Adam Sennott

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Adam Sennott

Ten ducklings were reunited with their mother after a group of children alerted authorities that they had fallen into a storm drain Thursday morning in Northborough, police said. Officers responded to a call reporting that the children saw the ducklings fall into a storm drain while crossing the street with their mother near Assabet Circle at about 10 a.m. When officers arrived they found the ducklings inside the storm drain, with their mother nearby, unable to reach them.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Adam Sennott

A male was stabbed on Geneva Avenue in Dorchester late Tuesday afternoon, according to Boston police. The male’s condition was not known, said Sergeant Detective John Boyle, chief spokesperson for the Boston Police Department. His age was not immediately known. The stabbing occurred in the area of 500 Geneva Ave. at 4:46 p.m., Boyle said. Police are investigating. No arrests had been made by early evening, Boyle said. This breaking news story will be updated if more information becomes available.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Adam Sennott

A Lynn man pleaded guilty Monday to threatening to murder an elected official and their family, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office said. Justin David Gaglio, 51, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to one count of transmitting interstate threats, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a statement. He was charged in October 2024. The elected official was not identified but they have an office in Washington, D.C., the statement said.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Adam Sennott

A 69-year-old man died after his car went off the road, rolled onto its side, crashed in the woods of Interstate 95 in Attleboro Sunday night, the Attleboro Fire department said. Firefighters responded to the single car crash in the southbound lane of Interstate 95 at about 7:25 p.m., officials said. When they arrived, they found the vehicle on its side, and in the woods next to the highway. The man was unconscious and trapped inside the car, the statement said.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Adam Sennott

Two men were shot in separate incidents in Boston Thursday night, and one of them was critically injured, according to a police department spokesman. A young man, who could possibly be a teenager, was shot at 8:09 p.m. at Gordon and Pomeroy streets in Brighton, Sergeant Detective John Boyle said. The man was taken to a hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, Boyle said. Homicide investigators responded and a crime scene established.