Russian faces hacking charges in Boston
But first: 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital went on strike this morning over pay, health insurance and the use of temporary workers.
Somerville company among victims of Russian phishing campaign headed by man arrested in Thailand and now facing charges in Boston, FBI says
July 7
An employee of a Russian technology firm faces arraignment in Boston federal court on Thursday on charges he helped orchestrate a phishing campaign aimed at stealing data from Western companies and government agencies, including at least one concern based in Somerville, according to court records.
Noah Kahan is booming in Boston
July 7
The Boston Fire Department alerts us that the singer's concerts at Fenway Park Wednesday, Friday and Saturday will include fireworks, in case you're out and about or have your windows open and wonder who's shooting off all those fireworks (fireworks are weather permitting).
The bad news is an invasive clam species has settled into our coastal waters; the good news is they're delicious
July 7
NBC Boston reports two UMass Amherst researchers have confirmed that over the past three years, Manila clams have established themselves in coastal waters from Provincetown to Salem, but that them's good eatin'...
Three WHDH camerapeople sue over work they say they were ordered to do during blizzards but didn't get paid for
July 7
Three videographers at WHDH who spent much of Monday, Jan. 26 outdoors during a blizzard so that reporters could show viewers what it's like to stand in the middle of a blizzard say they were only paid for part of their time that day - and none at all for the day before, when the station ordered them to haul their equipment to hotels in advance of blizzards.
Hostile Yankee fan with a Bluebike threatens to stab somebody on the Orange Line, police say
July 7
Transit Police report they are looking for a guy who, when somebody told him to stop threatening a girl on an Orange Line car at Downtown Crossing responded by threatening to stab the Samaritan.
311 complaint of the day: It's just not the same without the Scots
July 7
A concerned citizen filed a 311 report about a traffic cone at Dartmouth and Stuart streets in the Back Bay that a Scot would have found a better spot for - like this happy lady with a "Boston" cone in Glasgow.
