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Boston cops surprise man turning 25 with muffin, sing ‘Happy Birthday’ after he calls 911: video
A pair of Boston cops fulfilled a local resident’s birthday wish when they showed up to his home with a celebratory muffin and line of candles to blow out shortly after midnight on Thursday. The man, who was turning 25, called authorities and said, “I want someone to say happy birthday to me,” according to the police department. Officer Israel Bracho and his partner Franklin Ortiz originally were under the impression the call was a joke, but after verifying it really was the young man’s special day, they jumped into action, WHDH reported. “Everyone has one birthday, so everyone deserves to feel special...
OSHA finds Boston window cleaning company responsible for death of employee who fell 29 stories
Sky Safety Inc. said it was not responsible for the death of the employee in a statement to Boston.com. Federal officials found a local window cleaning company is responsible for an employee’s fatal 29-story fall from a building in downtown Boston in October after failing to inspect equipment for damage, they announced Thursday.
Vote for the winner of the high school Student of the Week in The Patriot Ledger
Here are this week's nominees for Student of the Week. Nominations come from high school staff members. But you, our readers, make the decision in our poll found at the bottom of this story. Look for our newest poll each Monday morning. We're proud to highlight the achievements of high school students. This feature is similar to our Athlete of the Week.
One arrested at Northeastern’s commencement ceremony at Fenway Park
Just over a week after more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on Northeastern’s campus., one person who attempted to disrupt Sunday’s commencement ceremony was arrested, school officials tell Boston 25.
Jack Lueders-Booth’s Sensitive Portrait of an American Women’s Prison
Jack Lueders-Booth appears on my screen wearing a red jumper and crinkly brown tweed jacket, surrounded by books and neat piles of printed materials in his charming Boston home office. “I’m not quite in order,” the 88-year-old American photographer and former Harvard professor says. “I’m just waking up. As a matter of fact, I was up all night working on a paper.” He smiles when I say I haven’t slept well either; “We can be not very lucid together.”
No charges in Massachusetts after 4 newborns found frozen, wrapped in tin foil inside Boston apartment: DA
In a shocking move, the Suffolk District Attorney in Massachusetts announced on Tuesday that there will be no criminal charges filed in connection to the investigation involving the disturbing discovery of four newborn babies found wrapped in tin foil inside a freezer in the home of a Boston woman who "concealed her pregnancies."
Quincy man accused of setting live racoon on fire now faces more serious charges
DEDHAM ‒ A Quincy man accused of lighting a live racoon on fire has been indicted on two felony counts of animal cruelty. Officers brought the wounded racoon to New England Wildlife Center animal hospital in Weymouth, where it received around-the-clock treatment for two weeks before ultimately dying of its injuries.
84-year-old arrested for stabbing deaf woman in East Boston
An 84-year-old man was arrested in connection to a stabbing in East Boston on Friday afternoon. Investigators swarmed a Brandywyne Drive apartment community Friday after a call came in that a resident had been stabbed in the neck. The resident, a deaf woman, was brought to a hospital with what...
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