A dog has died after falling through the ice covering a small body of water in Everett, Massachusetts, according to first responders. Crews from the Everett Fire Department responded and attempted to rescue the dog who fell through the ice, the online agency wrote Wednesday night. The dog died of his injuries, according to EFD. … Read more
Mayor Michelle Wu will join city leaders and event planners Wednesday morning to discuss preparations for this weekend’s Boston First Night festivities. The press conference is scheduled for 10:30 at City Hall in Boston. The city is a partner of the New Year’s Eve event, run by Conventures. In addition to Wu, public safety officials, … Read more
A Massachusetts woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing her boyfriend. Authorities say 64-year-old Judy Church of Salisbury poisoned her boyfriend with ethylene glycol, a compound commonly found in antifreeze, deicing fluid and hydraulic brake fluid. According to the Essex District Attorney’s Office, Church called police for an ambulance shortly after 8pm on 11 … Read more
The images, the paper notes, were not made by a person, but by developed versions of the iRobot Roomba J7 series robot vacuum cleaner. They were then sent to Scale AI, a startup that hires employees around the world to tag (called annotate) audio, photo and video data used to train the AI. MIT Technology … Read more
A teenage girl reported missing for nearly 10 days from Raynham, Massachusetts was found safe in New York City, police said Thursday night. Raynham Police say 16-year-old Colleen Weaver was located around 11pm with assistance from the NYPD and the FBI. The missing teenager was found through “investigative means” in collaboration with her law enforcement … Read more
Before COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 were released in June, many parents were asking to make those vaccines available to young children. But the new data shows that some parents’ stance may have changed. Massachusetts ranks third nationally, with 11% of those children receiving at least one dose, according to the Boston Globe. Washington … Read more
Monkeypox vaccine providers in Massachusetts have been alerted by state public health officials that the state is changing its vaccine strategy to focus on one dose while supply is limited. In a message to Massachusetts health care providers, hospitals, community health centers and local boards of health, the state Department of Health announced that the … Read more
Some of the drugs and paraphernalia seized. Photo: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) / Courtesy – Diego Tejada Rosario and Víctor Camacho were arrested in The Bronx (NYC) by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on suspicion of packing heroin/fentanyl and large-scale distribution in New York and Massachusetts. DEA agents seized more than 13 items of a … Read more
All of Massachusetts except Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard is now considered low-risk for COVID-19, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dukes County is now the only county in the state listed in the medium risk category, with the rest of the state listed as low risk. That’s a … Read more
Basketball NBA-Finals “The F-bomb in front of children? Really good. Well done Boston” – – As of 1:06 p.m | Reading time: 4 minutes – – – Stars in the Warriors: Stephen Curry (l.) Scores 43 points, Draymond Green attracts the anger of the Boston fans What: AFP – – The NBA Finals are evolving … Read more