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27+ min ago (32+ words) Saks Fifth Avenue wardrobe stylist Suhail Kwatra is accused of making fraudulent refunds of items originally purchased by customers. Boston Saks Fifth Avenue stylist accused of stealing more than $400k from store...

47+ min ago (39+ words) A forensic scientist testified in the Brian Walshe murder trial that DNA found on a hacksaw and hatchet closely matched that of Ana Walshe. WBZ-TV's Penny Kmitt reports. Forensic scientist says Ana Walshe's DNA found on hacksaw...

56+ min ago (201+ words) An immigrant from Ecuador who lives in Springfield and fears he will face workplace violence if deported was detained during a routine appointment at an ICE office in Burlington Tuesday, the man's lawyer said. Juan David Quichimbo Sumba, 43, said last week that returning to Ecuador "would be fatal for me." He fled the country in 2021 after narrowly escaping a group of armed men who came for him after he threatened to report unsafe mining practices to Ecuadorian media, according to his lawyer, Elizabeth Shaw. Shaw said Tuesday that Quichimbo Sumba was immediately detained when he entered a conference room for a meeting. Shaw was then "yelled at" and escorted out of the building, she said. Quichimbo Sumba's wife and 7-year-old daughter did not accompany him to the appointment and remain in Springfield, according to Shaw. Quichimbo Sumba has no criminal…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (16+ words) Eric Fisher has your latest weather forecast. Next Weather: WBZ evening forecast for December 9, 2025...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (264+ words) December 9, 2025 / 5:42 PM EST / CBS Boston Members of the Cannabis Control Commission, the regulatory body that oversees the legal cannabis industry in Massachusetts, told WBZ that they expect to pass regulations for social consumption on Thursday. "I am pleased, that as promised, we're going to be able to get this finished," CCC Chair Shannon O'Brien said in an exclusive interview with WBZ-TV." Social consumption would allow cannabis businesses to allow customers to use their products on site. That could include at dispensaries, lounges, or even at yoga studios. Once the regulations are formally approved, O'Brien says it will be up for municipalities to decide whether they want social consumption sites. "They have a significant hand in making sure it fits with the sort of local nature and culture of that community," O'Brien said. The first social consumption license would be reserved…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago (421+ words) More than a dozen people were patiently waiting in the lobby of the Worcester Animal Rescue League just minutes after opening its doors Monday, Dec. 8, all vying for one of the shelter's newest arrivals: Kkttens. Briana Cunningham was among the crowd. With her mother and father in tow, she knew exactly what she was looking for. "I want a kitten desperately," Cunningham said, smiling ear to ear, adding the kitten will be a companion to her Labrador at home, Mia. She's always had animals in her home, but this will be the first since she moved into a place of her own. Her mother, Pamela Cunningham, stood by watching her daughter slowly fall in love with the small black kittens darting to and fro in their small enclosure. "We'll know when we get in there," Pamela Cunningham said, adding that…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago (29+ words) Cannabis businesses would be allowed to have customers use their products on site. WBZ-TV's Louisa Moller reports. Regulations for social consumption of marijuana expected to pass in Massachusetts...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago (31+ words) The federal government will not seek the death penalty for Matthew Farwell in the murder of Sandra Birchmore. Federal government will not seek death penalty against Matthew Farwell for Birchmore murder...

5+ hour, 2+ min ago (278+ words) December 9, 2025 / 1:49 PM EST / CBS Boston Police are looking for someone who opened fire on inflatable Christmas decorations in Bow, New Hampshire. "Several Christmas inflatable displays were shot at with a firearm in the residential neighborhood of Risingwood Drive," Bow police said. The department said the "reckless" shooting happened at about 1 a.m. on Tuesday. It appears the shots were fired by someone from the roadway, possibly from inside a car. "We are fortunate that no one was injured last night," Police Chief Kenneth Miller said in a statement. "Discharging a firearm in a residential area, potentially from a vehicle, demonstrates a shocking disregard for the safety of our community." " Police posted pictures to Facebook of an inflatable gingerbread man and two snowmen with holes in them. They are asking neighbors to review home surveillance footage from between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. and let police know…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago (277+ words) Updated on: December 9, 2025 / 1:10 PM EST / CBS Boston Federal prosecutors said Tuesday they won't seek the death penalty against former Stoughton, Massachusetts police officer Matthew Farwell, who is charged with killing Sandra Birchmore. The 23-year-old Birchmore was pregnant when she died in 2021 inside her Canton apartment. Her death was initially ruled a suicide." The judge in the case had set a Jan. 20, 2026 deadline for the government to decide whether it would seek the death penalty. A court filing from U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley attributed the decision to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. Farwell has pleaded not guilty to killing a witness or victim. Prosecutors allege that he strangled Birchmore to death inside her apartment and then staged the scene to make it look like she had died by suicide." A grand jury indictment alleged that Farwell had sex with Birchmore when…...