saving her life. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010371414291/ 10010371414291 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:39:09 EDT AUGUSTA, Maine -- The man who spent nearly three decades in the woods of Maine before his high-profile arrest earlier this month has attracted a marriage proposal and a stranger's offer to bail him out, prompting authorities to dramatically increase his bail Sunday amid fears he could be exploited by unscrupulous characters. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010371114965/ 10010371114965 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:52:55 EDT SOUTH DEERFIELD, Mass. -- A University of Massachusetts student fell off a cliff at Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation in Deerfield on Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010366877584/ 10010366877584 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:42:33 EDT NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Some North Kingstown residents are having an unwelcome visitor prowl their backyards. A bear has been spotted along West Allenton Road in recent weeks. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010368975328/ 10010368975328 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:50:55 EDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police say they've got the $3,200 engagement ring a New Hampshire allegedly swallowed during an attempted jewelry store theft. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010367585571/ 10010367585571 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:22:14 EDT CENTERVILLE, Mass. -- Bullet holes are still visible on the side of George Rackliffe’s Centerville home. Police said he opened fire to startle his upstairs neighbors, who were arguing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010367413471/ 10010367413471 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:11:40 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts residents have an extra day to file their state income tax returns. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010366630096/ 10010366630096 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:59:50 EDT DANVERS, Mass. -- A high school senior just weeks from graduation was killed in a single-car crash on Route 128 in Danvers early Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010358999085/ 10010358999085 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:59:16 EDT BOSTON -- The JFK Library and Museum in Boston has a new exhibit that tells the story of the Cuban missile crisis through once-secret White House recordings and documents. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010366915619/ 10010366915619 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:58:04 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Some families in western Massachusetts say they're frustrated that autopsy reports on their loved ones' deaths are taking so long. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010366908462/ 10010366908462 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:02:52 EDT FALL RIVER, Mass. -- A fire on the Fall River waterfront left a popular restaurant and night club shut down, but the owner says he's ready to rebuild. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010360457271/ 10010360457271 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:14:47 EDT BOSTON -- The head of the Roman Catholic church in Boston is among eight cardinals named by Pope Francis to advise him on running the church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010358368723/ 10010358368723 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:37:42 EDT BOSTON -- Shalane Flanagan grew up in nearby Marblehead watching her father run the Boston Marathon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010359586215/ 10010359586215 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:20:42 EDT BOSTON -- Some East Boston parents are upset after the school took two days to notify them a student brought a BB gun to school. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010349764258/ 10010349764258 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:57:34 EDT NORTHBORO, Mass. -- A Canadian man allegedly sexually assaulted a woman he met at a conference in Marlboro which is designed to prevent the crime he is accused of committing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010351785474/ 10010351785474 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:31:15 EDT CANTON, Mass. -- It was a warm reception for a well-cared-for pooch. Children at Hansen School in Canton met Hachie, a dog they helped heal through their generous efforts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010350187522/ 10010350187522 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:11:02 EDT BEDFORD, N.H. -- Police in Bedford, N.H., say two men suspected of carrying out a violent home invasion in November have been taken into custody. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010348986265/ 10010348986265 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:53:31 EDT HOLLISTON, Mass. -- Beatrice Wardford, 79, was back at home Friday after suffering a wound to her elbow and a broken rib when a tree she was chopping down fell on her Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010349961113/ 10010349961113 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:45:02 EDT MERIDAN, Conn. -- Police said they found a car stolen from a victim of a home invasion and jewelry store robbery on Thursday night, but they continue to search for a group of men who committed the crime. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010349910271/ 10010349910271 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:47:26 EDT CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- A marked Massachusetts State Police cruiser was struck by an unknown object causing damage to the rear window on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010349204640/ 10010349204640 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:45:28 EDT BOSTON -- An Irish nanny accused of killing a Massachusetts baby in her care is facing a murder charge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010349552858/ 10010349552858 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:07:39 EDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police say the X-rays don't lie: A man who tried to flee from a New Hampshire jewelry store with a diamond ring worth $3,200 swallowed it. Surveillance video also appears to show the act. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010348965969/ 10010348965969 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:10:09 EDT BOSTON -- With April 15 falling on a state holiday, Massachusetts and Maine residents have been given an extra day to meet the deadline for filing their state income taxes. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010348260993/ 10010348260993 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:58:41 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. -- Police in Connecticut are looking for a mother seen tossing her baby on a city bus in an alarming video posted on YouTube. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010348192162/ 10010348192162 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:06:15 EDT BRENTWOOD, N.H. -- The Danville, NH police chief is facing charges in connection with a shooting death inside his own home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010347157561/ 10010347157561 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:10:47 EDT Shortstack is a small one-year-old terrier mix with a big personality! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010347544715/ 10010347544715 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:42:45 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester have authorized union leaders to schedule a one-day strike. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010347376584/ 10010347376584 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:18:13 EDT CHELSEA, Mass. -- Authorities said a Dorchester man, who's now been arrested, set fire to a home in Everett and an apartment building in Chelsea. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010346869342/ 10010346869342 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:45:33 EDT SHERBORN, Mass. -- In Sherborn, fire damaged a home on Western Ave Thursday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010346673391/ 10010346673391 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:39:05 EDT LYNN, Mass. -- A car in Lynn collided with a tractor trailer -- sending the driver to the hospital. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010345914548/ 10010345914548 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:35:54 EDT DEDHAM, Mass. -- A man who eluded justice for decades after being convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts is due in court after being captured in Maine. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010345175483/ 10010345175483 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:38:18 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Someone stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment from the Savin Hill Little League, jeopardizing the players’ season. But the Boston Firefighters Union stepped up to the plate with a $3,000 check. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010341589875/ 10010341589875 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:08:49 EDT BRAINTREE, Mass. -- The Braintree community is coming together to help a single mother whose rims and tires -- worth $2,000 -- were stolen from her family’s car. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010341772935/ 10010341772935 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:09:45 EDT PAXTON, Mass. -- An 18-year-old Anna Maria College student has been held on $50,000 bail after allegedly threatening the school during a video game. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010341058569/ 10010341058569 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:11:56 EDT HOLLISTON, Mass. -- A woman in her late 70s was injured by a falling tree in Holliston Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010341071612/ 10010341071612 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:36:09 EDT SALEM, N.H. -- A community is on alert as police search for a suspicious vehicle that allegedly followed a young boy after school. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010339416958/ 10010339416958 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:53:15 EDT ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A man has died after being hit by a commuter rail trail Thursday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010339159549/ 10010339159549 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:12:16 EDT EVERETT, Mass. -- The state fire marshal along with the Everett and Chelsea fire chiefs and police announced the arrest of a Dorchester man for two recent arson fires. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010341073653/ 10010341073653 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:27:31 EDT WAREHAM, Mass. -- The driver allegedly behind a wild chase that went from Cape Cod to the South Shore and back was held on $50,000 bail Thursday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010339365129/ 10010339365129 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:51:45 EDT ROME, Maine -- A man who lived like a hermit for decades in a makeshift camp in the woods and may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries for food and other staples has been caught in a surveillance trap at a camp he treated as a "Walmart," authorities said Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010338790528/ 10010338790528 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:20:05 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Thousands of dollars worth of equipment was stolen from the Savin Hill Little League, and now the teams’ seasons are in jeopardy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010334280511/ 10010334280511 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:29:39 EDT WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Woonsocket Police say a man was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound shortly after crews responding to an emergency call heard a shot. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010338657920/ 10010338657920 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:19:59 EDT BOSTON -- The judge recently assigned to preside at the trial of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger has scheduled a hearing on his request to reconsider another judge's ruling barring him from using an immunity claim as a defense. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010338599976/ 10010338599976 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:47:46 EDT BOSTON -- The following press released was sent out to inform residents of traffic and parking advisories for the Boston Marathon and Patriot's Day Activities: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010338766656/ 10010338766656 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:21:52 EDT TAUNTON, Mass. -- It could cost more than $23 million to renovate Taunton City Hall, which suffered extensive water and smoke damage when firefighters battled an arson in the attic several years ago. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010338611273/ 10010338611273 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:02:35 EDT DURHAM, N.H. -- The president of the University of New Hampshire is calling for an inquiry into a broken hot water pipe that caused burns to three students at a dorm last weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010337775550/ 10010337775550 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:57:11 EDT UNDATED -- An ad on the MBTA stirred up so much attention that it was taken down. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010337743163/ 10010337743163 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:37:48 EDT BOSTON -- After several recent attacks on bus drivers, the MBTA is ramping up safety precautions. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010337266868/ 10010337266868 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:52:56 EDT BOSTON -- The T is launching a contest to make a better map of their transit system. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010336997615/ 10010336997615 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:06:57 EDT WAREHAM, Mass. -- A multi-town police chase ended when Wareham police blew out the suspect’s tires with stop sticks. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010334201710/ 10010334201710 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:58:59 EDT BOSTON -- It's no surprise man's best friend likes to stick close by, but your dog might want to take a backseat the next time you're driving. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010334153960/ 10010334153960 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:40:09 EDT BRIGHTON, Mass. -- A relative of the late Nelson A. Rockefeller and five other Boston College seniors have denied vandalizing an apartment and causing about $25,000 in damage, including creating a natural gas leak by pulling out a clothes dryer line. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010333680966/ 10010333680966 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:07:47 EDT GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- An overnight fire claimed the life of a 15-year-old special needs girl, despite the rescue by a firefighter who happened to be a family friend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010325926747/ 10010325926747 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:10:36 EDT BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- A Cape Cod woman who was indicted for allegedly embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit charity she founded appeared in district court Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010332783654/ 10010332783654 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:31:13 EDT BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Anyone who has been to Brookline knows finding a parking spot can be a tough task. Add in Red Sox games and it’s nearly impossible. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010332187360/ 10010332187360 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:16:14 EDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police have stepped up patrols in New Hampshire after several people were struck by BB pellets from passing vehicles. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010332097430/ 10010332097430 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:10:21 EDT SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Rhode Island State Police are continuing to investigate the incident that prompted a lockdown at the University of Rhode Island last week but say they have no new leads. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010331702194/ 10010331702194 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:25:29 EDT PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- A man accused of a deadly attack inside a New Hampshire bar was held on $250,000 cash bail Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010330712914/ 10010330712914 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:30:11 EDT BOSTON -- Falmouth's Town Meeting has voted down a measure that would have authorized a ballot measure about borrowing $14 million to tear down two wind turbines. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010329661193/ 10010329661193 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:09:01 EDT BOSTON -- Some Red Sox fans received unwanted tickets at the opening game at Fenway Park. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010329534180/ 10010329534180 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:08:45 EDT BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- Police rescued a golden retriever locked inside a hot car with no water. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010328812530/ 10010328812530 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:49:39 EDT HAVERHILL, Mass. -- Police have named a suspect in a weekend shooting in Haverhill. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010328697924/ 10010328697924 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:31:09 EDT STOW, Mass. -- A man was seriously injured after he tried to stop three dogs from mauling his border-collie mix, Stella. After a meeting Tuesday, town leaders decided the dogs that attacked the man should not be euthanized.Warning: Some of the images are graphic. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010324266997/ 10010324266997 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:07:44 EDT BOSTON -- The head of the MBTA is hoping the Legislature and Gov. Deval Patrick can agree on a "Plan C" for funding transportation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010323046463/ 10010323046463 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:12:52 EDT GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- A Gloucester Eagle Scout spent hundreds of hours creating posts for walking trails in his hometown only to have vandals destroy them. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010325597227/ 10010325597227 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:24:53 EDT PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- New Hampshire State Police arrested a New Hampshire man charged in a dance-floor assault of another man who later died. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010324229356/ 10010324229356 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:19:48 EDT TYNGSBORO, Mass. -- A ninth grader drowned in a high school swimming pool Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010323118869/ 10010323118869 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:11:50 EDT BOSTON -- Veterinarians are hoping to find a good home for a dog that was found in a dumpster. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010324151083/ 10010324151083 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:09:17 EDT BOSTON -- Fire investigators said careless disposal of a cigarette cause Monday’s Back Bay roof deck fire. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010322695778/ 10010322695778 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:25:27 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts officials are filing criminal and civil charges against a driver whose bus crashed into a highway overpass in Boston, injuring 35 high school students and chaperones returning to the Philadelphia area from a trip to Harvard University. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010322792746/ 10010322792746 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:32:02 EDT SHREWSBURY, Mass. -- Dozens of cars had their tires slashed at a Shrewsbury elderly housing complex. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010319592284/ 10010319592284 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:29:28 EDT FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- A Framingham man accused of attacking a 15-year-old girl who was on her way home from school was held without bail Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010322096837/ 10010322096837 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:06:29 EDT AMHERST, Mass. -- A speech by Republican strategist Karl Rove at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is expected to draw protests, but university officials say they're prepared. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010321598956/ 10010321598956 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:50:43 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. -- Thousands of the toys and other gifts that poured into Newtown following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School ended up going to children's hospitals, mental health programs, victims of Superstorm Sandy; some are even destined even for homeless children in India. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010321144348/ 10010321144348 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:33:13 EDT PORTLAND, Maine -- Ridership on Amtrak's Boston-to-Maine passenger train continues to rise. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010321759348/ 10010321759348 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:44:03 EDT HOPKINTON, Mass. -- A pair of marathon racers got a special honor in Hopkinton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010320384345/ 10010320384345 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:18:51 EDT STONEHAM, Mass. -- 7News was on the scene in Stoneham when a lost boy was reunited with his mother. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010320233160/ 10010320233160 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:09:14 EDT BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- The trial of Barnstable woman charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a charity she founded to help families struck by tragedy has started. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010321255441/ 10010321255441 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:51:35 EDT NEW LONDON, N.H. -- More trouble for the New London police chief who recently resigned amid scandal. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010320069593/ 10010320069593 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:12:25 EDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police in Manchester, New Hampshire arrest a woman accused of firing a gun following a road rage incident. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010319834555/ 10010319834555 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:52:39 EDT LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Police are investigating after someone trashed Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua’s SUV, and poured rock salt in the gas tank. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010317195941/ 10010317195941 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:21:37 EDT HAVERHILL, Mass. --A Massachusetts State Police sergeant was in his cruiser working a road construction detail on Route 495 northbound when a second vehicle struck the cruiser, state police said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010316649713/ 10010316649713 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:32:45 EDT BOSTON -- Firefighters worked to put out a one-alarm fire at a Back Bay residential building Monday evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010315636572/ 10010315636572 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:58:32 EDT FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Police have arrested a 19-year old man in connection with a sexual assault in Framingham. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010317231276/ 10010317231276 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:30:44 EDT MEDFORD, Mass. -- Medford residents are scared and angry after a disturbing graffiti spree left behind messages of hate. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010314904429/ 10010314904429 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:39:52 EDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Authorities say a New Hampshire man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 has been arrested after he walked away from a minimum-security correctional facility. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010307759252/ 10010307759252 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:18:52 EDT NEWTON, Mass. -- Police are searching for a small Shih Tzu puppy that was stolen from a pet store in Newton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010315193242/ 10010315193242 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:57:30 EDT ANDOVER, Mass. -- An Andover man is held on $5 million bail after police say they found 105 pounds of cocaine in his vehicle during a traffic stop. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010316145098/ 10010316145098 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:05:29 EDT FRANCONIA, N.H. -- Plans are underway to mark the 10th anniversary of the collapse of New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010312232994/ 10010312232994 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:46:25 EDT BOURNE, Mass. -- Crews are giving the Sagamore Bridge a facelift today with a new paint job. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010311758592/ 10010311758592 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:35:33 EDT BOSTON -- The Animal Rescue League of Boston came to the aid of some kittens over the weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010310973375/ 10010310973375 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:26:15 EDT BOSTON -- Fire crews in Boston fought a brush fire in Hyde Park, trying to keep it from damaging buildings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010313077536/ 10010313077536 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:28:11 EDT MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass. -- Manchester-by-the-Sea residents have approved a ban on plastic bags at local stores. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010310569168/ 10010310569168 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:25:24 EDT BOSTON -- Motorists who use the Tobin Bridge to commute to and from Boston could be facing some delays in the weeks and months ahead. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010310552493/ 10010310552493 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:37:58 EDT AUBURN, Mass. -- An Auburn man is facing charges after he claims he was forced to kill a black bear. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010307027810/ 10010307027810 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:00:12 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Duck Tours got together with Massachusetts General Hospital and the Red Sox Foundation for a good cause. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010307161211/ 10010307161211 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:48:00 EDT HUDSON, N.H. -- Dry and windy conditions kept firefighters busy for a second day. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010306728028/ 10010306728028 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:07:51 EDT SCITUATE, Mass. -- Scituate residents will vote on the future of a wind turbine that's been operating for just 13 months. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010306487125/ 10010306487125 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:38:57 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island's tallest building will soon be its most visible symbol of the state's long economic decline. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010306673727/ 10010306673727 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:24:43 EDT MEDFORD, Mass. -- Tufts University police are stepping up patrols after images of hate were spray painted on the campus and other parts of Medford. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010306948315/ 10010306948315 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:20:53 EDT BOSTON -- Fire crews were called to Boston College overnight after a small fire broke out. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010306205317/ 10010306205317 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:30:14 EDT MILFORD, Mass. -- A charred mess is all that’s left of a family home in Milford. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010306261450/ 10010306261450 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:44:24 EDT WARREN, Vt. -- A broken chair lift at a Vermont ski resort stranded more than 100 skiers who had to be evacuated from the lift. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010305986467/ 10010305986467 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:39:58 EDT BOSTON -- Workers checking a public housing development in Boston for bedbugs found more than they bargained for, discovering what officials say were illegally kept guns in one unit. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010305959864/ 10010305959864 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:56:20 EDT BOSTON -- U.S. Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is heading to Massachusetts to discuss her unique perspective of the historic transformation of the national health care system at a forum at the Harvard School of Public Health. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010299218018/ 10010299218018 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:36:56 EDT DURHAM, N.H. -- Three students from the University of New Hampshire suffered third-degree burns when a pipe burst in a dorm room. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010298381663/ 10010298381663 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:23:23 EDT SAUGUS, Mass. -- Dry and windy conditions are causing brush fires and crews spent Saturday in Saugus battling several. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010298300399/ 10010298300399 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:11:37 EDT LANCASTER, N.H. -- A New Hampshire sex offender has been indicted on charges of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in his apartment. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010297869724/ 10010297869724 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:09:09 EDT QUINCY, Mass. -- Dozens of sea turtles that stranded off Cape Cod last fall are headed south, where rescuers plan to release them in waters off northeast Florida. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010297854936/ 10010297854936 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:55:53 EDT BOSTON -- Police say surveillance pictures show a man making off with a valuable flute that a woman accidentally left behind at a “T” stop. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010291295344/ 10010291295344 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:03:14 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Police are searching for an unidentified male who witnesses say shot a BB gun pellet at a school bus, shattering a window on the right side of the bus. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010289539458/ 10010289539458 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:01:35 EDT ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A food service company has fired some of its employees after students at the Robert J. Coelho Middle School in Attleboro were denied lunch because their pre-paid accounts were too low. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010289169526/ 10010289169526 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:05:56 EDT LAWRENCE, Mass. -- People in Lawrence are on edge after dozens of bottle bombs have been found in the city over the past few weeks, including an unexploded device near a school. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010286675626/ 10010286675626 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:38:45 EDT NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The estate of a woman struck and killed by a rental truck in a tailgating area at a Yale-Harvard football game in 2011 is suing the driver and others saying they were negligent. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010290472591/ 10010290472591 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:25:10 EDT NEW LONDON, N.H. -- A quaint New Hampshire town is in disbelief over shocking allegations lodged against popular New London Police Chief David Seastrand. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010282831012/ 10010282831012 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:42:01 EDT BOSTON -- 7's Sarah French emceed the American Cancer Society Hope Gala Thursday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010289412179/ 10010289412179 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:28:54 EDT BOSTON -- A case of alleged celebrity extortion landed a Lowell man in federal court. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010289333479/ 10010289333479 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:17:05 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts' highest court has ruled that sharing a marijuana cigarette isn't a crime, but growing even small amounts of the drug is still illegal. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010288542574/ 10010288542574 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:47:39 EDT KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- An audio recording of the man behind a gun scare at the University of Rhode Island has been released http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010287285923/ 10010287285923 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:21:08 EDT BOSTON -- A second suspect in connection with an attack on a woman pushing a stroller in Dorchester was arraigned on Friday. He was held on $75,000 cash bail. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010287486875/ 10010287486875 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:45:06 EDT WALTHAM, Mass. -- Crews were on the scene of a gas leak in Waltham Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010287270647/ 10010287270647 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:55:28 EDT BOSTON -- People who live and work near Fenway Park say the area literally stinks. According to the owner of the project, the smell has been coming from a construction site near the park. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010286972882/ 10010286972882 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:43:08 EDT The cats -- who were surrendered together by an owner who could no longer care for them -- can adopted together or separately. Shelter staffers report that they are all incredibly friendly and love to play. The ideal home would be one in which all three could stay together. But they are confident enough to be separated if needed! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010286898869/ 10010286898869 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:08:18 EDT BOSTON -- A former Roman Catholic priest convicted of raping two altar boys in Berkshire County in the 1980s has been denied a new trial by the Massachusetts Appeals Court. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010286689861/ 10010286689861 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:49:50 EDT WAREHAM, Mass. -- A Wareham resident and former animal control officer facing charges after her dog was found so neglected, it had to be put down. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010286579021/ 10010286579021 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:34:12 EDT SALEM, N.H. -- A Massachusetts man was arrested for indecent exposure at a Salem, New Hampshire Wal-mart. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010286485219/ 10010286485219 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:48:25 EDT EAST WINDSOR, Conn. -- A Connecticut shop that sold a gun to the Newtown school shooter's mother has lost its federal firearms license. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010285850540/ 10010285850540 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:10:33 EDT BOSTON -- Everyone is okay after a brush fire in the Fenway area of Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010285623335/ 10010285623335 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:16:12 EDT BOSTON -- More than 400 high school students from around Massachusetts are getting a close up look at state government on Beacon Hill. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010284577271/ 10010284577271 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:37:30 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- The state has dropped its complaint against the father of Lil Poopy, a young rapper whose videos prompted an investigation by Brockton Police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010282545045/ 10010282545045 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:22:14 EDT BRAINTREE, Mass. -- Braintree school officials say a pizza product has been recalled from lunch menus because it may be contaminated with e coli. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010282453445/ 10010282453445 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:30:47 EDT TAUNTON, Mass. -- In between the usual business at Taunton High School questions continue to swirl over a police investigation currently underway. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010281064763/ 10010281064763 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:00:45 EDT WASHINGTON -- Five students from Somerville’s Healey School put in a long day’s work at the White House Thursday as they helped Michelle Obama plant seeds for a vegetable garden. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010280884532/ 10010280884532 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:32:48 EDT BOSTON -- A Utah man charged with viewing child pornography on a Boston-bound commercial flight won't have to serve his jail sentence if he sticks to the terms of his probation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010281076860/ 10010281076860 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:27:28 EDT LYNN, Mass. -- At least one student at a Lynn middle school is facing charges after police say eighth grade boys have been playing a game that involves kicking kids in the head. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010280684839/ 10010280684839 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:21:41 EDT NORWICH, Conn. -- One hundred people were arrested as part of a major drug bust in Connecticut, Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010281370130/ 10010281370130 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:00:29 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Police say they have arrested a second suspect in the stabbing of a mother pushing her baby in a stroller. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010280522985/ 10010280522985 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:51:38 EDT FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Parents in Framingham are on edge because the suspect in a violent sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl has yet to be apprehended. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010280829880/ 10010280829880 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:20:25 EDT BOSTON -- A Blue Line train derailed around 2:30 p.m. Thursday as it was moving from the Orient Heights yard onto the main-line tracks. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010280282553/ 10010280282553 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:20:21 EDT BOSTON -- Now that health officials have released draft regulations for the new medical marijuana industry in Massachusetts, hundreds of people are getting down to the business of trying to get one of only 35 licenses the state will grant to run marijuana dispensaries. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010279922153/ 10010279922153 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:50:59 EDT FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- A Framingham neighborhood is on edge after police say a teenage girl was sexually assaulted at knife point shortly after she got off a school bus Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010272185962/ 10010272185962 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:33:38 EDT ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- School officials say as many as 25 students at an Attleboro school were denied lunch or told to throw out their food this week because they either could not pay or their pre-paid accounts did not contain enough money. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010278201828/ 10010278201828 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:19:22 EDT KINGSTON, R.I. -- The lockdown at the University of Rhode Island was lifted Thursday afternoon after reports of a possible gunman. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010278836258/ 10010278836258 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:27:40 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- The Massachusetts State Police said that a body was found in the Charles River near the Arsenal Street Bridge in Watertown. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010277806012/ 10010277806012 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:25:42 EDT WHATELY, Mass. -- Authorities say a 94-year-old woman and her 64-year-old daughter have died in a house fire in the western Massachusetts town of Whately. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010277434297/ 10010277434297 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:22:36 EDT WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Authorities say an 8-year-old Westfield boy is in danger of losing his arm after being bitten by the family dog. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010277415635/ 10010277415635 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:26:01 EDT PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- New video has been released of the moment a massive oil tanker hit a New Hampshire bridge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010276716142/ 10010276716142 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:02:29 EDT HULL, Mass. -- Two middle school students from Hull swallowed small amounts of ethanol and were rushed to the hospital Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010276574986/ 10010276574986 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:44:15 EDT TAUNTON, Mass. -- Taunton school officials confirmed Wednesday police told them within the last week of an investigation into the actions of Taunton High School students. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010273945537/ 10010273945537 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:26:12 EDT BOSTON -- Newly released surveillance video may show the moment a Dorchester mother was attacked while walking with her baby. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010274197233/ 10010274197233 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:54:27 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- A puppy was rescued after a FedEx worker found the emaciated dog wandering around in Dorchester. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010272566748/ 10010272566748 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:44:03 EDT BOSTON -- Video recorded by a passenger on an MBTA Red Line train shows a T door open while it was moving. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010270344344/ 10010270344344 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:48:00 EDT BOSTON -- Gun owners in Massachusetts say the state's strict firearms control laws have proven to be an "abject failure" when it comes to stemming violence. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010268208011/ 10010268208011 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:52:13 EDT SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- Some local students are getting ready to plant seeds of change in Washington D.C. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010272193396/ 10010272193396 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:16:28 EDT ST. JOHN PLANTATION, Maine -- Maine game wardens say a Massachusetts man survived being trapped under an overturned snowmobile for 20 hours. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010273418867/ 10010273418867 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:46:27 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts reports March collections were up more than 4.8 percent compared with last year. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010273238714/ 10010273238714 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:11:04 EDT LOWELL, Mass. -- Police in Lowell say two teenagers have been charged with robbing a woman in a wheelchair on a busy city street. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010269426493/ 10010269426493 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:06:13 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- JetBlue and Massachusetts officials announced the airline will begin daily flights between Worcester Regional Airport and Florida starting Nov. 7. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010269037379/ 10010269037379 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:31:37 EDT BOSTON -- The Massachusetts attorney general has sued a for-profit school for allegedly misrepresenting job placement numbers while leaving students with deep debt and poor job prospects. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010269909759/ 10010269909759 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:32:03 EDT SALEM, N.H. -- A New Hampshire school nurse is being hailed as a life saver. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010269552335/ 10010269552335 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:30:06 EDT BOSTON -- MBTA driver is recovering after a fight over a fare onboard an MBTA bus. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010269180677/ 10010269180677 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:09:32 EDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- New Hampshire State Police say a 2-year-old girl was in the back seat of a car that crashed after traveling 90 mph on an interstate in Manchester. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010268697299/ 10010268697299 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:03:09 EDT NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Federal, state and local authorities have fanned out across southeastern Connecticut in what officials are calling a "massive" drug enforcement operation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010269018912/ 10010269018912 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:34:51 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Shortly after 5 o’clock Wednesday morning, a pedestrian was struck in front of the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Land Boulevard in Cambridge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010267769113/ 10010267769113 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:49:56 EDT SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- Two men accused of hiding drugs in an unusual place were arrested after police raided a Somerville home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010265339651/ 10010265339651 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:17:09 EDT BOSTON -- Boston landmarks turned blue in honor of World Autism Awareness Day on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010265502992/ 10010265502992 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:20:38 EDT BOSTON -- Good news if you love Todd English’s most famous Boston restaurant. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010259403847/ 10010259403847 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:24:24 EDT ROME -- Pope Francis is responsible for leading the world’s Catholics and few ever get the chance to meet him, but a boy from Rhode Island got a very special blessing from the newly-elected leader. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010260146460/ 10010260146460 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:09:00 EDT HOLLIS, N.H. -- Officials say Hollis-Brookline High School in New Hampshire will be closed Wednesday because dangerous levels of the potentially deadly radon gas were found during tests earlier Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010265454087/ 10010265454087 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:24:21 EDT BOSTON -- A teenager was in court Tuesday facing charges after she allegedly stabbed a mother six times near an ice cream shop in Dorchester. The young victim had her 8-month-old baby in tow. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010261586175/ 10010261586175 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:39:32 EDT BOSTON -- A new business in the Boston area may turn a few heads, because it includes men who are skirting around town washing windows in kilts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010263837213/ 10010263837213 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:18:31 EDT PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Transportation officials said Tuesday afternoon the Sarah Long Bridge will remain closed until at least the end of the week after a tanker broke loose from the pier and crashed into it. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010253631166/ 10010253631166 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:22:23 EDT BOSTON -- A ruling ordering Massachusetts officials to provide sex-change surgery for a transgender inmate takes prisoners' constitutional rights to adequate medical care to "new heights," a government lawyer argued Tuesday to a federal appeals court. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010260494327/ 10010260494327 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:15:03 EDT AMESBURY, Mass. -- Organizers of a charitable egg drop in Amesbury are apologizing after the event drew thousands of people without tickets, caused massive traffic jams, resulted in shoving and pushing, crying children, and 911 calls from parents who couldn't find their kids. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010260810365/ 10010260810365 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:04:15 EDT BOSTON -- Tuesday, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation joined with the MBTA and Sen. Warren to announce train service to Cape Cod in the summer of 2013. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010260025592/ 10010260025592 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:02:26 EDT UNDATED -- Some new ads on the "T" will show men as victims of sexual harassment http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010259654634/ 10010259654634 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:17:53 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has ordered a sweeping review of the city's $1 billion taxi industry following a series of Boston Globe stories that shed light on a system that exploits drivers, enriches owners, and leaves passengers at risk while riding in underinsured cabs. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010259387355/ 10010259387355 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:40:20 EDT JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass. -- More signs of trouble for a drug lab that closed because of an evidence tampering scandal. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010259162019/ 10010259162019 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:09:47 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- A woman pushing a baby in a stroller was stabbed in Dorchester on Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010255018712/ 10010255018712 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:18:40 EDT LONDONDERRY, N.H. -- A little girl in New Hampshire was with severe wounds on her face after a pit bull attacked her. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010256872093/ 10010256872093 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:51:36 EDT LAKEVILLE, Mass. -- Police say a Middleborough woman was drunk and on heroin when her pickup truck struck another vehicle over the weekend, killing the 18-year-old college freshman driving. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010250949663/ 10010250949663 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:09:12 EDT ASHLAND, Mass. -- The Ashland police chief is on paid administrative leave following alleged controversies within the police department. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010254655242/ 10010254655242 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:36:31 EDT BOSTON -- The following is a press release from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation/MBTA. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010255539141/ 10010255539141 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:19:06 EDT WAREHAM, Mass. -- A police standoff shut down Route 6 in Wareham on Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010254714639/ 10010254714639 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:13:06 EDT DEDHAM, Mass. -- A man who disappeared while awaiting sentencing for three rapes 34 years ago in Massachusetts is held without bail there after agreeing to return without a fight. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010252158638/ 10010252158638 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:04:32 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Crews battled a fire in Worcester Sunday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010251387294/ 10010251387294 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:53:18 EDT BOSTON -- A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in an appeal of a judge's ruling granting a taxpayer-funded sex change for a Massachusetts transgender inmate serving a life sentence for murder. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010250959846/ 10010250959846 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:40:35 EDT BOSTON -- Police say a 26-year-old man has been fatally shot in Jamaica Plain. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010250883527/ 10010250883527 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:36:06 EDT BOSTON -- The Mashpee Wampanoag want to open a Massachusetts-licensed casino in the coming years. Whether it will get that chance depends now on what a state commission believes will happen in the tribe's immediate future. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010247256638/ 10010247256638 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:53:23 EDT DEERFIELD, Mass. -- Alarming allegations coming from former students of Deerfield Academy leads to a shocking investigation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010247720316/ 10010247720316 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:31:33 EDT BOSTON -- Lawmakers are considering changes in how sterile compounding pharmacies are regulated after a deadly nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that was linked to a steroid distributed by a Massachusetts firm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010248309354/ 10010248309354 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:41:32 EDT BOSTON -- Several patients at Boston Medical Center received phone calls saying they may have been exposed to Hepatitis B. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010248009225/ 10010248009225 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:11:35 EDT PORTLAND, Maine -- People in a coastal Maine community are banding together to help the family of a 6-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a ski accident. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010246029569/ 10010246029569 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:41:45 EDT LAKEVILLE, Mass. -- A teenager was killed in a 2-car collision in Lakeville early Saturday morning and the driver of the other car is now facing charges. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010237930564/ 10010237930564 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:06:34 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Some kids in Watertown got a little bit of help with their egg hunt, making it extra special. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010238079432/ 10010238079432 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:23:07 EDT LAWRENCE, Mass. -- In Lawrence, massive flames spread from one home to at least two others, displacing many. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010237818733/ 10010237818733 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:44:57 EDT PORTLAND, Maine -- Prosecutors say they'll recommend a 10-month prison sentence for a Maine Zumba teacher who used her fitness studio as a front for a prostitution operation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010237589772/ 10010237589772 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:41:54 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- The Springfield Housing Authority is expanding its ban on smoking to areas outside its properties, one year after the agency ordered residents and visitors to stop smoking inside its buildings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010237571494/ 10010237571494 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:39:49 EDT WALPOLE, N.H. -- New Hampshire law enforcement officials say the man shot dead by police in Walpole was hit in the head, chest and abdomen. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010237558940/ 10010237558940 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:18:38 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- A birthday present led to a lucky day for a Worcester college student. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010230951844/ 10010230951844 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:01:26 EDT GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- 7News spoke with the man who captured on video an encounter between two coyotes and a deer. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010229408694/ 10010229408694 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:41:43 EDT PORTLAND, Maine -- A Maine Zumba instructor accused of using her fitness studio as a front for prostitution has pleaded guilty to 20 counts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010226410385/ 10010226410385 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:03:56 EDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Police are on the hunt for items stolen from a Greek Orthodox Church in Watertown. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010226903629/ 10010226903629 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:23:25 EDT BOSTON -- For the first time since James “Whitey” Bulger's arrest after 16 years on the run, his brother, Billy, spoke at length about his visits in jail with the alleged mobster. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010221620575/ 10010221620575 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:39:41 EDT WINTHROP, Mass. -- Police are investigating a Winthrop teacher who is accused of inappropriate behavior with autistic students. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010228558150/ 10010228558150 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:46:58 EDT CLINTON, Mass. -- State and local police are investigating on an island off Fitch Road in Clinton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010228601873/ 10010228601873 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:34:11 EDT Knuckles is the perfect name for this sweet and playful Pit Bull mix dog. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010226365153/ 10010226365153 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:44:36 EDT NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Wooden boards now cover the windows where John Hernandez allegedly shot at police, then barricaded himself inside, which terrified neighbors who live in the New Bedford condominium complex. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010220667633/ 10010220667633 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:15:17 EDT LEOMINSTER, Mass. -- A former Massachusetts police officer fighting to get his job back after being fired for using a racial slur on a black former Boston Red Sox player will have his appeal heard by an arbitrator. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010226251714/ 10010226251714 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:46:38 EDT BOSTON -- The Westin Hotel has been given a 2-day suspension from the city's licensing board because it failed to take action when a Tufts University party got out of hand. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010225719826/ 10010225719826 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:27:10 EDT TYNGSBORO, Mass. -- Firefighters knocked down a massive fire in Tyngsboro. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010224523016/ 10010224523016 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:05:19 EDT LYNN, Mass. -- Police say a woman stole teachers’ purses from an elementary school in Lynn. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010222231976/ 10010222231976 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:07:38 EDT MALDEN, Mass. -- Police arrested several people during a drug bust in Malden Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010220445846/ 10010220445846 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:10:37 EDT GORHAM, Maine -- A Massachusetts man who disappeared while awaiting sentencing for three rapes 35 years ago has been arrested in Maine, where police say he'd been living since the 1980s. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010219383730/ 10010219383730 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:17:10 EDT BOSTON -- The United States Department of Transportation has decided Fung Wah Bus transportation is a hazard to public safety and told the bus line to cease all passenger operations following an investigation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010220503051/ 10010220503051 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:42:43 EDT BOSTON -- The city licensing board has ordered The Grand Canal to close for three days. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010218856312/ 10010218856312 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:23:53 EDT WALTHAM, Mass. -- A Waltham police officer accused of possessing child pornography appeared in federal court Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010218743334/ 10010218743334 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:36:54 EDT BOSTON -- The end of Mayor Thomas Menino’s term will also mark the end of a chapter in Boston’s history. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010217741447/ 10010217741447 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:08:27 EDT NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Connecticut prosecutor leading the investigation into the Newtown school shooting says the gunman killed the 26 victims and took his own life within five minutes of shooting his way into the building. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010217210768/ 10010217210768 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:45:24 EDT HAMPTON, N.H. -- The insurer for a business at New Hampshire's Hampton Beach has sued a utility, saying a February 2010 fire that destroyed a block of businesses was sparked by an electrical glitch. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010217072488/ 10010217072488 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:42:50 EDT REVERE, Mass. -- Revere police are on the lookout for a convicted felon who has a history of pretending to be an officer. Police describe 18-year-old Sandro Anaya as "dangerous." http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010217057067/ 10010217057067 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:22:23 EDT EVERETT, Mass. -- A large fire erupted early Thursday morning at a three-story home on Elm Street in Everett. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010216214388/ 10010216214388 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:25:46 EDT LYNN, Mass. -- Flames spread from one home to another in Lynn overnight forcing several families out. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010215874651/ 10010215874651 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:48:15 EDT BOSTON -- Disabled and elderly mass transit riders and advocates are taking their case against fare hikes to state transportation officials. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010215649525/ 10010215649525 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:26:02 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- A 6-alarm fire tore through three triple-deckers in Dorchester Wednesday evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010212276279/ 10010212276279 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:21:00 EDT SWANSEA, Mass. -- A cat in Swansea that lives at the town’s public library is causing controversy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010213686093/ 10010213686093 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:21:06 EDT BOSTON -- The Massachusetts auditor says the state's office of Early Education and Care has failed to take sufficient steps to assure sex offenders aren't working at licensed day care centers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010210446692/ 10010210446692 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:30:02 EDT BOSTON -- Newly-released video from a split-screen security camera shows a bar fight at The Grand Canal in Boston from last December. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010211940229/ 10010211940229 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:39:00 EDT WINDHAM, N.H. -- Dodgeball and other “target” games are being eliminated in physical education classes at Windham, New Hampshire schools as part of an anti-bullying program. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010212354033/ 10010212354033 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:55:31 EDT BOSTON -- An Everett man was charged with murder and held without bail in the stabbing death of a well-known Newbury Street hair stylist on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010211733111/ 10010211733111 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:34:34 EDT LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A Lawrence man is being accused of making serious threats against several people, including the city’s police chief. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010211607471/ 10010211607471 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:04:39 EDT METHUEN, Mass. -- A wild ride ended with an SUV upright against home’s second-story deck in Methuen. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010211427996/ 10010211427996 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:19:24 EDT BOSTON -- Fire broke out in the walls of a building on a busy Dorchester block Wednesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010209716433/ 10010209716433 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:27:02 EDT BOSTON -- A body was pulled from the Charles River on Wednesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010209042283/ 10010209042283 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:38:23 EDT EVERETT, Mass. -- An executive with casino developer Wynn Resorts is scheduled to unveil new details about the $1.2 billion resort casino the company wants to build in Everett. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010208750357/ 10010208750357 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:50:54 EDT BOSTON -- The Franklin Park Zoo family has grown by two after officials there say a ring-tailed lemur recently gave birth to twins. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010208465444/ 10010208465444 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:40:03 EDT LYNN, Mass. -- Officials say an apartment fire that left as many as 80 people homeless in Lynn is suspicious. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010208400322/ 10010208400322 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:46:49 EDT MILFORD, Mass. -- Flames burned through the roof of a two-family home in Milford Wednesday morning. Everyone was forced out into the cold, but they were safe thanks to a teenager living inside. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010207720996/ 10010207720996 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:46:12 EDT CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- A group at Boston College says it will continue to hand out condoms despite the school’s requests and threats of disciplinary action if they continued to do so. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010207357277/ 10010207357277 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:05:39 EDT PEABODY, Mass. -- She calls it a match made in heaven http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010204233962/ 10010204233962 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:00:36 EDT WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- A West Bridgewater police officer was injured Tuesday evening after colliding with a pickup truck as he responded to a call. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010204923661/ 10010204923661 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:58:39 EDT WALTHAM, Mass. -- Waltham Police Officer Paul Manganelli, 48, appeared in federal court Tuesday afternoon on charges of receiving child pornography. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010200231921/ 10010200231921 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:06:35 EDT BOSTON -- Massachusetts is one of the states showing the most support of the marriage equality argument. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010203159591/ 10010203159591 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:36:22 EDT BOSTON --A Boston bouncer was in court Tuesday facing charges after a brawl outside of a local bar early Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010201178242/ 10010201178242 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:52:49 EDT BOSTON -- Two people were arrested after a shootout in Roxbury Tuesday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010202356963/ 10010202356963 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:52:01 EDT BEDFORD, NH -- A Manchester, N.H. police officer was arrested after allegedly hitting two teenagers with his station-issued vehicle and taking off. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010200192171/ 10010200192171 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:17:37 EDT BOSTON -- Reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger will ask his new trial judge to overturn a previous judge's ruling barring him from using his claim of immunity as a defense, Bulger's lawyers said Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010200345751/ 10010200345751 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:34:50 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The family of a Brown University student missing since March 16 is appealing to area businesses to turn over surveillance footage. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010200089078/ 10010200089078 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:45:48 EDT GRAFTON, Mass. -- An 87-year-old Connecticut man who drove the wrong way on the Massachusetts Turnpike for about 11 miles was not cited but may lose his license. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010199794824/ 10010199794824 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:51:01 EDT UNDATED -- Titanic director James Cameron is teaming up with marine scientists on Cape Cod. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010199466186/ 10010199466186 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:39:29 EDT BOSTON -- If you ride the MBTA, you may see a new fleet of commuter cars. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010199396937/ 10010199396937 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:06:13 EDT BOSTON -- The head of the Roman Catholic church in the Boston Archdiocese is preparing to celebrate a special Mass in which he will bless the three oils that will be used in church services in the coming year. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010199197372/ 10010199197372 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:24:10 EDT WEYMOUTH, Mass. -- Police arrested a Weymouth man who allegedly had a “criminal checklist.” http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010196425030/ 10010196425030 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:08:03 EDT BOSTON -- A bouncer is facing charges after a brawl outside The Grand Canal bar in Boston early Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010194888376/ 10010194888376 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:26:01 EDT BRAINTREE, Mass. -- A Braintree karate instructor accused of sexually assaulting one of his students pleaded not guilty on Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010192476181/ 10010192476181 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:01:47 EDT DURHAM, N.H. -- A University of New Hampshire Twitter page that features severely inebriated students is gaining a lot of followers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010196290785/ 10010196290785 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:03:05 EDT SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- Police arrested two men who are accused of breaking into a Somerville building Monday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010192698585/ 10010192698585 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:08:04 EDT BEDFORD, N.H. -- The Manchester Police Department has confirmed that one of its police vehicles is being investigated as the possible suspected vehicle in a hit-and-run crash that injured two pedestrians in Bedford. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010195248426/ 10010195248426 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:03:07 EDT FOXBORO, Mass. -- A popular wrestling coach at Foxboro High School has been charged with attempting to kill his wife. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010194138716/ 10010194138716 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:04:26 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino says Wegmans plans to open a supermarket in the city's Fenway neighborhood. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010193426643/ 10010193426643 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:58:20 EDT LYNN, Mass. -- Numerous families were displaced after a fire ripped through a Lynn apartment building overnight Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010189790075/ 10010189790075 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:59:30 EDT CHARLESTOWN, Rhode Island -- A Verizon worker was electrocuted on the job. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010190517013/ 10010190517013 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:55:57 EDT MARSTONS MILLS -- A Cape Cod man is accused of gunning for trouble in Marstons Mills. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010190495795/ 10010190495795 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:42:50 EDT GREENWICH, Conn. -- A rare, nearly 6-foot-tall giraffe listed as an endangered subspecies has been born in a Connecticut conservation center. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010190057094/ 10010190057094 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:38:15 EDT BOSTON -- Musician Annie Lennox will deliver the commencement address at Berklee College of Music's May graduation ceremony in Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010190029571/ 10010190029571 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:39:16 EDT WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Babson College has announced that former Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey has been selected the first woman to lead the college. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010190035663/ 10010190035663 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:19:32 EDT UNDATED -- Airport officials in Alabama are trying to figure out how the 300-pound panel fell Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010189917256/ 10010189917256 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:01:35 EDT WALTHAM, Mass. -- A woman died after a roll-over crash in Waltham. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010189809528/ 10010189809528 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:28:29 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The sister of a Brown University student who was last seen on campus a week ago says the FBI is helping Providence police in the search for her brother. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010185650948/ 10010185650948 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:46:09 EDT ANSONIA, Conn. -- An Ansonia police officer is being hailed a hero after saving a choking, 8-day-old baby. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010187196920/ 10010187196920 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:38:24 EDT HAMILTON, Mass. -- Family members rooted on Michael Carter-Williams and the rest of the Syracuse basketball team as they advanced to the Sweet 16, but they were caught off guard by a house fire that started while they were watching the game. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010186070486/ 10010186070486 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:18:32 EDT BOSTON -- Boston homicide detectives are looking for answers after a man's body was found Sunday morning outside a South End home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010185951278/ 10010185951278 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:05:38 EDT MILFORD, Mass. -- A Milford man is facing charges after police caught him trying to break into a business. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010186233899/ 10010186233899 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:21:20 EDT CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- A 16-year-old girl has been hospitalized following a ski accident at Sugarloaf ski resort in western Maine. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010185608042/ 10010185608042 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:41:28 EDT HAMDEN, Conn. -- A man working for a glass distributor in Hamden is dead after massive glass panels weighing about 3,000 pounds fell on him. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010177088841/ 10010177088841 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:17:36 EDT BOSTON -- About 200 people took a plunge in the Boston Harbor on Saturday! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010178025641/ 10010178025641 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:50:51 EDT BOSTON -- Fenway Park hosted ‘A Night for Newtown,’ Saturday, bringing roughly 700 people together to raise money for the Sandy Hook community. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010178945122/ 10010178945122 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:46:31 EDT BOSTON -- Another crack at being a big-time millionaire! It’s the sixth largest jackpot in Powerball history. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010177479173/ 10010177479173 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:25:30 EDT HINGHAM, Mass. -- A 13-year-old girl said she was running alone when a man in a van tried to grab her. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010177353081/ 10010177353081 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:52:49 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. -- Thousands of runners and well-wishers have poured onto the streets of Hartford for the 5-kilometer run that raised more than $438,100 for victims and others affected by the Dec. 14 killing of 26 children and adults in a Newtown elementary school. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010176796992/ 10010176796992 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:48:20 EDT PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Three Pittsfield women are scheduled to appear in court for a dangerousness hearing related to a brawl outside a city bar that left two other women with severe injuries. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010178570041/ 10010178570041 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:51:16 EDT BOSTON -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is heading to Boston to mark the 20th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010178587614/ 10010178587614 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:27:17 EDT HOPKINTON, Mass. -- A five-year-old Hopkinton boy who was punished for bringing a toy gun to school earlier this week has had his suspension removed from his record. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010168723717/ 10010168723717 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:48:47 EDT FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Some Framingham students were surprised at school thanks to their dad who returned home from his deployment a little early! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010168852714/ 10010168852714 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:19:05 EDT UNDATED -- An extra special wish was granted for a young girl battling cancer. Little Mia loves to dance and now has her very own studio, thanks to Make-a-Wish of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010168674540/ 10010168674540 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:45:58 EDT MANSFIELD, Mass. -- A Mansfield High School junior was arrested after he allegedly assaulted another student in a locker room after gym class. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010170275812/ 10010170275812 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:32:37 EDT BOSTON -- A flash of light that experts are saying was probably a meteor was seen streaking across the sky along the east coast Friday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010170195715/ 10010170195715 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:36:03 EDT REVERE, Mass. -- Two guard dogs have been put down after attacking a teenager. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010168056317/ 10010168056317 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:13:43 EDT BOSTON – A state representative is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee after a staffer alleged the politician engaged in serious misconduct. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010167202380/ 10010167202380 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:08:12 EDT BOSTON -- The air traffic control towers at five Massachusetts airports will soon be closed as part of massive budget-cutting at the Federal Aviation Administration. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010168249243/ 10010168249243 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:11:55 EDT BOSTON -- Law enforcement across the world turned to Twitter on Friday. They held a tweet-a-thon to get the word out. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010165391513/ 10010165391513 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:54:39 EDT MEDFORD, Mass. -- A judge has delayed a probable cause hearing in the case of an Irish nanny accused of beating a baby who later died. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010164207980/ 10010164207980 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:53:48 EDT ACUSHNET, Mass. -- Police in Acushnet are looking for a person who allegedly threw out a dead pit bull in a black plastic garbage bag. Investigators said the dog was abused before it died. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010166722831/ 10010166722831 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:33:11 EDT Margaret the cat has been at the MSPCA-Angell in Jamaica Plain, Mass. since October of 2012 -- a long time for such a beautiful, young and affectionate cat! Margaret was found as a stray while nursing four kittens. She was rescued by a good Samaritan just before the cold winter weather set in. Her kittens have all gone to new homes and now staffers are hoping to find the perfect home for Margaret. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010165879164/ 10010165879164 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:31:46 EDT BOSTON -- Thousands of people responding to an online survey say they would welcome the MBTA extending service later into the night, and would even be willing to wait longer and pay more. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010165510695/ 10010165510695 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:55:50 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Boston City workers are working hard to fix potholes as part of the city's new plan to attack the problem. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010164935073/ 10010164935073 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:39:18 EDT CRANSTON, R.I. -- Cranston police have identified a Providence man in his 20s as the person whose body was found burning at a cemetery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010164475859/ 10010164475859 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:18:24 EDT BOSTON -- Police asking for your help finding an attacker on the T. They're looking for a woman seen standing at the Central Square Station in Cambridge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010164350420/ 10010164350420 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:34:38 EDT BOSTON -- Film companies have been awarded $44 million in Massachusetts tax credits for projects filmed in 2011, with nearly two-thirds of new spending generated by the productions going to individuals and businesses located out-of-state, including many individuals making more than $1 million. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010163727894/ 10010163727894 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:46:52 EDT HOPKINTON, Mass. – A Hopkinton woman says a school went too far when her son was sent to the principal's office for bringing a toy gun to the school. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010160201252/ 10010160201252 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:10:57 EDT LEOMINSTER, Mass. -- A court will decide if a Leominster man's property is trash, or treasure. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010161785788/ 10010161785788 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:05:54 EDT REVERE, Mass. -- A teenager is in critical condition after he was mauled by guard dogs in Revere Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010161395420/ 10010161395420 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:37:48 EDT ANDOVER, Mass. -- The never-ending winter weather is putting a strain on a lot of people -- especially school administrators. Andover is just one of the school districts trying to come up with ways to make up snow days. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010159786846/ 10010159786846 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:44:34 EDT PORTLAND, Maine -- A Maine insurance agent who helped run a prostitution operation out of 30-year-old Alexis Wright’s Zumba studio and watched sex videos made with a hidden camera will serve 20 days in jail for a scandal that rocked Kennebunk. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010148307499/ 10010148307499 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:21:37 EDT FALL RIVER, Mass. -- The state gaming commission will meet in Fall River as it considers whether to extend an Indian tribe's exclusive right to develop a casino in southeastern Massachusetts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010155729779/ 10010155729779 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:35:56 EDT CHARLESTOWN -- A young girl aboard the Orange Line was in tears, saying she was kicked by a man, who was found and is facing charges. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010159415694/ 10010159415694 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:07:11 EDT PLAISTOW, N.H. -- A New Hampshire mother and her boyfriend, accused of injuring the woman's 3-year-old son were due in court Thursday, but they didn’t show up. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010158163195/ 10010158163195 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:30:08 EDT BOSTON -- 7News’ Christa Delcamp helped kick off the 45th annual Walk for Hunger on Thursday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010157940856/ 10010157940856 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:19:03 EDT BOURNE, Mass. -- The Coast Guard says about 350 gallons of gear oil was spilled when a tug boat ran aground in Buzzards Bay near the mouth of the Cape Cod Canal. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010157514396/ 10010157514396 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:19:00 EDT BRAINTREE, Mass. -- A crime was caught on camera in Braintree.Surveillance video shows a thief, inside a retail store. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010156794072/ 10010156794072 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:50:19 EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- President Barack Obama has given a small piece of the U.S.'s oldest synagogue in Rhode Island to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010157341939/ 10010157341939 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:19:33 EDT BOSTON -- Boston College is set to host a naturalization ceremony for 100 immigrants as it honors its origins as a university founded 150 years ago to serve immigrants in New England's largest city. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010154997326/ 10010154997326 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:15:56 EDT ARLINGTON, Mass. -- A woman whose boyfriend is serving overseas received a sweet surprise when she went into a store for some coffee and came out to a touching tribute. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010151015688/ 10010151015688 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:43:07 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A hoax email went out to students across the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus early Wednesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010148658710/ 10010148658710 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:29:33 EDT PLYMOUTH, Mass. -- A local sheriff is getting death threats after making controversial comments about President Barack Obama at a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010152897335/ 10010152897335 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:18:55 EDT BOSTON -- The MBTA addressed fears about raising rates to cut the $22 million deficit. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010151393579/ 10010151393579 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:51:52 EDT IPSWICH, Mass. -- An Ipswich principal’s decision is causing controversy after he decided to change an awards ceremony for students. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010153031280/ 10010153031280 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:02:00 EDT BRIGHTON, Mass. -- More than a dozen cars were damaged during Tuesday’s snow storm by what could have been a snow plow driver. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010148412058/ 10010148412058 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:15:08 EDT ARLINGTON, Mass. -- Police say an armed man broke into the home of an off-duty Arlington police officer Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010143810813/ 10010143810813 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:08:27 EDT ASHBURNHAM, Mass. -- A central Massachusetts farmer says 200 chicks have been stolen from their pen at his farm and he suspects animal rights activists are to blame. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010147730710/ 10010147730710 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:30:53 EDT BOSTON -- Hundreds of young people marched to the State House in support of Kick Butts Day Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010151105359/ 10010151105359 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:19:18 EDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police say a plastic, toy grenade uncovered by workers digging at a garage foundation in Manchester, N.H., set off concern and some evacuations. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010149235851/ 10010149235851 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:20:43 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Worcester is making good on its promise to crack down on what city officials call "aggressive" panhandling, with four people arrested this month. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010148164363/ 10010148164363 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:50:25 EDT BOSTON -- Authorities say two Rhode Island men are facing charges in Massachusetts for allegedly trying to pay their tab at a Boston bar with fake $100 bills. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010147622588/ 10010147622588 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:29:45 EDT SAUGUS, Mass. -- Fierce flames ripped through a triple-decker building on Taylor Street in Saugus. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010146778577/ 10010146778577 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:58:54 EDT BOSTON -- CVS Pharmacy is reportedly asking workers to submit to a medical screening, or pay more for their health insurance. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010142273480/ 10010142273480 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:25:27 EDT BOSTON -- It's the end of an era at 7News as reporter Victoria Block says goodbye. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010142792772/ 10010142792772 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:14:59 EDT BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Several inches of snow fell in Brookline Tuesday morning with what many hope was a last blast from Jack Frost. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010140209998/ 10010140209998 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:11:13 EDT RAYMOND, N.H. -- A bullet hole was left behind in a family’s bedroom ceiling after police say a neighbor fired a handgun. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010143067340/ 10010143067340 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:53:37 EDT NATICK, Mass. -- The mix of snow, slush and heavy rain left cars slipping and sliding throughout the day Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010141881782/ 10010141881782 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:30:52 EDT LUNENBURG, Mass. (WHDH) -- A parting gift from Mother Nature on the last day of winter. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010140665214/ 10010140665214 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:33:56 EDT BOSTON -- The law firm of Nixon Peabody says it has hired Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone as a partner in the firm's Boston office. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010141403685/ 10010141403685 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:11:08 EDT LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Everyone in Lawrence is digging out after another round of snow. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010140906812/ 10010140906812 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:31:35 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced that the school will voluntarily make public documents related to the prosecution of late Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010139949522/ 10010139949522 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:30:34 EDT ANDOVER, Mass. -- The poorly-timed storm made for a sloppy, slippery morning commute on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010138143424/ 10010138143424 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:59:28 EDT PLUM ISLAND, Mass. -- Any storm that hits close to the coast is problematic for people on Plum Island, who have seen numerous houses be destroyed by erosion this winter. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010137956853/ 10010137956853 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:22:49 EDT BOSTON -- Boston will implement new safety measures to help protect bicyclists near Boston University after recent collisions. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010138456947/ 10010138456947 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:44:45 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- The sound of scraping of shovels against the pavement -- winter’s soundtrack plays more like a broken record. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010137868571/ 10010137868571 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:16:59 EDT BOSTON -- The last full day of winter brought a nasty early-morning mix of heavy wind-driven snow to many areas of Massachusetts, forcing morning traffic to a crawl and prompting school closings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010138421920/ 10010138421920 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:17:53 EDT NEWMARKET, N.H. -- A 21-year-old New Hampshire woman has died after the pickup truck she was driving crashed into a large outcropping of rocks in Newmarket. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010138427381/ 10010138427381 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:55:21 EDT FITCHBURG, Mass. -- Plow trucks were out in full force Tuesday morning as the snow kept falling in Fitchburg. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010138292123/ 10010138292123 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:18:32 EDT MONTPELIER, Vt. -- It's almost spring, but it feels a lot like winter in northern New England. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010139151215/ 10010139151215 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:37:03 EDT BOSTON -- A last blast of winter blew through the Northeast on Tuesday, with snow and sleet delaying the start of school in some areas and making the morning commute an icy, slippery mess a day before spring starts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010137822371/ 10010137822371 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:51:42 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- People across the Bay State are experiencing déjà vu. Just a day before the official start of spring, Mother Nature is delivering another blast of winter. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010129630269/ 10010129630269 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:56:38 EDT WESTPORT, Mass. -- A Taunton man accused of vandalizing a Westport church appeared in court Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010135779826/ 10010135779826 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:09:48 EDT BILLERICA, Mass. – Police are searching for an alleged thief who’s burglarized several businesses in Lowell and Billerica, including a K-Mart where he apparently stole $80,000 worth of jewelry. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010133698832/ 10010133698832 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:56:30 EDT BOSTON -- Mayor Thomas Menino, on Monday, announced on Twitter all Boston Public schools will be closed Tuesday due to a “forecast for [an] extremely difficult morning commute.” http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010135059057/ 10010135059057 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:30:13 EDT ANDOVER, Mass. -- Students at Andover High School are ready for the warm weather. But with another snowstorm on the way and possibly another snow day, many Bay State school districts may have to worry about paying for this year's winter first. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010134181383/ 10010134181383 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:11:26 EDT BOSTON -- The City of Boston sent out the following press release Monday night: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010135148677/ 10010135148677 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:57:11 EDT WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Police in West Bridgewater are using a new device to limit distracted driving -- the technology stops cars from moving while a cell phone is in use. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010133983128/ 10010133983128 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:18:08 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MCAS tests have been canceled ahead of the storm expected to hit New England on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010133748866/ 10010133748866 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:53:21 EDT WEYMOUTH, Mass. -- A Weymouth man is being accused of failing to pay a bar bill and then hitting the employee that confronted him. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010133960152/ 10010133960152 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:02:56 EDT BOSTON -- A day before spring officially arrives, winter is giving New England a final, sloppy blow. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010132937629/ 10010132937629 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:55:16 EDT BOSTON -- Boston College says former Ireland president Mary McAleese will be a visiting scholar at the school in the fall. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010133251688/ 10010133251688 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:40:48 EDT BOSTON -- The new judge assigned to preside at the trial of gangster James "Whitey" Bulger has scheduled a status conference in the case for next week. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010132084826/ 10010132084826 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:01:01 EDT BOSTON -- The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 23 years ago. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010132206175/ 10010132206175 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:26:23 EDT CONCORD, N.H. -- Winter is hanging on in northern New England, with temperatures staying low and a big snowstorm approaching the region. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010131278336/ 10010131278336 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:51:02 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Police are searching for two men who stabbed a former service member in Dorchester. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010130706276/ 10010130706276 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:09:49 EDT MEDFORD, Mass. -- An Irish nanny accused of beating a Massachusetts infant who later died is due in court for a probable cause hearing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010130458967/ 10010130458967 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:37:12 EDT BOSTON -- Another storm is set to hit New England on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010130983255/ 10010130983255 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:02:55 EDT BOSTON -- The number of people applying to be police officers in Boston has fallen dramatically in the past few years, prompting the department to launch an aggressive recruiting campaign. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010130417585/ 10010130417585 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:29:26 EDT NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. -- Five people were forced out of their home by a fire in Northbridge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010130216654/ 10010130216654 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:54:58 EDT SOUTHBURY, Conn. -- A Southbury teen got an unwelcome surprise upon entering her Skyview Drive home after school on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010127129865/ 10010127129865 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:49:59 EDT WEARE, N.H. -- Two New Hampshire men have been charged with multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault involving a 20-year woman in Weare. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010127459913/ 10010127459913 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:05:24 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- MGM Resorts International says it's ready to begin an environmental review for its proposed casino in Springfield. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010125032455/ 10010125032455 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:19:59 EDT CONCORD, N.H. -- A woman was knocked to the ground and severely beaten as masked robbers ransacked her home. She was tied up and terrified during the ordeal that lasted more than half an hour. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010126919931/ 10010126919931 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:42:56 EDT NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Amtrak has resumed service between New York and Boston after rail lines in Connecticut were blocked by a derailed freight train. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010125257674/ 10010125257674 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:20:50 EDT WORCESTER -- Two young children were found home alone with their mother’s dead body. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010116845094/ 10010116845094 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:28:05 EDT TAUNTON, Mass. -- Black smoke filling the air could be seen across Taunton as flames consumed and destroyed an abandoned Taunton building. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010118328531/ 10010118328531 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:35:51 EDT DERRY, N.H. -- A trip to a New Hampshire Wal-Mart turned into a nightmare for a woman after she lost both her wedding and engagement rings in the store. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010117295164/ 10010117295164 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:08:07 EDT BOSTON -- Less than a month before the tax filing deadline, Massachusetts officials continue to urge taxpayers to file their state returns electronically if possible. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010116408745/ 10010116408745 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:11:03 EDT BOSTON -- A national marijuana trade association is planning a symposium in downtown Boston as the state gears up to begin allowing the sale of marijuana for medical purposes. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010116426375/ 10010116426375 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:08:36 EDT MARLBORO, Mass. -- Marlboro police have released video of two people stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the rack at a Macy’s store in Marlboro. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010109571666/ 10010109571666 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:33:51 EDT WESTMINSTER, Mass. -- A driver was trapped inside a burning car after an accident in Westminster and a good Samaritan put his own life and danger, using his military skills to help save her. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010103603125/ 10010103603125 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:57:35 EDT DUXBURY, Mass. -- Several construction vehicles were stuck under water in Duxbury Bay under the Powder Point Bridge Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010106265560/ 10010106265560 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:00:48 EDT TAUNTON, Mass. -- The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is one step closer to opening up a casino in the Bay State. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010108084810/ 10010108084810 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:26:39 EDT BOSTON -- The Boston Police commissioner announced grant money for doggy defense. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010288959912/ 10010288959912 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:10:02 EDT ROXBURY, Mass. -- A nun was buying tickets for the Lenten Fish Dinner when a man robbed her. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010107780251/ 10010107780251 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:25:45 EDT ASHLAND, Mass. -- A special delivery in Ashland when a baby girl makes a grand entrance into the world. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010107874525/ 10010107874525 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:12:02 EDT The City of Boston has again made plans to ensure a safe and festive St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The Boston Police Department (BPD) will increase patrols, focusing not only on Sunday’s parade in South Boston, but also at drinking establishments on St. Patrick’s Day and throughout the weekend. To encourage people to get home safely on Sunday after all-day parade celebrations, the City has ordered package stores and bars in South Boston to close early on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Package Stores will close at 4 PM and bars must close by 7:30 PM on Sunday. Residents are encouraged to take public transportation when traveling to and from the parade. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010107432265/ 10010107432265 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:59:02 EDT METHUEN, Mass. -- This week marks the one-year anniversary of the rescue of 32 starving and sick miniature horses. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010108074278/ 10010108074278 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:00:07 EDT BOSTON -- A new judge has been named to preside over the trial of former Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger a day after the previous judge was removed to eliminate any appearance of bias. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010107000754/ 10010107000754 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:41:17 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced Friday plans to create a school in downtown Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010105807744/ 10010105807744 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:17:47 EDT BOSTON -- The man accused of running an illegal operation out of Boston’s Downtown Crossing was charged in court Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010106026795/ 10010106026795 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:37:22 EDT PORTLAND, Maine -- A shipyard worker who set fire to the USS Miami because he wanted to go home and ended up causing $450 million in damage has been sentenced to prison for a little more than 17 years. He also has been ordered to pay $400 million in restitution. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010103984235/ 10010103984235 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:45:22 EDT BROCKTON, Mass. -- Crews evacuated some buildings, as firefighters battle flames at a building in Brockton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010104392297/ 10010104392297 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:05:20 EDT Marley the dog lost a leg after he was hit by a car and his injury went untreated for days. Ultimately surrendered to the MSPCA-Nevins Farm, this sweet, affectionate and playful 2-year-old pit bull mix is now looking for a permanent and loving home. He had to have his leg amputated as it could not be saved, so Marley is a now a proud member of the canine “tripod” community. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010105232076/ 10010105232076 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:11:58 EDT CANTON, Mass. -- A man answered the front door of a Canton home and was shot in the neck. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010103471849/ 10010103471849 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:55:50 EDT LYNN, Mass. -- While the state gambling commission wrestles with where to put casinos on land, a floating casino is expected to be sailing out of Lynn as early as May. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010104815010/ 10010104815010 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:30:29 EDT BOSTON -- Federal, state and local investigators announced Thursday that they made an arrest in an extensive criminal operation that allegedly involved identity theft, counterfeit money and high-end electronics. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010098542959/ 10010098542959 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:44:04 EDT EAST BOSTON -- Police have released video of a man wanted for nine different robberies in and around East Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010101144446/ 10010101144446 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:29:53 EDT ROME -- Cardinal O’Malley opened up in Rome on Thursday about his thoughts on the swirling rumors of becoming pope, what it was like to be a part of the conclave and his friendship with the newly elected Pope Francis. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010096739352/ 10010096739352 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:11:44 EDT SAUGUS, Mass. -- You could call it a divine sign: a Saugus man says he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Jesus on a drop cloth at his home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010099510473/ 10010099510473 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:24:37 EDT WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Police arrested a woman after she attacked and robbed a woman, taking her wedding ring and iPhone. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010098147788/ 10010098147788 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:40:13 EDT BOSTON -- The Boston Phoenix, one of the New England's oldest alternative news and arts weekly newspaper, has ceased print publication after 47 years and is cutting 40 jobs immediately because of long-term decline in advertising revenues. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010098961347/ 10010098961347 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:59:54 EDT BROOKLINE, Mass. – Police say a suspect broke into a Brookline apartment Wednesday night and stole several items, but didn’t leave. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010099079463/ 10010099079463 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:22:18 EDT QUINCY, Mass. -- A 20-year-old Weymouth man has been indicted on a lesser charge of manslaughter in the death of his father last month. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010100293868/ 10010100293868 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:09:01 EDT PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- A Pittsfield man prosecutors say participated in a one-night rampage of vandalism, car theft and attempted arson that caused nearly $600,000 in damage has been sentenced to up to seven years in prison. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010098054161/ 10010098054161 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:16:55 EDT BOSTON -- The highest court in Massachusetts has turned down a request for a new trial for a Wellesley doctor convicted of killing his wife after she discovered his secret life of prostitutes and pornography. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010098101570/ 10010098101570 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:54:28 EDT BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick says he expects to sign a revised casino compact with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe within the next few days. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010097966850/ 10010097966850 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:06:38 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley says he has found the conclave to choose a new pope a "very prayerful" and moving experience, but he's looking forward to coming home in time for Easter week. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010099119889/ 10010099119889 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:57:47 EDT NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- The death of a 35-year-old New Bedford woman found in her apartment has been termed suspicious. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010096546778/ 10010096546778 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:18:47 EDT NEWBURYPORT, Mass. -- Massachusetts State Police have arrested four alleged members of the Hells Angels and Red Devils motorcycle clubs and charged them with kidnapping, mayhem and extortion. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010098112755/ 10010098112755 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:53:56 EDT BOSTON -- After months of arguing, the judge who was set to preside over the trial of accused gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger has been taken off the case. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010096523641/ 10010096523641 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:35:42 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- One man was in court in connection with the assault of the driver of an MBTA bus early in Dorchester early Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010095334294/ 10010095334294 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:57:56 EDT STERLING, Mass. -- A car crashed into a house in Sterling during a police chase Wednesday evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010092227672/ 10010092227672 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:58:04 EDT DOVER, N.H. -- Witnesses say a rabid fox attacked a teenager and his stepmother outside a daycare in Dover, New Hampshire. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010091508431/ 10010091508431 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:57:58 EDT BOSTON -- Mass was read in Spanish at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston to celebrate Pope Francis. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010092587888/ 10010092587888 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:39:22 EDT BOSTON -- Boston College was buzzing on Wednesday after the first Jesuit pope was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010090676232/ 10010090676232 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:52:20 EDT CHELSEA, Mass. -- Police in Chelsea are looking for a suspect who is robbing cab drivers at gunpoint. The man flags the taxis down and when they arrive at the destination, he takes out a gun and demands money. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010090754062/ 10010090754062 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:26:04 EDT BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick has filed a transportation bond bill at the Statehouse that he says will help pay for needed road, bridge and public transit projects. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010091316431/ 10010091316431 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:06:35 EDT BOSTON -- While millions of Catholics around the world celebrated on Wednesday with the election of Pope Francis, it was also a reflection and hope for those victims of clergy sexual abuse. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010090479568/ 10010090479568 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:23:49 EDT BOSTON -- Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley says in a statement that new Pope Francis has his "faithful support." http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010091302939/ 10010091302939 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:36:17 EDT SEABROOK, N.H. -- A New Hampshire man charged with killing his ex-wife is being held without bail. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010088137797/ 10010088137797 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:27:20 EDT CONCORD, Mass. -- A message of hate was found scrawled in the library of Concord Carlisle High School. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010088804055/ 10010088804055 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:10:47 EDT Statement from Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM, Cap. On the election of the election of Pope Francis I: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010090504772/ 10010090504772 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:48:56 EDT PEABODY, Mass. -- Excited students at St. John the Baptist School in Peabody watched Pope Francis’ announcement live on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010090373697/ 10010090373697 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:50:03 EDT BOSTON -- Catholics at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston reacted to the election of Pope Francis Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010090380392/ 10010090380392 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:35:28 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A group of MIT students got a slap on the wrist for a bracelet some say is offensive and raunchy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010083452873/ 10010083452873 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:19:30 EDT PORTLAND, Maine -- Prosecutors and the defense have concluded their first round of settlement discussions in the case of a Zumba fitness instructor charged with prostitution and tax and welfare violations. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010086237080/ 10010086237080 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:18:20 EDT MIDDLEBORO, Mass. -- A 20-year-old man charged with being drunk and causing a car crash that killed a respected former Middleborough High School teacher and coach has been ordered held on $50,000 bail. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010086590074/ 10010086590074 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:10:51 EDT DANVILLE, N.H. -- Authorities say a 15-year-old boy has died at the home the police chief in Danville, N.H. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010086905138/ 10010086905138 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:07:42 EDT BOSTON -- The operators of one of Boston's largest taxi companies have sued the developer of a smartphone app that allows users to request a cab or livery service, saying it is essentially an unlicensed car service. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010086886293/ 10010086886293 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:23:10 EDT BOSTON -- Federal officials have seized the transmission equipment of an unlicensed radio station in Brockton they say was interfering with air traffic communications in the Boston area. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010086619048/ 10010086619048 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:24:15 EDT SALEM, N.H. -- Voters in the town of Salem have voted overwhelmingly in favor of allowing a casino at Rockingham Park. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010086265583/ 10010086265583 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:22:52 EDT BOSTON -- A single justice of the state's highest court is set to hear from prosecutors who are challenging the way lower courts are handling thousands of drug convictions now in jeopardy because of alleged misconduct by a state chemist at a drug-testing lab. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010086257226/ 10010086257226 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:35:59 EDT NEWTON, Mass. -- Shobha Menon was on the phone with her mother Saturday morning when her cell phone rang. The man on the other end of the line said he was holding her husband hostage after a car accident and wanted money to let him go. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010083815951/ 10010083815951 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:35:20 EDT WOBURN, Mass. -- Police said they tracked down a man who allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from customers on his newspaper route. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010082012062/ 10010082012062 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:37:53 EDT NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Firefighters rescued a dog that fell through an icy pond in North Andover. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010082387336/ 10010082387336 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:10:10 EDT DANVILLE, N.H. -- New Hampshire state police are investigating a death inside the home of the Danville police chief. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010077541062/ 10010077541062 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:56:14 EDT CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. -- A bus carrying college lacrosse players from Vermont was hit Tuesday by a sports car that spun out of control on a wet highway in upstate New York, sending the bus toppling onto its side, police said. One person in the sports car died. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010082497420/ 10010082497420 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:36:23 EDT BROOKLINE, Mass. -- In Massachusetts and all across the world Catholics are praying for the new pope. Special Masses are being held as cardinals elect a new leader. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010081658315/ 10010081658315 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:18:29 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Police said a Worcester mother was driving a car that crashed and killed her 3-year-old son. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010077590911/ 10010077590911 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:17:19 EDT PLAISTOW, N.H. -- A convicted sex offender was taken into custody after allegedly inappropriately touching a 9-year-old child at a WalMart in Plaistow. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010079743935/ 10010079743935 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:25:35 EDT BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick's call for nearly $2 billion in new taxes to pay for improvements in transportation and education is receiving support from hundreds of activists. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010080873578/ 10010080873578 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:21:52 EDT PLUM ISLAND, Mass. -- After a difficult battle with Mother Nature, the Plum Island home of Thomas Nee was reduced to rubble. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010079051283/ 10010079051283 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:00:56 EDT WEYMOUTH, Mass. -- A Weymouth man is recovering from a violent attack. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010078925630/ 10010078925630 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:13:08 EDT HOWLAND, Maine -- Maine State Police say a man wanted in connection to a recent missing-persons case has killed himself after a standoff along Interstate 95 in the Lincoln area. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010078638874/ 10010078638874 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:54:44 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- A former Northbridge police officer who pleaded guilty to charges of driving drunk and causing a crash that seriously injured another man has been spared jail at the urging of his victim's family. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010078528472/ 10010078528472 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:59:16 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- There were reports of a stabbing at a bar in Dorchester Monday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010077835625/ 10010077835625 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:52:31 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- An unmarked police cruiser crashed with another car in Dorchester. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010077795124/ 10010077795124 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:49:24 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Crews were investigating a fire inside a vacant building in Worcester. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010077776430/ 10010077776430 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:27:52 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard University administrators have issued an explanation as to why they secretly searched the emails of faculty members to find the source of a leak to the media about a cheating scandal. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010066847261/ 10010066847261 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:54:12 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- White smoke: the sign that a new pope has been chosen. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010074565292/ 10010074565292 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:29:47 EDT PLUM ISLAND, Mass. -- Three houses were destroyed by the powerful waves whipped up by last week’s winter storm. Now the work is beginning to try and protect the homes left standing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010073338749/ 10010073338749 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:23:36 EDT WEYMOUTH, Mass. -- Thomas Curtin-Hiltz, 19, is a dropout with a criminal record and now he’s facing an attempted murder charge after a brutal attack with a baseball bat Friday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010072941628/ 10010072941628 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:30:56 EDT PLAISTOW, N.H. -- Plaistow, New Hampshire police are searching for a man accused of groping a child in a store’s toy aisle. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010075145691/ 10010075145691 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:51:36 EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A bus driver has been put on unpaid leave after a young Cambridge boy was left alone on a school bus for hours after he had fallen asleep. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010075269678/ 10010075269678 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:48:01 EDT DORCHESTER, Mass. -- An MBTA bus driver was attacked by a group of nearly 20 teenagers during his route Saturday just after 1 a.m. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010066608189/ 10010066608189 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:29:56 EDT UNDATED -- Cardinal Sean O’Malley has made such an impact on Boston’s community -- but it turns out, he actually has been getting a lot of attention in Italy as well. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010073699613/ 10010073699613 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:33:37 EDT PLUM ISLAND, Mass. -- On Monday, a third home battered by the past week’s storm will be torn down. Thirty other homes are also considered vulnerable after a series of nor’easters pummeled the coast this season. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010066521726/ 10010066521726 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:21:21 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A coalition of housing advocates in Springfield will host a city-wide tour to call attention to the housing crisis in the city. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010071848167/ 10010071848167 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:36:18 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Penn National Gaming has released updated drawings of its proposed Springfield casino. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010070137876/ 10010070137876 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 06:36:22 EDT LOWELL, Mass. -- Authorities say the death of the 60-year-old Lowell woman found by emergency crews investigating a report of smoke coming from her apartment is being investigated as a homicide. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010069418274/ 10010069418274 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:25:42 EDT MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. -- A beloved former teacher and soccer coach at Middleborough High School has died in a weekend car crash in town. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010070074221/ 10010070074221 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:22:38 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- Journalist Soledad O'Brien will be giving an upcoming lecture at College of the Holy Cross. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010069695816/ 10010069695816 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:49:08 EDT PORTLAND, Maine -- An international organization has given its seal of approval to the Maine lobster fishery designating it as sustainable, Maine Gov. Paul LePage announced Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010068774874/ 10010068774874 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:23:52 EDT FALMOUTH, Mass. -- Child's play turned dangerous in Falmouth this weekend when a boy playing on a sand pile ended up trapped. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010066103295/ 10010066103295 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:03:58 EDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A New Hampshire man is in jail after a high-speed chase that ended when the man's car ran out of gas. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010064903852/ 10010064903852 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:16:52 EDT WORCESTER, Mass. -- The Massachusetts Port Authority is spending $32 million in a multiyear effort to revitalize the Worcester Regional Airport. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010064621280/ 10010064621280 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:58:04 EDT SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Springfield's chief economic development official says city officials plan to ask Columbia Gas for about $1 million for property damage and other costs tied to the Nov. 23 natural gas blast downtown. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010064508445/ 10010064508445 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:55:14 EST NEWTOWN, Conn. -- They are biking from Newtown to Washington to send a message. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010058011460/ 10010058011460 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:42:09 EST BOSTON -- An Italian newspaper is claiming that Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley is a top contender to replace the pope, a notion that is generating excitement in the city. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010058292950/ 10010058292950 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:30:08 EST WALPOLE, Mass. -- Walpole digging out after a 2-day storm that dumped nearly two feet of snow, burying homes and cars in a late winter gift from Mother Nature. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010058220834/ 10010058220834 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:49:09 EST BOSTON -- Southern New England residents reeling from a late winter storm that dumped up to 2 feet of snow in two days are relishing warmer weather that will gradually melt some of the packed snow. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010056534923/ 10010056534923 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:51:28 EST BOSTON -- The University of Massachusetts has sold $284 million in construction bonds as it moves forward on several major projects. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010056548849/ 10010056548849 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:06:55 EST PLUM ISLAND, Mass. -- The winter storm pummeled several Plum Island homes, the strong wind and surf damaging some beyond repair. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010044761529/ 10010044761529 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:37:08 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- As Massachusetts homeowners turn their clocks ahead for daylight savings time, they're being reminded it's also a good time to make sure that their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are working properly. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010057182833/ 10010057182833 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:05:16 EST PLUM ISLAND, Mass. -- A second Plum Island home, battered by wind and waves, fell off its foundation Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010053751682/ 10010053751682 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:41:49 EST WEYMOUTH, Mass. – Cleanup was already underway in Weymouth Friday night after the town was hit with almost two feet of snow from the drawn-out winter storm that hit New England Wednesday into Friday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010047490979/ 10010047490979 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:09:06 EST BOSTON -- Many people were caught off guard by the power of the snow storm, including Boston Mayor Menino, whose decision to keep schools open caused some controversy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010048014699/ 10010048014699 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:39:14 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- Worcester got about 23 inches of snow Friday, bringing the season total to over 100 inches of snow. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010047475421/ 10010047475421 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:10:14 EST BOSTON -- Boston saw more than a foot of snow, but that didn't stop people from going out and enjoying their Friday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010049821486/ 10010049821486 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:55:59 EST SCITUATE, Mass. -- People in Scituate were asked to stay away from the coast as the winter storm made a number of roads impassable on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010047575982/ 10010047575982 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:55:23 EST MARSHFIELD, Mass. – Ocean Street in the Brant Rock section was under three feet of water Friday morning and into the night due to multiple high tides, forcing police and DPW crews to block it off from public access. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010046132354/ 10010046132354 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:22:37 EST AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Maine Warden Service says it will not charge a 17-year-old skier who was missing for two nights near Sugarloaf Mountain for rescue operations, which could exceed $10,000. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010048815761/ 10010048815761 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:34:33 EST MANSFIELD, Mass. -- Wet, heavy snow left Mansfield and nearby communities digging out Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010047807396/ 10010047807396 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:26:07 EST BOSTON – 7’s Rhett Lewis and Janet Wu, along with Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski walked the runway for a good cause Thursday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010048116743/ 10010048116743 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:01:01 EST UNDATED – 7’s Adam Williams has some advice for you: If you’re late to work because of snow, prove it! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010047966149/ 10010047966149 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:54:03 EST UNDATED -- Think you know Boston pretty well? Look at these fun facts that you may possibly have never known about Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010047564352/ 10010047564352 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:02:33 EST PORTLAND, Maine -- A young seal somehow wandered up a steep embankment and crossed four lanes of traffic to make an unexpected appearance at the entrance of Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010047255382/ 10010047255382 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:40:57 EST BOSTON -- The following release was sent out by Boston Public Schools on Friday: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010046045764/ 10010046045764 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:37:50 EST WHITMAN, Mass. -- The late-winter storm that buried parts of the country was forecast to be little more than a nuisance for most of New England. Try telling that to Connecticut and Massachusetts residents who spent two days shoveling as much as 2 feet snow. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010045667031/ 10010045667031 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:46:47 EST MANSFIELD, Mass. -- Mansfield was buried under about 19 inches of wet, heavy, tough-to-move snow on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010037800794/ 10010037800794 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:30:50 EST HULL, Mass. -- Crews reopened Nantasket Avenue in Hull after flooding from the high tide Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010045265060/ 10010045265060 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:08:48 EST LYNN, Mass. -- Lynn began the clean-up as the tide went out Friday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010045132868/ 10010045132868 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:52:07 EST The town of Scituate issued a storm advisory Friday morning: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010045032776/ 10010045032776 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:05:05 EST Bruin is an adorable and spirited 5-month-old Chihuahua mix who loves other dogs but is fearful of small kids (he’s just a peanut himself, of course!). http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010044750563/ 10010044750563 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:11:02 EST BOSTON -- Part of the reason Friday morning’s commute was so bad, centered around the fact that they couldn't pre-treat any of the roads because there was rain to start off this storm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010044426286/ 10010044426286 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:40:40 EST BOSTON -- Mayor Menino released a statement Friday morning urging all commuters to use caution and if possible, public transportation to keep as many cars off the road as possible. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010043884095/ 10010043884095 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:24:06 EST BOSTON -- Power was out on the Tobin Bridge Friday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010043784641/ 10010043784641 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:47:07 EST ROCKLAND, Mass. -- A water pipe burst in Rockland, flooding part of Concord Street. Crews shut off the water to repair the water main. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010043562769/ 10010043562769 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:38:14 EST BOSTON -- Friday’s morning commute was tough, even in the city of Boston. Thursday night drivers dealt with the wet roads until about 10 or 11:00 when the snow started sticking. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010035229479/ 10010035229479 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:30:34 EST SCITUATE, Mass. -- Another round of winter weather impacted the coast -- an area still feeling the effects from February’s blizzard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010026183467/ 10010026183467 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:41:17 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- On Thursday, a jury found Nathaniel Fujita guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Lauren Astley. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010036687759/ 10010036687759 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:04:56 EST NAHANT, Mass. -- Beach erosion is the main concern for residents in Nahant and other towns as a winter storm once again pummels the coastline. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010039349665/ 10010039349665 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:32:58 EST SANDWICH, Mass. -- There were some power outages on Sandwich, but according to Emergency Management, NStar was working on it. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010032317899/ 10010032317899 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:45:46 EST MILFORD, Mass. -- A police officer's duty is to protect and serve -- but one man in Milford called 911 with a different idea of what that meant. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010039594628/ 10010039594628 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:19:35 EST BOSTON -- Lawyers for two men arrested at Boston's Logan International Airport after allegedly trying to smuggle 22 kilograms of cocaine say the men don't know each other and had no idea how the drugs ended up in their suitcases. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010039077591/ 10010039077591 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:38:39 EST ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Attleboro police have arrested a 15-year-old boy they say forced his way into a 62-year-old neighbor's home and stabbed her before trying to drown her. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010037391921/ 10010037391921 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:04:47 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- In Worcester, they just missed out on setting a record for snow in February. It’s March, but once again, the Worcester area will most likely pick up the most snow. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010038988742/ 10010038988742 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:31:33 EST MATTAWAMKEAG, Maine -- A train carrying crude oil has derailed in eastern Maine, but there are conflicting reports on whether oil is leaking. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010036989312/ 10010036989312 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:34:28 EST SUTTON, N.H. -- New Hampshire State Police say a tractor trailer truck hauling 65,000 gallons of milk on Interstate 89 slid off the road and rolled onto the driver's side, spilling much of the milk. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010035926853/ 10010035926853 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:16:04 EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut and federal education officials are allowing Newtown students to skip standardized testing because of the school shootings that killed 20 students and six educators in December. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010035816487/ 10010035816487 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:25:06 EST BOSTON -- Six Boston police officers fired after testing positive for cocaine have been ordered reinstated after a state board determined that the drug tests they were given were unreliable. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010035150650/ 10010035150650 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:10:35 EST ALFRED, Maine -- The focus of a prostitution scandal in Maine is turning to a Zumba fitness instructor now that an insurance agent accused of being her business partner has been convicted. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010035063523/ 10010035063523 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:45:15 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- Worcester residents woke up to another round of snow on Thursday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010034911581/ 10010034911581 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:12:31 EST FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Two Fall River firefighters were hurt overnight while battling a fire on Plymouth Ave. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010034715191/ 10010034715191 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:17:34 EST ANDOVER, Mass. -- A young life saver is being hailed as a hero for making the call that saved his babysitter’s life. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010032585465/ 10010032585465 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:01:24 EST MEDFORD, Mass. -- Bear Grylls, the British adventurist whose popular TV show “Man vs. Wild” may have saved a 17-year-old from Medford, spoke about the teen’s harrowing ordeal Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010032488412/ 10010032488412 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:49:25 EST BOSTON -- A new storm is bringing wet, heavy snow and gusty winds to Massachusetts, including coastal flooding in communities hit during February's blizzard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010032416540/ 10010032416540 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:32:27 EST WELLESLEY, Mass. -- A suspected drunk driver struck a police cruiser in Wellesley Wednesday evening. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010030514752/ 10010030514752 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:15:31 EST ALFRED, Maine -- An insurance agent was convicted Wednesday of promoting a prostitution business centered at a Zumba studio in a small coastal town. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010027533171/ 10010027533171 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:23:56 EST UNDATED -- The American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts opened two shelters Wednesday night ahead of the impending coastal storm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010031543676/ 10010031543676 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:38:45 EST MEDFORD, Mass. -- A 17-year-old boy who was found alive and well after going missing for two nights near a ski resort was discharged from a Maine hospital and returned home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010028752511/ 10010028752511 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:53:23 EST HANOVER, Mass. -- A car crashed into the front of a Supercuts store in Hanover on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010030280337/ 10010030280337 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:37:42 EST UNDATED -- NStar is reminding customers to be prepared for storm-related power outages. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010030186293/ 10010030186293 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:10:20 EST BRENTWOOD, N.H. -- A New Hampshire mom, who allegedly went on the run with the man who severely beat her 3-year-old boy, was denied contact with her child in court on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010026062043/ 10010026062043 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:11:15 EST WAYLAND, Mass. -- Wednesday morning, the jury starts deliberating the case against a young man from Sudbury, accused of killing his ex-girlfriend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010026427594/ 10010026427594 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:45:27 EST CHELSEA, Mass. -- Police have made an arrest in connection with a fatal shooting in Chelsea. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010023752769/ 10010023752769 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:19:14 EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Snow and accidents are making the morning commute in Connecticut difficult for a second-straight day and schools across the state are closed as a large winter storm begins its exit from New England. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010027555450/ 10010027555450 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:46:00 EST BOSTON -- A cab driver hit an unconscious man in the Back Bay. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010026276043/ 10010026276043 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:03:15 EST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A winter storm is expected to bring snow and strong winds to Rhode Island. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010027459512/ 10010027459512 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:05:55 EST NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Authorities are withholding search warrants and police records related to the Newtown massacre even though the shooter is dead and the prosecutor handling the case has said he does not expect any charges. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12010019915575/ 12010019915575 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:39:43 EST MEDFORD, Mass. -- It was a happy ending for Nicholas Joy’s family who went up to Maine to help in the search for their 17-year-old brother missing at a ski resort. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010023718334/ 10010023718334 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:40:06 EST FARMINGTON, Conn. -- Police are looking for a man who took a diamond valued at $40,000 from a Westfarms mall jewelry store. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010023000696/ 10010023000696 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:26:02 EST BOSTON -- The MBTA is considering another round of fare hikes to close a $130 million budget deficit. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010022196286/ 10010022196286 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:23:35 EST BOSTON -- A Boston high school athletic director is lobbying for change after a basketball star was told by a rival school’s athletic trainer she may have had a concussion, and was benched for the rest of the game. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010022541541/ 10010022541541 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:37:43 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- Attorneys made their closing arguments in the trial of a Wayland man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010021906399/ 10010021906399 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:10:44 EST BOSTON -- The 8-year prison term given to the longtime girlfriend of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger for helping him during his 16 years on the run is three times higher than the sentence she should have received, her lawyer argued Tuesday to a federal appeals court. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010017424418/ 10010017424418 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:22:59 EST BROCKTON, Mass. -- A tractor trailer struck a bus near the intersection of Quincy Street and Court Street in Brockton Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010020377982/ 10010020377982 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:51:20 EST NEWTON, Mass. -- The news of 17-year-old Nicholas Joy’s rescue brought a sense of relief to his family on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010020188057/ 10010020188057 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:13:10 EST MEDFORD, Mass. -- Medford High School teachers and students were overjoyed to hear 17-year-old Nicolas Joy was found safe on Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010020319088/ 10010020319088 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:11:14 EST BOSTON -- A private group began working to bring the Olympics to Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010018867439/ 10010018867439 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:00:57 EST MEDFORD, Mass. -- Neighbors of a 17-year-old boy who was found on Sugarloaf Mountain after two days were relieved to hear the boy was doing okay. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010020245768/ 10010020245768 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:15:11 EST BEVERLY, Mass. -- A 106-year-old Beverly man who had to drop out of school before the ninth-grade to support his mother and five siblings has finally earned his high school diploma. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010018891171/ 10010018891171 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:49:21 EST BOSTON -- A nor'easter is bringing wind-whipped, wet snow to Massachusetts, and coastal flooding is expected in communities still recovering from February's blizzard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010018736190/ 10010018736190 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:40:00 EST PALMER, Mass. -- The chief executive of Connecticut-based Mohegan Sun says the company is adding as much as $175 million in amenities to its proposal to build a casino outside Springfield. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010013280083/ 10010013280083 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:41:34 EST HOPEDALE, Mass. -- Hopedale’s health department is taking action after bags filled with pet droppings have been found in the city’s storm drains. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010015089498/ 10010015089498 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:13:23 EST BOSTON -- Lawyers for gangster James "Whitey" Bulger say the federal government is trying to conceal the "sordid history" of Bulger's relationship with law enforcement by trying to prevent him from using his claim that he received immunity for his crimes from a former federal prosecutor. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010017440370/ 10010017440370 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:57:07 EST BOURNE, Mass. -- An off-duty state trooper has been charged with a single count of OUI after witnesses said he was driving his pickup truck erratically. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010014822733/ 10010014822733 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:45:35 EST WALTHAM, Mass. -- While anticipation is building around the world ahead of picking the pope, Catholic school students in Waltham are trying to do their part by saying their prayers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010014753523/ 10010014753523 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:23:24 EST ROXBURY, Mass. -- Five men are facing drug and gun charges following a wild roof top chase in Roxbury. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010013540463/ 10010013540463 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:01:35 EST BOSTON -- Boston University has suspended a fraternity after an engineering student from New Hampshire was found unconscious at a party and died. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010014489524/ 10010014489524 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:59:16 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- Testimony in the trial of a Wayland man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend began Monday with a surprise announcement from the judge that a juror was being dismissed, but no reason was given. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010013035699/ 10010013035699 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:02:55 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- A Massachusetts doctor is part of an exciting new case that could be a big breakthrough in the battle against HIV. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010013057510/ 10010013057510 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:20:43 EST BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick has joined in an annual state survey of black bear cubs in Massachusetts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010013884357/ 10010013884357 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:21:55 EST MANSFIELD, Mass. -- A Mansfield dog who attacked two people was euthanized Monday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010011371594/ 10010011371594 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:45:17 EST LONDONDERRY, N.H. -- Former youth football coach, Timothy Longua, is facing sexual assault charges. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010011511759/ 10010011511759 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:16:34 EST FARMINGTON, Maine -- After nearly 48 hours, a 17-year-old skier was found alive and well at Maine's Sugarloaf ski resort Tuesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010010979419/ 10010010979419 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:55:12 EST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is among those asking a Rhode Island judge to dismiss a state economic development agency lawsuit over its $75 million loan guarantee for his now-defunct video game company. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010011931292/ 10010011931292 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:31:31 EST BOSTON -- A court determined a Boston firefighter will not face charges for allegedly making troubling threats. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010011429156/ 10010011429156 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:49:30 EST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Oprah Winfrey has been selected as one of the principal speakers at Harvard University's commencement, the Ivy League school announced Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010010097076/ 10010010097076 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:26:05 EST LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A police dog in Lawrence was searching for suspects when he not only found a gun, but shot it. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010006356524/ 10010006356524 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:12:59 EST BOSTON -- The rapper and actor Ice-T will be giving an inspirational talk to students at University of Massachusetts-Boston this week. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010009877977/ 10010009877977 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:11:25 EST ALFRED, Maine -- An investigator says a Zumba instructor who videotaped sex acts at her dance studio also videotaped a search warrant being executed, and her alleged co-conspirator watched it live from his office 100 miles away. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010009508591/ 10010009508591 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:16:19 EST WESTWOOD, Mass. -- A three-alarm fire burned at a house on Dover Road in Westwood. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010009177973/ 10010009177973 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:11:28 EST WESTPORT, Mass. -- Police in Westport searched for a vandal who targeted a church. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010009148872/ 10010009148872 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:37:50 EST MANSFIELD, Mass. -- Police say Milo the dog has struck again, this time attacking a 16-year-old girl Saturday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010004987015/ 10010004987015 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:48:37 EST WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Police responded to a deadly accident in Wilmington Sunday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010006851726/ 10010006851726 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:37:20 EST NEW LONDON, Conn. -- A gun buyback in New London has netted 40 handguns, 38 long guns and an AK-47. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010005704096/ 10010005704096 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:55:09 EST HANOVER, N.H. -- The cost of attending Dartmouth College will increase by 3.8 percent for the next academic year, bringing the total for tuition, room, board and mandatory fees to just over $60,000. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010005450983/ 10010005450983 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:01:22 EST BOSTON -- A man fled the scene after hitting a girl with his car in Boston on Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10010004768268/ 10010004768268 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:53:37 EST ROXBURY, Mass. -- On Saturday, friends of Courtney Jackson held a vigil for the 26-year-old who was shot and killed Thursday at the Dudley Square bus station. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009996441718/ 10009996441718 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 22:55:41 EST METHUEN, Mass. -- Police in Methuen are on alert after a spike in armed robberies, including one caught on camera Saturday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009997894199/ 10009997894199 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:21:39 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- Worcester police were on scene of a tanker truck crash involving multiple vehicles on West Boylston in Worcester Friday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009986529915/ 10009986529915 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:10:56 EST BOSTON -- Police are investigating the sudden death of a Boston University student who was found unconscious early Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009995825652/ 10009995825652 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:24:03 EST BOSTON -- A recent analysis offers "cautious optimism" that the Massachusetts economy will continue to grow modestly in the coming months, despite the threat posed by the automatic federal spending cuts that took effect this weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009995904399/ 10009995904399 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:30:18 EST BOSTON -- The Department of Transportation has revoked the operating license of the Fung Wah discount bus service between New York and Boston, saying the company stopped cooperating with federal safety inspectors. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009987661866/ 10009987661866 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:19:31 EST NEWTON, Mass. -- A babysitter in Newton was passed out in a car with a child in the back seat, according to police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009987597193/ 10009987597193 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:28:29 EST DORCHESTER, Mass. -- Guests at a Marriott Hotel in Dorchester were forced to evacuate when a strange odor was detected. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009989090966/ 10009989090966 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:41:42 EST BOSTON -- Federal prosecutors say a claim by a lawyer for reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger that he was never an FBI informant is a tactic to influence jurors in Bulger's upcoming trial. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009987370235/ 10009987370235 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:40:21 EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- The two boys who were killed by their grandmother before she committed suicide this week each had multiple gunshot wounds, the Connecticut medical examiner's office said Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009987722138/ 10009987722138 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:20:01 EST BOSTON -- Police say one person is dead and two people are in custody after a shooting at the Dudley Square bus station in Roxbury Thursday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009980400144/ 10009980400144 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:20:31 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- A forensic psychiatrist testifying for the defense in the trial of a Wayland man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend says the defendant was unable to control himself. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009985443127/ 10009985443127 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:02:45 EST BOSTON -- Former Massachusetts treasurer Tim Cahill agreed to pay a $100,000 civil fine in exchange for prosecutors dropping a criminal case against him. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009985336537/ 10009985336537 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:56:00 EST CONCORD, N.H. -- For the second consecutive month, New Hampshire's tax receipts are lagging behind projections. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009986375970/ 12009986375970 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:35:28 EST BOSTON -- Federal fishery managers are telling struggling New England fishermen that they'll cover as much of the costs of required independent catch monitors as possible. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009986252883/ 12009986252883 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:52:40 EST MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont lawmakers leave for their Town Meeting Day break with much work remaining and many questions to be answered about the ultimate shape of their 2013 session. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009986356028/ 12009986356028 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:05:49 EST ALFRED, Maine -- Jurors in the case of a Maine Zumba studio that prosecutors say was really a den of prostitution saw videos demonstrating that an insurance agent was familiar with paid sex acts involving his mistress, but a defense lawyer said it doesn't prove that the man promoted prostitution. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009984994943/ 12009984994943 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:07:23 EST LEXINGTON, Mass. -- A school bus crash in Lexington left several students injured. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009984284399/ 10009984284399 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:23:44 EST It’s hard to believe that two cute pigs could be found walking down a busy street in Lowell, Mass. But that’s just what happened in January when the local animal control officer spotted George and Harriet and brought them to a local veterinary hospital. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009984382426/ 10009984382426 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:22:49 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- An Acton woman originally charged with murder in the fatal beating of her 1-year-old son has pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of manslaughter. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009983656992/ 10009983656992 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:46:02 EST STONEHAM, Mass. -- Stoneham police along with state police located a toddler and her maternal grandmother -- who were sought in Maine -- in Stoneham Thursday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009979116287/ 10009979116287 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:15:45 EST WEYMOUTH, Mass. -- A plow driver was charged with drunk driving after he allegedly drove a pickup truck into several oncoming cars and fled the scene. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009980734519/ 10009980734519 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:25:51 EST ALTON, N.H. -- Residents in Alton, New Hampshire are upset that a school board member showed a knife during a meeting in which members were discussing the district's weapons policy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009980795183/ 10009980795183 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:44:16 EST HULL, Mass. -- The water is being tested in Hull after an overflow of water at a sewage treatment plant. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009979105645/ 10009979105645 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:47:14 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- The mother of Lauren Astley took the stand Thursday against her daughter’s ex-boyfriend who is accused of killing Astley after they broke up. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009976963417/ 10009976963417 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:39:28 EST WASHINGTON -- President Obama's longtime speechwriter, John Favreau, is resigning on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009978716813/ 10009978716813 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:31:54 EST BOSTON -- A federal appeals court will hear arguments in April in an appeal of a judge's ruling granting a taxpayer-funded sex change for a Massachusetts transgender inmate. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009978311410/ 10009978311410 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:40:23 EST BOSTON – Back in the Bay State, local parishioners honored Pope Benedict XVI’s last day at the Vatican. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009976922364/ 10009976922364 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:29:47 EST GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- For decades, commercial fishing has been the life blood of the New England coast - and perhaps nowhere is that more true than in Gloucester. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009975778740/ 10009975778740 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:03:00 EST WALTHAM, Mass. -- A 23-year-old security guard at Waltham High School was arrested after he was accused of stealing flammable chemicals from the school’s chemistry storage room. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009970218088/ 10009970218088 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:11:03 EST In the spirit of fun, people are mixing in a little March Madness, betting on who will be the new pope. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009977106385/ 10009977106385 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:07:08 EST ALFRED, Maine -- The jury in the trial of a Maine man accused of helping a Zumba instructor engage in prostitution is watching sexually explicit videos as part of the high-profile trial. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009976002866/ 10009976002866 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:00:07 EST BOSTON -- The Tobin Bridge will be the first site of a new tolling system in Massachusetts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009975600752/ 10009975600752 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:59:02 EST BOSTON -- The state has awarded a more than $250 million contract to overhaul the Longfellow Bridge connecting Boston and Cambridge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009975594228/ 10009975594228 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:32:50 EST HINGHAM, Mass. -- A school van in Hingham was involved in an accident Thursday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009975437099/ 10009975437099 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:16:24 EST NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. -- Debra Denison chatted with day care workers as they helped load her two grandsons into her van. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009974618486/ 10009974618486 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:38:06 EST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT officials released more information regarding the message that sent police rushing to the school’s campus Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009971508688/ 10009971508688 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:20:56 EST MANSFIELD, Mass. -- Wednesday night the board of selectmen in Mansfield voted 3-2 to put down 3-year-old Milo, the dog accused of attacking a 6-year-old boy last month. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009970325699/ 10009970325699 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:05:37 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- The mother of Lauren Astley, who was allegedly killed by her ex-boyfriend, broke down when she heard some of the evidence revealed in court on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009968433743/ 10009968433743 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:05:11 EST BOSTON -- Massachusetts State Police are investigating an accident in which a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009971311183/ 10009971311183 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:42:42 EST BOSTON -- Boston's music scene is hoping to hit a high note this summer, drawing in some of the country's top up and coming acts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009970096256/ 10009970096256 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:09:11 EST BOSTON -- A Boston firefighter was arrested for drug possession Tuesday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009969895149/ 10009969895149 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:53:12 EST BOSTON -- The Fung Wah discount bus service from New York to Boston has been shut down after the Boston area's transit authority barred it from operating out of a city bus terminal until further notice. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009968359243/ 10009968359243 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:42:30 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- Another day, another storm and in Worcester they know the drill well. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009965775016/ 10009965775016 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:57:14 EST BOSTON -- A Vermont woman whose face was disfigured in a lye attack received a face transplant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009966583429/ 10009966583429 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:35:31 EST LAWRENCE, Mass. -- The violent images of a bus crash is ingrained in the minds of the University of Maine women’s basketball players that were on board. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009968253111/ 10009968253111 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:23:13 EST ALFRED, Maine -- Jurors in the trial of a Maine man accused of helping a fitness instructor use her Zumba studio as a front for prostitution showed little reaction while viewing sexually explicit photos and a videotape. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009967819339/ 10009967819339 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:18:28 EST BOSTON -- Authorities are investigating after a Massachusetts man died on a flight from Florida to Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009967790840/ 10009967790840 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:31:04 EST PRESTON, Conn. -- A woman who picked up her two young grandsons from daycare and was supposed to bring them home so the 2-year-old could open his birthday presents instead drove them to a neighboring town and shot and killed the children and herself, state police and family members said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009962466445/ 10009962466445 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:08:20 EST AGAWAM, Mass. -- The Six Flags New England amusement park is looking to hire 3,000 people for the upcoming season, including actors to dress as Batman, Wonder Woman, Bugs Bunny and other characters. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009967010023/ 10009967010023 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:15:57 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A funeral service has been held in Springfield for a 12-year-old boy who drowned in a middle school swimming class Feb. 15. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009966335797/ 10009966335797 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:13:01 EST AUGUSTA, Maine -- It's not the most provocative bill to be taken up this year, but it has drawn the attention from bar owners in Maine -- and people who take their St. Patrick's Day celebrating seriously. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009966318143/ 10009966318143 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:09:30 EST ANDOVER, Mass. -- 7's Nicole Oliverio is in Andover along Interstate 93 with the latest morning commute conditions. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009965937045/ 10009965937045 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:22:33 EST FITCHBURG, Mass. -- 7's Steve Cooper was in Fitchburg Wednesday morning as snow fell heavily. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009965655329/ 10009965655329 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:01:48 EST BOSTON -- The University of Massachusetts-Boston is holding a groundbreaking ceremony for a new academic building aimed at supporting the school's growing enrollment and course offerings. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009965530877/ 10009965530877 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:13:28 EST GEORGETOWN, Mass. -- The University of Maine women’s basketball team was involved in a serious bus crash on Interstate 95 in Georgetown Tuesday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009962720847/ 10009962720847 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:53:30 EST WATERTOWN, Mass. -- A large fire broke out at a building on Main Street in Watertown Tuesday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009963681073/ 10009963681073 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:01:32 EST BOSTON -- Emerson College fraternity brothers are stepping up to chip in for one of their member’s sex change operation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009963369258/ 10009963369258 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:22:15 EST NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Schools in North Andover are trying help students dealing with obesity issues, but some families say the schools are going too far. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009963493524/ 10009963493524 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:47:38 EST MARSHFIELD, Mass. -- A construction worker was rescued by Marshfield firefighters after he became trapped under a pile of sand and dirt Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009961125854/ 10009961125854 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:24:25 EST BOSTON -- Two people were injured in an accident at a 10-story Massachusetts General Hospital lab building in the Charlestown Navy Yard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009960986556/ 10009960986556 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:28:24 EST BOSTON -- A battle of the bands is breaking out on Beacon Hill pitting rock megastars Aerosmith against underground legends the Modern Lovers for the title of official rock song of Massachusetts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009960290432/ 10009960290432 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:53:35 EST BOSTON -- Boston City Councilor John Connolly announced his candidacy for mayor of Boston on Tuesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009957921583/ 10009957921583 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:33:15 EST BOSTON -- Federal regulators ordered Fung Wah buses off the roads so officials can inspect the company’s entire fleet, but the company continues to serve its customers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009959959587/ 10009959959587 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:19:56 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- Testimony in the murder trial of 20-year-old Nathanial Fujita brought a mother to tears on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009959519648/ 10009959519648 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:51:42 EST BLACKSTONE, Mass. -- A fire wasted no time as it raced through the walls of a Blackstone home Tuesday morning. Flames escaped through the roof and destroyed everything in its path. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009957550251/ 10009957550251 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:43:44 EST BOSTON -- The former president of the Trader Joe's grocery chain has an idea for the massive quantities of food that America's supermarkets throw out every day because it is near, at, or past its sell-by date. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009958222468/ 10009958222468 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:07:18 EST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The FBI and U.S. Secret Service have confirmed that they are helping investigate a report of a gunman on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus last weekend that turned out to be a hoax. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009957283878/ 10009957283878 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:02:40 EST FITCHBURG, Mass. -- Fitchburg Police investigated a break into police headquarters. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009957256036/ 10009957256036 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:33:31 EST BOSTON -- Two people were transported to the hospital after a Green Line train and a car collided on Commonwealth Avenue Monday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009954561168/ 10009954561168 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:15:26 EST BOSTON -- State inspectors say they have found serious safety problems with buses used by a popular discount bus service operating between Boston and New York City. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009952652694/ 10009952652694 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:04:35 EST SAUGUS, Mass. -- Six years after a hit-and-run accident killed two people in Saugus, charges are being file in connection with the case. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009949347517/ 10009949347517 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:25:23 EST BROOKLINE, Mass. -- A woman followed her dog out onto Jamaica Pond on Monday and fell through the ice. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009952352367/ 10009952352367 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:24:01 EST WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Authorities in Westfield say one person has died after a fire at an apartment complex for the elderly. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009953424113/ 10009953424113 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:19:18 EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Facebook has agreed to remove some so-called tribute pages related to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting over concerns they're being used to exploit the tragedy, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009951595899/ 10009951595899 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:58:44 EST BOSTON -- The stormy weather pattern continues Tuesday night into Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009951832442/ 10009951832442 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:38:36 EST BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- A man, arrested for secretly videotaping young girls with his cell phone while they were tanning, was silent as he left court Monday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009950991690/ 10009950991690 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:57:05 EST BROCKTON, Mass. – Brockton police say they have lodged child abuse and neglect complaints against a man whose 9-year-old son appears in sexually suggestive rap videos posted online. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009950022577/ 10009950022577 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:29:55 EST BOSTON -- A body was found under the Interstate 93 overpass at Albany Street and Travelers Street in Boston Monday morning and police believe foul play was involved. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009950579548/ 10009950579548 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:16:16 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Toni Flowers Perkins had been collecting pull tabs for years, donating them by the bag full to Shriner's Hospital but she never thought that through it she would get something back she lost more than a decade ago. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009951937684/ 10009951937684 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:44:19 EST NORWICH, Conn. -- State police have identified a man who was shot to death by Norwich police after they say he pointed a handgun at them. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009951745988/ 10009951745988 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:51:34 EST LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Questions were raised in Lawrence over whether Mayor William Lantigua broke the law. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009949989485/ 10009949989485 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:26:45 EST MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police say a Manchester, N.H., man has been accused of assaulting his neighbor by sticking an insulin-filled hypodermic needle in her neck. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009951280561/ 10009951280561 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:20:06 EST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Actor-director Sean Penn and the former prime minister of Haiti will participate in a discussion at Harvard on how Haiti is faring three years after a devastating earthquake. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009951240615/ 10009951240615 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:28:56 EST ALFRED, Maine -- A computer expert says a Maine man charged with promoting prostitution deleted his email a day after police raided a fitness instructor's dance studio, office and home in February 2012. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009949853617/ 10009949853617 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:20:19 EST SUDBURY, Mass. -- Firefighters say a wood stove is to blame for a house fire in Sudbury. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009949081958/ 10009949081958 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:13:21 EST CANTON, Mass. -- Police in Canton began looking for the man who stole 10 designer purses from a Marshalls store. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009949040157/ 10009949040157 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:06:14 EST GROTON, Mass. -- A senior in Groton who suffers from a neurological condition got to live out a special moment before graduation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009946117417/ 10009946117417 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:53:21 EST BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- A woman at a Hyannis tanning salon discovered a hidden camera pointed right at her naked body. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009944600135/ 10009944600135 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:31:55 EST BOSTON -- The White House says Massachusetts could lose tens of millions of dollars for education, environmental protection and child care if automatic federal budget cuts take effect as scheduled. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009945191532/ 10009945191532 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:34:23 EST FITCHBURG, Mass. -- A third batch of winter weather in three weeks is causing frustration for drivers and homeowners. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009944486326/ 10009944486326 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:21:43 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- Worcester officials say they are concerned about a possible loss of millions in property taxes with the sale of land and buildings to nonprofit subsidiaries of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009944050333/ 10009944050333 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:37:07 EST FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Police are looking for the man who broke into a pet store and appeared to purposely break a fish tank. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009937302748/ 10009937302748 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:24:56 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- Heavy, wet snow caused slippery roads and scattered power outages in parts of Maine and New Hampshire. The Worcester area saw a mixture of conditions, causing a slushy mess on some roads. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009941189697/ 10009941189697 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 09:58:57 EST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A reported threat on the MIT campus had police searching for a man carrying a long rifle and wearing body armor. Police discovered the report was a hoax, but they took this security scare very seriously. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009932753722/ 10009932753722 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:00:25 EST LYNN, Mass. -- A car driving northbound on Essex Street side-swiped and then hit a landscaping truck towing a tractor. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009936002528/ 10009936002528 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:22:28 EST LAWRENCE, Mass. -- For the third week in a row, crews spent the day loading the trucks with salt and now they're standing by and waiting to see if they'll be heading back out. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009937214817/ 10009937214817 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:17:53 EST BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The Vermont and New Hampshire health departments are warning people to check for gasoline smells in some 3- and 5-gallon water jugs. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009935387370/ 10009935387370 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:27:50 EST BOSTON -- Massachusetts dioceses are planning special services to honor Pope Benedict XVI on the day he steps down. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009934007074/ 10009934007074 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:54:33 EST CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire House is voting during the week ahead whether to delay full implementation of a school aid law to prevent communities from getting less money this year. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009933087386/ 10009933087386 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:01:00 EST ANDOVER, Mass. -- A freight train rolling through Andover Thursday night stopped just short of catastrophe. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009928806084/ 10009928806084 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:44:36 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- With many cities and towns already blowing through their snow removal budget, some may be forced to tap their reserves. But one official says “scratch that;” he's got a better plan. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009928707651/ 10009928707651 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:29:32 EST WEST DENNIS, Mass. -- A fire broke out at a house in West Dennis Friday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009928617234/ 10009928617234 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:23:59 EST WATERTOWN, Conn -- Watertown, Connecticut police are searching for a teeanger who may be the victim of a kidnapping. Luanelly "Nelly" Rodriguez, 17, was last seen Friday afternoon around 2:30 before going out for a walk, according to police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009928223940/ 10009928223940 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:22:36 EST BOSTON -- A Massachusetts man is raising a glass for a great cause. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009927135642/ 10009927135642 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:49:45 EST BOSTON -- Cardinal Sean O'Malley conducted Mass Friday with special prayers for the pope before heading to Rome. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009926938565/ 10009926938565 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:04:27 EST 7's Darren Haynes is looking for his lost dog - so please be on the look-out. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009927026760/ 10009927026760 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:30:38 EST SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- Two SUVs collided in Somerville Friday morning trapping one driver in a tight spot, but a good Samaritan was there to help. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009926463862/ 10009926463862 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:10:06 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- Another relative took the stand Friday in the trial of a Wayland man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009926700672/ 10009926700672 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:10:56 EST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Miami Beach police say a Providence elementary school teacher faces a criminal charge after allegedly taking a 15-year-old from Rhode Island to Florida without his parents' knowledge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009926345657/ 10009926345657 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:11:34 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- A Massachusetts state lawmaker has come up with a way to help cities and towns boost their strained snow removal budgets. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009925989464/ 10009925989464 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:51:03 EST MEDFORD, Mass. -- A lawyer for an Irish nanny charged with beating an infant who later died won a request Friday to preserve evidence in the case, including the baby's travel records and a list of people who had access to her. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009925146315/ 10009925146315 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:55:27 EST ALFRED, Maine -- An attorney for the town of Kennebunk has turned over some personnel records to defense lawyers who intend to attack the integrity of the lead investigator in a prostitution scandal centered at a Zumba fitness studio in Kennebunk, Maine. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009923012766/ 10009923012766 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:28:17 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- The blizzard two weeks ago left nearly two and a half feet of snow in the hills of Worcester, a place all too used to dealing with big-time accumulations. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009925009776/ 10009925009776 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:52:37 EST Raul is not only incredibly handsome but sweet natured as well. What a combo! This senior silver tabby with rare and beautiful markings came to live at the MSPCA-Nevins Farm after his elderly human companion could no longer take care of him. Now he too needs a home to live out his senior years. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009924075745/ 10009924075745 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:44:16 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- A Massachusetts state lawmaker has come up with a way to help cities and towns boost their strained snow removal budgets. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009924025697/ 10009924025697 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:28:14 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission will hold a public hearing as it prepares to draft guidelines for when hospital nurses are required to work overtime. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009923569426/ 10009923569426 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:00:42 EST NORTH KINGSTON, R.I. -- A bald eagle found injured in the area of the state's Central Landfill in Johnston earlier this month had been shot in the head. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009923044225/ 10009923044225 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:07:31 EST NEWBURY, Mass. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers now has the remaining money it needs to repair the south jetty along Plum Island in Newbury. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009922365120/ 10009922365120 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:36:32 EST WINDHAM, Mass. -- A woman in Windham, New Hampshire stopped an alleged break-in at a neighbor’s home by scaring away the suspects with a broom. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009920019217/ 10009920019217 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:54:41 EST WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Police closed a two-mile section of U.S. Route 5 in West Springfield after a train tanker car carrying a flammable liquid derailed on an overhead rail trestle. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009919408156/ 10009919408156 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:55:33 EST BROCKTON, Mass. -- Police said a 10-year-old boy called 911 because he didn’t want to go to bed, but that phone call got the boy a late night visit from police. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009917973376/ 10009917973376 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:50:28 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- A Wayland police sergeant testified Thursday in the trial of a young Wayland man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009918302837/ 10009918302837 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:34:12 EST BOSTON -- A Boston firefighter is accused of making some troubling threats, comparing himself to an infamous ex-Los Angeles police officer. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009918205211/ 10009918205211 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:10:24 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Doctors have discovered a benign mass on the brain of the Springfield minor league hockey player who suffered a seizure during a game on Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009918422484/ 10009918422484 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:49:18 EST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A student proposal could make nap time a reality at Harvard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009917935890/ 10009917935890 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:36:19 EST BOSTON -- Infamous mobster James “Whitey” Bulger has made several trips to the hospital while awaiting trial behind bars. The information comes from more than a dozen letters Bulger sent to a friend in Pennsylvania. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009917857936/ 10009917857936 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:08:00 EST CONCORD, N.H. -- Teachers' groups are urging New Hampshire lawmakers to reject a bill that would allow school employees to carry guns. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009917328019/ 10009917328019 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:21:10 EST ALFRED, Maine -- A landlord who rented office space to a Maine Zumba instructor accused of being a prostitute testified he became suspicious when tenants heard "groaning and moaning." http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009914887045/ 10009914887045 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:35:33 EST MANCHESTER, N.H. -- One student was taken to the hospital after a car collided with a school bus in Manchester, N.H. on Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009916053381/ 10009916053381 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:01:52 EST MEDFORD, Mass. -- Authorities are investigating reports of a bomb threat in Medford. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009916211293/ 10009916211293 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:24:27 EST BOSTON -- Memories of the blizzard hit Boston, and New England, nearly two weeks ago is still fresh in many people’s minds as mounds of snow remain on many city streets. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009916346757/ 10009916346757 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:55:56 EST BOSTON -- A friend says James "Whitey" Bulger was taken to a hospital recently for an irregular heartbeat, the latest of at least three trips to the hospital since the 83-year-old reputed mobster was captured in 2011. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009915815629/ 10009915815629 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:24:29 EST ROXBURY, Mass. -- With another storm on the way, a lot of people in Massachusetts have cleanup concerns. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009909506988/ 10009909506988 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:45:42 EST HAVERHILL, Mass. -- Multiple arrests were made after a brawl broke out at a basketball game at Haverhill High School Tuesday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009914674228/ 10009914674228 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:11:15 EST CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire's Executive Council has approved a $9.4 million contract to design the final leg of the Interstate 93 widening project. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009914467517/ 10009914467517 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:36:43 EST BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- A Cape Cod man now has remembrances of a father who left when he was a boy after receiving four medals for his father's World War II service. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009913900383/ 10009913900383 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:33:58 EST CONCORD, N.H. -- A New Hampshire House committee will hear from the public on whether schools should allow employees to carry guns. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009913883896/ 10009913883896 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:28:27 EST CHARLESTOWN, Mass. -- Neighbors in Charlestown were on alert Wednesday night after a woman was attacked and robbed in broad daylight Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009911330734/ 10009911330734 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:46:09 EST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- National Rifle Association President David Keene says he doesn't expect a filibuster from gun rights supporters as the Senate prepares to vote on potential gun control issues. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009908916958/ 10009908916958 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:32:59 EST NASHUA, N.H. -- A reunion ten years in the making was well worth the wait for a man, and his best friend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009909917971/ 10009909917971 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:24:41 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- The Wayland man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend cried as his friend testified about happier times. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009909868196/ 10009909868196 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:57:09 EST HALIFAX, Mass. -- Two boys who had to be rescued from a frozen swamp last December got an up-close look at the helicopter search crews used to find them. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009909702939/ 10009909702939 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:12:46 EST BOSTON -- 7’s own Victoria Block is retiring after 35 years in the business, 32 of them in Boston, and 27 at 7News. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009910156638/ 10009910156638 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:08:00 EST BOSTON -- Plowable snow is expected for much of southern New England this weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009906888093/ 10009906888093 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:38:58 EST WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- Relatives and friends of the 100 people killed in a nightclub fire in Rhode Island are gathering at the site of the blaze on its 10th anniversary. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009908153825/ 10009908153825 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:08:05 EST ALFRED, Maine -- Jury selection resumed in the trial of a man accused of helping a Zumba fitness instructor run a prostitution business, and members of the jury pool faced questions about their views on prostitution and their knowledge of the case. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009908328588/ 10009908328588 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:55:17 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Filings to date in the bankruptcy case of a pharmacy tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak show its owners have about $20 million in frozen bank and investment accounts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009908251749/ 10009908251749 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:32:30 EST TAUNTON, Mass. -- A car crashed into Laurie’s Country Kitchen in Taunton on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009907755094/ 10009907755094 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:35:41 EST QUINCY, Mass. -- Quincy police are looking for the gunman who shot two young men as they sat in the rear of a taxi. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009907774139/ 10009907774139 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:36:39 EST DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- State police say one person has died in a rollover on Interstate 195 west in Dartmouth. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009906699950/ 10009906699950 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:41:51 EST MEDFORD, Mass. -- The campus of Tufts University in Medford is buzzing about a recent winter bash at the Westin Hotel in Boston where 3,000 students partied, some of them a bit too hard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009905651126/ 10009905651126 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:44:22 EST BOSTON -- Boston fire crews battled a fire in a five-story building at 17 Commonwealth Avenue Wednesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009906746279/ 10009906746279 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:28:39 EST CHARLESTOWN, Mass. -- One lucky cat got a new lease on life. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009905931991/ 10009905931991 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:53:35 EST BOSTON -- The University of Massachusetts-Boston has announced plans to open an on-campus food pantry, not as part of a student service project, but to feed hungry students having trouble making ends meet. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009905721547/ 10009905721547 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:56:55 EST PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Police in New Hampshire began investigating a purse-snatching at a Portsmouth Market Basket. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009905381587/ 10009905381587 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:09:18 EST WESTON, Mass. -- A Weston firehouse was evacuated Tuesday night due to a gas leak. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009902935876/ 10009902935876 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:26:40 EST CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Two people were rescued from a bucket truck that got stuck about 120 feet in the air on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009900520046/ 10009900520046 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:30:12 EST BOSTON -- A jury awarded famous crime writer Patricia Cornwell more than $50 million on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009899821282/ 10009899821282 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:34:22 EST BOSTON -- A Catholic newspaper reported that buzz is growing for Cardinal Sean O'Malley as a contender to become the next pope. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009899126250/ 10009899126250 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:48:04 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- Some dramatic moments unfolded Tuesday in the trial of the Wayland man accused of killing his high school sweetheart. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009900648497/ 10009900648497 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:42:16 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- Call it a man cave or call it "club ice;" either way, you can certainly call it big and cold. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009902413683/ 10009902413683 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:35:50 EST BOSTON -- The former director of the Chelsea Housing Authority pleaded guilty to four federal counts of falsely reporting his salary. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009898775013/ 10009898775013 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:26:59 EST CANTON, Mass. – Police and federal agents made a million-dollar marijuana bust in Canton. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009901241936/ 10009901241936 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:52:28 EST ROSLINDALE, Mass. -- Police say the third person who was found inside a Roslindale apartment building last week has died. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009902474824/ 10009902474824 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:30:52 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A Springfield woman has been charged with murder and assault after prosecutors say her car struck and killed a woman crossing a city street. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009897665245/ 10009897665245 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:10:23 EST RAYMOND, N.H. – A New Hampshire family wants to know who shot and wounded their dog that had to be euthanized due to the severity of its injuries. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009900782389/ 10009900782389 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:53:59 EST QUINCY, Mass. -- A Quincy teenager was recognized for doing his part to save his neighbor during the blizzard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009899243965/ 10009899243965 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:23:15 EST MALDEN, Mass. -- A handyman accused of injuring a 4-year-old child pleaded not guilty to assault charges on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009899059518/ 10009899059518 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:57:57 EST OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. -- A woman whose infant child suffered injuries consistent with abuse last September is facing charges including risk of injury to a minor. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009900347775/ 12009900347775 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:54:23 EST BOSTON -- The average cost of a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline in Massachusetts is up four cents in the past week, but it's still a penny below the national average. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009900326354/ 12009900326354 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:43:34 EST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A legislative subcommittee reviewing school security measures after the Newtown school shooting plans to recommend that local school safety and security plans meet basic minimum requirements. Those plans would be submitted to state officials for review. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009900261437/ 12009900261437 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:51:25 EST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An exhibit that featured photographs of tattoos people got to remember those killed in a 2003 nightclub fire has raised $20,000 for efforts to build a permanent memorial at the site of the fire. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009900308553/ 12009900308553 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:05:59 EST NORWALK, Conn. -- A Norwalk bus driver has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a developmentally disabled woman. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009900395951/ 12009900395951 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:03:53 EST TAUNTON, Mass. -- Taunton officials say turkey vultures are to blame for up to $10,000 in damage to the roof of a city school. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009898583373/ 10009898583373 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:37:18 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Officials at Western New England University in Springfield said a student has died after collapsing during an intramural basketball game. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009897703826/ 10009897703826 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:29:05 EST AMESBURY, Mass. -- A collection of John F. Kennedy memorabilia fetched almost $2 million at auction, including $570,000 for the former president's Air Force One leather bomber jacket. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009897654538/ 10009897654538 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:40:56 EST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard University police were looking for two men who attacked a female student. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009897005673/ 10009897005673 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:36:34 EST BOSTON -- It’s a few months away, and it's time to start getting set to ride for Best Buddies. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009896619491/ 10009896619491 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:46:36 EST ALFRED, Maine -- A Maine judge is convening lawyers for two defendants in a prostitution scandal at a Zumba studio to determine how the case will proceed following a lengthy delay. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009896319690/ 10009896319690 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:38:38 EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- As the family of slain Sandy Hook school psychologist Mary Sherlach mourned her death, Trooper Orlando "Lonny" Mo was the one who brought back her car and personal belongings. He escorted her husband and daughters to a meeting with the president, he answered the door at the family's house, and at the funeral he embraced her husband, Bill Sherlach, who told Mo he was like a brother. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009896271891/ 10009896271891 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:42:38 EST MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Aiden, 9, was in good spirits as he was released from the hospital just days after breaking his leg in a snowmobile accident. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009894135847/ 10009894135847 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:49:36 EST BOSTON -- Residents in the Back Bay are on edge after a string of robberies in the area. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009894177660/ 10009894177660 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:32:57 EST CHELSEA, Mass. -- A gas leak in Chelsea forced nearly 150 people to evacuate their homes Monday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009894077740/ 10009894077740 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:14:44 EST ASHBY, Mass. -- A mother and son who shared a love of firefighting were together on Sunday in a crash that claimed both their lives. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009894328414/ 10009894328414 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:37:49 EST BOSTON -- Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis is defending his own son who was arrested over the weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009892306971/ 10009892306971 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:01:43 EST NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- A homeowner in North Andover spotted a mysterious animal in his backyard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009892090389/ 10009892090389 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:01:41 EST WESTBORO, Mass. -- Handcuffs were about the only thing Risoldo Santos wound up wearing Sunday. Police say he went cruising through local drive-throughs naked. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009892090143/ 10009892090143 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:23:43 EST MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A father died and his son was seriously injured in a snowmobile accident in Auburn, New Hampshire Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009891862355/ 10009891862355 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:57:18 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A Columbus Blue Jackets minor leaguer had a seizure after being checked into the glass causing Sunday's game between the Springfield Falcons and Adirondack Phantoms to be suspended. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009891703858/ 10009891703858 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:29:10 EST BOSTON -- Boston's commissioner of public works is defending the city's snow removal even as she says some workers lack what she calls finesse. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009891535098/ 10009891535098 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:36:43 EST ASHBY, Mass. -- The Ashby community is mourning the tragic loss of a mother and her teenage son after they were killed in a two-car collision in Fitchburg Sunday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009890500390/ 10009890500390 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:45:52 EST GREENFIELD, Mass. -- Police in Western Mass were looking for a masked man - who robbed a bank. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009890195223/ 10009890195223 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:17:30 EST MATTPAN, Mass. -- Police in Mattapan were investigating a deadly shooting. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009888945097/ 10009888945097 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:05:44 EST WEBSTER, N.H. -- New Hampshire officials say a 20-year-old man has died and a 17-year-old girl has been hospitalized with burns from a fire that started when the man used gasoline to ignite a brush pile in Webster. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009889234499/ 10009889234499 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:20:37 EST BOSTON -- The Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner," an iconic 1970s ode to the joys of driving along Route 128 when it's late at night, was unlike any song of its era. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009888603739/ 10009888603739 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:43:00 EST NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Police said they've found thousands of dollars of video games in the home of the shooter. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009888378032/ 10009888378032 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:14:19 EST ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A man was shot in an Attleboro home on Smith Street overnight Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009887845933/ 10009887845933 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:18:08 EST FITCHBURG, Mass. -- A mother and son were killed and another person was injured after a two-car collision in Fitchburg Sunday morning, according to the Worcester County district attorney's office. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009884268884/ 10009884268884 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:32:43 EST PLYMOUTH, Mass. -- Plows were out once again, clearing the roads getting them ready for the Monday morning commute. Plymouth was one of the hardest hit areas during last weekend's blizzard, and people there had to deal with round two. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009883996364/ 10009883996364 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:24:43 EST AMESBURY, Mass. -- John F. Kennedy memorabilia including notes by his special assistant on the day the president was assassinated is drawing hundreds of people to the northern Massachusetts town of Amesbury. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009875668347/ 10009875668347 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:29:50 EST PITTSBURG, N.H. -- A state conservation officer says a man has died of injuries he suffered in a snowmobile accident near Pittsburg in northern New Hampshire. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009885059026/ 10009885059026 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:02:20 EST BOSTON -- The snow and wind created quite the challenge for pedestrians Sunday afternoon in Boston, but that didn't keep people indoors. For many, there was more clean-up to do and for others, it was a chance to make the most of the winter weather. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009884174026/ 10009884174026 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:04:49 EST WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- Ten years after a deadly nightclub fire, some survivors and relatives of the 100 who died in the blaze remember it with quiet pain. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009883468969/ 10009883468969 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:42:41 EST BOSTON -- Up to 10 inches of snow or less are forecast for parts of New England, mostly Cape Cod and the Islands. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009883336188/ 10009883336188 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:15:41 EST BOSTON -- In Boston, a week after being buried by a two feet of snow - road crews were getting ready to for round two. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009876694178/ 10009876694178 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:07:43 EST BOSTON -- Two weeks after the tour bus crash in Boston that left dozens injured, the family of one of the victims filed the first lawsuit in the incident. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009876286324/ 10009876286324 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:59:56 EST MANSFIELD, Mass. -- A dog that allegedly severely bit a 6-year-old boy in Mansfield is going on trial. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009876239659/ 10009876239659 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:53:20 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Authorities in Springfield said a 12-year-old boy has died during a middle school swimming class, and city and school officials are promising a full investigation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009875480054/ 10009875480054 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:40:56 EST MILFORD, Mass. -- In Milford, a shoplifter was brought down by a stun gun. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009875405646/ 10009875405646 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:25:18 EST AUBURN, N.H. -- A man dead - and a child seriously injured - after two snowmobiles collided in New Hampshire. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009875311898/ 10009875311898 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:21:24 EST PLYMOUTH, Mass. -- Still reeling from last week's blizzard, the South Shore geared up for round two of winter weather. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009875288431/ 10009875288431 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:13:37 EST MILFORD, Mass. -- Raging flames tore through a house in Milford leaving just ashes behind. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009875241793/ 10009875241793 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:55:17 EST ORLEANS, Mass. -- The nine Cape towns received $50,000 from the state to help protect the public from great white sharks, but it's less than they wanted. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009874771785/ 10009874771785 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:28:45 EST PEABODY, Mass. -- A man driving a Jeep crashed into a plow truck on the side of Interstate 95 early Tuesday morning, trapping him inside. 7News spoke with the driver of the plow truck who helped pull the man to safety moments before his Jeep exploded. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009868492582/ 10009868492582 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:55:55 EST MANSFIELD, Mass. -- A six-year-old boy is recovering after he was attacked by a neighbor's dog. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009868295590/ 10009868295590 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:41:45 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Authorities in Springfield say a 12-year-old boy has died during a middle school swimming class, and city and school officials are promising a full investigation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009867490594/ 10009867490594 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:50:10 EST NEWTON, Mass. -- A game changer on the court at Newton North High school sent the stands into an uproar. A special needs senior playing in his first game on senior night made a three-point shot. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009866821085/ 10009866821085 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:19:58 EST BOSTON -- Police said a confrontation in a Back Bay supermarket spilled outside and turned violent, leaving one man fighting for his life. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009866639848/ 10009866639848 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:03:41 EST PLYMOUTH, Mass. -- The parents of a Plymouth girl spoke out Friday about their landmark lawsuit with Johnson & Johnson. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009866542167/ 10009866542167 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:37:49 EST BROOKLINE, Mass. -- A lot of people are wondering if the meteor strike is tied to the giant asteroid that whizzed past the earth Friday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009866386978/ 10009866386978 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:02:44 EST NASHUA, N.H. -- An MBTA officer from Billerica was arrested following a standoff with police Thursday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009866176497/ 10009866176497 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:01:37 EST BOSTON -- The former director of the Chelsea Housing Authority plans to plead guilty to four federal counts of falsely reporting his salary. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009866169757/ 10009866169757 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:13:30 EST PORTSMOUTH, N.H. --An employee at a Portsmouth, N.H. school was arrested after being accused of soliciting sex from an underage girl. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009865881036/ 10009865881036 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:36:12 EST NEWTON, Mass. -- A Newton man was held on bail after allegedly pulling a gun on another driver in an apparent case of road rage. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009864577271/ 10009864577271 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:11:23 EST “Almond Joy” (or “AJ” as he’s known to staff) is a sweet 1 year old cat who has been living at the MSPCA-Nevins Farm for too long and deserves a loving forever home of his own. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009864428346/ 10009864428346 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:33:43 EST BOSTON -- An internationally known Boston children's doctor is among the recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal honored in Washington. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009861682342/ 10009861682342 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:34:23 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- Law enforcement authorities usually use DNA evidence to help solve serious crimes. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009863126390/ 10009863126390 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:30:52 EST BOSTON -- Boston has fined five Walgreens pharmacies a total of $2,000 for failing to clear their sidewalks after last weekend's snow storm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009862745289/ 10009862745289 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:48:58 EST BOSTON -- Fans of all shapes and sizes made their way to Faneuil Hall to catch a glimpse of Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie arriving hours before the show started. Some have been loyal watchers for years. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009862493875/ 10009862493875 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:22:35 EST BOSTON -- On Thursday, Adam and Sarah had the opportunity to show Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie around Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009862335571/ 10009862335571 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:48:33 EST MALDEN, Mass. -- Police in Malden released surveillance video of two men they believe are responsible for the shooting death of a Marine Corps veteran last month. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009859611382/ 10009859611382 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:07:23 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- Hailee Pitcher, of Worcester, was hailed a hero Thursday for using a lifesaving act she learned at her school. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009858644326/ 10009858644326 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:17:31 EST BOSTON -- Change is ahead for roads and bridges under the governor's proposed budget. He says tax revenue will go to much-needed restructuring and repairs. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009858345172/ 10009858345172 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:58:38 EST BOSTON -- A brave little girl who has struggled with a heart condition since birth received the gift of life just in time for Valentine’s Day. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009857871897/ 10009857871897 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:19:01 EST Today Show will be live from Faneuil Hall tomorrow after Today in New England! Matt and Savannah will broadcast from historic Faneuil Hall starting at 7 a.m. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009857994114/ 10009857994114 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:31:04 EST WEST NEWBURY, Mass. -- Custodians worked around the clock decontaminating Pentucket Regional High school after more than 140 students were dismissed early after complaining about a stomach illness Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009857706481/ 10009857706481 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:04:39 EST MALDEN, Mass. -- Some parents and students in Malden are upset over a school's decision not to celebrate Valentine’s Day. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009857547998/ 10009857547998 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:15:28 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- Testimony in the trial of a Wayland man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend continued on Thursday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009855092894/ 10009855092894 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:25:30 EST BOSTON -- Police are investigating two mysterious deaths at a housing complex in Roslindale. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009856233078/ 10009856233078 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:10:26 EST Today Show will be live from Faneuil Hall Friday after Today in New England! Matt and Savannah will broadcast from historic Faneuil Hall starting at 7 a.m. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009857582617/ 10009857582617 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:25:23 EST BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick will be leading a Massachusetts trade mission to Colombia. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009855512371/ 10009855512371 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:34:52 EST SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- We may not know why a chicken in Somerville crossed the road, but we do know it got stuck in the snow on the other side. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009849449290/ 10009849449290 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:14:28 EST BOSTON -- A group of immigrants and their supporters has distributed 400 free roses, carnations and paper flowers to commuters in Boston on Valentine's Day to highlight the impact of deportation on families. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009855086824/ 10009855086824 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:10:23 EST NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Prosecutors want a judge to dismiss Michael Skakel's latest challenge of his 2002 murder conviction, saying the Kennedy cousin's claim that his trial attorney did a poor job should have been raised in an earlier appeal and that many of the issues he cites were previously rejected. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009855062377/ 10009855062377 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:50:35 EST BOSTON -- Boston is showing a little love on Valentine's Day to people who drive into the city. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009854583557/ 10009854583557 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:43:31 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- The College of the Holy Cross has received the single largest gift in school history, $25 million the alumnus donor wants to be used to build a performing arts facility. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009853821193/ 10009853821193 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:49:57 EST PLYMOUTH, Mass. -- A Massachusetts family won a $63 million lawsuit against Johnson and Johnson after a few doses of Children’s Motrin put their daughter in the hospital. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009853499727/ 10009853499727 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:50:09 EST NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- A clerk in New Bedford turned the tables during a convenience store robbery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009850980933/ 10009850980933 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:19:51 EST MALDEN, Mass. -- A tractor trailer slammed into a commuter rail bridge in Malden Wednesday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009850799137/ 10009850799137 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:02:45 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- There was chilling testimony in the first day of 20-year-old Nathanial Fujita’s murder trial. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009846736537/ 10009846736537 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:17:55 EST BOSTON -- A federal prosecutor has told a judge that any immunity agreement reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger claims he had with the government would be "void as a matter of law" if it included murder. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009844667552/ 10009844667552 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:10:05 EST DURHAM, N.H. -- Chaos broke out at the University of New Hampshire’s campus when hundreds of crickets escape an enclosure a couple weeks ago. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009848940584/ 10009848940584 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:16:19 EST FALL RIVER, Mass. -- A police officer on a motorcycle was injured while leading a funeral procession in Fall River on Wednesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009848977934/ 10009848977934 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:22:26 EST MARSHFIELD, Mass. -- Crews battled a 2-alarm house fire on Ames Street in Marshfield. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009848654643/ 10009848654643 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:32:33 EST ANDOVER, Mass. -- A car caught fire and erupted in flames on Interstate 93 South in Andover Wednesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009845475371/ 10009845475371 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:24:46 EST WESTON, Mass. -- To celebrate the town of Weston’s 300th anniversary, families with the Weston Children Community Association decided to build 300 snowmen. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009841108669/ 10009841108669 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:55:43 EST BOSTON -- Five Logan Airport cab stand workers have been charged with taking bribes for allowing taxi drivers to jump ahead in line. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009840574352/ 10009840574352 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:30:15 EST CRANSTON, R.I. -- Kevin Dellefave had a black eye and quite a story to tell. He’s lucky to only have a black eye. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009846541575/ 10009846541575 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:21:04 EST UNDATED -- Sometimes, babies arrive at just the wrong time - but thanks to some creative thinking and a devoted husband - this delivery had a very happy ending. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009845766485/ 10009845766485 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:08:44 EST NORTON, Mass. -- Police say a 50-year-old Norton man has died after his SUV struck a town-owned snowplow head-on. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009844972450/ 10009844972450 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:20:39 EST PORTLAND, Maine -- Maine's highest court is preparing to weigh in on whether prostitution johns who were recorded without their knowledge have a right to privacy. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009844683974/ 10009844683974 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:13:40 EST BOSTON -- Fewer than 5,700 utility customers remain without power in Massachusetts following the weekend snowstorm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009844642073/ 10009844642073 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:09:18 EST BOSTON -- Last weekend's blizzard inspired one man to hit the slopes in Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009842455854/ 10009842455854 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:37:16 EST BOSTON -- A lot of snow remains, but things are starting to get back to normal in Boston. Seventy-two hours after the blizzard blew out of town, the snow emergency is over, and the parking ban has been lifted. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009842263657/ 10009842263657 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:43:08 EST QUINCY, Mass. -- A teenager from Quincy was credited with saving an elderly woman during the height of this weekend's blizzard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009840858898/ 10009840858898 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:25:22 EST BOSTON -- Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley is praising Pope Benedict XVI for what he calls his "courage and his leadership" in comments after the pope's surprise decision to resign. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009840752278/ 10009840752278 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:05:00 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- The trial resumed Tuesday for a Framingham man accused in his wife's murder. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009840270041/ 10009840270041 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:42:00 EST BOSTON -- After three days off, Boston schools will be back in session Wednesday morning and a ban on parking ends at 6 p.m. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009840492045/ 10009840492045 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:57:55 EST DUXBURY, Mass. -- Four days after the blizzard, the warmer weather is posing a much different challenge for homeowners on the South Shore. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009840227544/ 10009840227544 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:53:15 EST COLCHESTER, Conn. -- The newest member of one Colchester family refused to let the Blizzard of 2013 cramp her big entrance into the world. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009840199578/ 10009840199578 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:02:00 EST BOSTON -- A Native American tribe hoping to develop a resort casino in southeastern Massachusetts has received a favorable opinion on their land bid from the federal government. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009839532056/ 10009839532056 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:36:47 EST BOSTON -- Boston is putting its fire department recruits to work making the city safer after the blizzard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009838300743/ 10009838300743 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:09:15 EST CHELSEA, Mass. -- A teddy bear was found, filled with several grams of crystal meth, worth $10,000. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009836695587/ 10009836695587 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:16:54 EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Some snow-weary Northeasterners were struggling through their morning commutes on slick, unplowed streets Tuesday, even though the weekend storm was long gone. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009837821435/ 10009837821435 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:57:55 EST Mayor Thomas M. Menino this morning was briefed by his snow team on snow removal and clean-up efforts in the City of Boston. Boston Public Schools will be open tomorrow, Wednesday, February 13. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009838427537/ 10009838427537 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:34:29 EST ASHLAND, Mass. -- Two people in Ashland were rescued from a fire that firefighters chased through the walls of a home there. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009836126959/ 10009836126959 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:38:46 EST BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is planning to deliver opening remarks at a statewide foreclosure counselor training program in Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009835792638/ 10009835792638 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:37:29 EST CAMPTON, N.H. -- Wanted: candidates for the artist-in-residence program in New Hampshire's White Mountains. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009835784971/ 10009835784971 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:00:48 EST BROCKTON, Mass. -- Five people were taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning in Brockton on Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009831964867/ 10009831964867 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:49:41 EST The following statement was released from the office of Mayor Menino on Feb. 11: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009832258135/ 10009832258135 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:37:57 EST LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Dozens of families were evacuated from a Lawrence 30-unit apartment building Monday because the roof was in danger of collapsing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009833627765/ 10009833627765 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:04:18 EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- The massive weekend snowstorm that clobbered parts of the Northeast and Canada is being blamed for at least 18 deaths. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009833065862/ 10009833065862 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:02:24 EST BOSTON -- The city of Boston just announced the creation of a "snow removal strike team" Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009831614482/ 12009831614482 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:36:36 EST ARLINGTON, Mass. -- After a big snowstorm, the first thing a lot of us do is shovel the driveway and sidewalk. But we often overlook the roof. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009831819651/ 10009831819651 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:52:05 EST MARSHFIELD, Mass. -- Trees down, some sitting on power lines, is a common scene in Marshfield and the rest of the south shore. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009831912552/ 10009831912552 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:51:04 EST BOSTON -- The mayor has announced Boston Public Schools will be closed again Tuesday, and other school districts won’t be back in session until Thursday due to poor road and sidewalk conditions. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009831906440/ 10009831906440 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:01:40 EST BOSTON -- Boston EMS received a call that a man was hit by falling ice on Bromfield Street in downtown Boston Monday afternoon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009831250092/ 10009831250092 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:12:13 EST BOSTON -- The workweek opened with a white-knuckle ride Monday in the snow-clobbered Northeast as drivers encountered unplowed streets, two-lane roads reduced to a single channel and snowbanks so high it was impossible see around corners. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009828793337/ 10009828793337 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:30:51 EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Foxwoods Resort Casino has jumped into the race to open a casino in eastern Massachusetts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009831065170/ 10009831065170 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:03:00 EST KENNEBUNPORT, Maine -- Human remains have been found on an island off Kennebunkport in the area where two students at a Maine boatbuilding school went missing nearly eight weeks ago. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009830538035/ 10009830538035 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:03:36 EST BOSTON -- The pope's resignation reverberating around the world as millions of Catholics reacted to the news, including here in Boston. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009830181614/ 10009830181614 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:51:54 EST BOSTON -- Massachusetts Catholics are expressing support for Pope Benedict XVI, who made the surprise decision to become the first pope in almost 600 years to resign. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009829391458/ 10009829391458 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:29:14 EST BOSTON -- Commuters said it took up to three hours to get into Boston Monday morning, the first work day since a blizzard dumped about two feet of snow in the Bay State. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009829975445/ 10009829975445 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:56:52 EST NORHTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Massachusetts State Police reported a pedestrian accident on Rte 290 W Northborough. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009829061222/ 10009829061222 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:31:23 EST BOSTON (WHDH) -- Boston Archdiocese comments on Pope Benedict XVI's resignation. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009828908327/ 10009828908327 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:55:32 EST MATTAPOISETT, Mass. -- Firefighters braving the cold fought a house fire in Mattapoisett. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009828693259/ 10009828693259 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:53:03 EST WOBURN, Mass. -- The trial of a Wayland man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend is scheduled to get started. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009828318349/ 10009828318349 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:34:58 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Authorities in Springfield say two men are dead and a woman has been hospitalized after apparent exposure to carbon monoxide. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009828209825/ 10009828209825 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:21:32 EST SCITUATE, Mass. -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick called the amount of debris and rocks tossed onto Scituate's waterfront roads by the weekend storm "extraordinary." http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009828129246/ 10009828129246 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:05:25 EST SOUTH BOSTON, Mass. (WHDH) -- In South Boston, it's always a challenge to get parking - and the spot saving will only get more intense after people work so hard to clear out their cars, all as the city digs out from underneath this storm with more bad weather on the way. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009827672582/ 10009827672582 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:37:31 EST BOSTON -- Running trains were a welcomed site Monday morning, but commuters are dealing with substantial delays. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009827505155/ 10009827505155 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:14:10 EST WEBSTER, Mass. -- A veteran Worcester fireman who lived in Webster died after he suffered a heart attack while operating a snow blower at his home on Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009824125015/ 10009824125015 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:50:16 EST The following statement was released by MassDot on Feb. 10: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009823261662/ 10009823261662 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:38:47 EST SCITUATE, Mass. -- Power returned to parts of Scituate Sunday evening - but the work there was only getting started. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009824992779/ 10009824992779 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:09:54 EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut was struggling to return to normal just days after a massive storm dumped more than 3 feet of snow in much of the state. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009825179497/ 10009825179497 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:07:43 EST BOSTON -- A judge will hear arguments on accused gangster James "Whitey" Bulger's claim that he was given immunity for his crimes while he was an FBI informant. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009824806337/ 10009824806337 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:33:33 EST NATICK, Mass. -- A 34-year-old horse in Natick got stuck in the snow on Sunday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009823881339/ 10009823881339 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:50:54 EST BOSTON -- As everyone continues to dig out from the blizzard, the sun helped to melt some of the snow. But there are many side streets still buried. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009823625475/ 10009823625475 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:12:21 EST BOSTON -- The parking ban is still in effect in Boston, but crews are working around the clock to make sure full service resumes on Monday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009823754117/ 10009823754117 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:11:03 EST The MBTA will resume limited MBTA subway and key bus route service effective 2pm, Sunday, February 10, 2013. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009820866346/ 10009820866346 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:51:39 EST MARSHFIELD, Mass. -- Many trees have fallen and caused downed power lines and damage to home in Marshfield. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009816429952/ 10009816429952 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:08:57 EST BOSTON -- As the blizzard roared into Boston, a couple from San Diego were dealing with a storm of their own. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009816533718/ 10009816533718 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:56:29 EST FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- With 30 inches of snow on the ground, residents are facing a lot of obstacles. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009815738983/ 10009815738983 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:16:01 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- The Massachusetts National Guard and Worcester emergency workers have teamed up to deliver a baby during the overnight snowstorm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009815496132/ 10009815496132 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:29:52 EST NAHANT, Mass. -- Waves caused flooding and damage in Nahant, forcing several to evacuate. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009815939246/ 10009815939246 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:39:58 EST PLUM ISLAND -- As the storm picks up force, the ocean is becoming a bigger threat to coastal homes in Plum Island. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009806639895/ 10009806639895 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:19:31 EST Did you enjoy 7News stormforce coverage? Check out the best of the blizzard with the 7News reporters! http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009816597155/ 10009816597155 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:16:51 EST FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- A tremendous cleanup is underway in Foxboro as the temperatures drop and the snow becomes harder to shovel. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009815141197/ 12009815141197 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:07:20 EST ROXBURY, Mass. -- An 11-year-old boy who went into cardiac arrest due to carbon monoxide poisoning in Roxbury Saturday died at Boston Medical Center. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009812924034/ 10009812924034 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:04:47 EST BOSTON -- Two children were taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning on Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009815068766/ 10009815068766 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:20:01 EST SANDWICH, Mass. -- John Vieira and his family lost their Sandwich home in the middle of the night on Saturday after his son accidentally started a fire in the family’s living room. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009815520132/ 10009815520132 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:37:33 EST Statement from Mayor Thomas M. Menino on Dangers of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009815265311/ 10009815265311 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:15:46 EST SHELTON, Conn. -- Shelton police say a 49-year-old man died during the snow storm, apparently while shoveling snow. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009814774614/ 10009814774614 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 05:41:52 EST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- New Englanders began the back-breaking job of digging out from as much as 3 feet of snow Saturday and emergency crews used snowmobiles to reach shivering motorists stranded overnight on New York's Long Island after a howling storm swept through the Northeast. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009810251294/ 10009810251294 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:20:18 EST Media alert from the Blue Man Group in Boston: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009823081828/ 10009823081828 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:56:53 EST SALISBURY, Mass. -- More than 40 people have been evacuated from about a dozen homes along the coast in Salisbury because of flooding that came with a massive snowstorm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009813581355/ 10009813581355 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:55:25 EST BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick is asking Massachusetts residents for patience as crews try to get the state cleaned up from a blizzard that dumped more than 2 feet of snow in some places. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009813212588/ 10009813212588 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:29:08 EST SANDWICH, Mass. -- High tide stormed in and flooded many neighborhoods already dealing with blizzard conditions Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009812694821/ 10009812694821 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:22:16 EST NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- Fifteen police departments in western Massachusetts are offering permanent drop-off boxes where residents can dispose of unwanted prescription drugs. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009811933664/ 10009811933664 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:43:18 EST SANDWICH, Mass. -- As of Saturday morning, the Sandwich boardwalk was underwater. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009812059844/ 10009812059844 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:19:58 EST REVERE, Mass. -- As high tide hit, eight to 10 foot waves crashed on the shores of Revere Beach. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009811919858/ 10009811919858 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:54:34 EST BOSTON -- A massive snowstorm packing hurricane-force winds has knocked out power to more than 400,000 customers in Massachusetts and has shuttered a nuclear power plant. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009811767478/ 10009811767478 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:51:26 EST PLUM ISLAND, Mass. -- Debris from houses littered the Plum Island shoreline after high tide hit at 10 a.m. Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009811748679/ 10009811748679 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:06:20 EST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The U.S. Postal Service has suspended mail delivery and will keep post offices closed in all six New England states because of the blizzard that has dumped more than 2 feet of snow throughout the region. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009811478079/ 10009811478079 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:01:59 EST HULL, Mass. -- When high tide hit Hull shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday, water gushed across the streets flooding over Nantasket Avenue. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009811451919/ 10009811451919 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:13:44 EST FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- State leaders monitored the storm from the emergency management bunker in Framingham. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009811162450/ 10009811162450 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:16:18 EST BOSTON -- Worcester was hit with more than 28 inches of snow during the blizzard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009811177866/ 10009811177866 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 07:44:56 EST SCITUATE, Mass. -- The South Shore coast line was slammed by high tide Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009810989670/ 10009810989670 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 07:53:45 EST BOSTON -- Crews and snow trains are working to clear the rails to get public transportation running as soon as possible. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009811042591/ 10009811042591 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 07:06:26 EST BOSTON -- All MBTA service was suspended due to the blizzard, but some trains were still on the tracks. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009810758690/ 10009810758690 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 06:54:25 EST WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Snow and wind were not making it easy for firefighters trying to get a huge fire under control in Wilmington. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009810686582/ 10009810686582 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 06:18:11 EST FOXBORO, Mass. -- Foxboro is one of Massachusetts’ communities that is consistently hit hardest in snowstorms. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009810469135/ 10009810469135 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 06:08:22 EST ABINGTON, Mass. -- While most businesses shut down early so workers could get home before the brunt of the snowstorm, some stayed open and were doing a brisk business. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009810410268/ 10009810410268 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:42:36 EST SANDWICH, Mass. -- Snow and wind knocked out the power for 60 percent of homes and businesses in Sandwich. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009807015692/ 10009807015692 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:43:41 EST SCITUATE, Mass. -- As high tide approaches, the waves in Scituate have started crushing the coast. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009806302126/ 10009806302126 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:57:50 EST A state of emergency has been declared and Gov. Deval Patrick has banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009807467031/ 10009807467031 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:32:46 EST NEW YORK -- Here are some tips for communicating with emergency services and loved ones as a snowstorm bears down on the Northeast: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009806596664/ 10009806596664 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:00:45 EST BOURNE, Mass. -- A National Guard unit was activated in Bourne when Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009806044526/ 10009806044526 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:54:11 EST BOSTON -- A winter storm that forecasters warned could bury the Northeast in record amounts of snow is battering New England. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009805645161/ 10009805645161 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:47:21 EST MARSHFIELD, Mass. -- Officials in are urging people who live in coastal and flood-prone areas of Marshfield to leave the area for the next two high tides, which are Friday evening and Saturday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009806324195/ 10009806324195 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:44:15 EST ANDOVER, Mass. – Right before the driving ban at 4 p.m., there was a rush to get home and many even scrambled to the grocery store at the last minute to stock up. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009806305556/ 10009806305556 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:47:15 EST BOSTON -- Commuters heading out of Boston have scrambled to catch the final trains and buses out of the city. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009805603559/ 10009805603559 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:27:47 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- The snow is quickly accumulating in Worcester and it looks like the area will get the projected two feet of snow. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009805126719/ 10009805126719 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:10:03 EST BOSTON -- Current power outages in Massachusetts as of Feb. 13 at 2 p.m.: http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009806460381/ 10009806460381 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:54:53 EST FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- As the storm bears down on New England, Foxborough officials said they are planning for a mini Armageddon as snow started to quickly accumulate and winds picked up late Friday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009804569344/ 10009804569344 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:46:14 EST SANDWICH, Mass. -- People on the coast may have to deal with flooding and power outages with the snow storm this weekend. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009804157454/ 10009804157454 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:23:54 EST BOSTON -- Al Roker stopped by 7News to talk about the winter storm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009805823438/ 10009805823438 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:32:22 EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he will be declaring a state of emergency because of the incoming blizzard and is warning that some highways may be closing as early as noon. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009803714250/ 10009803714250 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:28:10 EST BOSTON -- The Boston Archdiocese is urging parishioners to "use good judgment" when deciding whether to travel to Sunday Mass in the wake of the massive snow storm hitting the region. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009803689092/ 10009803689092 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:00:41 EST FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Governor Deval Patrick has declared a state of emergency and banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. as a blizzard that could bring nearly 3 feet of snow to the region began to intensify. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009804244113/ 10009804244113 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:32:05 EST Take a look at some photos and videos viewers sent in to 7News. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009804792510/ 10009804792510 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:19:18 EST FRAMINGHAM -- The Massachusetts National Guard was mobilizing Friday for the storm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009803635840/ 10009803635840 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:16:52 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- Cities and towns across state prepare for Friday’s blizzard for a couple of days. In Worcester, City Manager Michael O'Brien has prepped the city. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009803261214/ 10009803261214 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:48:37 EST BOSTON -- Having your cell phones ready to go is a big part of being prepared for a storm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009803091731/ 12009803091731 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:57:09 EST RAYNHAM, Mass. -- A tractor trailer flipped over onto its side in Raynham. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009802422981/ 12009802422981 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:03:22 EST BOSTON -- A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books, with a potential for up to 3 feet of snow, clobbered the New York-to-Boston corridor on Friday, grounding flights and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers across the Northeast. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009802460251/ 12009802460251 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:22:51 EST BOSTON, Mass. -- Multiple Massachusetts cities and towns declared snow emergencies ahead of Friday’s blizzard. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009801857156/ 12009801857156 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:07:31 EST FOXBORO, Mass. -- Utility crews prepared for driving wind and snow to cause power outages throughout the region. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009802125182/ 12009802125182 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:51:28 EST BOSTON -- The blizzard expected to dump two feet of snow on much of New England caused canceled flights Friday before snowflakes even started falling. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009801668752/ 12009801668752 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:43:28 EST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A Western Massachusetts real estate group has filed a lawsuit against Penn National Gaming and Springfield businessman Peter Picknelly, claiming Picknelly broke a contract to develop a casino in Palmer. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009801620882/ 12009801620882 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:09:33 EST BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is ordering non-emergency state employees to work from home on Friday because of the approaching snow storm and urging private employers to do the same. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009797457399/ 10009797457399 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:40:12 EST BOSTON -- New Englanders have to think back to a couple of a winters ago, where snowfalls, like the one expected Friday, seemed like routine. That year, the region was hit with snow almost every week. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009801601215/ 12009801601215 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:27:58 EST BOSTON -- The MBTA will suspend service on all lines starting at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009797567848/ 12009797567848 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:15:49 EST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Amtrak says it's suspending service in New York and New England before a major snow storm hits the region. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009797494992/ 12009797494992 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:48:47 EST BOSTON -- The top gambling regulator in Washington state has been named executive director of the agency overseeing the new casino law in Massachusetts. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009798412718/ 12009798412718 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:26:57 EST UXBRIDGE, Mass. -- A home is burning on Stanphyl Road in Uxbridge. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009796121713/ 10009796121713 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:43:13 EST BOSTON -- The following was released by the Department of Public Health. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009798019313/ 12009798019313 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:56:39 EST UNDATED -- Even if you're completely prepared for the storm, something could go wrong. So what if that happens? 7’s Susan Tran has some tips on how you can stay safe. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009799179996/ 12009799179996 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:10:03 EST NEWBURY, Mass. -- Residents of Plum Island are bracing for severe beach erosion and anticipating the worst. They're backfilling huge sand bags to save their homes ahead of Friday’s storm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009799260346/ 12009799260346 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:16:41 EST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Bridgewater Police were looking for a man who robbed a casket at a funeral home. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009794980095/ 12009794980095 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:35:36 EST BOSTON -- Crime writer Patricia Cornwell is the first to admit she is easily distracted by noise and finds it nearly impossible to write when she is interrupted. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009794733568/ 12009794733568 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:06:55 EST CUMBERLAND, Maine -- Members of a Maine high school girls' basketball team have been disciplined after a picture surfaced online of team members giving a Nazi salute. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009794561483/ 12009794561483 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:06:00 EST LOWELL, Mass. -- University of Massachusetts Lowell officials say the school will be working with the U.S. Army to develop new solutions to protect military personnel. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009793836038/ 12009793836038 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:09:37 EST SCITUATE, Mass. -- As a major storm wallops Massachusetts Friday through Saturday, there is a big concern about coastal flooding. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009797097724/ 10009797097724 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:29:01 EST READING, Mass. -- Many are rushing to the stores to purchase essential supplies before the storm hits Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009797934036/ 12009797934036 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:54:47 EST BOSTON -- In preparation for the potential blizzard, many towns are canceling school and telling non-essential employees to be allowed to stay home on Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009795928771/ 10009795928771 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:56:23 EST BOSTON -- With two weather systems colliding, New England braces for a big storm Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009793778356/ 12009793778356 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:48:25 EST BOSTON -- Power crews are not the only ones getting ready for the incoming potential blizzard. Road crews will be in full force when the snow flies -- and some of them have already been out. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009797330569/ 10009797330569 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:50:48 EST For an updated list of shelters that are open in Massachusetts for the storm please call the Commonwealth's primary telephone information call center during times of emergency at 2-1-1. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/10009797344854/ 10009797344854 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:10:58 EST BOSTON -- A Harvard Medical School doctor has settled a gender discrimination lawsuit against Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for $7 million. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009793505827/ 12009793505827 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:36:14 EST WELLESLEY, Mass. -- A runaway bus crashed into a car in Wellesley on Wednesday night. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009793297454/ 12009793297454 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:02:04 EST BOSTON -- Court documents quote reputed mob boss, James “Whitey” Bulger as saying he never gave information to the FBI. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009793092373/ 12009793092373 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:12:13 EST BOSTON -- New England is bracing for a major winter storm expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow in some places from Friday into Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009795313382/ 12009795313382 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:24:57 EST WORCESTER, Mass. -- National Grid and NStar told 7News they already have crews ready for the storm's arrival after coming under intense criticism for their poor responses to severe storms in recent years. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009795389728/ 12009795389728 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:54:31 EST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Bridgewater Police began searching for a man behind a break-in in Bridgewater. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009793047151/ 12009793047151 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:25:07 EST WELLESLEY, Mass. -- For teenagers, it's a bizarre contract you wouldn't think they'd agree to. But Paul Baier's daughter said “okay,” and agreed to quit Facebook, of course, at a price. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009790710717/ 12009790710717 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:56:31 EST MARBLEHEAD, Mass. -- An outraged mother says her 10-month-old baby was left alone at a daycare in Marblehead on Tuesday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009789099188/ 12009789099188 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:08:06 EST SOUTHBORO, Mass. -- Crews in Southborough raced to save two dogs in a daring water rescue. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009781968667/ 12009781968667 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:54:48 EST BOSTON -- Wednesday marked 35 years since the infamous Blizzard of '78, and the possibility of another big storm is bringing back some bad memories for some -- but much has changed since then. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009790528790/ 12009790528790 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:47:42 EST PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Two teenage brothers were arrested after police uncovered a sophisticated drug dealing operation in Portsmouth, N.H. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009781846296/ 12009781846296 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:36:25 EST WESTON, Mass. -- State agencies gather at emergency management headquarters as they prepare for a storm that has the potential to dump two feet of snow on most of the state. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009790418422/ 12009790418422 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:28:52 EST BRAINTREE, Mass. -- The search is on for a high-tech thief in Braintree after a customer discovered a fake ATM card reader and a hidden camera. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009788573127/ 12009788573127 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:11:24 EST FITCHBURG, Mass. -- The owner of a Fitchburg business tried to salvage what he could from what used to be his auto parts store. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009788468488/ 12009788468488 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:45:12 EST BOSTON -- Boston Mayor Tom Menino says the city is bracing for a major storm. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009788671250/ 12009788671250 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:39:59 EST BOSTON -- The MBTA found a crack on a rail between Central and Harvard Stations on the Red Line Wednesday morning. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009785759863/ 12009785759863 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:16:12 EST WESTFORD, Mass. -- A midwinter storm headed to the Northeast U.S. on Friday could drop more than a foot of snow, setting up a weekend of skiing, sledding and snowmobiling in places that have been stuck with bare ground for much of the season. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009788137269/ 12009788137269 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:32:49 EST BOSTON --People are starting to prepare as Friday’s possible blizzard approaches. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009788596972/ 12009788596972 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:23:20 EST CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is warning that some lakes and ponds that traditionally have been safe for ice fishing and other outdoor recreation are not safe this year. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/local/12009788180094/ 12009788180094