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The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.
Cambridge is considering reinstating its ShotSpotter gunshot detection program. But instead of putting it to a vote, they’re asking local residents to weigh in.
The weekend was split, but the next few days are siding with sunshine and autumn-like temps. We’re seeing a cold front slice through around midday, increasing our winds and drawing down cooler temperatures for tomorrow. Despite the pending drop, we still manage a high temperature around 70 today.
Authorities on Sunday suspended the search off the Massachusetts coast for six people on an air ambulance that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston.
A Cornell University student gave campus police leads in the alleged rape of Jane Doe in 2024 but expressed dismay over how the authorities handled the case.
A California woman accused of working for China as an unregistered foreign agent was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday after she allegedly surveilled the Taiwan president’s U.S.-based family, federal officials said.
Around New England and the football world at large, the criticisms for Mike Vrabel, Drake Maye and the New Patriots grew louder and louder throughout the past week. And when the Bills took a five-point lead over the Patriots in the fourth quarter on Sunday, the critics were primed and ready to pounce.
A new hero emerged for the New England Patriots at the perfect time. On the road at the Buffalo Bills in a defining game early in the season, Drake Maye led a late drive to stun the divisional rivals.
A hockey player was injured during a game in Walpole, Massachusetts, according to police.
Two Bridgewater State University students are recovering after being struck by a car on campus Saturday morning.
Christa Pike has remained unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital in the four days since her failed execution in Tennessee, and her prognosis might not be known for days more, one of her lawyers said Sunday.
Law enforcement officials are still working to determine just what happened when a chaotic homecoming party spanning a four-block radius of a southern Georgia town erupted in gunfire early Sunday, leaving two people dead and nearly three dozen others injured.
Early indications suggest the Flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking his captain and trying to seize control of an Israel-bound plane acted alone, rather than as part of a larger organization or on behalf of a foreign government, multiple U.S. officials briefed on the investigation and a former Israeli security…
The woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Cornell University fraternity members has received threats pressuring her to drop her lawsuit, her attorney said Sunday.
The first European NFL game of the season is in the books. The Indianapolis Colts defeated the Washington Commanders 30-13 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London after pulling away in the second half.
President Donald Trump promised on Friday to give $90 rebate checks to offset premiums for millions of U.S. seniors on Medicare, his latest pledge to send money to Americans ahead of the midterm elections.
A 15-year-old high school student has died after they were ejected from a car after it crashed into a utility pole late Saturday night.
The AFC East remains open. The Patriots came through with a dramatic, comeback victory in Buffalo with Drake Maye connecting with Efton Chism for a 23-yard game-winning touchdown in the final minutes.
Pop music icon Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” joining her friend and the episode’s host, Dakota Johnson, for some laughs.
A firefighter was hospitalized after suffering an injury while battling a house fire in Londonderry, New Hampshire, on Friday night.
A Massachusetts man died while hiking in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region on Saturday morning, officials say.
What a gorgeous weekend! For leaf peeping, the White and Green Mountains are reaching peak color over the next week, making roughly the next 10 days a great window for a foliage trip through northern New England. Here in Boston, we still have a few weeks to go, with peak color expected roughly October 20–31.
The search has been suspended for six people aboard a plane that went missing off Nantucket over the weekend, the Coast Guard announced Sunday night.
Cavan Sullivan became the youngest player to score a goal in U.S. men’s national team history, fellow teenager Julian Hall added another goal, and the Americans cruised to a 3-0 victory over Mexico on Saturday night in an international friendly that was the 80th match between the rivals.
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing 37-year-old man following a boat crash in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts on Saturday.
President Donald Trump is promising more payments to voters just ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections — this time, to more than 20 million seniors, giving them $90 each to help pay for Medicare premiums.
Country singer Zach Bryan wore a “Free Palestine” T-shirt during his concert at Gillette Stadium near Boston on Friday night, weeks after stadium’s owner Robert Kraft was accused of pressuring Ed Sheeran to drop his opening act over pro-Palestinian remarks.
An intense, public outcry over a woman’s account of being gang-raped at a Cornell University fraternity house prompted New York’s governor this week to angrily yank control of the investigation away from the local prosecutor who didn’t initially see what happened as a crime.
The head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday, the first major shake-up since the stunning failed execution of Christa Pike landed her on a ventilator at a hospital.
Sean and Heidi Cripe will never forget the call from their son’s high school saying Davis was being taken to the emergency room.
Taylor Swift is embracing her curls once again. The singer debuted a shorter, curly hairstyle in a new Instagram post shared Oct. 2, showing off a shoulder-length lob with soft waves and her signature bangs while celebrating a major chart achievement in the U.K.
Police responded to multiple fights, at least one of which involved officers being assaulted, at a high school football game on the South Shore of Massachusetts on Friday night.
The chickenpox vaccine appears to protect against shingles, according to a large new analysis.
Buckle up, Boston! We’re saying goodbye to the summer-like weather we had yesterday and hello to fall once again.
10/4/26 UPDATE: The search has been suspended for six people aboard a plane that went missing off Nantucket over the weekend, the Coast Guard announced Sunday night.
A Flydubai pilot attacked his flight captain using a crash ax and tried to take control of the aircraft’s controls in an attempted terrorist attack, an official with the United Arab Emirates said Saturday.
The Google Maps red pin for the Hōlei Sea Arch, a rugged, 90-footbow formed by 550-year-old lava flows and the prolonged sculpture of the salty Pacific, now states, “Permanently closed.”
Cornell University police spoke to witnesses and received anonymous tips about an alleged gang rape at a fraternity house in the first weeks of its investigation two years ago , but the local prosecutor did not review the additional information before deciding not to bring charges.
At Boston Arts Academy, a work relationship blossomed into a friendship that turned into a life-saving connection.
A recent human trafficking case in Malden, Massachusetts, prompted a local pest control company to call attention to a group of people it says could play an important role in identifying potential victims: workers who regularly enter private homes.
When Michael Goessling, 59, heard his biological father’s voice for the first time last year, he swore he recognized it.
The death of a high school senior has left the community of Marblehead, Massachusetts, mourning, the school superintendent announced Friday.
A massive pileup involving 69 vehicles shut down part of Interstate 95 in South Carolina after dense fog drastically reduced visibility.
FOXBORO — Drake Maye was optimistic about his team’s ability to bounce back early this week. But this week, against the 3-0 Bills, even a bounce-back performance from the Patriots offense won’t guarantee a victory.
The woman who was struck and killed by an SUV that crashed outside a building at the campus of Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston Thursday has been identified.
Police bodycam footage released Friday shows the moment officers located and arrested Luigi Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s in connection with the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.
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Christa Pike was placed on a ventilator and remained unconscious in a hospital in the hours after her failed execution in Tennessee , her attorneys said in a court filing Friday.
For the past week, Green Line riders have been dealing with yet another shutdown. That means shuttle buses and delays, but the MBTA says there is a good reason for it.
If the New England Patriots are going to upset the undefeated and first-place Buffalo Bills on Sunday, they’ll have to do it without two of their best players.
Pete Buttigieg, seen as a possible contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, is in New Hampshire this weekend campaigning for local candidates.
It’s October and time for flu shots. Medical experts urge getting a flu vaccination soon, before influenza starts spreading widely — and to get up to date on protection against other fall respiratory viruses, too. Updated COVID-19 shots are available now, plus shots for people especially vulnerable to another winter…
Jim Carrey is officially a married man once again. The “Truman Show” star tied the knot with longtime partner Min Ah in a private Los Angeles ceremony in September, according to a spokesperson for the actor.
New details emerged in court Friday at the arraignment of a man accused of sexually assaulting two women inside the women’s locker room at a Planet Fitness gym in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s partner and father of her daughter was found dead by police on Oct. 1 at a home in Louisiana.
It’s leaf peeping season in New England, and the bright colors of fall are spreading across the region.
Months after holding the largest health care worker strike in Massachusetts, nurses from Brigham and Women’s Hospital are set to go on an open-ended strike starting Oct. 14, their union announced Friday.
The Topsfield Fair is back with giant pumpkins, traditional agriculture, great food, fun rides, pretty flowers and even fireworks on Saturday night.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the woman who accused members of a Cornell University fraternity of gang rape was “failed” by people obligated to protect her, including police and the county prosecutor.
The beloved Tartan Army returns to Boston today for “Scot-tober Fest.” The Anthem Group and the Northeast Tartan Army will host the three-day gathering starting Friday at The Anchor — the Charlestown lounge that served as the official Scotland House during the World Cup over the summer.
A skydiver got stuck in a tree in southern Maine on Thursday, prompting firefighters to conduct a dramatic rescue using a ladder truck.
A 52-year-old worker was killed in an industrial incident involving a front loader at a recycling yard in Freetown, Massachusetts, on Thursday.
With jury selection just days away, a final pretrial conference was held Friday in the Matthew Farwell case.
The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight described Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent.
It’s our second – and last – day of warm temps. And we go out with a bang. Highs will soar to the low and mid-80s.
A water main break late Thursday night sent water pouring onto the street near South Station at the edge of Boston’s Financial District, and traffic was being impacted in the area on Friday.
A unique community policing program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is marking 15 years.
A puppy was snatched from its owner’s truck in Brockton, Massachusetts, according to the local animal control.
A Massachusetts paver who has been convicted of larceny charges multiple times before has received a new prison sentence after pleading guilty to more of them.
Mike Vrabel finds himself in a very familiar position, sitting at 1-2 through three weeks.
The Patriots are in Buffalo this weekend, and all eyes will be a Drake Maye. In the first few games of the season, he hasn’t looked like the same quarterback who led the Patriots to the Super Bowl last year, prompting some health questions .
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been appointed as special prosecutor in the Cornell University sexual assault investigation, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, following increasing scrutiny and uproar over how university police and the local district attorney’s office handled the matter two years ago.
Two Massachusetts men avoided jail time on Thursday after they earlier had pleaded guilty to setting off fireworks at an empty Harvard Medical School building, an incident that sparked a huge law enforcement response and increased anxiety on the college campus.
Over a month after a 3-year-old shot themselves in a parked vehicle in New Hampshire, a man has been charged, police said Thursday.
New video filmed off Cape Cod offers a rare look at how great white sharks steal hooked fish from fishermen.
Amanda Peet was diagnosed with breast cancer last fall, but she had an early warning sign that something was wrong six months earlier.
A Granby man has been charged with killing a black bear that he says was going after his chickens, reigniting a debate in Connecticut over bear encounters and what homeowners should be allowed to do to protect livestock and property.
A Massachusetts man was arrested Thursday for allegedly cyberstalking a prominent member of the Republican Party, calling and texting dozens of times and messaging her parents as well, federal prosecutors said.
Klaviyo made cuts to its global team, parting ways with employees in its product and design teams.
Questions remain about how a pilot managed to sneak a weapon aboard a plane and stab his fellow pilot before it plunged thousands of feet in mere seconds. The attacker was thwarted, passengers said, and the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been placed in solitary confinement following an NBC News report on his VIP lifestyle inside prison, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
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Christa Pike was in critical condition Thursday and receiving “lifesaving care” at a hospital, her lawyers said, a day after a failed attempt to execute her pushed Tennessee’s governor to halt further executions this year and order an independent review.
A Boston native aboard the Israel-bound flight forced to make an emergency landing after one pilot stabbed the other described the harrowing ordeal to NBC News .
And then there were eight. The 2026 MLB postseason field has been trimmed from 12 to eight teams as the playoffs move to the Division Series. The four clubs that emerged from the Wild Card Series were the American League’s No. 4 New York Yankees and No. 6 Chicago White Sox , along with the National League’s No. 3…
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A Chinese chain known for its soft-serve ice cream and tea options is on its way to the Greater Boston area, with two shops in the works.
A judge has again denied a motion from Matthew Farwell ‘s defense team seeking to move the former Stoughton police detective’s high-profile murder trial out of state.
The lethal drug administered in Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute Christa Pike has been used in multiple states that carry out the death penalty and by the U.S. government after President Donald Trump resumed federal executions during his first term.
Police say a man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting multiple people inside the women’s locker room at a gym in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning.
After leaving “Saturday Night Live,” Pete Davidson says he hit rock bottom. In a new interview with Variety , the comedian revealed that losing the structure of the long-running sketch show contributed to a personal spiral that ultimately led him to rehab before he got sober, became a father and gained a new…
A woman was hit and killed by a vehicle outside a building at on the campus of Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, police said.
Eleven people were taken to local hospitals with minor injuries after a small school bus carrying students went off the road and crashed into a building in Suffield on Thursday morning, according to police.
Following the elimination of more than a dozen Starbucks stores in Greater Boston last September, the coffee company has closed an additional two cafés in the city this week.
The New York Yankees dominated the Boston Red Sox in the Wild Card Series, outscoring them 18-2 in a quick two-game sweep. They scored 16 of their runs after the Red Sox pulled their starters, Payton Tolle in Game 1 and Sonny Gray in Game 2.
A man is facing charges after several incidents Wednesday in which he allegedly targeted women in Winthrop, Massachusetts.
Rapper Rick Ross was arrested Thursday in Florida on domestic violence charges, according to Miami-Dade jail and court records.
The woman who survived two lethal injections in a botched Tennessee execution had expressed a feeling of “kinship” with Lindsay Clancy in a recent interview.
Spooky season has officially kicked off in Salem, where thousands of people were walking the Witch City’s streets for the annual Haunted Happenings Parade.
University of Vermont police are warning about recent reports of drink-spiking incidents in the Burlington area.
A stabbing, an emergency alert, a terrifying mid-air plunge. Details are still emerging after an Israel-bound flight carrying some 180 people emitted a distress signal Wednesday, raising fears of a possible hijacking when one pilot stabbed the other in the cockpit .