Massachusetts State Police were in North Andover Wednesday night assisting with a barricaded subject. Details were limited, but a police presence could be seen on Waverly Road. State police said their Air Wing helicopter was also on scene. No further information was immediately available ..read more

BOSTON — The Miami Heat gave the Boston Celtics a taste of their own medicine in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series at TD Garden. After allowing 22 3-pointers in the Celtics’ wire-to-wire Game 1 win, the Heat one-upped Boston in Wednesday’s showdown. They torched the C’s from deep early and often, drilling eight 3-pointers in the first quarter and surpassing their season-high with 13 3s in the first half. The Celtics still led by three at the midway point, but Miami’s 3s kept falling when Boston’s offense fell flat. The result was a 111-101 Heat win to tie the series at one game apiece ..read more

It wasn’t pretty, but the Boston Bruins have taken a 2-1 lead in their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series versus the Toronto Maple Leafs. It took a while for the Bruins to get going — they had zero shots on net over the final 12 minutes of the first period — but they ultimately emerged with a 4-2 victory in Game 3 at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday night. The Bruins have now won five straight Game 3s dating back to the 2021 playoffs. One of the most impressive aspects of the Bruins’ performance was their resiliency. They equalized just 3:01 after Matthew Knies opened the scoring in the second ..read more

The Boston Bruins re-took the lead in their playoff series with the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 3-2 win on the road Wednesday night. Brad Marchand scored the game-winning goal seconds after the Leafs had equalized, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead in the opening round and re-establishing home ice advantage. The Bruins won the series opener but dropped Game 2 at TD Garden. Get Bruins playoff updates and analysis here. More Bruins-Leafs news Nick Goss Apr 22 Game 2 takeaways: Matthews shines, Leafs beat Bruins to even series Nick Goss Apr 20 Bruins-Leafs takeaways: Swayman, DeBrusk shine as B ..read more

The Heat pulled off a major upset against the Celtics in Boston Wednesday. Jaylen Brown scored 33 points and Jayson Tatum put up 28 in the 111-101 home loss. Three Heat players — Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo and Caleb Martin — put up at least 21. The Celtics and Heat play Game 3 in Miami Saturday. More to come ..read more

Police in Lowell, Massachusetts, are looking for a missing man last seen Wednesday. Authorities say 46-year-old Nicholas Papadonis was last seen around 6 p.m. near the Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsborough State Forest. Papadonis is described as being about 6 feet tall and 215 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. When he was last seen, police say he was wearing a green camo jacket, a backpack and grey pants. Anyone with information is asked to call 978-937-3200 or dial 911 ..read more

NBC10 Boston first broke the story about American tourists who have been charged with possession of ammunition after vacationing on the islands of Turks and Caicos. Upon conviction, the charge comes with a mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison, except where the court finds exceptional circumstances. There are currently three U.S tourists being held on bail for firearms and ammunition prosecutions, according to a statement released Wednesday by the Turks and Caicos Islands Attorney General’s Chambers and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Consumer investigative report ..read more

Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election were charged Wednesday with conspiracy, fraud and forgery, marking the fourth state to bring charges against “fake electors.” The defendants include the former chair of the Arizona Republican Party, a 2022 U.S. Senate candidate and two sitting state legislators. The grand jury indictment also describes an unindicted co-conspirator who is clearly Trump. The 11 people who had been nominated to be Arizona’s Republican electors met in Phoenix on De ..read more

The busy boating season in Gloucester, Massachusetts, is beginning with a scandal at the harbormaster’s office over theft and forgery. TJ Ciarametaro says he was wrongfully terminated by the city earlier this month. The former harbormaster says he worked with Gloucester police to catch the shellfish warden stealing petty cash. The warden then pointed the finger back at the deputy harbormaster for forging signatures on state grants totaling at $24,000. “Just a really disappointing and unfortunate set of events that transpired after a pretty long seven-year career here giving it my all,” Ciarame ..read more

Top Democrats expect to file a compromise Wednesday on a bill designed to continue funding the state’s overrun emergency family shelter system and implement reforms to cut costs by limiting how long families may stay in shelters. As State House News Service first reported, lawmakers working on a fiscal 2024 supplemental budget (H 4466 / S 2711) picked up the paperwork needed to file a deal Wednesday morning. In a joint statement Wednesday afternoon, lead conferees Sen. Michael Rodrigues and Rep. Aaron Michlewitz said they were finalizing details of the compromise in order to “timely” file the ..read more