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Police are investigating racist graffiti found at a Worcester, Massachusetts, school, school officials confirmed in a letter to families. School officials said graffiti containing a racial slur was discovered painted on the back of the Worcester Dual Language Magnet School on Chandler Street Sunday. The Worcester Police Department is investigating....

The Celtics are scoring more points per game than any NBA team, and Jayson Tatum is playing a huge role in that success. Check out the stats.

One person is dead following a fire in Raymond, New Hampshire, on Monday night. The Raymond Fire Department was called to an address on Hummingbird Lane around 7:30 p.m. Monday for a report of a house fire. When firefighters arrived, they found flames and smoke coming from a window and door on the driveway side of the single-family manufactured hom...

A teenager pulled from the second floor of a burning home in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood was taken to the hospital in critical condition on Tuesday morning. The fire was reported around 4 a.m. on Hyde Park Avenue, according to fire officials. Smoke was showing upon arrival, and firefighters went in and removed one person from the second f...

A 16-year-old Somerville, Massachusetts, resident has been arrested in connection with a shooting outside a pizza shop in Medford last week. Medford police said Tuesday that the teen is facing several charges in juvenile court, including assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a firearm with ammunition, posse...

New Hampshire voters have been showing up to the polls in droves on Tuesday to make their choice in this election. But at one polling location in Hampton, voting seems to have hit a major delay. Long lines were reported at Winnacunnet High School, where people say it’s taking two hours to vote. Election officials did not expect this...

Are the Patriots the worst team after nine weeks? Here’s where they stand in the latest expert NFL power rankings.

[Follow along with our local and national live blogs for election updates all day long, and watch our free, live streaming election coverage here.] Election Day in the United States is now often considered Election Week, as each state follows its own rules and practices for counting ballots — not to mention the legal challenges — that can dela...

Is Nick Pivetta worth $21 million? John Tomase sheds light on the Red Sox’s decision to extend a qualifying offer to their 31-year-old pitcher.

Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla doesn’t seem too concerned about Jaylen Brown’s hip flexor injury.

Multiple reports of active shooter situations at schools across Maine on Election Day are not credible, state police said Tuesday morning. State police said various crisis lines in Maine received threats of armed individuals Tuesday morning on multiple school campuses around the state. State police said they are working with their various partners ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is hoping to brush back a challenge from Republican John Deaton on Tuesday as she seeks a third term representing Massachusetts. Deaton, an attorney who moved to the state from Rhode Island earlier this year, tried to portray the former Harvard Law School professor as out of touch with ordinary Bay State reside...