Forty years after my family fought for the right for me to hug my mother in prison, children are still being denied the same human connection.

The ShotSpotter gunshot detection system didn’t detect the fatal shooting of William Woodworth on Friday by police, a police spokesperson said. The shooting occurred less than a week after the technology was turned back on. The shooting occurred on Temple Street in Central Square, a quarter-mile from... The post ShotSpotter didn’t hear the gunfire that killed a man in Central Square, first incident since reactivation, police say appeared first on Cambridge | Somerville Independent.

"We knew there were dangers. We had a plan to make it safer. It is blatantly irresponsible for the city to make a deliberate decision to not follow through."

Louisa Gag, 36, "was a dedicated public servant to the City of Boston and passionately advocated for safer streets,” her sister said.

The Rev. Ben Madu expressed fears about going back during remarks to parishioners last month at St. Joachim Church in Rockport.

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

A housing project at 9 Wyman Road in West Cambridge and the reaction from neighbors demonstrates why uniform, citywide upzoning is more equitable than fragmented, piecemeal zoning reform. Before the passage of Cambridge’s Multifamily Zoning last February, 9 Wyman Road was zoned exclusively for “single-family dwellings.” Now,... The post The 9 Wyman Road project is not a fluke, it’s a sign of successful multifamily zoning appeared first on Cambridge | Somerville Independent.

Supporters of the ShotSpotter gunfire-detection technology made emotional pleas Monday and tried a variety of ploys to save its use for Cambridge police, but city councillors voted for the city manager to turn off the system and remove its microphones within 90 days. With a community debrief... The post Cambridge vote calls for ShotSpotter gunfire detection to be turned off and dismantled within 90 days appeared first on Cambridge | Somerville Independent.

Over two days in October 2025, up to 10,000 people are believed to have been massacred; a further 40,000 civillians from the Sudanese city are still unaccounted for. This is the story of what happened