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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble to a gun reform bill passed this summer, a move that prevents the law from being suspended while opponents work on a ballot measure to put before voters in two years. The law addresses, among other things, ghost guns and red flag laws. “We needed to give time to our agencies and&#82...

A Massachusetts man prosecutors describe as an “elder” in a religious organization was sentenced Wednesday to at least three decades in prison for raping two children. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said 37-year-old Nehemya Smith of Plymouth received a sentence of 30 to 40 years in state prison after being found gui...

The owner of a Massachusetts used car business who’d been wanted since last week on suspicion of fraud, theft and other charges was arrested Tuesday in Boston, police said.

Tuesday’s MBTA Green Line derailment near Lechmere station in Cambridge turned into Wednesday’s commuter headache. While a federal investigation into what happened continues, the T has provided Green Line riders with shuttle buses, replacing service between North Station, Medford/Tufts and Union Square. The derailment added to the frust...

Tom E. Curran reacts to David Andrews likely being out for the season with a shoulder injury and explains why the loss has as much impact on the team off the field as on it.

An Acton man died EEE last month, according to his family and the town. His death is the first publicly linked to the mosquito-borne illness in Massachusetts this year.

Former Patriots QB Brian Hoyer shares his key to victory for the team’s Week 5 game vs. the Dolphins.

Striking dockworkers and the ports they are picketing could not come to an agreement Wednesday. The International Longshoremen’s Association went on strike just after midnight Tuesday after the expiration of the union’s contract with the ports. The workers are calling for higher wages and protections from automation. With uncertainty ov...

Brian Walshe, the Cohasset, Massachusetts, man accused of killing his wife, Ana, and dismembering her body in 2023, appeared in court on Wednesday as his lawyers question the integrity of Norfolk County’s murder investigations. Walshe looked neat as he was led into Norfolk Superior Court, dressed in a suit and restrained by handcuffs. Judge B...

Wide receiver DeMario Douglas got candid with Phil Perry about his poor body language in the Patriots’ loss to the 49ers on Sunday.

Police in New Hampshire say a 15-year-old patient who was reported missing from a psychiatric hospital in Hampstead has been found. New Hampshire State Police said the teen is a patient at Hampstead Hospital, asking anyone who saw someone matching his description to call 911. The department later said the teenager has been located and is safe....

An armed man believed to have fatally shot someone else in Worcester, Massachusetts, Wednesday tried to carjack vehicles on a highway and then killed himself as police tried to stop him, authorities said. Neither the suspected shooter or the person he’s believed to have killed on Heroult Road Wednesday afternoon have been identified. Worceste...

Three out of Boston’s four major sports teams can’t seem to get out of their own way. John Tomase voices his frustration with how the Red Sox, Patriots, and Bruins have been run in recent years.