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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Sarah Mesdjian |John R. Ellement
A person was stabbed near the lobby entrance to Massachusetts General Hospital in downtown Boston Thursday, the second time this week violence broke out near the sprawling hospital complex. The incident took place around 8:32 a.m. when a person was stabbed while near the 90 Blossom St. entrance to MGH, Boston Police Officer Mark Marron, a department spokesman, said in a telephone interview. The injury to the stabbing victim was not life threatening, Marron said.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | John R. Ellement |Sarah Mesdjian
Boston police are conducting a investigation on Cambridge Street near the Massachusetts General Hospital complex Tuesday, officials said. A police department spokesman did not immediately disclose what prompted the response, which began shortly before 9 a.m.At least one witness was taken to police headquarters for an interview, according to police transmissions recorded by Broadcastify.com. MGH’s emergency room can still be accessed by ambulances, according to the transmissions.
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2 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun |Sarah Mesdjian
Thousands of college graduates celebrated commencement across Greater Boston Sunday, in ceremonies simultaneously exultant and tempered by the fraught politics surrounding American academia. They gathered under bright morning sun on the green at Tufts University’s Medford campus, in Waltham at Brandeis University’s Gosman Sports and Convocation Center, and under cloudy skies at Boston University’s Nickerson Field in the afternoon.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | John R. Ellement |Sarah Mesdjian
A bicyclist was seriously injured in a crash with a car Wednesday northbound on Route 138 in Milton, according to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office. The bicyclist, who was not identified, was taken to a hospital, officials said. No update on the victim’s condition is available at this time. The crash forced the closure of portions of Route 138 near the Trailside Museum in the Blue Hills Reservation, officials said. At 3 p.m., Route 138 north was reopened to traffic, according to Canton police.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Nick Stoico |Travis Andersen |Camilo Fonseca |Sarah Mesdjian
DEDHAM — After nine months of anticipation, Karen Read’s second murder trial in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, began Tuesday with opening statements and the testimony of a paramedic, one of the first responders on scene, and a friend of Read’s who was with her when she found O’Keefe’s snow-covered body in the winter of 2022.
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1 month ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Nick Stoico |Sarah Mesdjian
An MBTA commuter rail train collided with a semi-truck and pushed it down the track in Canton on Wednesday, according officials. The Canton Police Department reported the collision in a post on social media at 2 p.m. and said Pine Street is closed while authorities work at the scene. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured. Messages were left with the Canton Police Department, the MBTA, and Keolis, the MBTA’s commuter rail operator, seeking further information.
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2 months ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Nick Stoico |John R. Ellement |Sarah Mesdjian
Six people were injured when a rental truck drove onto a sidewalk in the Chinatown section of Boston on Tuesday, officials said. At least two sustained serious injuries, according to Officer Mark Marron, a police department spokesperson. The driver was trapped inside the truck, which flipped over during the crash, and had to be extricated, according to fire department radio transmissions on Broadcastify. The transmissions indicated that five pedestrians were hit.
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2 months ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Sarah Mesdjian |Ken Mahan
It’s spring, but winter must not have gotten the news. State offices in Maine closed early Monday at 2 p.m. due to “expected hazardous snow conditions,” officials said in a statement. As a storm system pushes through New England, several snow bands may extend across much of the state. In Augusta, as much as four inches of snow may fall, forecasters said.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | Nick Stoico |Sarah Mesdjian
The MBTA is investigating after a ceiling panel fell onto a subway platform at Harvard Station Thursday morning, two years after a ceiling panel fell in the area, officials said. No injuries were reported and train service was not affected, the MBTA said in a statement. The panel, which the MBTA said is made of light tin material, fell around 7:30 a.m. on the southbound Red Line platform. Engineer and station facilities management are investigating what caused it to fall, an MBTA spokesperson said.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | Travis Andersen |Sarah Mesdjian
A newly unveiled domed ceiling is turning heads (upwards) at South Station, with even hard-charging commuters pausing to take in the sight. Supported by ornate arches, the ceiling and gleaming new atrium is part of the massive South Station Air Rights project, which is expected to be completed this year.
