Or maybe the train that got to Assembly decided to perform the beginning of "A Visit from St. Nicholas," where not a creature was stirring, shortly after 10 a.m.

Good thing Santa doesn't ride the Red Line - or maybe it's on his naughty list for some reason, because at 9:46 a.m., the MBTA announced delays on the Red Line due to a lifeless train at Ashmont.

Boston firefighters responded to 699 Washington St. in Dorchester for what turned into a 2-alarm fire around 8 a.m. Read more.

Cambridge Police report officers responding to calls about a fight on Howard Street near River Street found two people shot around 3:20 a.m. Read more.

The MBTA reports its now bustituting Mattapan Line riders because of a wind-powered tree that plunged to the tracks at Valley Road.

State public-health officials report that somebody with measles flew into Massachusetts earlier this month from the state that has become the epicenter of measles outbreaks in the US: Read more.

Condo owners in the Stadia 50 building at 50 Hichborn St. in Brighton yesterday sued the building's developer, general contractor, architect and elevator company for a series of problems they say have ...

WBZ reports some people in Haverhill are being overwhelmed by the overpowering smell of donuts from a Dunkin' bakery. "My house smells like donuts all the time, all the time for the last two months," ...

Boston Police report officers arrested a 15-year-old from Needham after they spotted him running towards Nubian station with the sort of gait they associate with people holding onto guns around 5:25 p ...

WFXT reports Anastacia Morales collapsed at Icon on Warrenton Street Sunday night, EMTs had trouble getting the crowd to let them through and she was rushed, unconscious, to nearby Tufts Medical ...

Firefighters were able to get a man in his 30s who somehow wound up on Track 1 at Back Bay station shortly before 4:20 p.m. up to the platform. Read more.

The Boston Public Health Commission reports that flu and flu-like infections are surging a month earlier than last winter - especially in children and teens. Read more.