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Massachusetts’ highway chief is worried that not enough Bay State motorists are aware another lengthy closure of the Sumner Tunnel is coming this summer, and he wants transportation officials to help spread the word. For the second straight year, the 89-year-old tunnel will close to motorists for an extended period of repairs, albeit for a si...

As Jayson Tatum prepares for his fifth conference finals in seven seasons, John Tomase explains how the Celtics star has separated himself from his peers.

Our water hose has turned back on across southern New England Thursday as an offshore storm sits southeast. At least our pollen levels have fallen Thursday! We are back to an east, northeast breeze and this will keep our temperatures in the 50s to 60s along eastern New England all day. And keep the umbrella handy, scattered rain remains through&#82...

President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that will help two Massachusetts communities affected by last year’s storm that caused severe flash flooding — reversing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision in February. The storm impacted residents in Bristol and Worcester counties from Sept. 11 to Sept. 13, 2023. The s...

Tom E. Curran goes deep on the Patriots’ 2024 schedule with a game-by-game breakdown, including a look at when Drake Maye could get the starting call.

State police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in northern Vermont on Monday night, and said the death is now being investigated as a homicide. State police said the investigation began around 11:15 p.m. Monday when police received a 911 call reporting a shooting at an apartment building on Summer Street. St. Johnsbury officers respond...

The sister and brother-in-law of an Army reservist responsible for killing 18 people in Maine gave an emotional apology for the deadly rampage on Thursday, and said Army officials frustrated their efforts to get him mental health care before the shooting. Hearing public testimony from shooter Robert Card’s family for the first time, an independent ...

Federal prosecutors charged seven postal workers with stealing mail — targeting brightly colored cards that might contain checks or gift cards — as part of mail theft ring, officials said Wednesday. A supervisor and six workers collaborated to remove mail from a United States Postal Service distribution center in Providence, sorting, separating and...

An antique copper weathervane that was swiped from a Vermont railway station 40 years ago has been found and was returned to the state last week, the Vermont Agency of Transportation has announced. “We are delighted to see this valuable historic artifact and beautiful piece of art returned to its home here in Vermont,” Judith Ehrlich, the agency’s ...

Jurors are hearing more testimony from key witnesses Thursday in the murder trial of Karen Read. Matthew McCabe, who was present at the Canton, Massachusetts, home hours before John O’Keefe’s body was found outside, was on the stand. Earlier, the Albert family remained in the hot seat. Colin Albert — a nephew of Brian Albert, the man wh...

With a large, somewhat robust storm sitting south of Long Island, this will be the wettest day of the next 10. Bands of rain continue to sweep in from the east as the storm gradually moves away late Thursday, but they’ll be of weaker intensity than the morning. All told, it’s wet the entire day. Whether that means ¾ of…

Young children impacted by Israel’s war in Gaza are in Boston as they recover from trauma. Aser Abumuhaisen, 5, is making strides learning how to get around in a wheelchair. His leg had to be amputated below the knee. In January, a bomb hit Aser’s home in Gaza, killing a dozen of his family members, including his parents. “He......

It’s been 30 years since Stephen and Anne Brodie faced their daughter’s killer in court. Now, they’re getting ready to see him again at a parole hearing. Beth Brodie, the couple’s 15-year-old daughter, was savagely beaten in Groveland, Massachusetts, in 1992. Richard Baldwin, a 16-year-old, attacked her with a baseball bat i...