Hurricane Florence is expected to blow ashore late Thursday or early Friday, then slow down and wring itself out for days, unloading 1 to 2½ feet of rain.  

The worst damage will occur to the north of where the hurricane makes landfall.  

The storm was expected to approach Category 5 status, the most damaging, as it moves toward the coast of North and South Carolina. 

MassDOT can and should do more to reduce the pain.  

Somerville police are investigating allegations that a man entered the Somerville Veterans Cemetery and defiled American flags he had uprooted from the city?s World War II memorial. 

A broad 2007 policy allows workers to request their information be withheld if they or a family member have been victims of any crime prosecuted in court.  

Stanley Rosenberg, former president of the state Senate, faces a lawsuit that alleges that he knew Bryon Hefner posed a risk.  

The Rev. Christian Ohazulume, who has worked as a Boston hospital chaplain, will face arraignment Wednesday for the alleged sexual abuse of a child in 2007 in Randolph.  

Jeeps on Nantucket. Subarus and Silverados in the Berkshires. Accords in Lawrence. We took a town-by-town look at the most popular cars in the state. 

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist?s book on the Trump White House hits shelves today. 

The legendary Washington Post journalist divulged how he pursued sources and got them to open up for his book about the Trump White House. 

Kellyanne Conway?s husband tweeted ?Lox her up?? as #bagelgate took Twitter by storm.