In Bill O’Brien’s eyes, it will take more than one player to replace Kendrick Bourne’s production

Patriots “The next guy has to step up and fill that role and it will probably be several guys. I don’t know who those guys will be right now.” Kendrick Bourne. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Chiefs and Patriots compete for fans and influence in Germany ahead of games in Frankfurt Part of what will make Kendrick … [Read more…]

Brandeis Center calls out Harvard for professor’s alleged antisemetic bias

Local News The legal warning claims that a professor at Harvard University discriminated against three Jewish Israeli students who were in his class. Harvard University’s iron gate in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Shutterstock The Brandeis Center, a Jewish civil rights nonprofit, sent Harvard University a legal warning demanding “immediate action” of addressing and denouncing a professor who … [Read more…]

City reportedly begins clearing tents from Mass. and Cass

Local News A plan approved last week seeks to clear encampments and relocate people living in them to shelters. Work was underway Tuesday to clear the tents on Atkinson Street. Tony Rivera (right) from the Newmarket Business Improvement District cleans up the street where tents once stood. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe Following Boston … [Read more…]

Israeli airstrikes level apartments in Gaza refugee camp, as ground troops battle Hamas militants

World News Palestinians look for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in the Nusseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Doaa AlBaz / AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A flurry of Israeli airstrikes Tuesday on a refugee camp near Gaza City leveled apartment buildings, leaving craters where they once stood, as ground … [Read more…]

Halloween headaches in Salem, Massachusetts: Traffic. Crowds. Tiny liquor bottles?

Local News Weary of the crunchy plastic carpet underfoot — and wary of their appeal to teens and closet drinkers — a growing roster of cities and towns is moving to ban nips altogether. Discarded nips are found at various places throughout Salem., Mass., on Oct. 22, 2023. Kieran Kesner/The New York Times By Jenna … [Read more…]

Here’s why Andrew Heaney chose the Texas Rangers over the Red Sox

Red Sox “I met with one of [the Red Sox’] medical staff guys,” Heaney said. “It was close.” The Red Sox were interested in signing Andrew Heaney, but Heaney chose to sign with Texas. Julio Cortez/AP Photo The Boston Red Sox appeared to be in the running for several starting pitchers during last year’s free … [Read more…]

Chiefs and Patriots compete for fans and influence in Germany ahead of games in Frankfurt

Patriots The Chiefs go first — they’ll play the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. A week later, the Patriots face the Indianapolis Colts. Both games are at Deutsche Bank Park. The Deutsche Bank Park is illuminated on occasion of the invasion in the Ukraine prior to a German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern … [Read more…]

Patriots are reportedly ‘open’ to trading Josh Uche

Patriots The 25-year-old, who is in the final year of his contract, could be dealt before Tuesday’s trade deadline. Josh Uche playing for the Patriots earlier in 2023. AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth The Patriots might still make a trade before Tuesday’s deadline, according to the latest report. Per ESPN’s Dan Graziano, the Patriots are “open to … [Read more…]

Deputies killed a Maine man outside a police station. Police say he was armed with a rifle.

Local News Sean Dyment, 23, of Canton, Maine was shot by deputies from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office as they talked with a resident outside the Rumford police station about a vehicle that the person said had been following them. By Associated Press October 31, 2023 | 1:33 PM Deaf family grieves father of 4 … [Read more…]