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The Patriots kept the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and used it to select North Carolina QB Drake Maye. Here’s what you need to know about the newest Patriot.

Two American dads detained in the Turks and Caicos Islands are uplifted by the support after their stories went viral. Bryan Hagerich of Pennsylvania and Ryan Watson of Oklahoma are both out on bail awaiting court hearings, charged with possession of ammunition that they say was mistakenly left in their luggage after prior hunting trips. “The...

What will it take for the Patriots to part ways with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft? Tom E. Curran shares what he’s hearing.

A Massachusetts man who was just 14 when he raped and killed his teacher over a decade ago is planning to change his plea in an assault that allegedly happened 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…

A New Hampshire man who pleaded guilty to a charge tied to a plot to extort Harvard University for bitcoin by making bomb threats was sentenced Thursday. William Giordani, 55, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was arrested last year on charges including making an extortionate bomb threat. That charge was dropped, and in January he pleaded guilty in fed...

A Massachusetts man who was 19 years old when he drowned his father in a Duxbury pond has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Jack Callahan, now 22, told police in 2021 that he tried to exorcise a “demon” from his father, 57-year-old Scott Callahan, by baptizing him at Island Creek Pond. The Plymouth County District Attorney&#82...

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Who are the Patriots getting in Drake Maye? Here’s everything you need to know about the UNC product after New England took him in the 2024 NFL Draft.

A man was fatally shot in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Wednesday night and his suspected killer was arrested, authorities said. Jason Rivera was charged with murder and is being held without bail, the Essex District Attorney’s Office and Lawrence police said in a statement Thursday. The shooting took place on or near Margin Street on Wednesday ev...

Many of us need to take medication everyday, and for some people, it’s a lengthy daily regimen of prescriptions to manage our health. It can be an overwhelming workload, though, for doctors and pharmacists to track all of their patients’ prescriptions, according to Dr. Lisa Rotenstein. She is a primary care provider, who previously work...

A former Massachusetts firefighter who ran a dog training and boarding facility in South Boston where he allegedly abused animals will be on probation for two years after pleading in the case, prosecutors said Thursday. Tyler Falconer, who used to own Falco K9, on Wednesday pleaded to a continuance without a finding on two count of animal cruelty b...

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden paid a $5,000 civil fine for violating conflict of interest laws during the 2022 Democratic primary election, according to the State Ethics Commission. The violation concerns the Democratic primary for the Suffolk County District Attorney race, which Hayden won over then-Boston city councilor Ricardo Ar...

Time to panic, or nothing to see here? John Tomase breaks out the concern level meter on five Celtics issues in their Game 2 loss to the Heat.