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Two boats collided just 17 minutes into the final, 10-day leg of the around-the-world Ocean Race. The crash sent first-place 11th Hour Racing back to port in The Hague, the Netherlands, to try to patch a gaping hole in its carbon fiber hull. The Newport, Rhode Island-based boat has filed a protest against Guyot environnement. The Team Europe boat crashed its bowsprit into the port side of the 11th Hour hull. Guyot skipper Benjamin Dutreux acknowledged the collision was his fault. The Ocean Race said no injuries were reported. The 11th Hour team had won three straight legs of the six-month, 32,...

School officials in Burlington are working to respond to a clash at a middle school where some students tore down rainbow decorations and chanted “USA are my pronouns,” as the school’s LGBTQ+ student group celebrated the beginning of Pride Month. The incident at Marshall Simonds Middle School occurred on June 2. The group organizing the celebration had distributed rainbow stickers, posted Pride signs and encouraged students to wear rainbow clothing. Gov. Maura Healy, one of the nation's first two out lesbian governors, has said the clash "doesn't represent who we are as a ...

Scientists monitoring the white shark population in the waters off Cape Cod are attaching better sensors to the predators, including cameras. Researchers from the state of Massachusetts and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said Tuesday that it is all part of their goal of keeping beachgoers informed and safe. White sharks return to Cape Cod in greater numbers in the summer to feed on the abundant seals in the region — just as the summer tourist season starts. And while interactions between white sharks and humans remain rare, they are still a risk.

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate unveiled a long-awaited $590 million tax relief proposal Thursday as the Democratic-led Senate and House, and Democratic Gov. Maura Healey, work to come up with a final tax-cutting plan.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Twenty-two people are facing charges in connection with what authorities are calling a sophisticated drug trafficking organization that transported drugs from Boston to Manchester, New Hampshire, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.