Facing a multi‑million shortfall, Dracut officials are weighing cuts that could end full‑day kindergarten, curb bus service and close Greenmont Avenue.

Boston Scientific paid $1.5 billion for a roughly 34% stake in MiRus and an option to acquire the SIEGEL TAVR business, a potential fast path back into balloon‑expandable valves. The move hinges on clinical and regulatory milestones.

Jaylen Brown cursed out Stephen A. Smith on a profanity‑laced Twitch stream, calling the ESPN host “the face of clickbait media” and replaying a First Take clip.

A brick thrown from a rooftop shattered the rear window of a Boston police cruiser on Northampton Street; a suspect was taken for a mental‑health evaluation.

A new Frontiers study finds a small uptick in lung cancer incidence after COVID‑19, especially among current and former smokers, and points to the enzyme TYMP as a likely mechanism.

Two vehicles were engulfed in flames at a South Attleboro dealership early Saturday. Investigators say the fire is being treated as suspicious and no injuries were reported.

A four-alarm fire ripped through several triple-decker homes on Princeton Street Sunday; crews reported flames on rear porches and fought the blaze into the night. Investigators remained on scene.

Mansfield voters approved a zoning amendment that blocks most large data centers, allowing only small 2‑MW facilities in limited industrial zones under special permits.

A Washington Street traffic stop last Thursday led Foxborough police to seize suspected cocaine and heroin and arrest Jarrett Smith on trafficking charges. Authorities say the investigation is ongoing.

On the first anniversary of 14-year-old Jason Bernard’s death, family and supporters held a vigil and renewed calls for "Jason’s Law" as schools add mental-health supports.

A man fell from Southwick’s Zoo’s Skyfari after a reported seizure and was airlifted to UMass in Worcester. Witnesses say staff and visitors tried to hold him before the fall.

Mild Monday gives way to near‑record heat Tuesday and a higher chance of storms Wednesday.

A PVC pipe bomb was discovered May 16 at Egger Bog Pond in Lakeville; state bomb technicians removed the device and police are investigating.