Susannah Sudborough

| Police detained about 100 people at Northeastern University Saturday morning as they broke up a pro-Palestinian protest encampment that formed earlier this week, according to the university.

“This is an isolated incident, there is no threat to public safety,” the district attorney's office wrote in the release.

The 49-year-old sergeant worked for at least three police departments during his 21 years in law enforcement, according to officials.

Northeastern University called in police to disperse demonstrators at a peaceful pro-Palestine student encampment protest Saturday morning, saying

Though these employees' earnings account for a tiny fraction of the $2.1 billion that went towards compensating nearly 26,000 city workers last year, it is worth noting that their pay alone cost the city nearly $23 million.

The Billerica Police Department has organized a vigil for Sgt. Ian Taylor, who died Friday after being struck by an excavator on a construction site where he was working a paid detail.

| A lucky Massachusetts State Lottery player won $100,000 Saturday after buying a winning Mass Cash ticket at a Swansea convenience store.

Ian Taylor, 49, was struck by an excavator around 2 p.m. as it was backing up at a road construction site, according to authorities . The sergeant was helping move a tractor-trailer at the time.

The crash happened at an intersection Thursday evening and involved a white SUV, police said.

In a Sunday letter, Emerson College's president said he will encourage the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office to drop charges related to city ordinance violations stemming from the encampment.