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Jaylen Brown admitted he got “caught up in the moment” after throwing down a massive dunk on Isaiah Stewart in Celtics-Pistons.

A gorilla who has been a longtime fixture at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo is experiencing concerning health issues and will be placed under anesthesia Thursday to see what’s going on after his condition deteriorated rapidly Wednesday. Zoo New England said in a press release Wednesday that Kitombe, affectionally known as “Kit,”...

One of the merriest streets in the country is right here in Massachusetts. NBC10 Boston’s Priscilla Casper will join TODAY anchors Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie this Friday for a visit to Main Street in Stockbridge, a town so picture-perfect that Norman Rockwell actually captured the winter scene with a painting, “Stockbridge Main Stre...

Thousands of people remain without power in New England Thursday afternoon after a storm dropped a mix of snow and rain across the region. Around 1,900 people were without power in Massachusetts as of 12:56 p.m., according to MEMA, which showed most of those outages in the central part of the state. Another 6,500 remain out in Connecticut, accordin...

Jerod Mayo details the conversations he has with Robert and Jonathan Kraft after Patriots games in an exclusive interview with Tom E. Curran.

Providence College is facing backlash after “unacceptable chants” by the student body at a basketball game against Brigham Young University this week. Athletic Director Steven Napolillo apologized for the incident on social media Wednesday after PC students were caught chanting offensive remarks toward the opposing team and fans at the ...

UPDATE: Healey’s office said Thursday morning that King Abdullah’s visit to the State House was cancelled “due to weather conditions and flight delays.” The ceremonial front doors of the Massachusetts State House will swing open Thursday as Gov. Maura Healey welcomes His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemi...

In an exclusive Patriots Talk Podcast interview with Tom E. Curran, Jerod Mayo gets candid about dealing with media scrutiny in Year 1 of his head-coaching career.

Philippine police officials said Thursday they are checking reports that a kidnapped American died after being shot twice while resisting his Oct. 17 abduction by gunmen in the country’s south. Elliot Onil Eastman, 26, from Vermont, was shot twice with an M16 rifle while trying to fight off his four kidnappers, who posed as police officers, in the ...

Republican Austin Theriault on Wednesday ended a recount in his congressional race in Maine and conceded to Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, bringing to an end the closely watched contest a month after Election Day. Theriault decided to end the recount before its completion after early results did not show a significant change in the outcome afte...

The winter storm now impacting Massachusetts could bring with it what’s known as “snow squalls” to the region around midday Thursday. But what are they and what should we expect? Shortly after lunchtime on Thursday, keep an eye to the sky. We could see snow squalls moving into Boston, creating a burst of wet snowflakes as the...

Road travel was dicey across New England Thursday morning after a storm pushing through the region created snowy or otherwise slick road conditions, leading to dozens of crashes in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. There was even a snow plow fire in Westborough, Massachusetts — no one was hurt, but plows were in demand, with more than two inches of ...

Some areas of Massachusetts have already seen over 9 inches of snow from the overnight storm, while other cities and towns have seen only a dusting or nothing at all. Areas to the west and north appear to have gotten the most snow, with Greater Boston largely untouched. Here’s a look at snowfall totals across the region: Hardwick: 9.2″ ...