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A heavy law enforcement presence could be seen in a Natick, Massachusetts, neighborhood on Monday afternoon. Aerial photos showed numerous police vehicles in the area of a home on Woodland Street. At least one Natick police cruiser could be seen, along with several unmarked vehicles. Several of the people outside the home were seen wearing FBI jack...

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard gets annoyed by people saying he’s a defensive liability, so he’s motivated to prove them wrong.

Jerod Mayo made a bad situation a whole lot worse Sunday in Arizona. Tom E. Curran assesses the fallout of Mayo’s controversial postgame comments.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A comfort food spot in downtown Boston that is known in part for its hand-cut fries and beer is shutting down, though its other location will continue on. According to a poster within the Friends of Boston’s Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page, Saus on Union Street near Faneuil Hall is...

Scott Zolak of 98.5 The Sports Hub’s “Zolak & Bertrand” discusses the lack of veteran leadership in the Patriots receiver room and rookie Ja’Lynn Polk’s disappointing season.

President Joe Biden on Monday established a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs after the Great Depression. Perkins is “one of America’s greatest labor leaders, and that’s not hyperbo...

Starting this week commuters who use certain MBTA buses will see more buses, more often. This is happening on six routes that run through a number of different communities in and around Boston. “Just gives me a little bit of wiggle room in planning the commute,” said one rider. Phase 1 of the MBTA’s much anticipated bus network redesign launched&#8...

Police are investigating after a 28-year-old man was found shot to death in a truck in Worcester, Massachusetts, early Monday morning. Around 2:30 a.m. Monday, Worcester police said they were dispatched to Dorchester Street for a report of a man who had been shot inside a truck. When they arrived at the sceen, officers were flagged down and directe...

Should the Patriots go offense or defense in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft? Here’s a roundup of mock draft predictions.

A small drone was found at an airfield at the Nantucket Memorial Airport in Massachusetts over the weekend amid heightened attention on the aircraft after a series of sightings across the northeast. The drone was found on pavement in an area reserved for aircraft operations. Airport staff noted that the drone was under .55 pounds, meaning it is sma...

A Massachusetts spa owner is accused of trying to bribe a customer not to call police after the woman reported that a masseur at the business had assaulted her. Police said it happened at the Health Spa on Southbridge Street in Auburn on Oct. 6. According to police, the victim, a 30-year-old woman, came in for a massage and the…

We had a little taste of true winter in southwestern New England on Monday morning as a quick moving system passed south of us. Temperatures were cold enough to support 1-2 inches of snow in parts of western Massachusetts and Connecticut and a coating of snow in northern Rhode Island.   Even though it was cold enough for some snow, i...

Officers from multiple police departments were called in to break up a brawl that broke out at a 2-year-old’s birthday party in Webster, Massachusetts, last month, leading to several arrests. Webster police said it started around 8:15 p.m. on Nov. 30, when officers were called to Everett Avenue for a large fight in the street. Police were abl...