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‘Hallmark moment': Stranger finds rings woman lost on Boston Common days before
It’s a minor miracle right out of a holiday movie: when a woman lost two cherished rings while vacationing in Boston, a stranger who was also on vacation happened to find them, moments after joining in the search. Finding the rings on Boston Common was “total luck,” Kory Kelly told NBC10 Boston. “I mean, it was the first pile of...
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Brush fire burns in Holden, bringing in neighboring fire departments
A large brush fire was burning in Holden, Massachusetts, Wednesday, according to several neighboring fire agencies. The Spencer and Townsend fire departments said they were called in to help the response to the fire in Holden. The blaze was burning on Paxton Road, according to Spencer Fire & Emergency Services. White smoke was seen pouring from underneath trees. Some of...
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Police chase wanted man in stolen vehicle through several NH towns
A man wanted on several charges led police on a chase through several New Hampshire towns Tuesday night, officials said. Donald Nisbet fled a traffic stop in Epping about 8:38 p.m., then drove north on Route 125 until he was stopped with the help of a deflation device at the intersection with the Spaulding Turnpike in Rochester, according to state...
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Man's death prompts shelter-in-place order in Nashua, NH
An incident in Nashua, New Hampshire, prompted a major police response and hourslong shelter-in-place order Wednesday. Nashua police said the police response was for a 37-year-old man whom investigators would eventually learn died by suicide. Family at the scene on Bellcrest Road reported hearing gunshots inside the home before officers arrived, according to police, and officers, who’d been called for...
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Man convicted in 2022 Dorchester shooting that killed teenager to be sentenced
A man was convicted of first-degree murder on Monday in the shooting of a teenager in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood in 2022, prosecutors said.
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6 vehicles crash on I-95 at Route 3 exit ramp in Mass.
A pile-up crash on Interstate 95 left multiple people injured at the exit with Route 3 in Burlington, Massachusetts, Tuesday, police said. Six vehicles collided on the northbound side of I-95, closing the ramp to Exit 51A, according to Massachusetts State Police. They said there were multiple injuries, but none considered life-threatening. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash,...
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Nurses at Newton-Wellesley Hospital vote to authorize strike, union says
Nurses voted nearly unanimously Tuesday to authorize a one-day strike at Newton-Wellesley Hospital amid an ongoing contract dispute, their union said.
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Man admits killing son-in-law, shooting at daughter in 2021 in New Bedford
A man has admitted fatally shooting his son-in-law in front of his daughter and their three kids outside a New Bedford, Massachusetts, auto repair shop three years ago, prosecutors said.
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Man dies in Lowell house fire believed started by smoking, officials say
A man died in a fire in Lowell, Massachusetts, Monday night, officials said. The fire was believed to have started with smoking materials. Neighbors called 911 to report the fire on Chelmsford Street near Grace Avenue about 10:30 p.m., and firefighters heard on the way that someone may hve have been trapped inside, according to state and local fire officials,...
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Judge Cannone still set to oversee Karen Read's retrial
Judge Beverly Cannone will oversee the next Karen Read case proceedings in Norfolk Superior Court, a court representative said Monday.