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Blaze erupts at multi-million-dollar home in Brookline
Firefighters battled a fire at a multi-million dollar home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Thursday. The fire was reported around 10:40 a.m. in a large, L-shaped 3-story home on Sargent Road. The 13,000-square foot single-family home is valued at over $13 million and was purchased in 2012 for $3.4 million, according to town assessment records. Aerial images from the fire showed...
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Mass. Mega Millions players looking for a Christmas miracle
The $1.15 billion jackpot would rank as the sixth-largest Mega Millions lottery prize ever
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‘Christmas gift': Toddler born premature finally gets to go home from hospital
After spending most of his life at Franciscan Children’s Hospital, 2-year-old Jesus Radon Santos finally went home on Wednesday. His mom called it a “Christmas gift.” Jesus was born premature at 30 weeks, and he came to the Boston hospital on a ventilator. He left Wednesday to a bubble parade from the team that watched him grow up. “This has...
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Family of missing East Boston woman asks public for help finding her
The family of an East Boston woman missing since last week is pleading for help finding her. Boston police said Saturday that 61-year-old Elba Portillo had last been seen around 9:30 a.m. Friday in the Marion Street area after leaving for work on Meriden Street. She did not arrive. Portillo’s family says she suffers from insomnia and is potentially in...
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Two charged in connection with Iran drone strike that killed 3 US troops in the Middle East
Federal authorities have arrested two Iranian men in connection with a fatal drone strike in Jordan that killed three U.S. service members and injured dozens more.
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FBI raids Natick home in deadly drone strike investigation
Federal law enforcement descended on a neighborhood in Natick, Massachusetts, Monday afternoon, arresting a man accused of playing a role in a drone strike that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan. Aerial images showed police vehicles and people in FBI jackets outside of a home on Woodland Street. Police in Natick informed residents of “increased police activity.” Residents were...
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Major water main break floods Boylston Street in Boston's Back Bay
A major water main break is making a mess of a stretch of Boylston Street in Boston on Friday afternoon. The water main break was reported shortly after 1 p.m. The Boston Water and Sewer Commission said on social media at 1:16 p.m. that they were responding to a leak in the street in the vicinity of 364 Boylston St....
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Snowstorm could bring 8+ inches of snow to parts of New England
Heads up! We’re tracking rain and snow for parts of Massachusetts as early as Wednesday night. As we move through this Wednesday, expect increasing clouds as a clipper system moves into New England. Sometime after 8 p.m., we’ll begin seeing snow developing over parts of western and central Massachusetts. A winter weather advisory is in effect for western and central...
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Elderly dog taken from front yard in Swampscott, found after search
A 14-year-old dog was taken from her front yard in Swampscott, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning before being found, police said, saying she’ll be reunited with her owners. Investigators released photos of a man and a woman seen on camera taking the 14-year-old hound mix, Trudy, from the home on Bates Road around 10 a.m. They were driving a white van. Police...
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Man, woman charged in deadly Brockton home invasion
Two people have been arrested on charges including murder after a man’s deadly shooting in his apartment in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Friday in what prosecutors said was a case of home invasion.
