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Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra clearly has a lot of respect for the hard work Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has put in to improve his game.

Flames could be seen shooting from the roof of a building in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. Firefighters confirmed they were working the fire on Otis Street. Pictures from the scene show that the windows of the building were boarded up. Fire officials on scene said they suspected the fire may have been started by squatters. This is a breaking...

Keoma Duarte is believed to have been under the influence when his Tesla Model Y hit Endicott College Police Sgt. Jeremy Cole’s Chevrolet Trailblazer on I-95 in Newbury, Massachusetts, on Thanksgiving 2024.

Police are asking for the public’s help locating a man wanted in connection with a 2023 shooting at a Caribbean festival in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood that left eight people injured. Boston police detectives assigned to the fugitive unit continue to search for 31-year-old Gerald Vick, who is wanted on a warrant out of Suffolk Supe...

There’s a legitimate path to the Red Sox signing Juan Soto in free agency, and it all comes down to one simple factor, writes John Tomase.

Bill Belichick didn’t hold back when asked for his assessment of the struggling Patriots.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA announced a new tour on Tuesday morning, including a May 12 date at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Their “Grand National Tour” includes 19 stops in all, beginning in Minneapolis on April 19, and including other major cities like Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Seattle, Los Angele...

Payton Pritchard had some choice words for Erik Spoelstra and the Heat while giving them 25 points in the Celtics’ blowout win Monday.

Parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire are expected to see their first significant snow of the season this week. Here’s a detailed look at the storm’s expected impacts, including what areas could see the most snow. The precipitation should start after 10 p.m. Wednesday, with towns and cities west of Bedford, Hopkinton and north of Top...

A woman has died after being struck by a vehicle on Tuesday morning in Brockton, Massachusetts, authorities have confirmed. The crash happened at 6:23 a.m. at the corner of North Main and Battles streets, according to Brockton police. The 37-year-old woman found in the road and rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital by ambulance, and the Plymouth Distri...

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 firefighters died in a horrific fire in the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse building on Franklin Street — Lt. Thomas Spencer, Lt. Timothy Jackson, Lt. Jame...

The weather pattern is both cold and wintry through the weekend. Our focus in the short-term is a vigorous weather system racing through early Thursday. We’ll see the precipitation break out Wednesday night after 10 p.m. With steady south winds blowing across the Commonwealth, towns and cities west of Bedford, Hopkinton, and north of Topsfield have...

A fire burned through a home in Middleborough, Massachusetts, on Monday night, and one man was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after emergency crews rescued him. The fire took over a two-story home on Locust Street before 10 p.m. Monday. One man was inside the home, and firefighters were able to get him out of the building thr...