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Wildlife advocates are sounding the alarm once again about rodenticide, poison used to control rat populations, after sick foxes were found at a mall in Leominster, Massachusetts.

A man was arrested Thursday after allegedly stabbing a teenage girl at a Cape Cod store. Police in Barnstable, Massachusetts, said the stabbing happened Thursday at the Dollar Tree in Hyannis. They arrested 31-year-old Hyannis resident Nikolas Rescigno. The victim, described by police as a juvenile, was brought to an area hospital with non-life-thr...

Teachers in two cities on the North Shore of Massachusetts announced Thursday that they had voted to go on strike. The Union of Gloucester Educators and the Beverly Teachers Association say their members voted overwhelmingly in favor of the action. The Gloucester union said on social media that over 98% of the district’s educators voted to au...

Judge Beverly Cannone, already presiding over one of Massachusetts’ most closely watched murder trials, is no longer in charge of another.

Jrue Holiday shares his reaction to Warriors coach Steve Kerr hearing lots of boos from Celtics fans on Wednesday night.

Should the Patriots stick with the Drake Maye-Alex Van Pelt partnership going forward? Phil Perry answers that question and more in a new Mailbag.

A woman accused of keeping 17 dogs, six horses and several other animals in filth at a home in Middleborough, Massachusetts, appeared in court Thursday to face 26 animal cruelty charges, while prosecutors revealed new information about the case. At least 20 dead dogs were found in a garage on the property while the other animals were rescued last m...

Patriots rookie QB Drake Maye will face a tough Bears pass defense in Week 10. Here’s a dive into the numbers.

Massachusetts officials declared a major drought across the state on Thursday due to an unprecedented lack of rainfall over the past two months. “After more than a month of nearly no rain and devastating wildfires, Massachusetts is clearly experiencing significant drought conditions,” Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper said i...

A former New Hampshire firefighter has been convicted of setting two fires in abandoned buildings in 2022 and 2023. Nathan G. Nichols, 19, of Weare, a former Bradford firefighter, was found guilty on Oct. 23 in Merrimack Superior Court on a felony count of criminal mischief and a misdemeanor charge of arson. He was also ordered to pay restitution t...

A former Stoneham, Massachusetts, police officer and his brother, who works as a contractor, have pleaded guilty in a bribery and kickback scheme that netted them millions of dollars in contract payments from the state’s Mass Save program. Joseph Ponzo, 51, of Stoneham and Christopher Ponzo, 50, of North Reading, are accused of bribing an ass...

It’s a touch cooler on Thursday compared to the record shattering warmth in New England on Wednesday. This afternoon will be mild, with highs in the low to mid 70s under mostly sunny skies. This is still 10-15 degrees above normal. Winds from the northwest could gust up to 30 mph in the afternoon, bringing in drier air and dropping…...

A man has died after being pulled from a fire, along with a dog, at a Nantucket home this week, local and Massachusetts officials said Thursday. Peter Gurley, 62, was rushed to the hospital from his burning home on Green Meadows Drive on Tuesday night about 7:30 p.m. but later died, according to state and local firefighters, local police and…...