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Massachusetts ranks as the safest state in the country for its low rate of gun deaths, according to the Annual Gun Law Scorecard from the GIFFORDS Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. According to the report, Massachusetts has 3.7 gun deaths per 100,000, the lowest rate in the country. It also ranked as having the fifth strongest gun laws in…...

Two entangled North Atlantic right whales were spotted swimming off Nantucket last week, and officials said the younger one is not expected to survive. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said one of their aerial survey crews reported the two whales swimming about 50 miles southeast of Nantucket on Dec. 9. The first whale, a 3-year-...

Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo took a page from Bill Belichick’s playbook while fielding a series of questions about his job security.

Would Mike Vrabel be a realistic option for the Patriots if they decide to part with Jerod Mayo? Tom E. Curran and Albert Breer share what they’re hearing.

The Bruins have won six of their last eight games after a comeback win vs. the Flames. Here are three takeaways from Boston’s latest victory.

A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over Masasachusetts in recent weeks and more have been spotted recently over other states, sparking speculation and concern over who sent them and why.

A man who pointed two kitchen knives at officers responding to a domestic altercation in New Hampshire on Monday was arrested after being tasered by officers. Manchester police said they responded to a South Mammoth Road address around 2:25 p.m. Monday for a report of a domestic altercation between two men. Arriving officers learned that 40-year-ol...

A woman was hospitalized Tuesday after she was shot in Springfield, Massachusetts. A spokesperson for the Springfield Police Department says officers were called to the 100 block of Stafford Street around 4:20 p.m. for a report of a gunshot victim. Responding officers found an adult female with gunshot injuries that are believed to be non-life thre...

A 20-year-old blind cat named “Tiki” was rescued this week after he fell into an icy pond in Westford, Massachusetts, and this story is nothing short of a miracle from start to finish, according to the town’s animal control. Westford Animal Control says the police department received a panicked call Monday morning from a passerby ...

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A few months ago, it was reported that a beloved Cambridge brewery was going to be saying farewell this month, and now we have learned that its beers will live on. According to a Facebook post, the Cambridge Brewing Company brand has been acquired by Castle Island Brewing Co., with the post&#82...

Following a tense evening Tuesday night, people in Worcester, Massachusetts, will have another chance at a community meeting to voice their concerns about a scathing report on the city’s police department. It was a packed house on both sides at the Worcester City Council meeting Tuesday night with people expressing their outrage over the find...

Drone sightings have been reported in New Jersey, New York and more recently, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. And now they are being reported in Maine too. News Center Maine said a Kittery couple reported seeing a drone flying just down the street from their house last week. Ken and Judy Galle told the station they spotted the drone on Dec.......

Police responded to an unusual incident on Monday after four cows fell from a trailer being towed by a pickup truck on the Maine Turnpike. Maine State Police said they responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a pickup truck hauling a cattle trailer on the Maine Turnpike in Lewiston at 11:30 a.m. on Monday. The driver was going south when......