The icy rain wound down by midafternoon and was expected to be followed by a lull in precipitation until snow begins Sunday evening and continues into Monday. 

About a quarter inch of rain was enough to bring down many branches, which were already icy, onto power lines, said Bill Simpson, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

The crashes included about four rollovers in the Foxborough area, although no serious injuries were reported.  

A range of precipitation will fall through Christmas Day, including rain and snow. Conditions may be icy in places, making travel hazardous.  

Tanisha M. Sullivan, president of the Boston chapter of the NAACP, said the plan to change school start times ?calls for a robust community engagement strategy.? 

The president has been learning on the job, oftentimes painfully, and he appears to have absorbed a few lessons during his rookie year. 

A judge ordered the government to process certain refugee applications but said his directive did not apply to people without a ??bona fide relationship?? to the United States. 

The Washington Post reported Andrew McCabe plans to retire in a few months when he becomes fully eligible for pension benefits. 

Nursing home owners vowed to use $35.5 million of state money to boost wages of their lowest-paid workers. A new report raises questions about how that money was spent. 

Firefighters responded early Saturday evening to the John R. Rollins Early Childhood Center, Chief Brian Moriarty said.