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The Boston Bruins re-took the lead in their playoff series with the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 4-2 win on the road Wednesday night. Brad Marchand scored the game-winning goal seconds after the Leafs had equalized, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead in the opening round and re-establishing home ice advantage. The Bruins won the series opener but dropped G...

The Heat pulled off a major upset against the Celtics in Boston Wednesday. Jaylen Brown scored 33 points and Jayson Tatum put up 28 in the 111-101 home loss. Three Heat players — Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo and Caleb Martin — put up at least 21. The Celtics and Heat play Game 3 in Miami Saturday. More to come.

Jaylen Brown took the Boston Celtics on an 11-3 run to end the half in Game 2 against the Miami Heat.

Police in Lowell, Massachusetts, say a missing man has been located. Authorities said the man had last been seen around 6 p.m. Wednesday near the Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsborough State Forest. Police later said the man had been found.

The Celtics and Heat have developed one of the best NBA rivalries over the last 14 years. Here’s a look at the top four flareups between these Eastern Conference foes.

The busy boating season in Gloucester, Massachusetts, is beginning with a scandal at the harbormaster’s office over theft and forgery. TJ Ciarametaro says he was wrongfully terminated by the city earlier this month. The former harbormaster says he worked with Gloucester police to catch the shellfish warden stealing petty cash. The warden then...

Top Democrats expect to file a compromise Wednesday on a bill designed to continue funding the state’s overrun emergency family shelter system and implement reforms to cut costs by limiting how long families may stay in shelters. As State House News Service first reported, lawmakers working on a fiscal 2024 supplemental budget (H 4466 / S 271...

The public will get to weigh in on a possible ban on sales of tobacco and e-cigarette products to anyone who was born after 2003 in Malden, Massachusetts, at a board of health meeting on Wednesday night. According to the public hearing agenda, any businesses that defy the ban could be fined and suspended. “I would support it at this…

The Patriots are “in the market” for a wide receiver, writes Tom E. Curran, and 49ers star Brandon Aiyuk stands out as a tantalizing trade option.

A person was grazed by a bullet Wednesday in what’s being investigated as a possible road rage incident on Interstate 93 in Braintree, Massachusetts, sources tell the NBC10 Investigators. State police later said troopers responded around 2:50 p.m. after a vehicle was hit by a bullet on I-93 southbound. Investigators found two vehicles were in...

Slamming Steward Health Care executives for “really despicable” conduct, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday that she wants Massachusetts and federal regulators to conduct a thorough review of a proposal that would sell Steward’s physician network to for-profit insurer Optum. Healey faced questions during an interview on WBUR’s &...

The injury bug continues to bite the Red Sox, who placed talented young right-hander Brayan Bello on the injured list Wednesday.

Based on conversations with NFL personnel, Phil Perry shares his best guess for the Patriots’ selection and every first-round pick in his final 2024 NFL Mock Draft.