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A car crashed into an Apple Store Monday morning in Hingham, Massachusetts, according to emergency officials. There has been no official word on injuries, but multiple people could be seen being taken from the scene on stretchers. Many of the victims were taken to South Shore Hospital. What appeared to be a silver SUV was still in the store as of just before noontime.

HINGHAM — As police cars rolled into his pristine suburban neighborhood last Saturday night, past the sprawling Colonials and manicured lawns, and as dozens of officers from across the region surrounded his home, Russell Reeves begged them again and again to back off. In a bedroom upstairs his son Austin, 26, was distraught over a breakup. He had told his family he needed time alone. With him was his dog and his 9 mm handgun. If you pressure him, if he feels cornered, Reeves said he told the police, this will end with Austin killing himself.snip “Please,” the frightened father...

Teenage boys rushed into an Apple store in Hingham on Monday evening and stole more than 20 phones, police said. Ten to 12 boys went into the store in the Derby Street Shoppes about 5:40 p.m. and stole 22 phones before fleeing, Hingham police said in a Twitter posting. Police said the teenagers were all wearing sweatshirts with their hoods on. Hingham Police Sergeant Steven Dearth said a witness saw some of the boys leaving in what looked like a white Ford Taurus with the license plates covered up. The witness lost sight of another group of boys once they...

Kitty Dukakis's visits to Hingham polls annoy some residents E-mail | Print | Comments () Posted by Jessica Bartlett November 2, 2010 05:17 PM By Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, showed up to the Hingham polls today, but not to vote. Dukakis stood near the voting area of all three of the town's polling stations, greeting voters on their way in, a tactic that angered many sign holders and voters.