The incident is the first line-of-duty death of a firefighter in Mass. since two firefighters died in March 2014 in a wind-whipped blaze in Boston?s Back Bay.
Gary DeCicco faces a single count of extortion in an alleged long-running effort to seize control of the dealership.
Police said that it does not appear that a bank robbery occurred.
Sorry, rodent fans, ?Hamsters? won?t be the next Amherst College mascot Amherst College has whittled its list of possible new athletic mascots to five, and the Hamsters didn?t make the cut.
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Suffolk prosecutors allege the artist unwittingly tattooed a murder confession on the former New England Patriot?s right arm.
Charges dropped in shooting that paralyzed 9-year-old girl Dominique Finch, 27, was charged last month in the Oct. 9 shooting.
When your town?s ?fourth selectman? is a sign A sign on Route 9 has been lobbing bombs at town government for more than a decade, and many residents have come to accept it as a surreal fact of Brookfield life.
Dave Epstein
What?s the likelihood we?ll actually see snow this weekend? Before the final flakes had even fallen Tuesday, there was already talk of another possible snowstorm for the weekend.
Alex Speier
More and more players practicing what Ted Williams preached Almost 50 years ago, the Red Sox legend wrote about the value of hitting the ball in the air in his book ?The Science of Hitting.?
President Trump made a joke about 2013 reports that the US listened in on German Chancellor Angela Merkel?s phone calls.
Trump says NATO allies 'must pay what they owe' President Trump opened his White House news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by saying that ??many nations owe vast sums of money.??
Did Trump avoid shaking Merkel?s hand in the Oval Office? President Trump?s meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel didn?t go entirely smoothly.
Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ?He also brought me a gift? Will this dater be charmed by a thoughtful, hometown boy from the Cape?
Ideas | Josh Macht
In an economy fixated on short-term results, exceptional patience pays off.
BUZZSAW | Matthew gilbert
Making ?Homeland? grate again I?m beginning to feel like Peter Quinn, dragging myself through the story in a stupor, trying to remain interested in something, anything.
Movie REview
Even with Emma Watson giving it her all, the new, live-action ?Beauty and the Beast? struggles to re-create Disney magic.
Movies
Beyond Woody Boyd ? way beyond For 30 years now, Woody Harrelson has been reliably unpredictable.
THINGS TO DO
The Weekender: Irish kicks, elder punks, and political jokes The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
What are your favorite Boston-area restaurants? Vote in our March Madness- style bracket to pick the most universally loved local place to eat.
Fact-checking the rally The president strayed from the facts a number of times in his speech Wednesday night to a rally in Tennessee.
EDITORIAL
Mexico?s not paying for the wall. Are we? Congress needs to send the message loud and clear that it won?t pay for President Trump?s boondoggle.
Address: The week in real estate Our weekly digest on buying, selling, and design, with expert advice and insider neighborhood knowledge.
SPOTLIGHT FOLLOW-UP
Star surgeon is scrutinized on concurrent procedures New York authorities are probing how a famed prostate specialist manages his vast patient load.
Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.
A virus, fished out of a lake, may have saved a man?s life Dr. Ali Khodadoust earned a place in medical history after having 100 million viruses placed inside his chest.
Coach Brad Stevens said the guard has a bone bruise and is not being held out to prepare for the playoffs.
Four homeless people who say they were assaulted by guards contracted by TD Garden last year sued a former guard and the company he worked for.
Small and simple tweaks to help organize your space without turning the task into a dangerous obsession.
In throwing his name into a crowded race of at least seven candidates, he said he wants to return to a job that he loves.
A Mexican prosecutor said Thursday that Veracruz state?s clandestine graves were of such an industrial scale that backhoes or bulldozers were probably used in creating them.
Alcohol sales have surged at the warehouse-club chain, lifted in part by the cult status of Costco?s Kirkland Signature-branded liquors.
The art museum is putting the finishing touches on its massive Building 6, set to open in May.
Screenings include documentaries about an Irish boxer, a Marathon hero, and deprogramming cult members.
It?s possible there?s an angle the East Boston resident hasn?t yet captured on her camera, but it seems unlikely.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight? ?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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The Big Picture
These closeups are a colorful promise that winter is nearly over and Opening Day is not far away.
Ground Game
With health care proposal, GOP feels history repeating It wasn?t that long ago that Republicans mocked Democrats about the bumbling way they drafted the Affordable Care Act.
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