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A new service is tracking fires started by lithium-ion batteries, like the ones in your cell phone, e-bike, or even e-cigarette, as safety concerns surmount.

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Agents in South Carolina, the fastest growing state in the country last year, say that many newcomers are Republicans eager to leave the Northeast and West Coast.

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The mortgage rate has risen three weeks in a row, a setback for home shoppers this spring homebuying season.

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Plus, forty-nine percent of the listings sold for over the asking price in March; back in 2019, that figure was only 26%. 

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Betts shared lead guitar duties with Duane Allman in the original Allman Brothers Band to help give the group its distinctive sound and create a new genre — Southern rock.

The post Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist, dies at 80 appeared first on Boston.com.

The 2024 NFL Draft is just seven days away and the Patriots aren't ruling anything out quite yet.

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Porsha Olayiwola, Boston's poet laureate, was initially asked to speak at Concord Academy's commencement ceremony. She says "politics" led to the announcement of a different speaker.

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With pyrotechnics, a rotating catwalk, and a live horse in tow, the reggaeton superstar left the Boston audience awed.

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The Patriots are set to have eight selections in this year's draft.

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Plans for 115-121 Boston St. boast a mix of studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units, measuring 450 square feet, 595 square feet, and 743 square feet in size, respectively. 

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The project is the second of its kind to receive backing from the BPDA so far.

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Troopers arrested three individuals after they fled from the car in Berkley.

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The Bulls will face the Heat on Friday with the winner of that game taking on the Celtics in the first round.

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Both Democrats and Republicans worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s candidacy could spoil their respective presumptive nominee's campaigns.

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The Heat will face the Bulls on Friday with the winner of that game taking on the Celtics in the first round.

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No draft has seen more than 19 players on offense chosen in the first round. That happened three times, most recently in 2009.

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Questions mostly went unanswered at a public meeting last week. Rider-facing concerns like ticket prices, schedules, and start time are undetermined.

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Tanner Houck pitched a three-hitter with nine strikeouts for Boston’s first complete-game shutout at Fenway Park in nearly seven years, and the Red Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-0, Connor Wong homered in the fourth, one inning after Boston scored its first run on a balk by Cleveland starter Ben Lively

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Speaking on the “The Pat McAfee Show” Wednesday, Belichick admitted that even he has been surprised over the years about the number of Patriots stars who fell to them unexpectedly when they landed on the clock. 

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“Drunk vultures are not easy patients, just sayin'.”

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