Cambridge Police are seeking criminal charges against 28 men they say patronized brothels run by three people who were arrested on federal charges in November, the US Attorney's office says.
The men's names will be released only if judges in Cambridge District Court find probable cause for arrest warrants and if the Middlesex Country District Attorney's office agrees to prosecute them, the US Attorney's office says.
Did you notice it briefly got lighter for a bit a little after 1? Alisa Bokulich looked out from her office at BU and captured the rainbow that sprang up over Cambridge before it got dark and stormy again.
David Fisher spotted it, too, from his aerie in the Seaport: Read more.
Carol Beggy found that at least one Harvard Square property owner was ready for flooding.
Cambridge Day reports the Cambridge-based improv-comedy theater and school will wind down its operations through the end of the month, then just disappear. The non-profit says it was particularly hard hit by the pandemic, then was unable to ever fully recover.
Work to "regauge" most of the Green Line Extension that was supposed to be done by Monday instead will take another week to finish, the MBTA announced yesterday. Read more.
The MBTA reports it's started running trolleys to and from Union Square again, but that service on the stubbier end of the Green Line Extension remains slow because of a signal issue near Lechmere.
Henry Kissinger, who earned BA, MA and PhD degrees at Harvard then stayed on as professor of government and international affairs before leaving for a job in the Nixon administration, where he helped overthrow a democratically elected government in one country and oversaw B-52 carpet bombing in another, died today.
A woman and a man were shot outside 10 Magazine St. in Central Square in Cambridge around 12:30 a.m., Cambridge Police and the Middlesex County District Attorney's office report. Read more.
Adrian Todd Zuniga hosting Boston's 17th Literary Death Match.
When I think of a literary reading, I think of cardigan sweaters, stuffy rooms, and restrained academic earnestness. When I think of a death match, I think of an all-out, no holds barred, brutal and unholy spectacle.
So if I hear of something called a "Literary Death Match," there's a 100 percent chance I'll attend. Read more.
Ari Ofsevit snapped the front of Little Bake, 1925B Massachusetts Ave. in Porter Square, which closed for good yesterday.
The Crimson reports on the status of plans to rebuild the venerable Garage mall into a six-story, mostly office building: The owner is waiting to find somebody who wants to lease a good chunk of the office space first, which is proving more difficult in these post-pandemic days.
Protesters block bridge in Cambridge. Photo via Cambridge PD.
Protesters with signs calling for an end to the Israeli invasion following the Hamas massacre of Israelis blocked both sides of the BU Bridge this morning.
Cambridge Police alerted motorists to "please find an alternate route to avoid delays."
Sure, Harvard station filled with smoke shortly after 8 a.m., but after getting the offending train out of the station, the MBTA responded to several people alarmed by the possibility they were on or near a flaming train: Read more.
Cambridge Day reports that Gregg Moree, who has run unsuccessfully for a seat on the city council in nine straight elections, died after driving into a parked car near his house Tuesday night - following another election in which he did not win a seat.
Cambridge firefighters are at 35 Gore St. for what is now a three-alarm fire that started shortly before 3:30 a.m. Video. Another video.
No sale: Visitors to brothel Web site today were greeted by seizure statement.
Federal officials today announced the arrest of two Korean nationals and a Korean-American on charges they ran a series of brothels in newer high-end apartments both here and in northern Virginia, following an investigation that began in 2020 that involved stake-outs, phone surveillance, rooting through trash and interviews with customers. Read more.
Ari Ofsevit spotted the staff at the Fletcher Maynard Academy on Windsor Street in Cambridge preparing for snow season this morning.
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