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Rapper Ye posts, incorrectly, that 14-year-olds can marry in Massachusetts
On Sunday night, rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, shared a post on social media about the age at which people can marry in Massachusetts, in connection with singer R. Kelly. “MARRIAGEAGE (W/ PARENTAL CONSENT) IN MASSACHUSETTS IS 14,” Ye wrote on X, formerly Twitter, including a picture of Kelly, who’s been sentenced to decades in prison for of child pornography...
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Mass. has a major drought. A lot of snow just fell, but we need more.
A winter storm just dumped a widespread 3+ inches of snow across Massachusetts, and it may help make up the state’s rainfall deficit, but not very much.
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Winter blast continues: 3 snowstorms in the forecast for New England this week
The snow has wrapped up as our storm moves away this afternoon. Some flurries and clouds linger late today, but no new snow accumulation is in the forecast. That means dramatic improvement this evening as you head to any Super Bowl parties. We continue to dig out of several inches of snow. Some areas in western and central Massachusetts came up short on...
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Yes, snow just fell in New England — here's when we'll get even more
As we poke our heads out the door to see how much snow we got in the Boston area, we’ve already got an eye on the next bouts of wintry weather headed our way.
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Snowfall totals: See where in New England got more than a foot!
A snowstorm blew through the Boston area overnight, dropping over a foot in places in Vermont and Maine and almost half a foot to plenty of other towns across the region.
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‘Pandemonium' when Super Bowl shopping, snowstorm preps collide at Market Basket
When snowstorm preparations collide with last-minute Super Bowl shopping, “it is absolutely pandemonium,” one Market Basket shopper told us in Worcester.
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FIRST ALERT: Snow hitting New England — how much will we get? (Maps, radar)
Another snowstorm is heading into New England overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. Many of us will get 5-8” of snow.
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‘My snow and ice crews are ready' for snowstorm, top Mass. highway official says
Road crews across Massachusetts have been preparing for the snowstorm set to dump half a foot or more across the state late Saturday and early Sunday. We saw trucks filing in and out of Eastern Salt in Chelsea, loading up on road-clearing salt since before 5 a.m. Saturday. “We love this stuff,” said Jonathan Gulliver, who as highway administrator at...
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More snow: Forecast for what could be New England's biggest storm so far
We’ve been tracking a parade of winter storms set to impact Greater Boston, and this weekend’s could be the biggest. As we move through Saturday morning, expect quiet weather. In fact, if you have any plans through the mid-afternoon, you’ll be fine. We’ll see mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies and highs in the low to mid 30s. But Saturday...
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Boston installs 13 speed humps on Jamaica Plain road, removes them weeks later
More than a dozen speed humps installed in Boston just last month were just removed after complaints from residents. Part of a larger initiative to improve street safety across the city, people in Jamaica Plain said the 13 speed humps placed on Allandale Street were excessive. The road spans just over a mile from Grove Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, to...
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Snow-reliant businesses looking ahead to series of storms
A relative lack of snow in recent winters has impacted New England businesses, but a lot of snowfall is expected this week.
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Former Mass. Sen. Dean Tran sentenced to 18 months in prison
Former Massachusetts state Sen. Dean Tran was sentenced Friday to a year and a half in prison followed by two years of supervised release, having been convicted of 23 felony counts including COVID and tax fraud, federal prosecutors said. The Fitchburg Republican who served in the Massachusetts Senate from late 2017 until early 2021 was indicted by a federal grand...
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‘There's a lot more to do': Gov. Healey says she plans to seek reelection in 2026
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey intends to run for reelection in 2026, she revealed in a radio interview Friday. “When Kim and I started, we laid out in our inaugural address things that we wanted to do. We wanted to get after housing, and we wanted to get after transportation, we wanted to cut taxes, we wanted to make investments in...
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Boston schoolteacher arrested for sexual communications with underage girls
A Boston schoolteacher is facing multiple charges related to alleged sexual communications over the internet with as many as six girls between the ages of 12-17, Brookline police said Friday. Police arrested 34-year-old John Gavin, of Brookline, early Friday morning at his condo. Photos from the scene showed a man being taken into custody by police shortly after 6 a.m.,...
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Tracking this weekend's winter storm: Timing, impacts, snowfall totals
Melting continues Friday with plenty of sun, and milder air… for now. But a cold front is blowing in with cooler air Friday night. Winds will remain breezy Friday, with peak gusts near 45 mph across central Massachusetts and the Berkshires. Through Boston and the South Shore, gusts are likely near 30 mph. Friday night, as the cold air settles...
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Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury mom accused of killing her 3 kids, has brief hearing
A brief hearing was held Friday in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury, Massachusetts, mother accused of killing her three children in 2023. Lawyers on both sides in the case convened in Plymouth Superior Court for the short hearing, though Clancy didn’t appear, in person or on video. Nothing was decided at Friday’s hearing, but the judge set a...
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Elderly woman struck and killed by flatbed truck in Lynn
An elderly woman was struck and killed by a flatbed truck in Lynn, Massachusetts, on Friday morning. Lynn police said the call came in around 6:20 a.m. for a reported pedestrian crash on North Common Street. Responding officers found a victim suffering from injuries. The Essex District Attorney’s Office confirmed Friday afternoon that a 78-year-old woman died at the scene...
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ICE arrests woman wanted in Taiwan
Immigration officials and police in Massachusetts arrested a woman wanted in Taiwan last month. U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement said Tuesday in a press release that the woman, whose name was not released, was arrested “during a targeted enforcement action” on Thursday, Jan. 23, with the help of the Needham Police Department. According to ICE Boston, the woman is wanted...
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Hingham High School track coach charged with indecent assault of student
A high school track coach in Hingham, Massachusetts, was arrested last week after allegedly groping a student-athlete. The parents of the victim, a girl on the Hingham High School track team, told the principal about the incident on Monday, Jan. 27, according to a police report from a school resource officer. The girl told police she was running in place,...
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Mass. House approves emergency shelter reforms with $425M more in funding
The House on Thursday approved $425 million to replenish Massachusetts’ cash-starved shelter family shelter system while passing changes to tighten eligibility and shrink the system’s size.