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The Celtics handed the Cavaliers their first loss of the season on Tuesday night, and they couldn’t have done it without their beloved 38-year-old big man Al Horford.

The Celtics kept their NBA Cup chances alive after toppling the Cavs on Tuesday night. Here’s how they can advance out of Group C.

A baseball card so rare that some doubted it even existed has been found in Danvers, Massachusetts. The story of how a Babe Ruth Boston Red Sox rookie card was found is a home run in itself. “Oh, this story is crazy,” said Jeff Gross, who collects vintage cards. Gross loves baseball cards and has the Newburyport home office to…...

As the comments to any Massachusetts State Police social media post suggest, it is clear some taxpayers have lost patience with the lack of answers about the death of trainee Enrique Delgado-Garcia.

Firing head coach Jim Montgomery was the right move, but it’s time to start blaming Bruins GM Don Sweeney for the team’s underperforming roster.

The Massachusetts State Police have disciplined the former head of a unit that investigated Karen Read, making him forfeit six days of accrued leave after an internal investigation. Col. Geoffrey Noble announced Tuesday evening that Det. Lt. Brian Tully, who formerly led the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office’s detective unit, wa...

The Bruins have replaced Jim Montgomery with Joe Sacco. Here’s what you should know about Boston’s new interim head coach.

Dubbing persistent debt the “original sin” saddling public transportation, a watchdog group called on Beacon Hill to make debt relief a central part of the next MBTA financial rescue plan. The MBTA Advisory Board, an independent group that represents Massachusetts cities and towns that help fund the T, took a deep dive through the histo...

Projections are now showing up to an inch of rain across the Boston area Thursday. The forecast shows the evening commute impacted. More here.

The reigning NBA champions made a statement Tuesday night at TD Garden as the Celtics handed the undefeated Cavs their first loss of the season.

The trial began Tuesday for a man accused of holding down a teenage boy so colleagues could rape him at a New Hampshire youth center in the 1990s, with prosecutors saying a brutal crime took place and the defense saying that it never happened and that the accuser was motivated by money.

A car hit a 16-year-old girl who was crossing a street in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Tuesday afternoon, police said. The girl was rushed to South Shore Hospital, where she was in stable condition, Brockton police said. The car hit her while turning from Lawrence Street onto Grove Street, according to police. Its driver, whom police didn’t pu...

A Haitian man charged with raping a 15-year-old at a hotel serving as an emergency shelter for migrant families in Rockland, Massachusetts, this March won’t have his bail lowered.