One in Three Boston Restaurant Inspection Results Over the Past Month Was a Failure, City Records Show

Boston Council Weighs Steering Up to 80% of Community Preservation Funds to Affordable Housing

With federal pandemic housing money running out at the end of 2026, councilors are examining whether to raise housing's share above the current 50% goal.

Boston's Rodent Action Plan Has Not Had a Substantive Update Since 2024, Council Order Says; Hearing Set for Friday

Allston-Brighton and the Downtown, Chinatown, North End and South End area were named the top priority neighborhoods. Councilor Ed Flynn is renewing his call for a 'rat czar.'

Proposed Ordinance Would Give Boston City Employees Full Pay for All 12 Weeks of Parental Leave

City workers now receive 100% of base pay for four weeks, then 75% and 50%. Use of the benefit rose from 181 employees in 2021 to 313 in 2025.

Four South End Officers Hospitalized in Two Arrests Less Than a Week Apart, Police Reports Show

Both incidents involved District D-4 officers and occurred within blocks of each other. All four officers had non-life-threatening injuries.

More Than 80% of Boston Sidewalk Repair Requests Are Overdue, City Data Shows

Of 598 sidewalk repair requests filed with Boston 311 over a 30-day period, 491 are marked overdue. Pothole and utility contractor complaints also lag.

Boston Shooting Reports Fall About 20% This Year; Mattapan and Roxbury Districts Record the Most

Boston police incident data flags 339 shooting incidents from January through September 2026, compared with 426 in the same period of 2025.

Massachusetts

Healey Leads Minogue by 23 Points in Suffolk/Globe Poll as Voters Split on Ballot Questions

Gov. Maura Healey holds a 59% to 36% lead, while voters are closely divided on eliminating party primaries and on a housing measure, the poll found.

Nation

Mississippi Attorney General Finds Officer's Use of Force Justified in Shooting That Killed 1-Year-Old

The officer fired at a vehicle during a shoplifting call at a Senatobia Walmart in June. The family's attorney is calling for release of body-camera footage.

World

Alberta Voters Choose to Remain in Canada, CBC Projects

Preliminary results showed about 76% favoring remaining a province in Monday's nonbinding referendum.

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Six People Walked Up 52 Floors of an Unfinished Tower and Nobody Stopped Them?

Boston police want help identifying the group. Dez has one question for the building: who left that door unlocked?

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The New Red Line Cars Were Supposed to Be Done in 2023. Now They Can't Even Say When?

The MBTA says the end-of-2027 deadline is dead too. Dez runs through the receipts on a contract that keeps getting older.

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Falmouth Tried to Cancel the Halloween Parade. Parents Said Absolutely Not.

Parents pushed back, the district reversed itself by Sept. 30, and the superintendent says "we missed the mark." The parade's future after this year is still open.

Music

Boston's Own The Real Dnation Refuses to Fold on "Beat the Odds"

The Dorchester artist's new video is built for the club and for anybody fighting through a hard stretch.

Music

Three Decades After Forming in Quincy, Dropkick Murphys Remain Boston's Signature Band

From independent punk label Hellcat Records to a platinum single and a free hometown concert for 10,000, the band has built its career around the city.

Music

From 'Suffolk County' to 'GABOS': Cousin Stizz and the Rise of Dorchester Hip-Hop

The first hip-hop artist to win Artist of the Year at the Boston Music Awards moved from self-released mixtapes to RCA Records and then to his own label.

College

Harvard Graduate Student Union Sets Oct. 27 Strike Date if No Contract Is Reached

The union, which represents more than 4,000 student workers, says it will walk out again after a 40-day strike in the spring ended without a contract.

MIT Investment Arm Sues Beantown Taqueria as Mass. Ave. Restaurant Prepares to Close

The restaurant at 245 Massachusetts Ave. will close at the end of October. A jury trial is scheduled for Nov. 5 in Cambridge District Court.

October 16, 2026

More Than 1,000 Harvard Students Sign Petition Backing Dining Hall Workers

Harvard dining workers have been without a contract since June 19 as negotiations with UNITE HERE Local 26 continue.

October 15, 2026

Boston University Has Not Published Sexual Misconduct Data Since 2022-23, Student Paper Reports

The university recorded 229 internal reports in 2022-23, up from 150 the year before. Student advocates are calling for annual releases to resume.

October 15, 2026