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Dozens of students at MIT, Tufts, and Emerson College have set up camp in solidarity with Columbia University students who were forcibly removed from their encampments last week. A coalition of student groups has set up a tent encampment on MIT’s campus, calling for the school to divest from any financial ties it has with Israel. “We ar...

Efforts are underway in a Cape Cod town to save a horse whose owner died after expressing she had wanted the animal buried with her. Barbara Collins of Sandwich, Massachusetts, had a dying wish to be buried with her beloved horse, Brady — named after longtime Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. After Collins’ death from stomach cancer, that wish ...

A police officer in Manchester, New Hampshire, has been arrested over allegations of domestic violence. New Hampshire State Police say 28-year-old Michael MacNeilly, an officer with the Manchester Police Department, was arrested Tuesday. MacNeilly is facing six counts of simple assault, as well as charges of obstructing the report of a crime or inj...

A man from western Massachusetts was arrested in New York state Tuesday on a murder charge after police responding to a call for a bad odor found a body inside the man’s apartment, authorities said. The investigation began when someone reported a foul odor coming from an apartment on Chapman Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Inside, police...

The Red Sox never recovered from Jacoby Ellsbury’s injury in 2010. John Tomase wonders if losing Triston Casas will have a similar impact on this club.

A serious crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston Tuesday afternoon was causing heavy traffic toward the city. Massachusetts State Police urged drivers to seek alternate routes around the crash on the highway in Brighton. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation characterized the crash as a rollover. An SUV was seen propped up on the be...

A 15-year-old driving a stolen car and his two adult passengers are facing charges after leading police on a chase on multiple Massachusetts highways Monday before crashing the car off Interstate 290 in Northborough, according to police. The driver, who was not identified due to his age, was released to his mother after the incident and was due for...

Jaylen Brown sent a clear message to Caleb Martin after the Heat forward knocked Jayson Tatum to the floor with a hard foul in Game 1.

A man found dead Saturday night in Framingham, Massachusetts, behind the business he worked in an apparent homicide has been identified, authorities said Tuesday. Framingham police officers were called to a Shoppers World business on Worcester Road about 10 p.m., where they found a man dead in the trash area behind the building, Middlesex District ...

Heat forward Caleb Martin doubled down on how he viewed his hard foul on Celtics star Jayson Tatum in Game 1.

The full pink moon occurs Tuesday night and our weather will be perfect for viewing. The moonrise is at 7:34 p.m. for Boston and the moon is officially full at 7:49 p.m. That is the exact time the moon is positioned 180 degrees from the sun, though the moon appears full all night, and even for the next couple nights. …

What’s powering Kutter Crawford’s historic start to the season? John Tomase explores the keys to the Red Sox right-hander’s surprising success.

Tuesday has started very similar to Monday, with cooler air for the morning, but that will turn with plenty of sun for the afternoon. High temperatures are in the 50s and 60s regionwide, with warmer air being favored across central Massachusetts. It’s a quintessential spring day in New England. Clouds roll in this evening ahead of a weak stor...