Woman raped by visiting Irish firefighter sues Court TV for showing her name during its coverage of his trial
The woman raped by Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie in an Omni Parker House room over St. Patrick's weekend in 2024 today sued the former and current owners of CourtTV, which showed her name twice during his second rape trial. Read more.
Some Red Line signals go down, causing some riders to frown
August 3
At 9:23 p.m., the MBTA reported 15-minute delays on the Red Line due to signal problems at Harvard. At 9:31, the T changed that to 20 minutes as "work crews fix a signal problem between Harvard and Kendall/MIT" - on the stretch that was just shut for ten days for repairs and upgrades, including some signal rewiring at Central.
How a Canadian doctor and Massachusetts volunteers who gather to pack pills for mailing are getting around abortion bans in other states
August 3
Mother Jones profiles Dr. Angel Foster, who co-founded a telehealth non-profit in Massachusetts to help deliver abortion pills across the country. Why here?...
Somerville firefighter charged with running World Cup ticket scheme
August 3
WHDH reports he allegedly told people that as a Patriots season-ticket holder, he had special access to World Cup seats - but didn't.
First a power wire fries, then a Blue Line train just dies
August 3
Last night, it was another power wire falling on a train. This morning, the wires stayed up, but a Blue Line train died at Orient Heights, the MBTA reported at 10 a.m. No need to round up the usual buses this time, though - the...
Oh, what a thrill: Dead train at Savin Hill
August 3
A Red Line train died at Savin Hill this morning and before MBTA crews could shove it out of the way, the T was reporting delays of up to 25 minutes for the Ashmont branch. The T declared the crisis at an end at 11:58 a.m., but like all good dead-train events, reported residual delays of up to 20 minutes on the branch.
Become the storrowing judge you've always wanted to be
August 3
Turlach MacDonagh has set up StorrowRankings.com to let you be the East German judge you've dreamed of being: Look at a photo of a storrowing and judge it on several criteria, including roof peeling, objects scattered, traffic backup caused and idiocy.
Sparks fly as yet another overhead power wire falls on yet another Blue Line train
August 3
For the second time in less than two weeks, an overhead power wire fell on a Blue Line train, this time near Wood Island, around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday.
