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3+ hour, 46+ min ago (38+ words) A new culinary experience is coming to western Massachusetts. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, already have a place and a date for their wedding. Ahead, learn all the details. A new culinary experience is coming to western Massachusetts....

3+ hour, 57+ min ago (646+ words) A Quincy man may spend 25 years of his life behind bars after pleading guilty to robbing a bank last year " a crime that netted him less than $1,000. Glenn Legere, 46, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Boston to armed bank robbery for a Dec. 17, 2024 hold-up at a Santander Bank branch in Weymouth. "I want the money," Legere allegedly told the only bank teller stationed to help the public before the bank closed at 5 p.m., which was minutes away. "I don't play." Prosecutors said Legere, who has a history of robbing banks along the South Shore, wasn't satisfied with the $947 in cash from the teller's drawer and pointed out other cash drawers but the teller showed him they were empty. Legere has previous convictions for bank robberies in Braintree, Hanover, Duxbury and Plymouth dating back to 2010, according to court records. Armed bank…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago (32+ words) King Philip beat North Attleboro in the Division 3 state championship and Shawsheen Tech defeated Foxboro for the Division 5 title. King Philip, Shawsheen Tech win football state championships at Gillette Stadium...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago (11+ words) Eric Fisher has an updated weather forecast. Next Weather: WBZ Update...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago (30+ words) Hundreds packed the Snowport Holiday Market to kick off the holiday season. Boston's biggest Christmas tree lit up in the Seaport Boston's biggest Christmas tree lit up in the Seaport...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago (37+ words) The Archdiocese of Boston says an anti-ICE message should be removed from a nativity scene at a Dedham church. WBZ-TV's Brandon Truitt reports. Boston Archdiocese clashes with Dedham church over "ICE was here" sign...

6+ hour, 3+ min ago (255+ words) December 5, 2025 / 9:47 PM EST / AP Jaylen Brown had 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and the Boston Celtics cruised past Los Angeles 126-105 on Friday night, with the Lakers playing without LeBron James and Luka Doncic." Derrick White had five 3-pointers and added 19 points, and Jordan Walsh finished with 17 points for the Celtics, who have four straight and six out of seven. Boston hit a season-high 24 3-pointers and had 31 assists." The Lakers lost for just the second time in 10 games. James sat with sciatica, which kept him sidelined for the first 14 games this season, and left foot joint arthritis. Doncic was out for the second straight game for personal reasons." Austin Reaves led Los Angeles with 36 points and eight assists. Gabe Vincent added 18 points." With the game out of hand in the fourth quarter and his father looking on from the bench…...

7+ hour, 50+ min ago (1097+ words) Many people who walk past 708 Commonwealth Ave. each day may question why the office of The Daily Free Press appears deserted. But as the sun sets, passersby can peer through the glass door and catch a glimpse of the hustle and bustle of student journalism " and they are reminded of how stories continue to populate the FreeP website. If you've walked by the office in the hours after midnight, unless we're all there for print night, you might have spotted me poring over my laptop or with my head down, passed out on my desk." Sleep is for the weak " or, at least, the weekend. For over two years, I've put the "insomnia" in Insomnia Cookies, our upstairs neighbor " a source of delicious journalism fuel to our staff, often gifted by kind employees and a beloved professor of mine. And…...

8+ hour, 21+ min ago (320+ words) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students at Lincoln Magnet School. For a few minutes on Friday, students connected via ham radio to astronaut Jonny Kim, who is currently on the International Space Station (ISS)." The students got the chance to ask more than a dozen questions as the ISS travelled over Springfield. The school got a special satellite brought to the school from a different part of the state. The students were responsible for a large part of the planning process." "The kids sparked more and more things in the classroom," said Principal Nichole Heyen. "We had a read-aloud. They wanted more series, they wanted more books, they wanted more learning. We could barely keep up with all the excitement."" It took a few calls through the radio for the ISS to pick up. This is typical,…...

9+ hour, 5+ min ago (850+ words) On Saturday at 2:33 a.m. a coastal flood statement was released by the National Weather Service valid between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Plymouth and Barnstable counties. Coastal flood statement in place for 5 Massachusetts counties until Saturday afternoon On Saturday at 2:33 a.m. a coastal flood statement was released by the National Weather Service valid between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Plymouth and Barnstable counties. The weather service comments, "Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways (3.0 to 12.9 feet Mean Lower Low Water)." "Roads remain passable. Shallow pockets of flooding less than one foot deep affect more vulnerable coastal roads along the North Shore from Salem and Gloucester to Newburyport. Rough surf will likely cause some splashover onto coastal roads around the time of high tide," states the weather service. "Do not drive…...