Judge tosses Doc Email's suit against Belmont news outlet; man hit, killed by Red Line train
A Boston federal judge on Monday quickly dismissed Senate candidate Shiva Ayyadurai's lawsuit against the Belmont Voice, saying none of the issues he's raising belong in federal court. Read more.
Man falls onto Red Line tracks at Central, is hit and killed by train
October 26
A man slipped onto the outbound Red Line tracks at Central just as a train was entering the station around 12:50 this morning, Transit Police report.
As police and EMTs tried to save her dying daughter, mother tried to hide the fentanyl that killed her, DA charges
October 26
A Dorchester woman was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail today at her arraignment on charges that include manslaughter for the death of her 4-year-old daughter in their apartment on Fuller Street in Dorchester, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
A protester held a sign reading: If you give me biberty, give me death
October 26
WBZ Newsradio reports on yesterday's protest outside Biberty Central, a.k.a. Liberty Mutual headquarters in the Back Bay against the company's continued employment of a talking basketball encrusted in yellow mold to sell its wares.
Steamed at Harvard: Dorm evacuated after large steam valve starts running amok - for second time in two weeks
October 26
The Cambridge Fire Department ordered the evacuation of Harvard's Kirkland House on Dunster St., around 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, after a steam valve began firing rapid jets of steam, accompanied by loud banging.