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The most anticipated shopping event of the holiday season is expected to break records this year. According to the National Retail Federation, over 183 million people are planning to shop in-store and online from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year. But setting an alarm to brave the crowds for deeply discounted items the day after Thank...

Banks wants you to be on alert for scams this holiday season, and they’re educating the public with a creative campaign: An interactive quiz to test your knowledge. So, when you’re home with family this Thanksgiving holiday, strike up a little friendly competition and see how each of you stack up. Each year, millions of Americans fall v...

Boston’s biggest Thanksgiving feast returned to TD Garden on Wednesday. Among the volunteers who threw on an apron and served up hundreds of hot meals to those in need were Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox. “The holidays are a time when people really pull together and make sure tha...

New NWSL club BOS Nation said Tuesday it is considering a name change following public backlash from its initial announcement in October.

A local nonprofit is coordinating a massive Thanksgiving operation of 1,700 plates. About 400 diners will enjoy meals in person at Malden High School, while the rest can expect Thanksgiving Day deliveries. It’s a massive undertaking that requires an army of food preparers donating their time — and their kitchens. Days before Thanksgivin...

Police on Cape Cod say a woman threatened two teenagers on a golf course with what appeared to be a gun Wednesday afternoon. Authorities in Barnstable, Massachusetts, initially gave limited information, asking the public to avoid Race Lane between Route 149 and Osterville West Barnstable Road due to an active police investigation. Barnstable police...

The space station crew will feast on smoked turkey, apple cobbler, green beans, mushrooms and mashed potatoes, Williams told NBC News in an interview from orbit.

A worker was seriously hurt when he received an electric shock while hanging Christmas lights on a tree in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning, police said. The contractor was rushed to the hospital from Falmouth Circle with life-threatening injuries after the incident about 10 a.m., according to Wellesley police. “He’ll be p...

Emergency crews are at the scene of a reported 5-vehicle crash with entrapment on Interstate 495 in Westborough, Massachusetts, on Wednesday afternoon. The Westborough Fire Department said in a social media post shortly after 1:30 p.m. that they have multiple units on scene of the crash on I-495 north between the Route 9 ramps. Multiple injuries ha...

A Massachusetts woman accused of stabbing several sheep living on her property and leaving them to die is facing animal cruelty charges after more than a dozen dead animals were found on her property in Harwich, according to police. Officers first responded to the home on Chatham Road Tuesday after they received a report that there were neglected s...

Police are looking for Alexis Garcia, a University of New Hampshire student last seen nearly a week ago and whose car was found near a bridge in Durham.

A man was arrested after exchanging gunfire with officers during a standoff in a bathroom at a Taunton, Massachusetts, apartment, on Wednesday morning, police said. No one was hurt, and the standoff ended after about an hour, according to Taunton police. They were called to the Hodges Avenue apartment about 9 a.m. for a wellbeing check and found th...

Heads up! We’re tracking a storm system that will bring rain and some snow to parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire just in time for the holiday! Thanksgiving Day is a First Alert. Rain will start pushing into the Greater Boston area around sunrise on Thursday. Most of this event will be a cold rain for Boston for much of the day,......

A vehicle speeding away from police in N.H. crashed while exiting I-95 in Boxford, Mass., leaving its driver with serious injuries, police said.