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Intense public attention ahead of the retrial against Karen Read will be a factor in seating a jury free from undue influence

A man and a woman have been charged in a massive fire that destroyed the former Anthony’s Cummaquid Inn in Yarmouth, Massachusetts in November, authorities announced Monday.

William “Billy” Walsh of the school committee in Dedham, Massachusetts, is accused of improperly gaining access to Dedham Middle School and making threats

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is set to appear on “The Daily Show” this week, her office announced.

The MSC Verona docked at the Conley Container Terminal in Boston, Massport said Monday

A transformer fire at an MBTA stop in Boston halted train service for the Commuter Rail as well as Amtrak on Monday.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but speed is believed to have been a factor A 20-year-old man and a 7-month-old baby were killed in a crash in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, and the child’s mother remains hospitalized in critical condition. Lewiston police said they were called to the area of 393 Grove St. around 10:...

A group of Massachusetts school districts and educator unions on Monday joined the legal fight against President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.

While Massachusetts and most of southern New England are dealing with mostly rain on Monday, winter weather is causing problems in Maine. Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced she is closing all state offices at 2 p.m. Monday due to winter weather, as hazardous travel conditions are expected during the afternoon commute. Some schools are also letting st...

New Seaport ‘club’ to include IV drips, ice baths

It’s a wet start to the week! And more wet weather is on the way.

Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, who promised to “bring hell” to Boston, said in a social media post Monday that ICE arrested 370 immigrants in Boston and surrounding areas over the past week. He said on X that he traveled to Boston last Tuesday “as promised,” kicking off a 5-day operation with U.S. Imm...

A Massachusetts man had to be rescued after he got lost and stuck in waist-deep snow while hiking in New Hampshire’s White Mountains on Friday. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department received a report around 8:45 a.m. Friday of a hiker in distress off the Twinway Trail between Mount Guyot and South Twin Mountain in Lincoln. The hiker......

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] It looks like a restaurant in the heart of Boston that had a celebrity chef/restaurateur behind it has very quietly shut down after being in business for a bit more than three years. According to multiple sources, including a poster within the Friends of Boston’s Hidden Restaurants Facebo...