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Hearing Scheduled for Pro-Palestine Protesters After August Arrests

Pro-Palestine protesters who allegedly assaulted a police officer in August are one step closer to trial, after District Court judge Kareem A. Morgan set a hearing date for Nov. 18.

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Cambridge’s Nonprofit, Nonviolent Police Alternative Raises $150,000 in Donations After Major July Funding Cut

Cambridge’s Holistic Emergency Alternative Response Team — a nonprofit, nonviolent police alternative — almost closed its doors two months ago after its funding dwindled. But more than $150,000 in private donations and grants have kept the group afloat as it searches for long-term stability.

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Trial for Cambridge City Councilor Charged With Buying Sex Mired in Evidence Dispute

Cambridge City Councilor Paul F. Toner, who faces charges for patronizing a high-end brothel ring, is the only defendant of 34 men who will go to trial. But before Toner’s trial can begin, the case has stalled in front of the court for months as his lawyer demands documents from the federal government investigation.

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Harvard Is Looking for a New Police Chief, Again. Here’s What to Know.

The Harvard University Police Department has launched a search for a new chief of police, in the fractured department’s latest effort to move beyond yearslong internal turmoil and frequent turnover at the top.

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City Politics

Cambridge Police Clarify Officers Did Not Use Tear Gas in August Standoff

Cambridge Police Commissioner Christine A. Elow dispelled rumors that officers deployed tear gas to end a standoff in early August at a hearing on Wednesday, providing the City Council with the most comprehensive account of the confrontation yet.

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Man Charged for Threatening Protesters with an Axe

A man has been charged with assault after allegedly threatening protesters with an axe at a demonstration in Harvard Square last month, according to court documents.

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ICE Contacted Cambridge Police Six Times in 2025, Commissioner Says

Federal immigration enforcement has contacted the Cambridge Police Department at least six times in 2025, an increase from previous years and the sharpest indication yet that the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has arrived on Harvard’s doorstep.

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State Police Investigate Monday Night Stabbing Near Harvard Square

Massachusetts State Police are investigating a stabbing that left one person with non-life-threatening injuries at Longfellow Park late Monday night.

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Police Investigating After Man Uses Axe To Threaten Pro-Palestine Protesters in Harvard Square

The Cambridge Police Department is investigating a confrontation at a pro-Palestine demonstration in Harvard Square last weekend after a video posted to social media showed a man who appeared to be wielding an axe and threatening protesters.

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City Politics

Cambridge City Council Strengthens Sanctuary City Ordinance

The Council voted unanimously to tighten the city’s Welcoming Community Ordinance, a 40-year-old policy limiting cooperation between the Cambridge Police Department and federal law enforcement on immigration-related matters.

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Cambridge Police Arrest 3 Participants in Harvard Square Pro-Palestine Protest

Cambridge police arrested three people and used a chemical irritant to disperse a pro-Palestine demonstration in Harvard Square on Sunday morning, marking the first major altercation at a protest near the University’s campus in months.

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Cambridge Man Arrested for Central Square Machete Attack After 18-Hour Standoff With Police

Cambridge police arrested an individual who allegedly attacked a bystander with a machete after an 18-hour standoff at an apartment building near MIT that began Friday night.

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8 More Defendants in Cambridge Brothel Case Agree to Pretrial Probation

Eight more defendants charged for their involvement in a brothel network that opearated in Cambridge accepted pretrial probation agreements on Friday at the Cambridge District Court.

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4 More Defendants in Cambridge Brothel Case Agree to Pretrial Probation

Four more defendants who were charged for their alleged involvement in a Cambridge brothel network accepted pretrial probation conditions on Wednesday at the Cambridge District Court.

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20 Defendants in Cambridge Brothel Case Agree to Pretrial Probation

Twenty defendants charged in purchasing commercial sex through a Cambridge brothel network accepted the prosecution’s conditions of pretrial probation on Tuesday, avoiding conviction.

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