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Three months after the death of a trooper from injuries he suffered during a training exercise at the Massachusetts State Police Academy in New Braintree, his family is continuing to demand answers. With heavy hearts, the family of Enrique Delgado-Garcia is struggling to make sense of the 25-year-old police cadet’s death. “It’s be...

The amount of parity in college football, and the ACC specifically, was pretty impressive this season. And that’s before Bill Belichick joined UNC.

Millions of Americans will soon gather with their friends and family for the holidays. But entertaining your loved ones can quickly get expensive. A perfectly decorated home means balancing your time and budget — two things that don’t always go hand in hand. “Knowing your boundaries and limitations as you enter into a busy and expensive...

A man is dead after a fire broke out Friday in Plainville, Massachusetts. Crews responded just after 3 p.m. to the fire at a home on School Street, finding heavy fire conditions. “It was pretty scary,” said Mackenzie Flanagan, who lives down the street. “There was a huge popping noise, it sounded like an explosion.” Firefigh...

The Patriots have several important defensive players listed as questionable for Sunday’s game.

Why college football and not the NFL for Bill Belichick? BC coach Bill O’Brien joined the Patriots Talk Podcast to discuss that topic and more.

Will Tee Higgins get to free agency. And if he does, should the Patriots make him their top target? Check out a new episode of the Next Pats Podcast.

Toys are flooding into a Boston nonprofit after concerns earlier this week that no donations were coming in for its annual toy drive. Friday, we got a look at the holiday haul at Action for Boston Community Development – or ABDC – and where those gifts are headed. It may feel like a cliche, but in many ways it’s a…

A major water main break is making a mess of a stretch of Boylston Street in Boston on Friday afternoon. The water main break was reported shortly after 1 p.m. The Boston Water and Sewer Commission said on social media at 1:16 p.m. that they were responding to a leak in the street in the vicinity of 364 Boylston St….

After a rather wet week – we’re now in a drier pattern. This air, originating from Canada, will bring the coldest air the region has seen since February. So how the sudden flip? Wednesday’s air felt more tropical, and now mark’s the arrival of Arctic air.This is always one of my favorite tools for visualizing why the sudden change....

Boston, are you ready to discover your inner child? (Think unlimited ice cream and a world-famous sprinkle pool.) The Museum of Ice Cream is opening in the Seaport on Saturday.

Celtics big man Kristaps Porzingis offered an interesting retrospective of his career to date after Boston’s win over the Pistons.

Gene-editing pioneer Editas lays off more than half its employees