Take a breath of fresh air: The stateâs outdoor mask requirement loosens
By Martin Finucane and Charlie McKenna Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent,Updated April 30, 2021, 11:55 a.m.
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People walked along Storrow Drive in Boston on Friday.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
You can take that mask off, Massachusetts â if youâre outdoors and not in close contact with someone.
As of Friday, âFace coverings will only be required outside in public when it is not possible to socially distance,â the state website says.
But on Boston Common Friday afternoon, many people continued to mask up, even at a safe distance from others.
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A Boston bus driver was arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a passenger on the bus he was operating last week, officials said.
Ali Ennab, 45, was charged with kidnapping, assault to rape, and indecent assault and battery after he attacked a woman aboard his bus, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
Ennab allegedly picked up the woman from a bus stop in the city’s historic East Boston neighborhood of Orient Heights on April 24 at about 7:20 p.m. The unidentified passenger missed her stop while speaking on her cell phone.
Boston Bus Driver Allegedly Kidnaps, Sexually Assaults Female Passenger; Offers Her Green Card
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An MBTA contract bus driver has been charged with kidnapping, assault to rape and indecent assault and battery
The 45-year-old man allegedly locked a lone female passenger inside his bus and assaulted her Saturday
The incident was allegedly captured on a surveillance camera and recorded on the woman s phone
A 45-year-old Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) contract driver is facing multiple charges after he was allegedly caught on a surveillance camera locking a woman inside his bus and sexually assaulting her Saturday night, authorities said.
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