Cambridge Police say officers responded to Marcella Street shortly before 7:30 p.m. yesterday after somebody called 911 to report finding a severed finger.

"After a brief investigation it was deemed that the possible body part was in fact a 'prop' and not an actual body part," police say.

Transit Police report a man jumped in front of an inbound Red Line train around 4:15 p.m. Foul play is not suspected.

Shuttle buses replaced trains between Alewife and Harvard.

The Charles River Watershed Association this afternoon issued a public-health advisory for the Charles River from the Mass. Ave. Bridge to the Museum of Science due to a bloom of the dreaded cyanobacteria: Read more.

Cambridge Day reports on yesterday's march from Cambridge Common to Cambridge City Hall.

The MBTA reports Red Line delays of up to 15 minutes due to an errant switch near Harvard.

Cambridge Day reports that after five hours, nothing was resolved and the council will meet on the issue again on Monday.

Police Commissioner Branville Bard today issued an order, effective immediately, that requires “all sworn members of the Cambridge Police Department present at any scene where physical force is being applied, to either stop, or attempt to stop, another member of the Department when force is being unreasonably applied or is no longer required.” Read more.

Mount Auburn Cemetery announced that it has reopened to the public from noon to 7 pm daily. Public restrooms will be open, but all other buildings including the chapels and Washington Tower remain closed.

The cemetery had temporarily closed on March 30, except for families visiting their loved ones' graves.

To get to the playground, because that sign only bans dogs, as roving UHub photographer David Wean discovered on Sidney Street in Cambridge this morning.