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Worcester 52 mins ago

Honoring the Worcester 6: Tuesday marks 25 years since the Cold Storage fire

The Worcester community is remembering a dark day in the city’s history on Tuesday, 25 years after a massive warehouse fire that killed six firefighters. It was Dec. 3, 1999, that six firefighte...

Weather 2 hours ago

First significant snowfall expected for parts of Mass. this week
Middleborough 1 hour ago

Man, 67, hospitalized after being rescued from house fire in Middleborough

Boston Celtics 9 hours ago

Jaylen praises Celtics' ‘young stars' after win over Heat

Celtics star Jaylen Brown credited the team’s role players after they stepped up in Monday’s win over the Heat.
Rhode Island 10 hours ago

Brown University transfers ownership of a portion of its land to Pokanoket Indian Tribe

Brown University has transferred ownership of a portion of its land in Bristol, Rhode Island, to a preservation trust established by the Pokanoket Indian Tribe. The move ensures that access to the lan...
Hunter Biden 11 hours ago

Reaction to Hunter Biden pardon in Massachusetts

President Joe Biden granting his son Hunter a sweeping pardon, described as “full and unconditional,” that will keep the younger Biden away from prison time in both his gun crimes convicti...
Braintree 13 hours ago

4 hurt in head-on Braintree crash, 1 man facing drunken driving charges

An 18-year-old received life-threatening injuries in an early morning head-on car crash in Braintree, Massachusetts, Sunday that left three other people hurt and a driver facing drunken driving charge...

Massachusetts 13 hours ago

Sharon High School football player undergoes surgery for brain injury

The fact that a Sharon High School sophomore had to get surgery after collapsing on the sidelines during a Thanksgiving game means his injuries are serious, according to traumatic brain injury experts, but it is something people can recover from. Rohan Shukla suffered traumatic brain injuries while playing football at Sharon High School again...
Boston Celtics 8 hours ago

Celtics-Heat recap: Short-handed C's bounce back with blowout win

It was a total team effort for the Celtics as they dominated the Heat at TD Garden on Monday night.
Patriots Stock Watch 11 hours ago

Patriots-Colts Stock Watch: Henry's blunder proves costly in Pats loss

Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry discuss the Patriots players who saw their stock rise and those whose stock took a dive in Sunday’s loss to the Colts.
Nick Goss 14 hours ago

Bruins blue line must shoulder more responsibility offensively

The Bruins have made strides offensively under Joe Sacco, but they still need more offensive production from the blue line.
Massachusetts 15 hours ago

Heating costs expected to rise for many this winter

The cold weather has arrived, marking the official start of the home heating season. It’s a constant battle to keep energy costs down in the winter, and this year is no exception. Albert Choy uses natural gas to heat his home. In the winter, he spends and about $500 a month and doesn’t anticipate this year will be much...
Norwood 8 hours ago

Multiple families displaced after fire burns through Norwood home

Firefighters in Norwood, Massachusetts spent hours battling a fire at a multi-family home in town. Flames broke out at the home on Melville Avenue on Monday shortly before 4p.m. and continued for hours. Fire officials say the structure of the old home made it difficult to fight the flames. Firefighters from multiple surrounding departments joined N...
MBTA 8 hours ago

MBTA commuter train collides with minivan in Abington

A driver is lucky to be alive but she has very serious injuries after her car was hit by a train. It happened in the middle of the afternoon at a crossing in Abington. “All of a sudden they hit the airbrake really quick,” said Brian Walters, a passenger on the commuter rail train. “Next thing I knew the...
Phil Perry 15 hours ago

Play-calling was far from Patriots' biggest issue in loss to Colts

The Patriots’ in-game decisions are getting a lot of attention. But as Phil Perry writes, it was the boring stuff that killed them against the Colts.
Climate change 12 hours ago

Boston receives $9.8M to battle the climate crisis

Boston is battling the climate crisis and creating good-paying jobs in the process. It’s a goal the city is closer to reaching thanks to millions of dollars in federal funding for the city to develop the workforce needed to enhance climate and coastal resilience across its neighborhoods. “Turning Boston into a green monster. Fighting ag...
Maine 16 hours ago

Recount underway in hotly-contested Maine congressional race

Austin Theriault’s campaign has formally requested a recount in Maine’s 2nd District congressional race, the Secretary of State’s office confirmed in an email Monday morning. Emily Cook, a spokesperson for the Secretary of State’s Office, said the campaign has formally requested a recount, but it has not been scheduled yet. ...
John Tomase 16 hours ago

Here's what a Red Sox lineup might look like with Juan Soto in it

How exactly would Juan Soto fit in Boston? John Tomase projects a starting nine with the free-agent superstar in the heart of the Red Sox lineup.
Marijuana 17 hours ago

Regulators eye plans for public social marijuana consumption in Mass.

As they prepare to roll out their latest attempt at putting a framework around allowing people to use marijuana in public social settings later this week, regulators on the Cannabis Control Commission said Monday they are confident that a 2022 law and the conversations they’ve had with businesses, other regulators, municipalities and law enfo...
Weather 17 hours ago

Snow expected in Mass. & NH this week. Here's how much we could get

As we continue moving through this Monday, bundle up! It’s cold across Greater Boston. High temperatures are expected in the upper 30s, and low temperatures Monday night will be in the 20s under mostly clear skies. The cold continues into Tuesday, with highs in the upper 30s under mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. Our forecast becomes a bit...

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