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The Boston bouncer who allegedly stabbed a 23-year-old Marine veteran to death in March of 2022 pleaded guilty to manslaughter during a hearing Thursday morning in Suffolk Superior Court. Alvaro Omar Larrama, who was a bouncer at the former Sons of Boston bar on Union Street near Faneuil Hall, was charged in the killing of Daniel Martinez. Martinez...

Police in Brookline, Massachusetts, issued an advisory Thursday morning to notify the public that a credit card skimmer had been found at a gas station in town. Brookline police didn’t specify which business the skimmer was found at, saying only that it was found the other day inside a gas pump. Police used the opportunity to remind people th...

The judge and lawyers in the Karen Read case on Thursday settled many — but not all — of the issues that were left to decide before the trial, one of Massachusetts’ most closely watched legal sagas, begins next week.

A person was killed when their truck slammed into a large tree and burst into flames in Pelham, New Hampshire, on Wednesday afternoon. Pelham police say they were notified around 3:12 p.m. of a motor vehicle crash near 970 Mammoth Road. As first responders headed toward the scene, they learned a black Chevy Avalanche was fully engulfed in flames wi...

Boston police tore down a pro-Palestinian encampment on Emerson College’s campus overnight, arresting more than 100 people, and appeared poised to do the same to a new demonstration that formed at Northeastern University’s campus Thursday afternoon. Dozens of people, apparently including students and faculty, formed a ring around an enc...

What happened to spring? We’ve managed to shake the incessant rain, but the cold shots keep coming. We’re not quite out of the woods yet, either. Another frost/freeze is likely into Friday morning. After that, the temps will slowly rise through the weekend. The process is compounded near the coast with the daily sea breezes through the early part.....

A man has died by suicide after he barricaded himself inside his North Andover, Massachusetts, home late Wednesday night and fired at the officers who responded, officials said. North Andover police say they received a 911 call around 9:50 p.m. from a resident at 416 Waverly Road who said a family member was experiencing a mental health episode ins...

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.

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 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…