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A tractor-trailer loaded with oranges rolled over on the Maine Turnpike early Wednesday morning. Maine State Police said they responded to a crash on Interstate 95 north in New Gloucester around 3:30 a.m. Reports said that a tractor-trailer had left the highway and partially rolled over. Preliminary investigation indicates that the driver of the tr...

A popular local group of bakery-cafes will be expanding into the Boston Common space that used to house Earl of Sandwich.

Herb Chambers gives $100M to MGH for new tower

Despite Carolina’s record, the Patriots could learn something from how the Panthers have played their last five games, says Tom E. Curran.

The East Coast was beginning a whiplash-inducing stretch of weather on Wednesday that was rainy, windy and potentially dangerous, due in part to an atmospheric river and developing bomb cyclone. Places like western Maine could see freezing rain, downpours, unseasonably high temperatures and damaging winds — all in the span of a day, said Derek Schr...

A former professional tennis player and a renowned Boston chef have joined forces to create Bosse — an all new pickleball complex, combined with a fine dining experience that’s now open at the Natick Mall. Whether you’re a pro on the court, or are learning for the first time, you’ll feel right at home at Bosse. It’s a state....

A woman has been charged in a fatal shooting that happened late Tuesday night in Manchester, New Hampshire, state authorities announced. Alicia Castagnino, 24, was arrested early Wednesday for allegedly shooting and killing a person on Silver Street shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from the state Attorney General’s o...

There’s a lot to gnaw on Wednesday’s weather bone as an intensifying storm system charges through New England. High winds, power outages, flooding, temperature swings — we have it all. Taking it from the top, the early part of the day is the least bothersome. Occasional bouts of rain will fly through on a very fast-moving jet stream. If......

Immigration officials say a Brazilian national was arrested earlier this month in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on a rape charge. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday in a press release that 21-year-old Luan Lucas De Sousa Goncalves had been in the agency’s custody since Dec. 2, a day after police in Plymouth arrested him. The Plym...

With millions of bags crisscrossing the skies, ensuring one arrives safely can be a challenge. A little preparation now, can save travelers from a big headache later.

The leader of a union representing paraprofessionals at schools in Medford, Massachusetts, is under investigation. A police report reveals that officials with the Medford Paraprofessional Union hired an accountant to check out the union’s books over embezzlement concerns, finding that $50,000 could be missing. “We have many questions,&#...

Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated shares the latest on negotiations between Bill Belichick and the University of North Carolina for the football program’s head coach position.

More changes to Massachusetts’ emergency shelter system went into effect on Tuesday, weeks after being announced.