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Alexandre Romao De Oliveira, who was sentenced in 2022 by a Brazilian court for the rape of a child, was arrested Monday in Methuen, Massachusetts, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Bruins forward Mark Kastelic and Utah defenseman Robert Bortuzzo fought twice Thursday, and they made some NHL history in the process.

Boston Celtics guard Derrick White offered insight from the team’s visit to the White House on Thursday, which included “unbelievable” apple cider.

Several of the 44 recruits who dropped out of the Massachusetts State Police Academy class that Enrique Delgado-Garcia was part of when he died responded to our requests for comment.

Families across the U.S., including in Massachusetts, have been receiving potentially unsettling notices warning them about potential lead in their home’s plumbing system.  The Environmental Protection Agency clarified that these letters are not indicative of immediate changes in water quality, rather part of a nationwide effort to comply wit...

Black Friday is next week, and the deals are already pouring in. If you’ve got toys to cross off your holiday wish list, you may want to give them a close look, as some products could pose a safety risk. “Most people just assume that if something is for sale, that it must be safe … And that is absolutely…

Should the Patriots expand the playbook for Drake Maye? And how can they upgrade at WR and OT? Phil Perry tackles your questions in brand-new mailbag.

Police and fire are at the scene of a serious, multiple-vehicle crash on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday afternoon. Cambridge police said in an emergency alert that the crash occurred around 4:13 p.m. on Memorial Drive at Vassar Street. They said at least one vehicle is flipped over. There was no immediate word on injuries. ...

Is Justin Herbert or Josh Allen a better comparison for Patriots rookie Drake Maye? Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry debate.

The owner of a trucking company was sentenced Thursday to two months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for lying to investigators after one of his trucks was accused of causing a crash that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire. Dunyadar Gasanov, 39, pleaded guilty in Springfield, Massachusetts, in August to three counts of...

More than a third of the entire MBTA subway network was covered by slow zones as of September 2023 — today, less than a mile of slow zones remain, on the Red and Green lines.

A building fire that spread to nearby brush in Kingston, Massachusetts, last weekend is now being investigated as a possible arson. The fire was first reported just after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday in a building under construction on Wapping Road and ultimately led to a complete structural collapse of the two-story building and also spread to nearby brush...

Police investigating a deadly shooting in Portland, Maine, this summer announced five new arrests Wednesday and continue to search for another man, who’s considered armed and dangerous.