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A man wanted for an armed carjacking in Boston was arrested Saturday after leading state police on a chase that ended when he crashed his car in Kingston, Massachusetts. The man has been identified by police as 34-year-old Trevor Baylef, of Scituate. According to state police, the agency received a “be on the lookout” alert from Boston ...

Police in Dedham, Massachusetts, are searching for a 24-year-old woman who has been missing since Thursday. According to police, Esther Pierre Isaac did not return home to her residence in Dedham after she finished her shift and left work on Sept. 21. Isaac works at the Coast Guard Exchange in Boston and takes the MBTA Commuter Rail from Boston to&...

A bank in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was robbed Saturday morning, and police are looking for the man who got away. Portsmouth police say detectives and a police dog responded to the Bank of America on Islington Street around 10:17 a.m. after they received a 911 call for an armed robbery. A search was conducted but the suspect was not found…....

Authorities spotted what appears to be a fireball in New England’s sky early Friday morning. The Mount Washington Observatory‘s tower camera spotted the fireball or meteor across the sky around 3 a.m. Meteorologist Matt Noyes said the fireball was probably caught on many people’s doorbell and other outdoor cameras, adding that it ...

A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday afternoon in Brockton, Massachusetts, authorities announced, and another teen was arrested. Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz posted the announcement on social media Saturday, saying the fatal shooting occurred around 3:23 p.m. at a home on Lynn Road. According to the DA’s office, Brockton...

A Doordash driver has been charged after driving their car into a body of water in Middleton, Massachusetts, on Friday morning, officials said. Middleton Police said they responded to a call at around 11:40 a.m. for a car in a body of water in the woods. The driver was able to get out of the vehicle and said they were…

One person is injured after a crash in Reading, Massachusetts on Saturday morning. Reading Fire says they responded to Route 93 north at Route 95 for a single car crash at around 5:30 a.m. Authorities say they found a single car that had rolled over and left the roadway. One person was injured and was transported to a trauma center…

Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday in North Carolina with near-hurricane-strength winds. Ophelia promises a weekend of windy conditions and heavy rain as it churns up the East Coast, with the storm moving north at about 13 mph (21 kph) as of Saturday morning.  Ophelia is now a tropical depression, and all storm ...

Authorities are conducting a water rescue in Boston on Saturday morning. Boston Police say a boat hit a marker in the area of Gallops Island. There is one person injured and being brought to shore for EMS

The birthing center at UMass Memorial Hospital in Leominster, Massachusetts, is set to close at 11:59 p.m. Saturday, despite major pushback from local leaders and community activists, including a legal challenge from the city. The city filed a lawsuit against the hospital system Friday night, hoping to keep the Leominster Birthing Unit open. &#8220...

Tropical Storm Ophelia has made landfall near Emerald Isle in North Carolina, bringing gusty winds to the coast. Even as the storm continues to move inland, a lot of the sloppy and wet weather is dislocated well to the north. As the center of the storm nears land early Saturday, Hurricane Hunters are investigating the storm’s center to investigate....

A little boy in Stow, Massachusetts, got the surprise of his life as a part of a Make-A-Wish celebration. Firefighters from the Stow Fire Department hosted an event on Friday with a personal tour of the station for 4-year-old Brayden Ginthwain. The little boy was diagnosed with a rare immune disorder just before his first birthday and had a bone&#8...

Police are looking for a group of youths who smashed a train window and harassed passengers in Boston. The MBTA Transit Police said the incident happened around 11 p.m. Thursday on a Red Line train near JFK/UMass, where several males threatened to rob people and taunted some because of their ethnicity. Authorities say the boys smashed a train windo...