8+ hour, 59+ min ago   (653+ words) More than three decades have passed since the body of 27-year-old Susan “Su” Taraskiewicz was found in the trunk of her car in Revere, after she worked an overnight shift as a baggage handler at Logan Airport. The homicide investigation…...

18+ hour, 36+ min ago   (168+ words) Millions of people are now using AI chatbots every week to navigate health questions. While many say the technology has proved useful, it can generate hallucinations and make mistakes — some of which have had serious consequences. How you prompt a…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (165+ words) A 30-year-old Massachusetts man died Thursday after falling while climbing rock ledges along the Appalachian Trail in Kent, Conn., police said. Collin Salmon, of Great Barrington, was rock climbing in a section of trail known as St. John’s Ledges when…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1276+ words) Nearly 2,000 nurses at Boston Medical Center voted overwhelmingly to authorize a three-day strike over pay and staffing at New England’s largest safety-net hospital, their union said Friday. The strike authorization, which passed with nearly 90 percent support, sets up a potentially…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (891+ words) SPRINGFIELD — The scene was notable for what was not happening. At the time when students are normally let out at Springfield Central High School, there were scores of empty spots in the parking lot, no crowds of teenagers streaming out…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (501+ words) Federal immigration agents on Thursday took a person into custody outside a Newton courthouse and briefly detained a second individual outside City Hall, Mayor Marc C. Laredo said. “ICE agents detained, and took into custody, an individual outside of the Newton…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (185+ words) Investigators on Martha’s Vineyard are probing an alleged sexual assault that occurred at the island’s Massachusetts State Police barracks last month, officials said. Oak Bluff police responding to a report “involving a woman in distress” in late August eventually determined…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (250+ words) An MBTA bus driver behind the wheel of an out-of-service bus in Medford suffered a “medical emergency” on Thursday, slamming into a line of cars stopped at a red light and veering onto a sidewalk, police said. The driver, a…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (241+ words) A New Bedford woman charged with first-degree murder in a shooting at a Taunton house party that left one man dead and seven others injured last weekend was ordered held without bail on Thursday, court records show. Sienna Barboza, 25, was…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (579+ words) The man accused of opening fire at random with an assault rifle, terrifying motorists and injuring two people on Memorial Drive in Cambridge in May, pleaded not guilty Thursday to 43 counts against him for the shooting. Tyler E. Brown IV, 46, seated…...