Police Commissioner Michael A. Cox said Elvis Haughton appeared to be suffering from a mental health crisis at the time of the alleged attack.

The suspect is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court, with one of the charges being assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

A man grabbed an officer's gun near Massachusetts General Hospital on Cambridge Street and shot himself with it, Boston police said.

Cambridge and Boston are among the hundreds of sanctuary cities nationwide that the Department of Homeland Security accused of defying federal law on a list designed to expose localities that the Trump administration says are obstructing its immigration crackdown.

A judge has warned the Boston Police Department could be sanctioned if it doesn’t produce records from an investigation of an officer involved in a high-speed chase that killed three teenagers

Police are looking for the suspect wanted for a sexual assault Wednesday morning at a park in Boston. Massachusetts State Police said it happened shortly before 10 a.m. at Paul Revere Park in Charlestown.

Boston Police officers responded to the area of Massachusetts General Hospital for what a department spokesperson described as an “active incident" Tuesday morning.

Massachusetts State Police troopers said the car struck a manhole in the roadway, propelling it momentarily off the ground, where it spun and came to rest facing the reverse direction.

Two people were taken to the hospital after a Massachusetts State Police cruiser rear-ended an ambulance on Interstate 93 in Boston on Friday morning, authorities said.

Boston Police joined locals to refurbish Robert Lawson Park, fostering community spirit through cleaning and gardening.