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The Eagles upgraded in a major way at wide receiver over the last two years and they’re now one win away from a Lombardi Trophy. Could the Patriots take a similar path back to prominence? Our Phil Perry dives into the possibility.

A driver cut a McDonald’s employee while trying to rob a drive-thru at a Boston location of the fast food enterprise on Tuesday night, police said. At about 8:47 p.m., the person pulled up with a knife and tried to grab money from two employees working at the McDonald’s at 718 American Legion Highway in Roslindale, Boston police said......

Coyotes are present in every Massachusetts city and town, according to state wildlife officials, who just released a series of new tips to prevent rare “negative coyote encounters” during their ongoing mating season. “Whenever you see a coyote in your yard, you should aggressively haze it by physically chasing it out of the yard, ...

Fire officials on Wednesday announced what they believed caused a fire in Orleans, Massachusetts, over the weekend that left a 6-year-old boy dead. The fire has been deemed unintentional, and is believed to have been sparked by the failure of an electric fan, according to a news release from the state Department of Fire Services. The Orleans Fire D...

Elective procedures at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital have been canceled through Friday, after a fire broke there on Tuesday, impacting power at the facility. More than 70 ambulances showed up Tuesday to transfer about 160 patients evacuated from the hospital, after losing power following an electrical transformer fire. The power was said t...

A federal judge on Tuesday set an October trial for the man charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip off the coast of New England in what prosecutors say was a scheme to inherit millions of dollars. Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vermont, pleaded not guilty last year to fraud and first-degree murder in the death of…...

A spate of apparently false reports of shootings at Vermont schools was being reported statewide Wednesday morning, officials said, with the governor calling them “an act of terrorism.” Twenty-one reports of threats were received Wednesday, none of which appeared to credible, officials said. One of the baseless threats specified that tw...

Senate President Karen Spilka, or anyone who eventually succeeds her, could remain at the helm of the Senate indefinitely under a proposal that one of her top lieutenants put forward after discussing the idea with her. Sen. Michael Rodrigues, whom Spilka has repeatedly tapped to serve in the powerful position of Ways and Means Committee chair, file...

Legal sports betting has been live in Massachusetts for one week and the Mass. Gaming Commission is apparently already investigating whether two of the three sportsbooks in the state have violated its rules around what events can and cannot be wagered on. The agenda for the Gaming Commission’s meeting Thursday morning says that the ...

We made it to the pick of the week for many, highs are in the 50s, we’re enjoying sunny skies and a breezy west wind that gusts from 20 to 30 miles per hour. Skies will remain mostly clear. The wind will slow down overnight before marching clouds make their way in before dawn Thursday. On Thursday morning, we’ll lookout…

Bruins general manager Don Sweeney has aced the NHL trade deadline during his Boston tenure. Can he hit another home run before March 3? Here’s a look at his trade deadline history.

The New Hampshire Department of Safety said it is monitoring “multiple calls” for bomb threats at Walmart stores across the state on Wednesday morning. “Multiple state agencies are assisting local law enforcement agencies that are responding to those calls and with the investigation into those calls,” the agency said in a st...

Most of the Alewife parking garage will reopen to motorists Wednesday, and the MBTA still hopes to resume Red Line train service to the Alewife terminus some time this week, officials announced Tuesday. The T said it will open the garage’s levels G, 2, 3 and 4 on Wednesday, while the fifth level will remain closed and no access will…...