Pro-Palestinian protest blocks Boston traffic and more top stories
Parts of Storrow Drive were shut down by protesters on Sunday in Boston.
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Parts of Storrow Drive were shut down by protesters on Sunday in Boston.
While officials worked to keep politics out of the event, the Israel-Hamas war led to controversy this year.
Police moved in on the MIT pro-Palestinian encampment in the predawn hours Friday, removing tents and arresting ten protesters who refused to leave.
The television ad, "Don't Bring Hate to the Protests," created by Robert Kraft and his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism broadcast during Tuesday's NBA playoff game between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Protesters at Boston's MIT could see disciplinary action from the school.
Pro-Palestinian protesters broke through barriers at MIT, hours after a deadline to leave the encampment.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags and Israeli flags during the University of Michigan's commencement Saturday.
There was a fiery rally on the steps at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to support Jewish students and counter the pro-Palestinian encampment across the street that's urging the administration to cut ties with Israel.
President Joe Biden addressed the nationwide protests in unscheduled remarks from the White House.
Leaders at Tufts University are pleading with pro-Palestinian demonstrators to end their protests peacefully before commencement. Dozens of students say if police step in, they will boycott graduation.
Columbia University protesters have set up a new demonstration at Hamilton Hall, a building demonstrators occupied during 1968 anti-Vietnam war protests.
Massachusetts colleges are putting the pressure on students, saying the encampments have to go before graduation.
The alley off Boylston Street in Boston that was full of Emerson College student demonstrators for days now sits empty.
The school earlier warned students that police have the right to respond.
Pro-Palestinian students have accelerated their protests of the Israel-Hamas war. But are the they helping or hurting their cause?
Pro-Palestinian Emerson College students say they are determined to stay in a small tent city they created in alley off the campus.
The camps on both campuses were inspired by ongoing demonstrations at Columbia University in New York City. WBZ TV's Jordyn Jagolinzer reports.
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton, of Arkansas, has been encouraging people to "take matters into your own hands" against pro-Palestinian protesters.
A state lawmaker wants to make politicians' homes off-limits to protesters.
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The MBTA is facing sharp criticism for shutting its stations down during Boston's protests.
Despite all of the viewpoints changing around the country, future Hall of Famer Drew Brees still cannot support the act of taking a knee during the national anthem.
Protests were planned in Boston, Arlington, Andover, Northampton, and Walpole.
It didn't take long for President Donald Trump to send out a couple of tweets on Friday morning that were very clear with their message regarding national anthem protests.
Devin McCourty's one-word answer summed up his thoughts on the NFL's new national anthem policy.
Four people, including two police officers, were sent to the hospital after a dog attack in Boston.
Mathieu Olivier scored short-handed in a three-goal first period that ended with the Boston fans booing their own team off the ice, and the last-place Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Bruins 5-1 on Monday night.
Newly released video shows the moment a bus crashed into a crowded Fitchburg terminal, trapping a man underneath it.
Primary care doctors at Massachusetts General Brigham and Brigham and Women's Hospital are filing to unionize.
A Groton man was driving home on I-93 South when a car driving the wrong-way narrowly missed him.
There's a legitimate storm system in the forecast this week for Massachusetts.
Four people, including two police officers, were sent to the hospital after a dog attack in Boston.
The Beverly school committee is weighing how to make up missed class time due to the teacher strike.
A small earthquake felt in Massachusetts had an epicenter in Lunenburg.
Primary care doctors at Massachusetts General Brigham and Brigham and Women's Hospital are filing to unionize.
Cheese processed at plant in Lena, Illinois, may be tainted by bacteria that can cause serious and fatal infections.
Young or old, Democrat or Republican, a majority of Americans say this presidential election is stressing them out.
Researchers at a Massachusetts hospital have discovered a new sign that could indicate whether someone has a concussion and it's literally a shaking of the head.
Several hospitals have failed to come to an agreement with the second-largest health insurer in Massachusetts, Point32Health.
McDonald's has stopped selling the popular product in some states as an investigation into the cause of the bacteria continues.
WBZ-TV's I-Team has uncovered a third attempted land grab by thieves in Massachusetts, this time in West Yarmouth.
Pink cocaine has reportedly made its way to the Boston area, federal investigators told WBZ-TV's I-Team.
Some Winthrop residents are pushing back against a law requiring Massachusetts communities with T access to allow the development of multifamily units to help with the housing crunch. All of it now could soon be up to voters to decide.
A Springfield man says he gave police evidence that points to another suspect in the Boston Strangler investigation - not Albert DeSalvo.
A Plymouth man says that fraudsters tried to steal his home out from under him, just one week after WBZ's I-Team reported on a similar scam in Concord.
Now that Question 2 has passed, removing MCAS as a graduation requirement in Massachusetts schools, what are the standards for high school graduation?
Massachusetts voters approved ballot questions on the auditor's authority and the MCAS, but lawmakers may still tinker with them.
Donald Trump won 75 cities and towns in Massachusetts in the 2024 election. Eleven of them voted Democrat four years ago.
If you were looking for surprises, the 2024 election likely wasn't for you.
John Deaton said he believes Sen. Elizabeth Warren is creating divisiveness in the state
It appears Tree House Brewing Company has big plans to expand in Boston, according to filings with the city.
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Seven Stop & Shop stores in Massachusetts will be closing permanently on Oct. 31.
A small group of loyal customers gathered in Weston Saturday morning to thank a pharmacist who is relocating as Walgreens closes the location where he served the community for almost three decades.
Meta is set to launch a new plan using facial recognition technology to prevent online scams at the start of next year.
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Mathieu Olivier scored short-handed in a three-goal first period that ended with the Boston fans booing their own team off the ice, and the last-place Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Bruins 5-1 on Monday night.
It didn't take long for former New England Patriots receiver Tyquan Thornton to find a new home.
Kristaps Porzingis has taken another step toward his return for the Boston Celtics, which will bring the big man to the G League for an afternoon.
New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo fired back at a report that teams owners went outside the organization asking for help developing Drake Maye.
Drake Maye and the New England Patriots had another chance at some late-game heroics, but the rookie QB was picked off by the Rams on his final toss of the afternoon.
The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River has landed on USA Today's Top 10 list of the best haunted hotels.
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