Massachusetts Turnpike traffic backed up for miles after tractor trailer crash in Boston

CBS Boston (News) 3/7 2:18A Breana Pitts

Traffic heading into Boston on the Massachusetts Turnpike is backed up for miles because of a tractor trailer crash in Allston. The truck rolled over on the eastbound side of the Mass Pike at Exit...

Panel falls at Harvard MBTA station with past ceiling issues

CBS Boston (News) 3/6 10:28A Matt Schooley

A ceiling panel fell Thursday morning at the Harvard Square MBTA station, the same station where there were two incidents of items falling from the ceiling in 2023. The latest incident happened just...

Eating an orange a day could lower depression risk by 20%, study finds

CBS Boston (News) 2/25 4:29A Mallika Marshall, MD

There's the old saying of "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." But maybe it should be an orange. A new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital says eating an orange a day may lower a person's risk of...

Tom Homan, President Trump's border czar, says he's "bringing hell" to sanctuary city Boston

CBS Boston (News) 2/23 7:11A Matt Schooley

Tom Homan, the "border czar" for President Donald Trump's administration, is setting his sights on the City of Boston's sanctuary city policies. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Homan...

Pop-Up Bagels encourages customers to rip and dip their bagels in cream cheese

CBS Boston (News) 2/22 4:45A CBS Boston

Pop-Up Bagels announced it will be expanding to Somerville's Assembly Row and Harvard Square.

MIT professor tracking asteroid 2024 YR4 that could collide with Earth in a few years

CBS Boston (News) 2/20 12:56A Brandon Truitt

An astronomer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge is tracking a huge asteroid that could collide with Earth in a few years. Dr. Richard Binzel is a leading astronomer and professor at MIT. Binzel and his team have been...

Josh Kraft set to formally launch campaign to run against Boston Mayor Michelle Wu

CBS Boston (News) 2/4 1:40A Matt Schooley

BOSTON Josh Kraft , the son of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, will formally launch his campaign for mayor of Boston on Tuesday. In a campaign video released Monday, Kraft said his No. 1 priority is to lower the cost of housing. Josh...

Massachusetts native and Harvard Law graduate confirmed as victims in D.C. plane crash

CBS Boston (News) 2/1 2:25A Juli McDonald

WASHINGTON - A Massachusetts native and a graduate of Harvard Law School have both been confirmed as victims in the deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Set to become law professor Kiah Duggins, who grew up in Kansas, was a...

Weekend To Do List: Starting off February with Galentine's Day and Black History Month

CBS Boston (News) 1/30 10:30P Jordyn Jagolinzer

BOSTON - With the start of February this weekend, it's the beginning of Black History Month and Valentine's Day is right around the corner, with events commemorating both in Massachusetts, plus an event for ice cream lovers on Saturday....

Weekend To Do List: Enjoying the winter weather, along with indoor activities

CBS Boston (News) 1/24 2:20A Jordyn Jagolinzer

BOSTON - This January has certainly been cold and icy so far but it doesn't mean we can't enjoy it! But if the cold isn't your thing, there's plenty of indoor activities going on in Massachusetts too. Wellesley Wonderland Ice Sculpture Stroll The...

"Onyx Storm" release celebrated at Harvard Square's Lovestruck Books

CBS Boston (News) 1/21 9:15A Levan Reid

BOSTON Monday night, the clock struck midnight and at Lovestruck Books in Harvard Square, "Onyx Storm" by Rebecca Yarros, hit the shelves. Kayla Januchowski is the general manager of Lovestruck Books, which hosted a release party for the third...

Josh Kraft to run against Boston Mayor Michelle Wu

CBS Boston (News) 1/21 7:33A Jon Keller

The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ, CBS News or Paramount Global. BOSTON - Josh Kraft, the son of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, is running against Boston Mayor...

Harvard Square bookstore celebrates release of "Onyx Storm"

CBS Boston (News) 1/21 6:20A CBS Boston

People dressed up as character from the popular book to celebrate its release.

Fantasy fans celebrate release of Onyx Storm, latest book in Empyrean Series, at Harvard Square...

CBS Boston (News) 1/21 1:54A CBS Boston

Onyx Storm is the latest book in the Empyrean Series.

5,000 baby outfits now donated to NICUs at Massachusetts hospitals, thanks to Caroline's Closet

CBS Boston (News) 1/21 1:17A Breana Pitts

CAMBRIDGE - About 5,000 premature babies in neonatal intensive care units in hospitals in Massachusetts will have outfits thanks to a mother who knows the NICU all too well. Little baby Ava has been in the NICU at Mount Auburn Hospital in...