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DEDHAM, Mass. — One baby Jesus lies in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied. Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, wearing a plastic gas mask and flanked by Roman soldiers in tactical vests labeled "ICE."

Police in Tewksbury are asking for the public’s help identifying the driver of a vehicle that authorities say intentionally ran over and killed several seagulls earlier this week. The incident occurred shortly after noon on Thursday, when police were called to the lot at 1777 Main St. According to...

A 20-year-old with no license blamed confusion after driving Corvette Stingray onto tracks

"A lot of people said Hinge, but the majority said a bar. And the one that kept coming up again and again was The Burren.”. Boston has never been known as a city for romance. For years, it’s had a reputation for being cold, cliquey, maybe even cursed when it comes to dating. But just across the river in Davis Square,...

Boston firefighters responded to 20 Normandy St., between Intervale Street and Lawrence Avenue in Dorchester, for what turned into a three-alarm fire around 8 p.m. on Friday. The Boston Fire Department reports the fire broke through the roof of the house before it was brought under control. The department reports...

A man was arrested Friday, about a month after investigators said he allegedly shot and killed a man in a targeted shooting​ in Rockland, Massachusetts.

Renters can’t get enough of Beantown, and apartments were quickly snapped off the greater Boston market throughout 2025. The metro claimed the title of hottest New England rental market in RentCafe’s year-end rental competitiveness roundup. Using data from Yardi Systems, RentCafe ranked 139 rental markets in the...

Boston Common's beloved Frog Pond is bringing the magic back to ring in 2026. "Boston, it's happening!" the venue announced, promising not one but two free performances of the Frog Pond Skating Spectacular on December 31st. The first show glides onto the ice at 3:00 PM, with an encore performance at 5:30 PM for those...

DraftKings will move its headquarters from Back Bay to downtown Boston, and Wayfair will consolidate into the Boylston Street building that DraftKings will vacate, the Boston Business Journal reported. Both moves will take place in 2027. The online sport gaming leader will move into 225 Franklin St., an office tower...

IT was January 28, 2022, and a blizzard was about to hit Canton, a suburban town 20 miles south of Boston, Massachusetts. Police officer John O’Keefe was on a night out with his girlfriend of two years, Karen Read. The couple had been drinking and socialising at the Waterfall...