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Our dry and comfortable weather continues for one more day, on our last day of summer. Ironically, our first day of fall is going to feel more like summer on Wednesday as we increase the heat and humidity.  Highs Tuesday reach the upper 60s to low 70s, with cooler temps near the coast and a mix of clouds and sun. The...

A 30-inch water main burst and flooded the roads of Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood overnight.

Today: Sun & clouds, slight chance PM sprinkle. Highs 70-75. Tonight: A few showers. Lows around 60. Wednesday: Humid, a shower or two. Highs around 75.

A 30-inch water main burst and flooded the roads of Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood overnight.

A water main burst and flooded the roads of Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood overnight. The break, near Myrtle Street, Derne Street and Hancock Street, sent water rushing through Hancock Street to Cambridge Street. Some roads were closed Tuesday morning. Water got into some of the homes, but fire officials said the damage wasn’t as bad as expected. Some people were...

Today: Sun & clouds, slight chance PM sprinkle. Highs 70-75. Tonight: A few showers. Lows around 60. Wednesday: Humid, a shower or two. Highs around 75.

Another super day is ahead. After a cool, moonlit night, the sun should boost us back to the 70s this afternoon. This is also the last day of nearly full sun we’ll see in a while. Not to say we’re heading for a deluge – but instead a “shower threat” for the next few days. A slow-moving weather system...

Monday night: Cool, clear, quiet. Lows either side of 50. Tuesday: Quiet air, variable clouds. Highs around 70.

A group of current and retired firefighters was honored Monday after helping save a man’s life on a flight from Boston to Chicago. North Attleboro Fire Chief Christopher Coleman was traveling Thursday on a Southwest Airlines flight from Logan International Airport to Midway International Airport, along with six other current and retired firefighters, when they learned a man on...

Monday evening: Clear & crisp. Temps in the 60s. Overnight Monday night: Cool, clear, quiet. Lows either side of 50. Tuesday: Quiet air, variable clouds. Highs around 70.

How many degrees of separation are there between all of us? In NBCLX’s new series, “Connect the Dots,” we try to answer that question. Four reporters each draw the names of three random items and must then go on a journalistic scavenger hunt of sorts to find out how they are related.  The result? A behind-the-scenes look at how...

Warm days and cool nights continue in New England’s weather pattern for a couple more days. We again will see temps in the 60s Monday evening as the full harvest moon rises (around 7:05 p.m.). As you’re snapping photos of the moon, watch for the International Space Station flyby at 7:31 pm. The space station is visible for 7 minutes…

A Massachusetts woman who was missing for over a week has been found safe, authorities said Monday. The Essex County District Attorney’s Office said Dolly Thapa, a former Rowley resident who had recently been staying in Wellesley, “has been located alive and well.” Thapa, 38, had last been seen leaving a friend’s home on the morning of Sept. 12. She…

Today: Brilliant sun, fall air. Highs around 70. Tonight: Cool, clear, quiet. Lows either side of 50. Tuesday: Quiet air, variable clouds. Highs around 70.

A Boston man who was shot multiple times outside of a car in a drive-by-shooting in Norwood, Massachusetts, has died, police said.

High pressure has taken over and our weather is absolutely gorgeous Monday and Tuesday! After a cool start, the temperatures have rebounded nicely with full sunshine.  Highs Monday reach the the low 70s with slightly cooler temps at the coast thanks to an onshore wind. It’s the kind of day to again have the windows open and let the fresh air...

Oliver “Ollie” Smoot didn’t expect to become a lasting legend when he came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but that all changed the night his fraternity used his body to measure a bridge . A younger Ollie was chosen by Lambda Chi Alpha to become a measurement painted on Harvard Bridge decades ago. Now the “smoot” is an official…

Today: Brilliant sun, fall air. Highs around 70. Tonight: Cool, clear, quiet. Lows either side of 50. Tuesday: Quiet air, variable clouds. Highs around 70.

Employees who work directly with high-priority Boston residents, like at public schools, libraries, Boston Centers for Youth & Families and more, will have to comply with the policy by Sept. 20.

Monday was the deadline for some Boston city employees to prove that they are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus or begin weekly testing. Mayor Kim Janey announced in August a COVID vaccine policy for all city employees, requiring them to verify their vaccination status or get tested weekly. The plan goes into effect in phases starting in September. Employees who…