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By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff The administration at a prestigious Cambridge private school has apologized to alumni and the school community for mishandling reports of sexual abuse of students by a middle school teacher more than 20 years ago. Writing...

By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff Fire officials are investigating the cause of a four-alarm fire that badly damaged a large Dorchester home early this morning. Authorities said they believe the predawn fire started on the front porch of the three-story...

By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent An Amherst College student died and three other students were injured in a rollover crash on I-91 northbound in Holyoke Sunday night, state police said. Shortly before 10:30 p.m., a 1996 Honda Accord driven...

By John Forrester, Globe Correspondent HOLYOKE -- A limousine driver died on Route 5 today from an apparent heart attack after striking a bicyclist, police said. The driver was taking six passengers to a wedding in Westfield -- including the...

By Emily Canal, Globe Correspondent Dennis the manatee, rescued yesterday from the frigid waters of Cape Cod, died in Florida today as SeaWorld employees carted the hobbled mammal to a rehabilitation center. Officials from the International Fund for Animal Welfare...

MIAM - The defense is getting its turn put on witnesses and evidence in the Miami murder trial of former Boston FBI agent John Connolly. A federal judge, a former prosecutor...

DRACUT - A Dracut man who uses a wheelchair is suing Massachusetts General Hospital for what he calls his "humiliating" treatment at the facility. Dino Theodore...

BOSTON - Scientists hired to work at Boston University's new bioterrorism laboratory will have to undergo a rigorous background check that will include psychological...

CAMBRIDGE - A prestigious Boston-area private school is apologizing for mishandling reports of sexual abuse of students by a teacher more than two decades ago. Rebecca...

The Twelfth Baptist Church food pantry is struggling this morning after a crooked canned good thief swiped a van packed with 1,100 pounds of donated food intended for hundreds...

A crash caused a five-mile backup on Route 128 in Waltham at the start of rush hour Tuesday morning.

They come from different cultures and live half a world apart, but doctors from China and Boston have joined together in the battle against breast cancer.

Authorities say bones found by volunteers searching for a missing college student are not human remains.

An experienced rock climber lost his footing and dangled unconscious for about two minutes on a New Hampshire cliff, but walked out of the hospital later in the day courtesy of his climbing helmet, authorities and his hiking companions said.

Joe Biden was on the offensive during his two stops in New Hampshire on Monday. He focused on the economic crisis, and lashed out at John McCain and Sarah Palin.

It's almost fall in New England, the perfect time to share your foliage pictures in our Fall Foliage Slideshow.

Scientists hired to work at Boston University's new bioterrorism laboratory will have to undergo a rigorous background check that will include psychological testing and a review of their financial records.

Authorities said bones found by volunteers searching for a missing college student are not human remains.

A prestigious Boston-area private school is apologizing for mishandling reports of sexual abuse of students by a teacher more than two decades ago.

A Dracut man who uses a wheelchair is suing Massachusetts General Hospital for what he calls his "humiliating" treatment at the facility.

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. -- A rock climber injured on New Hampshire's popular Cathedral Ledge is at home in Massachusetts resting.

PELHAM, N.H. -- Police arrested a man who allegedly broke in to several parked cars.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- A veteran New Bedford police officer has denied posting a picture of himself in uniform on the Internet seeking female companionship.

BOSTON -- A four-alarm fire tore through an apartment building in Dorchester early Monday morning.

HOLYOKE, Mass. -- State police say one person is dead after a car rolled off Interstate 91 in Holyoke.

The Tampa Bay Rays powered their way past the Red Sox last night at Fenway, beating Boston 9-1.

With exactly three weeks until election day, the candidates are spending this week focusing on a key battleground state, New Hampshire.

We hear from retired couples about challenges they face during the economic crisis.

The election for Boston's city council is more than a year away. But that has not stopped candidate Doug Bennett from going door to door to introduce himself to voters.

We report on environmental and health concerns, as more people in northern Massachusetts and New Hampshire are burning wood to save money on home heat.

BEVERLY — Becoming an underwater photographer opens up opportunities that relatively few get to experience and the North Shore is an ideal place to get started.

PEABODY-City councilors reached a general consensus on how to improve traffic safety downtown: increased enforcement. Peabody Police Lt. Marty Cohan, however, believed that solving downtown’s problems involves much more than writing a few more speeding tickets.

BOSTON — Military veterans in Massachusetts having difficulty remaining independent and concerned about the possibility of moving into a nursing home may soon get some relief from a new federal grant program.

MARBLEHEAD-Just in time for Halloween, ghost hunter and paranormal researcher Nicholas Smith, an 18-year-old New Yorker who summers in Marblehead, will talk about "Paranormal Investigations: Fact, Fiction or Somewhere in Between?" at the Marblehead Museum and Historical Society, 170 Washington St.

SALEM n As the days creep closer to Halloween the weirdness has begun to lurk into downtown Salem. Police on Sunday night responded to an outdoor booth for the New England Society of Paranormal Investigators on Hawthorne Boulevard where the manager reported suspicious behavior.

FITCHBURG -- Mayor Lisa Wong said she would support expanding gambling in the state to help offset projected shortfalls in the state's lottery revenue.

LEOMINSTER -- The city's street paving program started Monday with work on Nashua Street and Lancaster Street, Mayor Dean J.

FITCHBURG -- A Nashua Street man is in stable condition after being stabbed several times early Monday morning, according to Fitchburg Police Capt.

ASHBY -- The committee formed in the wake of the town's failed fire truck purchase will get a chance to present its findings to selectmen Wednesday night.

LEOMINSTER -- Two men are facing armed-robbery charges after allegedly tricking an acquaintance into taking them on a car ride Saturday and then robbing the man at knifepoint, according to police.

The driver for a company that sells partially cooked pizzas to Manchester schools was arrested and charged with heroin possession last week while delivering pizzas to McLaughlin Middle School, a school official said yesterday.

The mother of murder victim Edith Riley yesterday said she is overwhelmed by people's kindness since her daughter's killing Saturday.The murder of Edith Riley, 35, left six children motherless. Timothy King, 21, Edith Riley's companion and the father of her two youngest children, remains in critical condition in Mass. General Hospital with injuries from what was reportedly a baseball bat beating.

A Hooksett man was arrested last night and charged with murdering his wife at a campsite two miles from the center of New Boston.

When he was not bemoaning the negative tone of the race, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden was himself on the attack yesterday in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg is not accustomed to the glare of the national spotlight. The third-term Republican usually flew under the radar of the national media until last month, when party leaders appointed him lead negotiator for the Senate Republicans on the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan.

The town's newest public structure will be a reminder of the man who, for 26 years, assured buildings throughout Ashland were constructed safely and by-the-book.

Selectmen are working to resurrect a senior tax work-off program that went unfunded for the last few years.

When the organizers of the Walk Against Breast Cancer gather Sunday to hold their annual fundraiser, part of their original team will be missing: resident Maryellen Miller, the inspiration for the event.

Life is hard for family members left behind while their loved ones work overseas. Wives often suffer from anxiety and depression, children feel abandoned and don't perform well in school and parents live with broken hearts after years of separation.

With the demand to reduce escalating energy costs for homeowners and small businesses, three years ago Flemming Lund added infrared energy audits to his home inspection business, Apex Home Inspections.