R.I. man, 78, beaten in home invasion dies

"A 78-year-old man who was badly beaten while trying to defend a tenant during an armed home invasion in Providence has died of his injuries. The Providence Journal reported Tuesday that Delor Cabral died Sunday at Rhode Island Hospital. Cabral, a former sheriff, was critically injured last month when he tried to defend his tenant from gunmen who broke into the Ontario Street dwelling. Wilbert Richardson and Joel Valdez are being held at the Cranston jail on several charges in connection with Cabral’s beating. Police Commander Thomas Oates III said investigators are waiting for the medical examiner’s office to determine Cabral’s cause of death to see whether it will be ruled a homicide."

Menino, Walsh discuss transition

"Mayor-elect Martin J. Walsh promised today to help Mayor Thomas M. Menino negotiate a contract with the city’s police union if the City Council votes it down.

“I certainly will offer my services to Mayor Menino in the interim to sit down with both sides,”Walsh said at a news conference this afternoon. “We can certainly get to yes.”

He declined to offer the council advice on which way to vote. “I think the council’s going to make their decision. … I will accept whatever their decision is, whatever they vote.”"

Red Sox fans come from far and wide to watch rally

"Parents hoisted children aloft. Just about everyone plucked out cellphones to chronicle the moment. The rolling Red Sox parade had arrived at City Hall Plaza, and the crowd roared, their cheers reaching a crescendo as slugger David Ortiz and bullpen ace Koji Uehara passed by.

“It was so worth coming in for,” said 29-year-old Liz Perkins of Seabrook, N.H. Her husband, Dennis, 34, attended the Sox championship parades in 2004 and 2007. But this was a first for their children, 7-year-old Makenna, whose long blond hair was streaked with Red Sox red, and son, 4-year-old Kason, who wore a Dustin Pedroia shirt."

Man sought in 21 convenience store robberies

"Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man believed to have robbed at least 21 convenience stores since February, brandishing a gun in many of the crimes.

Cambridge, Boston, Chelsea, Everett, and Lynn police are searching for a dark-skinned black man, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a thin mustache, Cambridge police said in a statement. In surveillance photos released by police, he can be seen wearing large sunglasses, with a coat or sweat shirt with its hood up or a baseball cap."

William Evans steps in as police commissioner

"Boston police Superintendent William Evans, a popular commander who ran the Boston Marathon and then responded to the bombings, will serve as acting commissioner of the department until a new mayor picks a permanent replacement.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino made the appointment Friday afternoon and said Evans would be commissioner effective immediately, replacing Edward F. Davis, who stepped down Friday."

Duck boat driver looks forward to third Sox parade

"Adiehard Red Sox fan, Colleen McKinnon did not want to jinx anything or to risk offending the baseball gods. But once the Sox took a commanding 6-0 lead in Game 6 Wednesday night, she began texting her boss from her seat in right field, staking her claim to work the victory parade."

Mass. fishermen eligible for federal disaster aid

"The US Small Business Administration has decided to provide federal disaster assistance to Massachusetts fishermen hard hit by reductions in catch limits and groundfish stocks. US Senator Edward J. Markey said Friday that the assistance will help fishermen keep their businesses afloat as they adjust to changing conditions that threaten commercial fishing communities across the state. In September, Governor Deval Patrick officially certified that Massachusetts fishermen who chase bottom-dwelling groundfish had suffered ‘‘substantial economic injury.’’ He cited the poor health of key fish stocks and this year’s devastating cuts in the allowed catch."

Fans line Boston streets for Red Sox parade

"Horns blared, confetti flew through the air, and throngs of jubilant and grateful Red Sox fans screamed and waved along the route today as the team’s World Series victory parade rolled through the streets.

The Olde Towne Team, whose improbable championship run lifted the spirits of a region rattled by the Boston Marathon bombings, boarded a caravan of amphibious duck boats for a 3.8-mile ride through city streets that ended with a splash — with the boats taking a victory lap in the Charles River."