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Actor and comedian Denis Leary is scheduled to attend a ceremony in his hometown to mark the 20th anniversary of a warehouse fire that took the lives of six Massachusetts firefighters.

The Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox announced its new name as the Worcester WooSox this week — but it wasn’t the only name under consideration. Here’s the full list of 218 name suggestions collected by the team.

The Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox has announced the new name it will adopt with its move from Rhode Island to Massachusetts. The Worcester Red Sox will also be known as the WooSox, the team confirmed during a live television ceremony Monday night.

Authorities in Worcester, Massachusetts, said officers searched the area around Midtown Mall after a man tried to rob a woman at gunpoint.

After months of speculation, the Red Sox’ Triple-A team has an official name to use after its upcoming move to Worcester.

The Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox is announcing its new name in conjunction with its move from Rhode Island to Massachusetts. The new team name will be announced during a live television ceremony on Monday night.

The man found guilty of multiple charges in the death of a 44-year-old Massachusetts State Police trooper learned his fate on Thursday afternoon. David Njuguna, of Webster, was sentenced to 5-7 years in prison in the crash that killed Trooper Thomas Clardy on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Charlton on March 16, 2016. Njuguna was found guilty last week in Worcester...

A Massachusetts judge has issued her ruling in the trial of a man charged with causing the 2016 death a state police trooper on the turnpike.

A verdict has been reached in the trial of a man facing a manslaughter charge in connection to the 2016 death of a Massachusetts State Police Trooper. Judge Janet Kenton-Walker will announce her decision at 3 p.m. on Nov. 12 in the trial of David Njuguna, who is accused of killing Trooper Thomas Clardy after he allegedly struck his police cruiser.

The attorney of a man charged in the death of Massachusetts State Police Trooper Thomas Clardy withdrew from the high-profile case Monday after his client said he no longer had confidence in his counsel. Judge Janet Kenton-Walker granted a motion for attorney Peter Ettenberg to withdraw his representation of David Njuguna, the Webster man accused of killing Clardy in a...

A new twist in the high-profile case involving the death of a Massachusetts state trooper: a judge replaced the defense attorney following an in-court outburst from the accused.

The driver accused of killing a state police trooper in a crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike three years ago was removed from court Tuesday after an outburst in which he repeatedly apologized to the trooper’s widow and openly questioned his lawyer and the legal process. Prosecutors allege 33-year-old David Njuguna of Webster was driving 80 mph and high on marijuana...

A Massachusetts State Police captain who responded to a fatal crash that killed a trooper in 2016 testified Thursday that the defendant was driving at a speed of at least 81 mph at the time of the incident. Capt. John Pinkham of the MSP Collision Analysis and Reconstruction team recalled severe damage to both vehicles following the crash that killed...

As the trial against a man charged in a crash that killed a Massachusetts State Police trooper continued Friday, the driver’s defense disputed the speed he was said to have been going. Just how fast was David Njuguna driving when he crashed into Thomas Clardy’s cruiser on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Charlton in March 2016? The prosecution has asserted he...

Jurors heard Thursday what investigators believe happened just prior to and during the crash that killed Mass. trooper Thomas Clardy.

The trial against a Massachusetts man charged with driving high on marijuana and causing the death of a state police trooper continued Wednesday. On the third day of the trial, a New York Police Department sergeant who witnessed the crash recalled the moments before Massachusetts State Police Trooper Thomas Clardy was killed.

There was more testimony Wednesday in the trial against the driver charged in the crash that killed a Massachusetts State Police trooper.

The trial against a Massachusetts man charged with driving high on marijuana and causing the death of a state police trooper continued Tuesday. Just one hour before David Njuguna struck and killed Massachusetts State Police Trooper Thomas Clardy on the Massachusetts Turnpike in March 2016, surveillance video allegedly shows Njuguna purchasing marijuana at a Brookline dispensary.