Local News: Breaking Boston news, politics, crime, and traffic https://www.boston.com/tag/local-news/ Boston.com Mon, 01 Dec 2025 02:43:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BDC_Logo_2020_Social_WhiteBG-609c79a967eee-150x150.png Local News: Breaking Boston news, politics, crime, and traffic https://www.boston.com/tag/local-news/ 32 32 More than 100 patients evacuated after Rockland nursing home fire https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/30/more-than-100-patients-evacuated-after-rockland-nursing-home-fire/ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/30/more-than-100-patients-evacuated-after-rockland-nursing-home-fire/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 02:43:15 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=34436612 "The staff has been extremely cooperative, and they're probably really the true heroes, moving patients before we even got here.”

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/30/more-than-100-patients-evacuated-after-rockland-nursing-home-fire/feed/ 0 Police investigate after one dies in Norwood shooting https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/30/police-investigate-after-one-dies-in-norwood-shooting/ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/30/police-investigate-after-one-dies-in-norwood-shooting/#respond Sun, 30 Nov 2025 23:22:05 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=34435982 Norwood police responded to the area of 9 Hoyle St. around 2 p.m. after 911 call came in "requesting assistance."

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/30/police-investigate-after-one-dies-in-norwood-shooting/feed/ 0 Maine man leads police on high-speed chase, allegedly rams police cruiser https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2025/11/30/maine-man-leads-police-on-high-speed-chase-allegedly-rams-police-cruiser/ https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2025/11/30/maine-man-leads-police-on-high-speed-chase-allegedly-rams-police-cruiser/#respond Sun, 30 Nov 2025 23:04:32 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=34435936 He was charged with operating under the influence, eluding an officer, reckless conduct, and criminal speed.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2025/11/30/maine-man-leads-police-on-high-speed-chase-allegedly-rams-police-cruiser/feed/ 0 Mass. lawmakers hold hearing on immigration bill that would ban police from asking about status https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/30/mass-lawmakers-hold-hearing-on-immigration-bill-that-would-ban-police-from-asking-about-status/ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/30/mass-lawmakers-hold-hearing-on-immigration-bill-that-would-ban-police-from-asking-about-status/#respond Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:28:05 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=34434428 The bill, known as the Safe Communities Act, was proposed in response to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/30/mass-lawmakers-hold-hearing-on-immigration-bill-that-would-ban-police-from-asking-about-status/feed/ 0 Graduate student allegedly stabbed passengers with fork aboard flight diverted to Logan Airport https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2025/11/30/graduate-student-allegedly-stabbed-passengers-with-fork-aboard-flight-diverted-to-logan-airport/ https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2025/11/30/graduate-student-allegedly-stabbed-passengers-with-fork-aboard-flight-diverted-to-logan-airport/#respond Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:55:57 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=34434304 The international flight landed in Boston after the Indian student allegedly stabbed two boys with the fork, according to court documents.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2025/11/30/graduate-student-allegedly-stabbed-passengers-with-fork-aboard-flight-diverted-to-logan-airport/feed/ 0 Judge says more women can join lawsuit over hidden camera in John Hancock locker room https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/29/judge-says-more-women-can-join-lawsuit-over-hidden-camera-in-john-hancock-locker-room/ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/29/judge-says-more-women-can-join-lawsuit-over-hidden-camera-in-john-hancock-locker-room/#respond Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:47:38 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=34431014 A secret camera was stashed in the locker room ceiling of the former John Hancock headquarters in Boston’s Seaport.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/29/judge-says-more-women-can-join-lawsuit-over-hidden-camera-in-john-hancock-locker-room/feed/ 0 Typo for Olivia Dean’s TD Garden show has fans up in arms https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/29/typo-for-olivia-deans-td-garden-show-has-fans-up-in-arms/ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/29/typo-for-olivia-deans-td-garden-show-has-fans-up-in-arms/#respond Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:18:11 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=34430955 Fans were fuming after tickets to Olivia Dean’s August 2026 TD Garden show were priced at a whopping $753.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/29/typo-for-olivia-deans-td-garden-show-has-fans-up-in-arms/feed/ 0 Vehicle damaged after bricks fall from building in the North End https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/28/vehicle-damaged-after-bricks-fall-from-building-in-the-north-end/ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/28/vehicle-damaged-after-bricks-fall-from-building-in-the-north-end/#respond Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:02:00 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=34429174 The bricks fell from a building on Hanover Street on Sunday morning.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/28/vehicle-damaged-after-bricks-fall-from-building-in-the-north-end/feed/ 0 Driver killed in early morning Thanksgiving crash involving tractor-trailer on I-95 https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/28/driver-killed-in-early-morning-thanksgiving-crash-involving-tractor-trailer-on-i-95/ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/28/driver-killed-in-early-morning-thanksgiving-crash-involving-tractor-trailer-on-i-95/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 23:55:12 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=34428880 Carlos Chavez Martinez, 28, of Providence, was killed after his Audi collided with a tractor-trailer that was parked at a rest stop.

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]]> https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/28/driver-killed-in-early-morning-thanksgiving-crash-involving-tractor-trailer-on-i-95/feed/ 0 Babson freshman deported while trying to fly home for Thanksgiving https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/28/babson-freshman-deported-while-trying-to-fly-home-for-thanksgiving/ https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/28/babson-freshman-deported-while-trying-to-fly-home-for-thanksgiving/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:52:09 +0000 https://www.boston.com/?p=34427193 The college student was detained by immigration officials and within two days, sent to Texas and then Honduras, the country she left at age 7.

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