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January 13, 2017

Ryan Reynolds named 2017 Hasty Pudding Man of the Year

Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds has been named Man of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding student theatrical group.

January 12, 2017

Missing woman's body found decomposing in million-dollar home

The body of a reclusive woman from a Boston suburb was found in her $1.2 million home – and her sister may have been living with the decomposing corpse for more than a year and a half.

January 11, 2017

Massachusetts weighs doing away with winter time shift

Lacking authority to change the laws of physics to allow more sunlight on the darkest days of winter, a special commission is instead considering whether Massachusetts should change the laws of man and observe daylight saving time year-round.

January 11, 2017

School bus rolls over in Massachusetts with 22 kids on board

A school bus rolled over on a highway in Waltham, Mass., Wednesday with 22 middle school students on board.

January 11, 2017

'Getting ready for war': Destructive prison riot caught on video

Video released by the Massachusetts Department of Corrections shows a prison riot, during which officials say inmates were 'getting ready for war.'

January 11, 2017

Sex offender accused of 2 sex assaults jailed without bail

A convicted sex offender will remain jailed as he faces charges of blindfolding, gagging, binding and sexually assaulting two women in their Boston home.

January 10, 2017

Project will digitize Catholic records of Boston Archdiocese

Two of Boston's most venerable institutions are teaming up to create an online database of hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholic Church documents to help people trace their family histories.

January 10, 2017

Photos: Riot leaves maximum-security prison wing in ruins

Photos released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Department of Corrections show the destruction caused by a riot inside a maximum security prison Monday night.

January 10, 2017

Cross country team on probation for lewd emails about women

A Massachusetts college's men's cross country team has been placed on probation as a result of a probe into emails some team members sent making sexual comments about female students.

January 10, 2017

Jury sentences Massachusetts carjacking killer to death

A drifter convicted of killing two Massachusetts men in carjackings in 2001 has been sentenced to death.