The Globe reports three men were shot on Taunton Street around 8:40 p.m. yesterday. All are expected to survive.

A 16-year-old from Roxbury was stabbed to death around 9:30 tonight on the Rte. 28 bus, at Blue Hill Avenue and Harvard Street.

Boston Police report finding a male, 18, with several gunshot wounds shortly before 1 p.m. today at 7 Hosmer St. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Boston Police report finding a man, 36, with multiple gunshot wounds at 646 Harvard St. early this morning. He was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

It's treemegeddon as the MBTA hacks away at trees menacing the trolleys on the Mattapan line:

"They really butchered it," said cemetery trustee John O'Toole. "We lost some really mature trees that provided a buffer between the cemetery on Madden Street and the trolley itself." ...

Earlier:
Is the D line overseen by the Lorax?

Boston Police report officers followed footprints in the snow around 1:30 a.m. yesterday to find two teens they then arrested on charges of breaking into a car on Ralston Road in Mattapan. They found a third suspect the more traditional way: They drove around looking for a guy who matched a witness's description.

Earlier:
Footprints in the snow lead cops to alleged thugs.

Channel 4 reports David Encarnacion, 9, was found around 5:30, about 2 1/2 hours after he was kidnapped during a robbery by two men at his 437 River St. apartment. Channel 5 reports he was found at Terminal B.

Boston Police report the two gunmen fled with the boy in his family's car.

A Mattapan man was sentenced to two to three years in prison today after admitting that not only did he steal his brother's identity to get car insurance, he then committed insurance fraud under his brother's name.

Raymond DeGraca, 56, pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Court, according to the state Attorney General's office, which had charged him with ten counts of theft, four counts of perjury, two counts of giving a false name to law enforcement, motor vehicle insurance fraud, larceny over $250, attempted larceny and making a false statement on a motor vehicle registration application.

According to a statement, DeGraca assumed his brother's identity to get car insurance after his own license had been suspended. The next year, he filed a false insurance claim for an accident he said had happened in Revere. Unfortunately for him, the driver he claimed hit him told her insurance company there was no accident, which led to an investigation. Meanwhile, DeGraca continued to use his brother's identity in unrelated criminal cases in West Roxbury and Dorchester district courts, the AG's office says.

Boston Police report the holiday began with murders in Mattapan and Dorchester and a shooting spree in East Boston:

At 12:22 a.m., police found Paul Brown, 29, lying with multiple gunshot wounds in front of 8 Malta St. in Mattapan. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died.

At 1:44 a.m., police found Anthony Lewis, 25, with a gunshot wound inside 416 Talbot St. in Dorchester. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died.

At 2:10 a.m., officers on patrol heard gunshots at Prescott and Bremen streets in East Boston:

On arrival at the above intersection, officers heard people screaming and then located two individuals suffering from gunshot wounds and a third victim with cuts to the face from glass. Officers requested EMS to their location to attend to the victims. The three victims were transported Massachusetts General Hospital, one with life threatening injuries and two others with non-life threatening injuries.

One of the victims was able to give police a description of the suspect, his car and the direction he headed after the shootings. Holvin G. Cruz, 32, of Lynn, was stapped on Chelsea Street and arrested on multiple charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to murder.

Redfin compiles charts showing the discount off list price in selected Boston Zip codes between Sept. 15 and Nov. 15. Prices are most heavily discounted in Revere and least discounted in Mattapan (Mattapan?). Is that because nobody wants to move to Revere or because Revere sellers have an unrealistic view of what the market will bear these days? Or something else?