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20+ min ago (31+ words) Michael Keaton will receive his Hasty Pudding 2026 Man of the Year award in Cambridge in February. Michael Keaton to receive Hasty Pudding 2026 Man of the Year award in Cambridge...

29+ min ago (62+ words) Amazon donated 150 new toys to the Billerica Police Department toy drive as a thank you for helping to deliver packages that were found on the street earlier this month. Amazon donates 150 toys to Billerica Police toy drive as thank you for helping deliver packages Amazon donates 150 toys to Billerica Police toy drive as thank you for helping deliver packages...

33+ min ago (25+ words) Alyssa Andrews has your latest weather forecast. Next Weather: WBZ midday forecast for December 19, 2025 Next Weather: WBZ midday forecast for December 19, 2025...

42+ min ago (1671+ words) December 19, 2025 / 12:11 PM EST / CBS Boston A detailed timeline of Claudio Manuel Neves Valente's actions before, during, and after the Brown and MIT shootings'has emerged in the evidence shared by investigators after his death. Here is how it all unfolded, according to a Providence Police affidavit on the investigation, U.S. attorney Leah Foley and CBS News coverage. Fall of 2000 and spring of 2001 Valente was admitted to the U.S. on a student visa and began graduate school at Brown University, where he took physics classes at the Barus and Holley building. He took a leave of absence in April 2001 and formally withdrew from the school in July 2003. Valente moved to the United States after receiving a green card through a visa lottery program. His last known residence was in Miami, Florida. Monday, Nov. 17 (26 days before the Brown shooting) Valente is seen on surveillance video…...

54+ min ago (265+ words) SOMETIMES it is useful to have local knowledge. Whilst visitors to Winchester are queuing for 20 minutes to access the Christmas Market in the Cathedral Close, Wintonians are walking down Symonds ... Winchester Christmas market: The uses of local knowledge Queue outside Cathedral for Christmas market (Image: Newsquest) No queues at back entrance to Cathedral Close (Image: Andrew Napier) SOMETIMES it is useful to have local knowledge. Whilst visitors to Winchester are queuing for 20 minutes to access the Christmas Market in the Cathedral Close, Wintonians are walking down Symonds Street and St Swithun Street and getting into the Close via the back entrance at Prior's Gate. People have taken to social media to grumble about the length of time it gets in from the Outer Close. But locals have commented too. One said: "Instead of queuing, it's just five minutes to get…...

54+ min ago (278+ words) December 19, 2025 / 11:59 AM EST / CBS Boston National Grid is proposing a nearly 10% rate hike for its gas customers in Massachusetts, starting in 2027. Customers in the company's "Boston Gas" territory, which includes much of Greater Boston and central Massachusetts, would see their average monthly winter bill rise by $24. Bills for "Colonial Gas" customers on Cape Cod and in the Merrimack Valley would pay on average $25 more a month. National Grid says the increase is needed "to support essential investments in system safety and reliability." "We recognize the cost pressures affecting our customers and communities and are committed to using every tool at our disposal to ease short-term pressures and manage long-term costs within our control," a National Grid spokesperson said in a statement. The company says it will also pitch new affordability initiatives like spreading out the cost of bills more evenly…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago (27+ words) National Grid gas customers could see their bills rise by $24 a month under a proposed rate hike. National Grid seeks to raise gas rates in Massachusetts...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago (40+ words) It is the last weekend before Christmas and there is a ton of fun events to get into the holiday spirit in Massachusetts. Weekend To Do List: Meet Santa on the North Shore, decorate cookies and a winter wonderland hike...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago (298+ words) December 19, 2025 / 9:15 AM EST / CBS Boston Coyotes have killed "at least" two dogs in Wrentham, Massachusetts in the past week, police said Thursday in a warning to pet owners. Police Chief Bill McGrath said both dogs were let out in their yards alone at night or in the early morning. One was killed on Thurston Street near the Foxboro line and another by Creek Street. "Please take precautions when letting your dogs out," McGrath wrote in a Facebook post. "Take them out on a leash or, at least, be out there with them." Wrentham Animal Control said it was told that a coyote entered a yard on Thurston Street and "grabbed a medium-sized dog." Authorities said the dog in the Creek Street incident was initially reported missing and then found with injuries that were likely inflicted by a coyote." "At this…...

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