Today's Top Headlines

Wednesday, October 8

Good morning Wypierdalaj,

On this Wednesday, we're tracking rain and colder temperatures. We're also following top news including 13 protesters who were arrested during a pro-Palestinian rally in Boston last night, and a deadly fall from a roof in Revere. I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker, and these are our headlines.

The protesters who were arrested during a pro-Palestinian rally that turned into an all-out brawl with police will be in court today.

Dozens of people were seen peacefully chanting and waving Palestinian flags by the “Embrace” statue before chaos erupted when demonstrators moved from the Boston Common to Tremont Street during the “Flood Downtown for Palestine” rally that was held on Tuesday, Oct. 7 — the second anniversary of Hamas’ deadly surprise attack on Israel, sparking a conflict in Gaza that is still continuing.

Police struggled to detain people, as both officers and protesters were dragged to the ground wrestling for control.

And just like that, summer comes to a close — 80s are out, and seasonable 60s are in. (Okay, maybe even some 50s tomorrow.)

Rain will swiftly move out this afternoon from west to east.

Some downpours – especially in southeastern Massachusetts – could put us over the 1” mark for total rainfall, but not everyone will be pleased with their allotment of water.

A man is facing murder charges in the shooting deaths of two family members Tuesday in Bath, New Hampshire.

Police responded to a Tyler Way home around 1:15 p.m. after a report that shots had been fired, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said. Two women were found dead from gunshot wounds.

The women were later identified as 67-year-old Cindy Moody and her 39-year-old daughter, Kristal Moody, authorities said.

Several Norfolk County murder defendants are still waiting to get evidence connected to former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor‘s phones used in the Karen Read trial.

The Read trial evidence was given to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office on condition that it would only be used in the Read trial and then destroyed. But attorneys for Brian Walshe and others have been pushing to see the evidence, in case any may prove exculpatory in their cases, and were in court or appeared virtually for a hearing Tuesday.

Proctor investigated cases in the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office.

A worker died in a fall from the top of a three-story building in Revere, Massachusetts, in what’s suspected to be a workplace accident on Tuesday, officials said.

The worker was pronounced dead after being rushed from the scene, on Payson Street, to Massachusetts General Hospital, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

Colleagues said the man, who has not been publicly identified, was from El Salvador and moved here about a year ago. Tuesday was his first official day on the job, they said.

The Massachusetts House plans to vote Wednesday to override several of Gov. Maura Healey’s fiscal year 2026 budget vetoes, aiming to restore funding for nursing homes, charter schools and economic development programs.

House leadership said the overrides would focus on spending it deemed “absolutely necessary” to meet the state’s needs, despite Healey’s warnings of fiscal strain and the implementation of cost-cutting measures.

Among the vetoes expected to be overridden are $25 million for supplemental nursing home rates, nearly $20 million in charter school reimbursements and $2 million to support the state’s manufacturing industry. Healey vetoed those and other items in the $60.9 billion budget she signed in July, citing fiscal discipline and alignment with her original spending plan.