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Two recent deadly fires in Massachusetts, one in Newton and one in Lowell, were likely caused by smoking materials, fire officials said Thursday, identifying the men who died in both incidents.

The 4-year-old girl killed by a pickup truck near Boston Children’s Museum this weekend has been identified, and her death has been ruled an accident. Her name was Gracie Gancheva, and her death remains under investigation, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. “It’s difficult to adequately express the scope of tragedy in losing someone so young. My...

An 11-year-old boy crashed a snowmobile and was killed while attempting to park in his family’s garage, game wardens said Tuesday. The boy, who was not wearing a helmet, sped across a field and crashed into a corner of the garage around 7:30 p.m. Monday, said Mark Latti, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Emergency...

New information was released Tuesday on the investigation into the two people found dead at a hotel in Boston’s Theater District the day before. The man and a woman who were found dead in a room on the 13th floor at the Boxy Boston Downtown hotel Monday afternoon were both shot, and a gun was found at the scene,...

A missing kayaker was found dead in Barrington, Rhode Island, on Sunday, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The kayaker was reported missing from the Providence River Sunday afternoon, officials said, and his body was recovered that night about five feet from shore at the Barrington town beach. Warwick police told WJAR that the kayaker was Timothy Chant, 60. Chant’s kayak…

Two people were found dead at a Boston hotel on Monday, police said. Police were called to the Moxy Boston Downtown hotel about 12:22 p.m., according to Boston police. They were seen coming and going from the building in the Theater District for hours. There was not believed to be any threat to public safety, according to Suffolk County District…

A man died when his SUV crashed in the Maine Highlands over the weekend, police said Monday. Cory Macdonald’s Jeep Wrangler was discovered off Lagrange Road in Howland just before 8 p.m. Saturday, state police said. It had smashed into several trees and ended up on its side. Macdonald, a 44-year-old from Shapleigh, was pronounced dead at the scene,...

A northern New Hampshire fire chief has died about a month after a pickup truck collision on Route 16 that left a woman dead as well, according to two fire associations. Errol Fire Chief Bradley Eldridge was hospitalized with serious injuries after the Dec. 17 crash that killed Linda Gauthier, the New Hampshire Department of Safety said at the time…

An elderly woman and her adult daughter found dead at a Maine dog kennel last month died by homicide, state police said Friday. There is not believed to be a danger to the public, according to Maine State Police, who are continuing to investigate what led to the bodies of 76-year-old Jean Robinson and 53-year-old Allison Cumming being found at…

The woman found slain at a liquor store in Waterville, Maine, early Thursday morning has been identified, while police continue looking for the colleague suspected of killing her. Angela Bragg, 52, was found to have died from sharp-force injury in a homicide, Maine State Police said Friday. The Waterville resident’s body was found by another employee at Damon’s Beverage...

A Lunenburg man has been charged with murder after a stabbing at a trailer park in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, authorities said. The victim, identified as 53-year-old Maria Murray, was found at the complex on Massachusetts Avenue after police were called about 8:45 p.m. She was pronounced dead after being rushed to a local hospital, according to the Worcester County…

The bodies of two people killed when their pickup truck was swept off a road in floodwaters in Mexico, Maine, this week have been recovered, police said Thursday, identifying the women.

A teenager previously arrested in a fatal shooting at the Worcester State University campus in October has now been charged with murder, prosecutors said Thursday as they filed charges against two other men in the incident. The shooting prompted an extended lockdown at the campus on Oct. 28; videos would circulate on social media showing the early morning confrontation in…

A man and woman found dead off a remote road in Millis, Massachusetts, Sunday morning, died in what investigators described as a domestic violence murder-suicide, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Michael Fischella, 32, and Tanaia Wilkinson, 27, were found off a remote dirt road that travels from Route 115 near the intersection with Route 27 by a…

Utility crews worked Tuesday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Maine and some rivers continued to rise in New England following a powerful storm that hit the northeastern U.S., drenching communities and bringing windspeeds over 60 mph in some areas.

The woman killed at a home in Ossipee, New Hampshire, this week was pregnant, and the unborn child died as well, authorities announced Tuesday. Christine Falzone, 33, died by homicide, an autopsy found, and the cause of death was multiple blunt-force injuries, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office and state and local police, who also released more details…

A man and a woman were found dead off a remote road in Millis, Massachusetts, Sunday morning, authorities said. Both were shot; a gun was at the scene, near their vehicle. There was not believed to be any danger to the public. The pair, previously from out of state, were living on Curve Street in Millis and knew each other…

A man walking on Interstate 95 in Augusta, Maine, was hit and killed by a pickup truck driving down the highway Friday morning, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear why the man, identified as Matthew Galletta, a 55-year-old from Manchester, Maine, was in the right lane of the highway when he was struck about 5:20 a.m. at mile marker 111….

One month after a woman was found stabbed to death in car parked at Boston’s Logan International Airport, her family is still waiting for justice. Loved ones of Maggie Mbitu are trying not to lose hope while the suspected killer is on the run in another country. Mbitu’s family sat down with NBC10 Boston Friday to reiterate their plea....

A day after announcing a woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances at a home in Goffstown, New Hampshire, police confirmed the woman was killed and her death is considered a homicide. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office announced Wednesday that the case is now an active homicide investigation, and identified the woman who died as 70-year-old Linda Tufts....