Today's Top Headlines

Sunday, September 14

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We're tracking a few isolated showers and storms on this Sunday. Other news we're following includes Fenway concession workers rallying at the ballpark yesterday, and a deadly shooting in Lawrence. We're also hearing from Rep. Seth Moulton about violent threats that have been directed towards him and his family. I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker, and these are the top stories today.

Lawmakers are condemning the increase of political violence and vitriol across the country following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a college in Utah on Wednesday.

Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democrat representing Massachusetts 6th congressional district, says his office received an extraordinary number of “violent and graphic” threats on Thursday and Friday from right-wing individuals online and over the phone that were directed toward him, his family and his staff after he pointed out that President Donald Trump should join House Speaker Mike Johnson and “other level-headed Republicans” in condemning political violence, rather than inciting it further.

“The solution to political disagreement in America is never violence. It should be easy for everybody to say that,” Moulton wrote on X. “Republicans need to condemn violence committed by the right, just as I and many other Democrats condemn violence by the left.”

We’re expecting a mixed bag of weather for our Sunday here in Greater Boston. In fact, many of us are stating this day with clouds and sunshine. But later today, have your umbrella handy.

A cold front will slide through the region from the north, giving way to a few spotty showers and a possible rumble of thunder. While we’re not expecting severe weather today, a brief downpour or two cannot be ruled out.

Unfortunately, the rain we’re tracking won’t eliminate the drought conditions plaguing parts of New England, but we’ll take every drop we can get.

Contract talks at Fenway Park are striking out, and now concession workers are calling on Boston Red Sox principal owner John Henry to step in and “do the right thing.”

“Contract expired in December. These negotiations are going nowhere,” said Austin Petruzziello, a Fenway employee for the past nine years. “It’s been nine months. Give us a contract. We’re done waiting.”

Dozens of workers from UNITE HERE Local 26 got together in Fenway’s concourse and marched through the ballpark on Saturday during a high stake series against the New York Yankees.

A 21-year-old man was injured when a box truck went off the road early Saturday morning in New Hampton, New Hampshire, leading to hours of cleanup on Interstate 93.

State police say they started receiving calls around 4:26 a.m. about a crash involving a box truck on I-93 northbound, just before Exit 23, and troopers responded to find a 2012 yellow Hino 258/268 that was up in the trees in the median.

A preliminary investigation determined that the box truck driver, identified as Anilton Resende Barros, had been traveling on the highway when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway, sending the vehicle straight into the median and over the crossover between the north and southbound lanes where it struck an embankment and launched into a group of trees before coming to a final stop in the woods separating the opposing lanes.

The study was conducted by home investor group PPS Homebuyers and looked at data on factors like crime, walkability, lighting, and late-night resources for 100 colleges and universities across the country.

A 27-year-old was killed in an overnight shooting in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

The Essex County District Attorney’s Office announced Saturday morning that an investigation is underway following the fatal shooting that occurred at 154 Essex Street.

Lawrence police were called to the area shortly after 2 a.m. and found the victim, who was pronounced dead on scene, the DA’s office said.