BOSTON – Several of the state's leading Democrats on Tuesday rushed to back President Barack Obama as he issued an executive order tightening gun controls by beefing up background checks on prospective buyers and imposing new restrictions on sellers.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh traveled to Washington to be one of several Democrats at Obama's side in the White House when he announced his action. In a tearful speech, the president invoked the December 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre among his reasons for taking steps to close loopholes in background-check rules for sellers at events like flea markets and gun shows.
BOSTON – A commuter rail train without any passengers derailed north of the Andover station Tuesday morning, a day after transit agency overseers advanced two options for hiking fares this year by roughly 6.7 percent or 9.7 percent.
The Haverhill-bound train was moving to set up for morning service, said Mac Daniel, a spokesman for Keolis Commuter Services, the commuter rail operator. The derailment occurred about 4 a.m., according to Daniel, who said a conductor and an engineer were on board and no one was injured.
