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The crew of a commercial airliner headed to Boston has reported being targeted by a green laser light.

TODAY anchor Savannah Guthrie is hopeful for a quick recovery after her 2-year-old son hit her in the right eye with a toy last week, causing a tear in her retina and loss of vision. Savannah has been out of work the past two days since a freak incident involving her son, Charley, who was sitting in her lap when...

This week’s Restaurant Roundup includes a pizza chain downsizing, a place specializing in bundt cakes and crowdfunding for a brewery

Federal aviation authorities say two commercial flights approaching Boston’s airport reported a green laser being aimed at their planes. Both flights landed safely.

It’s midterm time. For the third time in the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era, the Patriots have reached the halfway point of the season with a perfect mark of 8-0. Sounds like everything is going swimmingly, right? While New England can almost certainly bank on having homefield advantage throughout the postseason, en route to its fourth straight Super Bowl appearance, these...

If this is it, please let me know. While Tom Brady is apparently good friends with his Bay Area brethren, don’t expect the Patriots quarterback to give any firm answer along the lines of the Huey Lewis lyrics as to whether 2019 is, in fact, it for him. For the first time in 20 seasons, Brady, 42, is in the...

Tom Brady addressed the media Friday ahead of Sunday’s Patriots game against the Cleveland Browns.

Deep within a rainforest in Belize, scientists using lasers beamed from an airplane to peer beneath the dense foliage have discovered evidence of a vast network of ancient Maya farms that date back thousands of years, NBC News reports. The findings, part of more than 20 years of research in this part of Central America, show how the ancient Maya...

Taylor Swift reacts to some never-before-seen footage of her acting loopy after laser eye surgery and she teases what songs she’ll perform on “Saturday Night Live.”

President Donald Trump doesn’t make mistakes. At least according to him. Trump’s relentless justifications of his erroneous warnings that Hurricane Dorian was threatening Alabama on Sunday, which created days of ridicule and skepticism, are just the latest example of the president’s lifelong reluctance to admit an error, no matter how innocuous.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Thursday that the decision to withdraw an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory was her government’s own initiative to break the impasse, and not Beijing’s directive. Lam told a news conference that China’s central government “understands, respects and supports” her government in the entire process. Withdrawal of the...

Placido Domingo returns to the stage at the Salzburg Festival this weekend to perform for the first time since multiple women accused the opera legend of sexual harassment in allegations brought to light by The Associated Press. Two opera houses in the United States have canceled performances, but no European opera house has taken Domingo off the bill. Instead, some...

Specialists are using lasers to clean up the black biofilm on the Jefferson Memorial dome.

Two flights landing at Boston Logan International Airport were flashed with green lasers Thursday night, according to federal airplane authorities. A JetBlue flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and a NetJets private jet coming from the New York City area both reported a green laser lighting up the aircraft about 20 miles southeast of Logan, according to the FAA.

Gone is the haze of cigarette, cigar and pipe smoke. Gone are the coffee, soda and pizza stains. With only a few exceptions, NASA’s Apollo-era Mission Control has been restored to the way it looked 50 years ago when two men landed on the moon.

It’s back to the moon for brands from Omega to Budweiser marking 50 years since Apollo 11

It’s back to the moon for brands from Omega to Budweiser marking 50 years since Apollo 11

After routing the Blues, the Bruins have a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Final. Teams that win Game 3 when the series had been tied at 1-1 have gone on to win on 22 of the previous 28 occasions.

After routing the Blues, the Bruins have a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Final. Teams that win Game 3 when the series had been tied at 1-1 have gone on to win on 22 of the previous 28 occasions.

The Bruins took Game 1 in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final vs. the St. Louis Blues on Monday night at TD Garden.