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By STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Thursday to raise from 18 to 21 the minimum age at which a person can be sentenced to mandatory life without parole — a narrow 4-3 ruling that juvenile justice advocates are hailing as progress.The...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — Bill Belichick had a vision of building the kind of sustained championship football team that had rarely been seen before in the NFL when he was hired by the New England Patriots.He walks away feeling like it was a job well done.The...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — Six-time NFL champion Bill Belichick agreed to part ways as the coach of the New England Patriots on Thursday, bringing an end to his 24-year tenure as the architect of the most decorated dynasty of the league’s Super Bowl era, a person...

By ADRIANA MORGA

NEW YORK — A new version of the federal student aid application known as the FAFSA is now available to all college applicants for the 2024-2025 school year.The new Free Application for Federal Student Aid was designed to make it easier for students...

By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER

BLUE BELL, Pa. — President Joe Biden warned Friday that Donald Trump’s efforts to retake the White House in 2024 pose a grave threat to the country, the day before the third anniversary of the violent riot at the U.S. Capitol by then-President Trump’s...

By MICHAEL R. SISAK

NEW YORK — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days before the start of a civil trial over allegations he treated himself to millions of dollars in private jet flights, yacht trips, African safaris and...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — Bill Belichick’s coaching tenure with the New England Patriots could potentially begin and end with links to the New York Jets.When New England hosts New York on Sunday in the season finale for both teams, it will be just over 24 years...

By SCOTT SONNER

The blank canvas of desert wilderness in northern Nevada seemed the perfect place in 1992 for artistic anarchists to relocate their annual burning of a towering, anonymous effigy. It was goodbye to San Francisco’s Baker Beach, hello to the Nevada...

By RONALD BLUM

The Boston Red Sox added Lucas Giolito to their rotation on Friday, agreeing to a $38.5 million, two-year contract with the right-hander.The 29-year-old Giolito can opt out of the deal after the 2024 season, a person familiar with the agreement told...

By ARNIE STAPLETON

DENVER — Bailey Zappe had a feeling this would be the New England Patriots’ night when he coughed up the football at his 5-yard line on his very first snap and his defense bailed him out by keeping the Denver Broncos out of the end zone.“It kind of...

By NICOLE WINFIELD and DAVID CRARY

ROME — Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced Monday, a radical shift in policy that aimed at making the church more inclusive while maintaining its strict ban on gay marriage.But while...

By KEN POWTAK

BOSTON — Jaylen Brown scored 17 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter to lead Boston to a 114-97 victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday that improved the Celtics’ NBA-best home record to 14-0.It’s the Celtics’ second-best start at home, behind the...

By JIMMY GOLEN

FOXBOROUGH — Travis Kelce could be spending some more time on the road in 2024 — and not just to see Taylor Swift in concert.The diva-dating tight end and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs (8-5) are in an unexpected fight for the division title and...

By DAVE SKRETTA

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andy Reid had no interest Wednesday in reliving the Chiefs’ controversial loss to Buffalo last weekend.Reid curtly batted away continued questions about the 20-17 defeat, where a rare offside penalty on wide receiver Kadarius Toney...

By JIMMY GOLEN

With all of Bill Belichick’s accomplishments over two decades in New England, he’s never pulled this off before.The six-time Super Bowl champion – one of the greatest coaches in NFL history – had his players rallying to his defense in an attempt to...

By JILL LAWLESS and DAVE BRYAN

LONDON — Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues, who infused traditional Irish music with the energy and spirit of punk, died Thursday, his family said. He was 65.MacGowan’s songwriting and persona made...

By FOSTER KLUG and GEIR MOULSON

TOKYO — The death of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger drew both admiration and scorn Thursday from political leaders around the world, highlighting the complicated legacy of Kissinger’s views about what it meant to serve America’s...

By NANCY BENAC

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his...

By SETH BORENSTEIN

The world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists anticipated, experts said.That’s just one of a set of seemingly...

By JIMMY GOLEN

Patriots coach Bill Belichick declined to reveal his starting quarterback when talking to reporters Tuesday morning, repeating only that all of his players should be prepared when New England comes out of its off week to face the New York Giants on...