September 26, 2017 Massachusetts babysitters caught on Snapchat video putting baby in refrigerator Two teenage babysitters were arrested after a Snapchat video emerged showing them placing a baby in a refrigerator, then standing back and laughing while the 8-month-old cried.
September 26, 2017 Officer on fatal Charlottesville crash: 'Hahahaha love this' A Massachusetts police department is investigating a Facebook comment by an officer who wrote “Hahahaha love this” in response to a story about a car crashing into counter-protesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one person and injuring at least 19 others.
September 26, 2017 Boston Holocaust Memorial smashed to pieces The Holocaust Memorial in Boston has been vandalized for the second time in less than two months, police say.
September 26, 2017 Police department gets hazmat-like protective gear for overdose calls A Massachusetts police chief ordered hazmat-like gear for his officers to help protect them from dangerously powerful drugs that could cause an overdose simply by touching the substance.
September 26, 2017 Woman claims she lost work hours after reporting sexual harassment A Boston area Wendy's restaurant is under corporate scrutiny tonight amid allegations that a female worker was sexually harassed by a manager, and then punished with no work hours after she reported the abuse.
September 25, 2017 Boston gives permit for free speech rally amid fears of violence Boston has granted permission for an event that organizers are calling a free speech rally but that some people fear is actually a white nationalist rally similar to the one that erupted in violence in Virginia last weekend.
September 25, 2017 Conservative student transfers out of BU because of death threats Nicholas Fuentes, an 18-year-old who attended the Charlottesville, Virginia “Unite the Right” rally this past weekend, said that despite the intensity of the backlash he has since received, he has absolutely “no regrets” about taking part in the controversial movement.
September 25, 2017 Boston Red Sox owner considering changing Yawkey Way to ease history of racial intolerance The owner of the Boston Red Sox said he plans to ask the city to rename Yawkey Way in an effort to ease the ballclub’s history of racial intolerance.
September 25, 2017 Boston 'Free Speech Rally' cut short as conservative activists leave counterprotesters behind Conservative activists cut short a planned rally in Boston on Saturday as thousands of counterprotesters chanted anti-Nazi slogans and waved signs condemning white nationalism.
September 25, 2017 'Disorderly' Kennedy dad, daughter arrested over raucous house party A reportedly raucous party at a Kennedy family home in Massachusetts resulted in the arrest of two members of the illustrious clan Sunday after their neighbors complained and the Kennedys allegedly refused police requests to keep it down.