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Cambridge shooting on Christmas morning sends 2 to hospital
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (24+ words) Cambridge police are investigating an early morning shooting that sent two people to the hospital. Cambridge shooting on Christmas morning sends 2 to hospital...
Christmas Day celebrated in Brookline with movie theater outings, Chinese food
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (23+ words) WBZ-TV's Samantha Chaney reports on some Christmas traditions in Brookline, Massachusetts. Christmas Day celebrated in Brookline with movie theater outings, Chinese food...
Next Weather: WBZ evening forecast for December 25, 2025
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (15+ words) Dan Brown has your latest forecast. Next Weather: WBZ evening forecast for December 25, 2025...
8 Powerball tickets worth $50,000 sold in Massachusetts for Christmas Eve drawing. Here's where.
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (229+ words) December 25, 2025 / 5:17 PM EST / CBS Boston There was only one winner for the Powerball's Dec. 24 jackpot worth more than $1.8 billion, and that valuable ticket was sold at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas. But several lottery players in Massachusetts woke…...
From Springfield to Northampton, plenty of ways to ring in 2026 in Western Massachusetts
8+ hour, 44+ min ago (1640+ words) Way back in 2000 B.C. in Mesopotamia, the new year was celebrated as part of the vernal equinox in mid-March. That was long before today's traditional New Year's Eve celebrations on the calendar's end on Dec. 31. Jump far, far ahead to 1904 and…...
Holiday spirit on full display in Lynn for annual Christmas parade
9+ hour, 6+ min ago (35+ words) The holiday spirit spilled onto the streets of Lynn on Christmas Eve, with tens of thousands turning out. CBS News Boston's Aaron Parseghian reports. Holiday spirit on full display in Lynn for annual Christmas parade...
21-year-old killed in Needham fire
9+ hour, 13+ min ago (37+ words) A 21-year-old woman died in a huge fire at a home in Needham, Massachusetts on Christmas Eve, the fire chief said Wednesday. CBS News Boston's Logan Hall reports. 21-year-old killed in Needham fire...
Cloudy and gusty on Christmas Day with more snow Friday
10+ hour, 47+ min ago (35+ words) Cloudy skies and evening gusts will gave way to some light snow Friday. CBS News Boston's Jason Mikell has a look the Next Weather forecast. Cloudy and gusty on Christmas Day with more snow Friday...
Springfield man facing 10 counts of child porn crimes
12+ hour, 1+ min ago (60+ words) The Illinois State Police arrested a 48-year-old Springfield man on Monday, and he is now facing 10 counts related to child pornography crimes that allegedly occurred in April. The Illinois State Police arrested a 48-year-old Springfield man on Monday, and he…...
Springfield telecom company donates to 10 rural food pantries
12+ hour, 51+ min ago (768+ words) Before midnight: every gift is doubled and sends two days of emergency heat to a Vermont home in need. A telecom company based in Springfield has donated $5,000 among 10 rural food pantries in Vermont this month. "Supporting local food pantries has…...