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As a beloved, decades-old diner in Quincy, Massachusetts, prepares to close its doors for the last time, the restaurant’s owner calls the decision “bittersweet.” The Wheelhouse Diner has been in business for nearly eight decades on Hancock Street in North Quincy. LeeAnn McDonough, who has owned it for 13 years, says she is closing...

More than 30 “high-need” Massachusetts schools are getting funding to establish mental health support programs, Gov. Maura Healey announced Tuesday as the administration looks to curb a youth mental health crisis and help struggling students return to the classroom. The state is investing $13 million into the Bridge for Resilient Youth ...

A man has been indicted on suspicion of raping a 15-year-old at a hotel that serves as an emergency shelter for migrant families in Rockland, Massachusetts, authorities said Tuesday. Cory B. Alvarez is accused of the sexual assault of the teen at the Comfort Inn on Hingham Street on March 13, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office sai...

Here’s how Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown joined a short list of NBA players to achieve this feat over the last 40 years.

An independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history plans to take up accusations in a report that contended self-dispatching police officers created “chaos” during the search for the gunman.

A man charged with crashing two law enforcement vehicles during a police chase that concluded with gunfire from 11 officers should be held without bail until his trial, prosecutors said Monday. Gary Porter of Maine had been arrested on a warrant for theft on May 6 when he escaped police custody and set off a chaotic series of events in…...

A Maine woman is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit that accused school officials of encouraging her teen’s gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting her. Amber Lavigne filed her notice of appeal to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, weeks after a federal judge in Maine......

Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed a bill to severely restrict a type of pesticide that’s toxic to bees and other pollinators, saying the legislation “is more anti-farmer than it is pro-pollinator.” The bill would have banned uses of neonicotinoids — commonly called neonics — as well as selling or distributing soybean and cereal ...

The human bones, including a skull, found in a brook in Easton, Massachusetts, this month have been identified as belonging to a man last seen in September 2021, authorities said Tuesday. Teeth helped identify the bones as belonging to Matthew Yeomans, an Easton man whose grandfather reported him missing Sept. 21, 2021, according to the Bristol Cou...

Three high school students from Quincy are facing charges in connection with an attack earlier this month on a group of teens from Duxbury at Boston’s Kenmore Square MBTA station that left several of the victims with facial injuries. Duxbury High School student Phoenix Soares is recovering after he and his friends were attacked. He needed mul...

The Celtics are well-represented on the NBA’s 2023-24 All-Defensive teams.

Phil Perry wonders if the Patriots need more reinforcements at left tackle as their top option, Chukwuma Okorafor, tries to transition from the right side.

Patriots legend Tom Brady had some great words of wisdom for NFL rookies at a recent event.