Boston firefighters responded to 27 Edson St. for a fire that quickly went to four alarms and spread to a neighboring building, shortly before 6:30 p.m. Read more.

A federal jury today convicted Stavros Papantoniadis for a reign of terror against his workers, which included sending one man into surgery twice and and tormenting other workers by threatening them with death and with turning them into ICE. Read more.

Roving UHub photographer Butternugz checked in from the northbound Expressway this morning, where he briefly shared the road with this van. He reports the driver was "dressed in full Star Wars flight gear with a helmet, waving a light saber out the window," and was repeatedly screaming "Fuck dem, it's us against them! " through the speaker mounted on the top of the van. Butternugz is not absolutely sure who "dem" are, but one possible tell is the small Confederate-flag sticker on the right window.

The U.S. Attorney's office yesterday moved to confiscate some $5.3 million it says was stolen from a Dorchester-based union through a scheme in which scammers used forged e-mail addresses to convince the union to transfer money from its account to a scammer account that was then used to funnel the money to banks across the US, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Nigeria. Read more.

Update: Approved.

The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the owner of the venerable Blarney Stone, 1505 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester, sell his liquor license to Yancarlo Fernandez of Dorchester, who is planning a new menu focusing on "modern international cuisine" and tapas, his attorney said today. Read more.

A woman who smuggled some tequila - and blue Gatorade mixer - into the South Bay Applebee's rather than simply chugging down the chain's cheapo maragarita specials one afternoon last October got the restaurant hauled before the Boston Licensing Board today for a disturbance that left her and some poor guy who'd walked over from the nearby Olive Garden laid out outside. Read more.

Boston Police report arresting a 14-year-old with a loaded gun in a fanny pack at a Harambee Park event Saturday night. Read more.

Update: Victim identified as Pereshah Shear-Yashub, 27, of Taunton.

Boston Police report a woman was shot at 36 Edson St in Dorchester around 11:15 p.m. on Friday. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

This is Boston's fourth murder in 2024.

The Globe reports that Sally's Apizza will be opening an outlet in the upscale wing of the South Bay Mall.

Via Boston Restaurant Talk.

Boston Police report arresting two men on gun charges early Sunday after officers on patrol noticed them making a right turn on a red light at Erie and Washington street - despite a sign prohibiting right turns on red lights. Read more.