We had another widespread hard freeze across all of New England with freeze warnings Friday morning in southern New England and along the coast. Temperatures dropped to the 20s in many more spots compared to Thursday morning. This afternoon will be nice and sunny again thanks to high pressure settling in. Once the afternoon, sun warms us up a bit more, temps reach the mid to upper 50s to near 60 inland. However, the classic sea breeze keeps our temps in the low 50s for Boston and the coast.  The center of high pressure slips offshore to our east, southeast and our wind direction changes ..read more

The Patriots got their guy. From early in the pre-draft process, Drake Maye struck the Patriots braintrust as having real toughness. They saw it in how he ran the football and bounced back from bad plays.  He struck them as a maniacal competitor. They saw it in flashes during their meetings, and they watched it on film as he tried to carry North Carolina — to his own detriment at times — last season. The traits were always obvious. Maye has the size, athleticism and arm strength to make him a real weapon at the position. But it’s the other stuff that they felt could make him great. E ..read more

Massachusetts law enforcement authorities are set to announce criminal charges following an investigation. The announcement, involving Massachusetts State Police, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and other authorities, will be made at a state police barracks in Boston Friday morning at 10 a.m., according to Ryan’s office. The news conference will be livestreamed. They didn’t immediately provide any details on what the charges entailed, saying only that the charges involved a multi-jurisdictional investigation. This is a developing news story that will be updated when more information is ..read more

With the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the New England Patriots selected North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye. In hopes of rebuilding the franchise under new head coach Jerod Mayo, the Patriots will look to Maye to become the organization’s next franchise QB. Former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick joined former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee on his self-titled show, The Pat McAfee Show, to break down what he thinks of the UNC product. “I think that’s certainly a top need for them,” Belichick said of New England’s selection. “Drake compares himself a lot to Josh Allen — he’s said ..read more

A man and a woman were injured after an apartment building caught fire in Manchester, New Hampshire, late Thursday night. The fire occurred just after 10:30 p.m. on Village Circle Way, the Manchester Fire Department said. When firefighters arrived, they encountered heavy smoke in the back of the building with several peopl trapped, authorities said. The two people were taken to the hospital for medical treatment, fire officials said, adding that one was in serious condition, while the other was in critical condition. Their names weren’t released. The cause of the fire remains under investigati ..read more

What’s next for the New England Patriots? It’s the question the team has really been asking since Tom Brady left. However, now, the team has selected what they hope to be the new face of the franchise: University of North Carolina quarterback, Drake Maye. Pats fans will get to meet their new quarterback Friday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Maye was selected by the Patriots as the third overall pick in Thursday night’s draft. He could become the future of the franchise under new head coach Jerod Mayo. NBC Sports Boston Patriots insider Phil Perry gave the pick an “A,” saying ..read more

After prosecutors’ lead witness painted a tawdry portrait of “catch and kill” tabloid schemes, defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are poised Friday to dig into an account of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and his efforts to protect Trump from negative stories during the 2016 election. David Pecker will return to the witness stand for the fourth day as defense attorneys try to poke holes in the testimony of the former National Enquirer publisher, who has described helping bury embarrassing stories Trump feared could hurt his campaign. It will cap a consequential w ..read more

Protests over the Middle East war continue at schools in Massachusetts and across the country. In Boston, students are demonstrating at Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University and Emerson College. Northeastern University students are now also joining in on the protests. On Northeastern’s campus, the encampment remains. Dozens of people, apparently including students and faculty, formed a ring around an encampment at Northeastern’s Centennial Common. After several hours, a large group of police officers surrounded the group and asked them to leave. A third ring of people, media and spectators ..read more

Temperature forecasts from here into next week are riddled with pitfalls, surprises and shades of disappointment. We’re certain that the warmup is on the way but for some along the coast, it will be muted by the sea breeze. That’s typical for early spring, but forecasting it’s every whim is a study in patience and timing. We’ll climb out of the cold morning with plenty of warm late-spring sun. That should help us to 60 away from the coast but along the water, we’re not doing much better than low/mid 50s (still better than Thursday). We’ll see another cool morning Friday before we kick the thr ..read more

U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in an urgent effort to understand — and stop — the growing outbreak. So far, the risk to humans remains low, officials said, but scientists are wary that the virus could change to spread more easily among people. The virus, known as Type A H5N1, has been detected in nearly three dozen dairy herds in eight states. Inactive viral remnants have been found in grocery store milk. Tests also show the virus is spreading between cows, including those that don’t show symptoms, and between cows and birds ..read more