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Boston News, Weather and Sports - Massachusetts News - WCVB Channel 5
Get the latest Boston news, weather and sports online, anytime. Stay in the know with Boston’s news leader – WCVB.
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Get the latest Boston news, weather and sports online, anytime. Stay in the know with Boston’s news leader – WCVB.
Headings
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2- Search location by ZIP code
- WCVB NewsCenter 5
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54- Paper swastikas dropped on homeowner's lawn in Mass. town
- Video: Sunshine, milder air return to Mass.
- Severely burned dog found in Norwood recovering
- Boston designer's winter gloves land on Oprah's Favorite Things list
- Election guide: Information on voting, candidates, ballot questions
- Oprah's Favorite Things 2022 list is here! Some of these gifts are on sale right now
- Rossen Reports: Hottest holiday gifts for $50 and under
- Sponsored Content
- Top Picks
- MBTA general manager to step down when new governor takes office
- 39th Hanna Awards honor bravery of Mass. law enforcement officers
- Mattresses, clothing among items now banned from trash in Mass.
- New inspection sticker rules in effect
- Emotional video shows South Carolina boy arriving home from rehab after being hit by van at school
- What we know about India's deadly bridge collapse
- Good Housekeeping
- Kelly Ripa Shares the "Brightening" Cleansing Pads She’s "Really Into" for Glowing Skin at 52
- Slumber Cloud Is Already Offering Impressive Black Friday Deals
- Wayfair Way Day 2022: All the Best Early Way Day Deals to Shop Now
- 32 Trendy TikTok Finds That Make the Best Gifts in 2022
- 53 Unique Best Friend Halloween Costumes Perfect for You and Your Favorite Pal
- 30 Non-Candy Halloween Treats That'll Get Big Smiles
- National News
- 'I will never feel safe again': Families and wounded confront Parkland shooter who killed 17
- When is the last day to vote? It depends on where you live
- Coronavirus
- CDC director tests positive for COVID-19 again
- Mass. doctor on possible winter 'tridemic' of RSV, influenza and COVID-19
- Doctor explains latest alphabet soup of COVID strain names
- Chronicle
- Southern Maine home to hilltop views and salt marsh habitat
- A classic diner meal, and honoring a war hero in Sanford, Maine
- Art, theater and the historic Shaker community in southern Maine
- Holy Donuts answering dessert-lovers' prayers in Maine
- Amateur detectives found critical clue in the search for Judy Chartier
- Afghan journalist and his family begin a new life Massachusetts
- Sports
- Bruins, Penguins reveal logos for Winter Classic at Fenway Park
- BC women's basketball team looks to build on momentum with young squad
- 2 Minute Drill: What Patriots need to build on after Sunday's win
- Slideshow Central
- No kid is too small to celebrate Halloween: NICU patients in costume for holiday
- Curse Reversed: Looking back at 2004 series celebration
- Lifestyle & Entertainment
- Julie Powell, food writer behind 'Julie & Julia,' dead at 49
- Tom Brady opens up about his divorce from Gisele Bündchen
- Taylor Swift breaks another record by claiming all top 10 spots of the Billboard Hot 100
- What You Missed
- Amazon has a secret warehouse section where you don't pay full price for items
- ULOCAL
- Beautiful New England foliage views
- 60 seconds of calm: Enjoy these sunrises
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- WCVB Boston
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Internals
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- Paper swastikas dropped on homeowner's lawn in Mass. town
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/paper-swastikas-dropped-on-homeowners-lawn-in-stoneham-massachusetts/41835128
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- By Mike Wankum
- Video: Sunshine, milder air return to Mass.
- MBTA GM Steve Poftak announces his plans to step down
- Mass. man arrested for breaking into apartments of female college students
- Suspended Celtics coach to likely be named new Nets head coach, report says
- Higher energy rates go into effect for Massachusetts customers
- Threat of school shooting written on bathroom wall forces closure of Mass. school
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/severely-burned-dog-norwood-massachusetts-recovering-november-1/41836387
- Severely burned dog found in Norwood recovering
- These things are now banned from going out with trash in Massachusetts
- Boston hospitals feeling strain of RSV spike amid push for vaccine
- New inspection sticker rules in effect for vehicles registered in Mass.
- Massachusetts law enforcement officers honored for exemplary bravery
- Denis Leary says he's still in awe when he performs at TD Garden
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/top-it-off-dawn-glove-2022-oprah-s-favorite-things/41835168
- By Mary Saladna
- Boston designer's winter gloves land on Oprah's Favorite Things list
- https://www.wcvb.com/politics
- Election guide: Information on voting, candidates, ballot questions
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/oprahs-favorite-things-2022-list/41833446
- Oprah's Favorite Things 2022 list is here! Some of these gifts are on sale right now
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- Rossen Reports: Hottest holiday gifts for $50 and under
- Institution for Savings - Nutre Spotlight
- CSB is helping local businesses navigate Covid-19
- Growing a local vet clinic with help from CSB
- MBTA general manager to step down when new governor takes office WCVB
- 39th Hanna Awards honor bravery of Mass. law enforcement officers WCVB
- Mattresses, clothing among items now banned from trash in Mass. WCVB
- New inspection sticker rules in effect WCVB
- Emotional video shows South Carolina boy arriving home from rehab after being hit by van at school WYFF 4
- What we know about India's deadly bridge collapse CNN
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/parkland-school-mass-murderer-sentencing-hearing-day-1/41829901
- 'I will never feel safe again': Families and wounded confront Parkland shooter who killed 17
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/when-is-the-last-day-to-vote-it-depends-on-where-you-live/41834095
- When is the last day to vote? It depends on where you live
- Man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi held without bail
- Migos rapper Takeoff dead after shooting in Houston, rep says
- Here's how Hearst and Hearst TV are working to promote a healthier, sustainable environment
- Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts delays handover of Trump tax returns to House committee
- Israelis vote again, as political crisis grinds on
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/cdc-director-rochelle-walensky-tests-positive-covid-19-again/41821575
- CDC director tests positive for COVID-19 again
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/mass-doctor-on-possible-winter-tridemic-of-rsv-influenza-and-covid-19/41837630
- Mass. doctor on possible winter 'tridemic' of RSV, influenza and COVID-19
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/doctor-explains-latest-alphabet-soup-of-covid-strain-names/41806259
- Doctor explains latest alphabet soup of COVID strain names
- Behaviors that helped keep us safe from Covid-19 are probably behind surge in RSV cases
- Biden gets updated COVID-19 booster shot, promotes vaccine
- COVID-19 vaccine study links side effects with greater antibody response
- Mass. offers to rehire some employees fired under vaccine requirement
- What an epidemiologist wants you to know about bivalent booster shots
- Southern Maine home to hilltop views and salt marsh habitat CHRONICLE
- A classic diner meal, and honoring a war hero in Sanford, Maine CHRONICLE
- Art, theater and the historic Shaker community in southern Maine CHRONICLE
- Holy Donuts answering dessert-lovers' prayers in Maine CHRONICLE
- Amateur detectives found critical clue in the search for Judy Chartier CHRONICLE
- Afghan journalist and his family begin a new life Massachusetts CHRONICLE
- AP Photo/Charles Krupa
- Bruins, Penguins reveal logos for Winter Classic at Fenway Park
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-college-women-s-basketball-team-2022-23-preview/41826245
- By Josh Brogadir
- BC women's basketball team looks to build on momentum with young squad
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/2-minute-drill-what-patriots-need-to-build-on-after-sunday-s-win/41817905
- By Duke Castiglione
- 2 Minute Drill: What Patriots need to build on after Sunday's win
- 3 Celtics players score 20-plus as Boston rolls past Washington
- Patriots beat Jets, Belichick passes Halas on all-time wins list
- Mass. native Ortiz drops decision to former unified lightweight champ
- Travis Roy Foundation donating $4 million-plus as it winds down
- Cavaliers rally to beat Celtics in OT
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-nicu-patients-in-costume-for-halloween-2022/41821255
- No kid is too small to celebrate Halloween: NICU patients in costume for holiday
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/curse-reversed-looking-back-at-2004-series-celebration/8122509
- Curse Reversed: Looking back at 2004 series celebration
- Dimitrios Kambouris
- Julie Powell, food writer behind 'Julie & Julia,' dead at 49
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/julie-powell-food-writer-dead/41837253
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/tom-brady-opens-up-about-his-divorce-from-gisele-bundchen/41828800
- Tom Brady opens up about his divorce from Gisele Bündchen
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/taylor-swift-claims-all-top-10-spots-billboard-hot-100/41825201
- Taylor Swift breaks another record by claiming all top 10 spots of the Billboard Hot 100
- What to do with all that leftover Halloween candy
- Woman testifies that Weinstein sexually assaulted her in 1991 and 2008
- Julia Roberts: Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King paid the hospital bill for her birth
- Movies coming to a theater near you in November
- Dancer in Weinstein film testifies that fear impacted her response to sexual assault
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/what-is-amazon-warehouse/39314147
- Amazon has a secret warehouse section where you don't pay full price for items
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/2022-new-england-fall-foliage-picture-slideshow/41572401
- Beautiful New England foliage views
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/60-seconds-of-calm-watch-sunrises/27313636
- 60 seconds of calm: Enjoy these sunrises
- Contact Us
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- Wayfair Way Day 2022: All the Best Early Way Day Deals to Shop Now
- 32 Trendy TikTok Finds That Make the Best Gifts in 2022
- 53 Unique Best Friend Halloween Costumes Perfect for You and Your Favorite Pal
- 30 Non-Candy Halloween Treats That'll Get Big Smiles
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