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After a controversial property tax bill from Boston hit a dead end this week following months of back and forth between Beacon Hill and City Hall, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that the “intensive process” of working with Massachusetts lawmakers to get the local policy approved only to be shot down by the Senate in the elevent...

Police in Methuen, Massachusetts, say a resident has turned himself in after barricading himself in a home Wednesday. Authorities initially said there was an increased police presence on Huntington Avenue, asking the public to avoid the area due to an ongoing situation. Police later said they responded around 3:40 p.m. to the home, finding the door...

An intense storm hitting Boston Wednesday caused flooding that shut down a highway tunnel in the city and knocked out power for tens of thousands.

The strong smell of gas is wafting from Chelsea and East Boston to Winthrop, but where exactly it’s coming from is an aromatic mystery. Several fire departments received multiple calls Wednesday with concerns about the odor, including Chelsea. “It smells kind of like a gas. I don’t know how this can hurt our health,” Chelsea resident Elizabeth Mira...

A Massachusetts high school dean has been arrested for allegedly dealing cocaine throughout the area, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Embattled Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was back at work Monday despite calls from colleagues and city leaders to resign after her arrest on federal corruption charges. Just days after her arraignment, Fernandes Anderson stuck to the script while seeming to signal she’s planning to stay in her role. The councilor is facing fi...

Heads up! Today is a First Alert in Greater Boston. Your NBC10 Boston First Alert Weather Team is tracking what could be the wettest day of the year, along with strong, gusty winds. A frontal system is bringing rich moisture from our south, giving way to periods of heavy rain for much of the day. Some localized flooding is possible. In......

Massachusetts is still grappling with unresolved issues from the Steward Health Care crisis, but hospitals that were saved from closing during the bankruptcy process are adapting under new operators, Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said Wednesday.

An 18-year-old injured in a head-on car crash in Braintree, Massachusetts, last week has died, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Alexia Nixon, of Weymouth, passed away at Boston Medical Center on Tuesday night, the district attorney’s office said. She was a passenger in an SUV that was struck by an alleged drunken d...

An MIT Media Lab spinout is the latest Boston-based tech company cutting jobs.

A tractor-trailer loaded with oranges rolled over on the Maine Turnpike early Wednesday morning. Maine State Police said they responded to a crash on Interstate 95 north in New Gloucester around 3:30 a.m. Reports said that a tractor-trailer had left the highway and partially rolled over. Preliminary investigation indicates that the driver of the tr...

A popular local group of bakery-cafes will be expanding into the Boston Common space that used to house Earl of Sandwich.

Herb Chambers gives $100M to MGH for new tower