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The driver accused of killing a 13-year-old girl and seriously injuring her mother and a classmate in Pembroke, Massachusetts, in late December 2019 was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole on Thursday morning. Gregory Goodsell, 36, was found guilty last week on all charges in the crash that killed Claire Zisserson, who was ju...

A former Massachusetts police officer charged with child rape was sentenced Thursday to 10-15 years in prison followed by two years of probation. Shawn Souza, a former police officer in Dartmouth, was convicted Wednesday on two counts of aggravated rape of a child, one count of rape of a child by force and one count of indecent assault and battery&...

A series of shootings across Worcester, Massachusetts, on Wednesday has left two people dead, including the man believed to be responsible for the attacks. It was a chaotic situation that at one point shut down a busy highway. It all started with a call to a home on Heroult Road for a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds who later…...

A derailed Green Line train is now officially off the tracks, and service resumed around 10:30 a.m. Thursday. MBTA officials said in an update on X, formerly known as Twitter, that regular service has resumed between North Station and Medford/Tufts and Union Square. Shuttle buses, which had been in place for days, have now been phased out. They sai...

The quiet forecast rolls on. And the shower threat for Saturday appears to be shriveling up. Highs leap back into the low 70s Thursday as sun gets the upper hand. We’ll see the winds shift from onshore to more of a southerly component, ensuring the warmest temperatures remain through Metrowest and the Merrimack Valley/southern New Hampshire. Cooler...

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This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has taken us on an unbelievable journey over the past few months. And though we’re past the peak of this year’s season, October can still bring big storms. If you recall, this year was touted as an active, above-average season from not only the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ...

Police in Massachusetts are warning about thieves swiping new iPhones off doorsteps. The Weston Police Department shared surveillance images Wednesday of a man they say stole an iPhone on Buckskin Drive within minutes of its delivery via FedEx. Police in Needham also said Wednesday they had received many reports of iPhone thefts. “Typically, ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble to a gun reform bill passed this summer, a move that prevents the law from being suspended while opponents work on a ballot measure to put before voters in two years. The law addresses, among other things, ghost guns and red flag laws. “We needed to give time to our agencies and&#82...

A Massachusetts man prosecutors describe as an “elder” in a religious organization was sentenced Wednesday to at least three decades in prison for raping two children. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said 37-year-old Nehemya Smith of Plymouth received a sentence of 30 to 40 years in state prison after being found gui...

The owner of a Massachusetts used car business who’d been wanted since last week on suspicion of fraud, theft and other charges was arrested Tuesday in Boston, police said.

Tuesday’s MBTA Green Line derailment near Lechmere station in Cambridge turned into Wednesday’s commuter headache. While a federal investigation into what happened continues, the T has provided Green Line riders with shuttle buses, replacing service between North Station, Medford/Tufts and Union Square. The derailment added to the frust...

An Acton man died EEE last month, according to his family and the town. His death is the first publicly linked to the mosquito-borne illness in Massachusetts this year.

Striking dockworkers and the ports they are picketing could not come to an agreement Wednesday. The International Longshoremen’s Association went on strike just after midnight Tuesday after the expiration of the union’s contract with the ports. The workers are calling for higher wages and protections from automation. With uncertainty ov...