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The dry, windy and warm temperatures are increasing the risk for brush fires, and several have already sparked across Massachusetts this week. In Lynn Woods Reservation, the concern is similar to elsewhere – warmer than normal weather, dry leaves that have been falling, thick brush already on the ground and the wind and lack of rain. It’s the...

A 61-year-old man was shot in the face late Monday night in a hotel lobby in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, according to officials, who say they don’t believe the victim was the intended target. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that they are investigating the shooting that occurred just after 10 p.m....

A 23-year-old man was flown to a Boston hospital after he sustained life-threatening injuries when his motorcycle and a car collided in Mansfield, Massachusetts, Wednesday afternoon. The Mansfield Fire Department says there were multiple 911 calls around 2:53 p.m. reporting a motor vehicle crash involving a motorcycle and a car at the intersection ...

In one of the more unusual twists and turns of the Karen Read case, one of her supporters was arraigned on Wednesday, accused of placing rubber ducks on the property of people connected to the high-profile investigation. Prosecutors have charged 65-year-old Richard Schiffer Junior with witness intimidation, harassment and littering. The ducks inclu...

A fire broke out at a barn in Holliston, Massachusetts, Wednesday evening, the fire department said, adding that firefighters were able to extinguish it before it spread to the nearby residence. The Holliston Fire Department received multiple 911 calls around 5:29 p.m. reporting a barn fire on Franklin Street. Nearby fire departments assisted on sc...

A fire broke out at a Roman Catholic church in Franklin, Massachusetts, Wednesday evening, postponing scheduled services for one of their priests who died earlier this month. The Franklin Police Department says the Metacomet Emergency Communications Center received a fire alarm from a central station monitoring company around 5:46 p.m. for 1 Church...

It’s a minor miracle right out of a holiday movie: when a woman lost two cherished rings while vacationing in Boston, a stranger who was also on vacation happened to find them, moments after joining in the search. Finding the rings on Boston Common was “total luck,” Kory Kelly told NBC10 Boston. “I mean, it was the first pil...

A week-long signature gathering effort piled up on Beacon Hill this week. More than 95,000 names were collected by the Civil Rights Coalition protesting a sweeping firearms bill signed into law and enacted with an emergency preamble by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey. “We ask our governor and legislature, by what authority do you act upon our unali...

Part of Interstate 95 was temporarily closed in Greenland, New Hampshire, after a crash Wednesday evening. NH State Police said troopers were on scene as of 6:30 p.m., investigating what occurred. There was no immediate word on any injuries, or the number of vehicles involved. In a traffic alert posted to social media, police said I-95 southbound w...

An apparently serious car crash in Saugus, Massachusetts, Wednesday left a pick-up truck and a car badly damaged. The two vehicles appeared to have struck head-on on a road. The Saugus fire union said the crash on Howard Street resulted in reports of traumatic injuries in which at least one person needing to be pulled from a vehicle. They urged......

One person was taken to the hospital after an electric bike was struck by an SUV in Groton, Massachusetts, Wednesday afternoon. Groton police say they responded to Main Street around 3 p.m. for a reported crash involving an e-bike and found a cyclist with injuries. According to police, the SUV driver, who is a Dunstable resident, was driving eastbo...

Police say they have safely located an 11-year-old boy who was missing from Canton, Massachusetts, Wednesday. Canton police said earlier Wednesday that the boy, who has autism, was last seen in the area of the Ruggles transit station in Boston wearing a black hat, a green shirt and blue jeans. Police haven’t said where the child was found but...