Residents and businesses in more than a dozen communities across eastern Massachusetts are continuing to creatively manage trash disposal amid the monthlong Republic Services waste collection strike.

Meanwhile, in a separate lawsuit, cities and towns suing Republic lost their bid to force the company to pick up their trash.

There continues to be little progress as waste collection workers from Republic Services remain on strike a month into the ...

Roadways are being shut down in Everett due to “an active crime scene,” authorities say. Video from the scene shows a Republic Services trash truck crashed into the side of the Alford Street Bridge.

Multiple fire trucks and State Police cruisers were positioned on both sides of the bridge, which was closed to traffic.

A suspect is in custody Thursday after crashing a stolen car near Encore casino, then carjacking a Republic Services trash truck and crashing it on a bridge into Boston, according to police.