Bic pen heirs say their Renaissance masterpiece was stolen. Did the chauffeur do it? Brothers allege the family chauffeur sold the 500-year-old painting to a Manhattan art dealer for $3 million and are demanding its return.

BIC pen heirs say their Renaissance masterpiece was stolen from Fifth Ave apartment. Did the chauffeur do it?

For WNYC and Gothamist: gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

Defense attorneys say Altoona, Pennsylvania police did not read Luigi Mangione his Miranda rights or obtain a proper warrant before they started interrogating him and searched his backpack: gothamist.visitlink.me/0J9POf...

New for @hellgatenyc.com: tenants of bankcruptcy-plagued Pinnacle Group say the real estate behemoth has stopped paying the power bills:

New York's city council looks to ban Central Park horse-drawn carriages New York City has long argued over whether to ban the horse-drawn carriages that ferry tourists around Central Park and other sites. Now, it looks like the horses may at last be put out to pasture.

NYC may be getting rid of those horse drawn carriages @npr.org @wwuthmann.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/10/21/n...

Hundreds were detained in ICE's Burlington office for multiple days, data shows ICE has said it's rare for people to be detained inside its Burlington field office for more than a few hours, but a new WBUR analysis finds that hundreds were detained for more than a day this past s...

Hundreds of people have been held at the Burlington ICE field office - a place not meant for overnight stays @wbur.org @miriamwasser.bsky.social and data crunched by @twallack.bsky.social @bertoscalese.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...

Boston police chief routinely rejects disciplinary recommendations by oversight board The Boston Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, launched in response to protests following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, has so far sustained 18 citizen complaints and...

Boston Police Chief Cox routinely rejects review board's recommendations to discipline officers -- even in egregious cases. Investigation by @wbur.org @wwuthmann.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...

Suffolk County sheriff arrested by FBI, charged with extortion related to a Boston cannabis business Prosecutors allege Tompkins, who's served as Suffolk County sheriff since 2013, used his official position to threaten a cannabis executive into returning $50,000 he'd invested in shares of the compan...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was taken into custody by FBI agents in Florida this morning and charged with extorting a Bostoncannabis business. Details at @wbur.org:

www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...

The vast majority of men in ICE custody in Mass. are classified as 'no threat' About 85% of federal detainees held by ICE in Plymouth County this year have been classified as “no ICE threat” by the agency. That category began exploding by the last half of President Joe Biden's t...

85% of ICE detainees at the Plymouth County jail are classified as "no ICE threat" -- despite claims by the Trump admin. that it's pursuing the "worst of the worst" immigrants @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social @amygorel.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...

Hundreds of tenant activists rallied inside the State House today to support a bill that would bring rent control back in Mass. Rent control has been banned in the state since 1994 @wbur.org

State lawmaker arrested for drunk driving near Beacon Hill Boston police said that Lawn, a 56-year-old Democrat who chairs the influential health care financing committee, was arrested at about 1:45 a.m. with the assistance of Massachusetts State Police.

State lawmaker arrested for drunk driving near Beacon Hill. Mass. has a history of lawmakers accused of driving under the influence after events at the State House. @wbur.org

www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...

Mayor Wu's week in the crosshairs of the feds Supporters are pleased, saying the mayor needs to stand up to the Trump administration – and for due process for immigrant residents. But critics warn her tough talk could backfire, putting Boston in ...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is in the crosshairs of the feds following her criticisms of ICE: "We don't know what's coming next ... Democracy is a fight and Michelle Wu is directly in that fight."

www.wbur.org/news/2025/06... w/ @evezuckoff.bsky.social

Mayor Wu's week in the crosshairs of the feds Supporters are pleased, saying the mayor needs to stand up to the Trump administration – and for due process for immigrant residents. But critics warn her tough talk could backfire, putting Boston in ...

When @mayorwu.boston.gov dared to demand better from mask-wearing ICE agents, she faced a week of attacks from the feds, including the White House @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social @wwuthmann.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/06...

Auditor's report slams Healey administration's handling of shelter costs While the state has leeway to use no-bid contracts during emergency situations, like the one Healey declared in August 2023 in response to a rapid increase in migrants arriving to Massachusetts, the r...

Mass. auditor DiZoglio in new shelter report slams Healey admin on costs, no-bid contracts. @wbur.org Walter Wuthmann www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...