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Jumping out to an early lead and some timely turnovers were key to securing the top seed for the playoffs.
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Patriots finish off Dolphins, secure No. 1 seed Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes as the Patriots finished 8-0 on the road.
About 65 people were displaced in a fire that started around 7:30 a.m. Two firefighters sustained minor injuries.
After a brief, flawless ?Auld Lang Syne,? it was all downhill for Mariah Carey on New Year?s Eve.
Nearly 1,000 people join L Street Brownies for annual New Year?s Day swim?What better way to wash off all that was bad last year, than with a dip in the ocean??
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No, it wasn?t your hangover playing tricks on you: The Hollywood sign really did read ??Hollyweed?? on New Year?s Day.
East Coast Grill in Inman Square to reopen Jan. 2Spice fiends mourned when East Coast Grill closed its doors last year. Happily, the landmark Cambridge restaurant will rise again.
Kennedy Lynn Schmitt checked in at 6 pounds 15 ounces and measured 19¼ inches, the hospital said.
NBC now has a new home in Boston. Here?s how to find it.As of today, the network has ended its longtime association with Channel 7. You?ve got questions? We?ve got answers.
Gunman who killed at least 39 at Istanbul club still at largeIstanbul?s governor said the attacker ?rained bullets in a very cruel and merciless way on innocent people who were there to. . . have fun.?
Despite Trust Act, Boston police handed over immigrants for deportationCity records show that the police handed over nine immigrants for deportation in 2015 because of a loophole in the act.
Man dies after car struck by commuter rail train in HolbrookA man was killed after his car was struck by a commuter rail train in Holbrook Sunday afternoon, an official said.
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The lives of millions of immigrants and their family members will hang in the balance when Donald Trump becomes president.
A Lynn man was arrested on charges of killing a pedestrian and drunken driving in East Boston early New Year?s Day morning.
Democrats plan to target eight Trump Cabinet nomineesSuch delays would upend GOP hopes of quickly holding hearings and confirming most of Donald Trump?s top picks on Inauguration Day.
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Toby Keith?s at Patriot Place was named by 46 drunken driving convicts as their ?place of last drink.?
State police hunt for prisoner who escaped from R.I. facilityA former Cambridge man escaped from a federal detention center in Rhode Island and allegedly stole a car in Southern Mass. Sunday morning.
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The prisoners remain in isolation despite the state?s promise to end the practice, according to an attorneys? group.
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