Christmas Eve

Vulgar political rhetoric overshadowed a Christmas tradition this year in Saugus, Massachusetts. The annual Christmas Eve parade goes back decades. Each year, kids of all ages see cars and trucks lit up as they watch for Santa Claus. But this year, two pickup trucks participating in the parade made things political, displaying “Trump 2024” flags and a sign, in lights,…

The holiday scene at the White House has been a little less merry under under COVID-19’s shadow.

The Duchess of Cambridge hit all the right notes after she made an unforgettable appearance during the “Royal Carols: Together at Christmas” broadcast.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are bringing Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalized children who aren’t well enough to go home for the holidays

Whether doing some last-minute shopping or grabbing food to prepare for holiday parties, you may need to run out to the stores this Christmas Eve.

She hits the high notes when it comes to helping others: A high-ranking member of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, police department is also a force when it comes to singing on the stage.

Cancellations across the country could complicate connecting flights

While COVID is causing cancelations across the country, at Boston Logan International Airport, it was definitely busy Friday, but so far at least, travelers aren’t seeing the cancelations that have been seen across the rest of the U.S. Delta has canceled about 100 flights nationwide Friday and dozens more Saturday. United Airlines canceled more than 130 flights from its Christmas…

Three airlines are cancelling flight Friday morning

It’s a cold evening, with wind chills in the teens and 20s that go down into the single digits far north. Our biggest interest now is the snow moving in overnight into the southern states. From Connecticut to Rhode Island and much of Massachusetts, the snow begins after midnight.  Close to 1 a.m. we’ll see the first flurries over...

She died on Christmas Eve after battling cancer since September.

Although our anticipated Christmas storm is bearing down, Christmas Eve Day is actually a great day for anything planned outside with increasing clouds but high temperatures around and over 50 degrees in Central and Southern New England by afternoon, 40s north, after a few early morning icy patches on Northern New England roads. Showers will expand east into Western New…

Today (Thursday): Cloudy. A late sprinkle. Highs around 50. Overnight Christmas Eve: Rain west, showers east, pockets of dense fog. Temperatures in the 50s. Christmas Day: Rain, gusty wind and fog – worst in the morning with scattered outages, but rain lasts until late day. Highs in the 50s, 40s late.

Clouds breaking for sunshine in central and southern New England on Tuesday make for a slightly milder and certainly brighter day than recent days, while northern New England finds a disturbance aloft dragging a cold front southward from Canada at ground level, first touching off scattered snow showers in northern New England and then opening the door to a chilly…

Tonight: Wintry mix ends, patchy black ice and fog, low in the 20s and 30s.
Tomorrow: Fog lifts to mostly cloudy sky, high in the 30s.

Depending on which country they’re from, the kids may ask about Father Christmas, Papa Noel, Saint Nick or Santa Claus. But they all want to know one thing: where in the world the jolly old man and his sleigh full of gifts are on Christmas Eve.

The holiday season is fast approaching, and toys are already flying off the shelves. The toy industry is poised for growth this year as it faces weak comparisons with last year’s holiday season, which was the first without Toys R Us. The closing of the toy retailer hurt sales last year, because parents stocked up on toys at liquidation sales...

A quarantine was ordered for most marijuana vaping products in Massachusetts Tuesday, extending the state’s efforts to control vaping products amid a nationwide epidemic of lung injuries. Exempt from the quarantine are medical marijuana products designed specifically for devices for medical marijuana flower vaping, the state Cannabis Control Commission said.

A part of the Baker administration’s ban on vape-related products has been lifted Tuesday for medical marijuana users, as ordered by a Superior Court judge. Judge Douglas Wilkins ruled last week that the state cannot enforce the vaping ban on medical marijuana card holders because only the Cannabis Control Commission has the authority to regulate medical marijuana. Patients will be...

The Baker administration’s vape sales ban will be lifted for medical marijuana patients beginning at noon.