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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.

Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson tells our Phil Perry that he understands he may be benched as a result of his fumbling issues.

With their goaltending situation still uncertain, the Bruins claimed Jiri Patera off waivers from the Canucks on Wednesday.

A man was arrested Wednesday in an investigation into the uploading of images showing child sex abuse, police in Brookline, Massachusetts, said.

A man was killed when he crashed into a moose on Interstate 95 in rural Maine on Sunday, police said. The moose also died in the crash, reported about 7 p.m. in T2 R9, an unorganized territory near Mount Katahdin, according to Maine State Police. The motorcycle driver was identified as Anand Sreedharan, a 50-year-old from Princeton, New Jersey. Pol...

Now that the immediate threat that Nibi would be released into the wild has passed, what’s next for the beloved 2-year-old beaver? Gov. Maura Healey said she “put a pause” on a plan by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife to return the animal to the wild on Tuesday after thousands signed an online petition to oppos...