Roxbury Section News Today

Question for you and the story is old. probably 30 years ago this summer in a hot saturday night in the roxbury section of boston, massachusetts, a 7-year-old boy is shot on the stoop of his home. the homicide detective sergeant in that case i remember it clearly because it was so vivid to me, his name was herby spellman, when this happens, people say the kid was in the wrong place at the right time. he was in the right place at the wrong time. this happens in every big city in america and often...

As you mentioned, there have been 18 deaths state wide and four deaths here in boston alone and compared to just a single death from the floor during the last flu season, and the officials with the boston health commission are rehe reiterating the numbers that mayor has spoke been. >> we have a terrible problem on our hands with lots of people sick with the flu. the 700 cases that he mentioned are confirmed cases, but there are thousands of other people who are sick with influenza-like illness. ...