'Salt Bae' restaurant closed; virus deaths surpass 9,200

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston steakhouse opened by a Turkish restaurateur and social media star known as Salt Bae has been ordered closed for failing to meet coronavirus safety rules. Nusr-Et Boston was ordered closed Saturday just days after it opened. Boston's Licensing Board said the restaurant opened by Salt...

Man gets 30 years in 2nd sentencing for beheading plot

BOSTON (AP) — A man convicted of leading a plot to behead blogger Pamela Geller on behalf of the Islamic State group will serve even longer behind bars after he was sentenced for a second time Monday and ordered to 30 years in prison. David Daoud Wright was originally sentenced to 28 years in prison in...

Belichick reaches milestone as Patriots top Raiders 36-20

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Rex Burkhead can’t remember the last time he scored three touchdowns in a game. But he said every time he reached the end zone Sunday was for James White. Burkhead had two rushing touchdowns and a receiving TD, and Bill Belichick joined George Halas (318) and Don Shula (328)...

Roenicke fired by Red Sox after 1 pandemic-shortened season

BOSTON (AP) — Ron Roenicke waited five years after his previous managerial job for another opportunity. When it finally came, it wasn't much of an opportunity at all. The Red Sox told Roenicke before the final game of the season on Sunday that he will not be back in 2021, ending his tenure as a one-year,...

Dunford, Wahlberg headline gala to honor Boston priests

BOSTON (AP) — Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. is scheduled to headline an annual fundraising event to honor more than 500 Archdiocese of Boston priests. The Celebration of the Priesthood Dinner scheduled for Tuesday — a virtual event this year — also includes...

District asks 20 students to quarantine after virus case

AUBURN, Mass. (AP) — Twenty students in Auburn Public Schools are being asked to quarantine after the district found that they were potentially exposed to a bus monitor who tested positive for COVID-19. In a letter sent to parents Friday, Superintendent Casey Handfield said the bus monitor was removed from...

Boston Red Sox say manager Ron Roenicke won't return in 2021; team in last place in AL East

Suspect in bank robbery arrested at New Hampshire hotel

TEWKSBURY, Mass. (AP) — A man accused of robbing a bank in Tewksbury was arrested Saturday at a hotel in New Hampshire. Tewksbury Police say 25-year-old Caio Costa, of Methuen, was taken into custody shortly after 5 p.m. at a hotel in Salem, New Hampshire. He has been charged as a fugitive in New Hampshire...

Leaders suggest renaming school after Brazilian educator

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — Administrators at a Massachusetts elementary school named after former President Woodrow Wilson have suggested renaming the school after a famous Brazilian educator. Purnima DeMorais, principal of Woodrow Wilson Elementary in Framingham, and Vice Principal Darlene Pugnali, said at...

Braintree voters approve 1st new school since 1970s

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — The town of Braintree has approval to build its first new school since the 1970s after voters passed a tax increase for the measure in a special election on Saturday. Nearly 75% of voters supported a measure allowing the town to borrow $86.5 million to build a new middle school, the...