Lara Salahi

A woman found dead inside a two-family home in North Andover Saturday had apparently been strangled, according to the Essex County district attorney’s office.

The VA Boston Healthcare System will close its clinics in Boston, Framingham, Quincy and Plymouth beginning this week to protect against the spread of COVID-19. The VA said it would deliver most outpatient care provided by those clinics via virtual technology, such as telehealth. The VA Clinic on Causeway Street in Boston will close early on Monday and Tuesday, and…

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Sunday announced the city had created hundreds of new beds for homeless people amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Rhode Island National Guard started going door to door on Saturday in coastal areas to inform any New Yorkers who may have come to the state that they must self-quarantine for 14 days while Gov. Gina Raimondo expanded the mandatory self-quarantine to anyone visiting the state. Raimondo also ordered residents to stay at home, with exceptions for getting food,…

VA clinics in Boston, Framingham, Quincy and Plymouth will close starting Monday to protect against the spread of COVID-19, the VA Boston Healthcare System announced. 

A COVID-19 testing site dedicated only to Boston’s first responders opened Saturday at Suffolk Downs in East Boston. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced the designated site to test for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in a press conference on Friday. Walsh is expected to visit the site on Saturday. “This is an important step to keeping...

A woman was found dead in her Wareham, Massachusetts, home on Friday and a man found with minor injuries in a canoe was arrested on a murder charge, prosecutors said. Danny Sherman was arrested hours several hours later, charged with fatally stabbing the woman, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said. Sherman, 54, lived with the 57-year- woman, who has…

Former Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson disclosed on social media Saturday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Jackson is quarantining at his home and is distancing from family members, he shared in a public Facebook post. “Stay your butt at home!” Jackson wrote. “This virus is no damn joke.” Jackson said he began having a sore throat and a…

Authorities in Maine are investigating after several people with guns reportedly tried to force a resident to stay quarantined at home. The Coast Guard was called to a home the area of Cripple Creek Road on Vinalhaven after receiving a report that several people with guns had cut down a tree and used it to block the driveway, according to…

New Hampshire authorities say they have identified three of the four victims in a decades-old murder case at Bear Brook State Park.

A New Hampshire woman is facing drunk driving charges after crashing her car into a home in Hudson Friday night.

Actor and comedian Denis Leary is scheduled to attend a ceremony in his hometown to mark the 20th anniversary of a warehouse fire that took the lives of six Massachusetts firefighters.

A ceremony in Worcester will mark the 20th anniversary of a warehouse fire that took the lives of six Massachusetts firefighters.

According to police, Paul Norton, 39, of Hudson, became physically combative with responding officers before they arrested him. One officer reportedly hurt his hand during the altercation.

A New Hampshire man is facing charges after allegedly getting into physical altercation with police officers.

A New Hampshire woman is facing drunk driving charges after crashing her car into a home in Hudson Friday night.

Firefighters have responded to a small but stubborn and smoky fire in a Harvard University building.

The fire in Emerson Hall was reported early Friday afternoon. The building, which opened in 1906, houses the Ivy League school’s philosophy department.

Friday: Mostly sunny, windy. Highs around 40. Friday Night: Mostly clear and cold. Lows in the teens and 20s. Saturday: Sunny and chilly. Highs in the 30s.