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Experts have made their predictions for which players the Patriots might target in the second and third rounds of the 2024 NFL Draft on Friday.

A Massachusetts man who raped and killed his teacher when he was 14 years old has pleaded guilty in an assault on a different woman, which took place while he was in custody months later. Philip Chism was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the October 2013 killing of math teacher Colleen Ritzer at Danvers…

Take a look at the Patriots calling Drake Maye on draft night in this behind-the-scenes video of the team’s war room.

Montpelier, Vermont, woke up to a chilly Friday morning, tying the record low temperature for this date at 22 degrees Fahrenheit. This record was previously set in 1967 at Montpelier-Edward F. Knapp State Airport (KMPV), where records date back to 1949. The cold wasn’t isolated to Montpelier, as much of New England experienced a hard freeze. ...

The Patriots’ decision to draft Drake Maye is all about upside — and a reminder that they have plenty of work to do, writes Tom E. Curran.

Drake Maye is exceptional at completing passes deep down field, which the Patriots offense really needs.

Financial literacy – having the financial knowledge to understand money and your options for budgeting, saving and investing it – sounds like an essential education for any adult. But according to a December 2023 report by Ramsey, only 17% of U.S. adults said they took a personal finance class in high school, even though 72% of U.S. adu...

Two USPS mail carriers were robbed in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood Friday. Boston police said they were called to the first robbery on Mora Street around 11:10 a.m. Few details were immediately available. Just minutes later, around 11:35 a.m., officers were called to the intersection of Seldon and West Seldon streets for another. Investig...

A woman was fatally shot at an apartment in Conway, New Hampshire, overnight, state and local authorities said Friday as they investigated the suspicious death. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone had been arrested in the shooing on Council Road, but everyone involved appeared to have been identified and there was no apparent threat to the ...

Could the Patriots pull off a trade for 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel on Day 2 of the NFL Draft? Here’s the latest on the teams’ reported talks.

A woman was killed and a man seriously hurt in a pileup that temporarily shut one side of the Maine Turnpike Friday morning, police said. A car being driven by a man from Boston hit a minivan and a pickup truck in Wells at about 8:41 a.m., sending the truck rolling across the road, Interstate 95, Maine State Police said….

With the Cubs at Fenway Park this weekend, John Tomase explains why Chicago’s rapid rebuild should have been the blueprint the Red Sox followed.

We had another widespread hard freeze across all of New England with freeze warnings Friday morning in southern New England and along the coast. Temperatures dropped to the 20s in many more spots compared to Thursday morning. This afternoon will be nice and sunny again thanks to high pressure settling in. Once the afternoon, sun warms us up a bit&#...