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By STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Thursday to raise from 18 to 21 the minimum age at which a person can be sentenced to mandatory life without parole — a narrow 4-3 ruling that juvenile justice advocates are hailing as progress.The...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — Bill Belichick had a vision of building the kind of sustained championship football team that had rarely been seen before in the NFL when he was hired by the New England Patriots.He walks away feeling like it was a job well done.The...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — Six-time NFL champion Bill Belichick agreed to part ways as the coach of the New England Patriots on Thursday, bringing an end to his 24-year tenure as the architect of the most decorated dynasty of the league’s Super Bowl era, a person...

By JOHN WAWROW

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Forget the myriad scenarios — 14 in total — that would give the Buffalo Bills their fifth consecutive playoff berth if they beat or tie New England on Sunday. And don’t expect the Bills to do much scoreboard watching during the...

By DAN GREENSPAN

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Boston Celtics were happy to share on Christmas Day, and it propelled them to a historic holiday against the Los Angeles Lakers.Led by Kristaps Porzingis with 28 points and 11 rebounds, all five starters had at least 18 points...

By NICOLE WINFIELD and DAVID CRARY

ROME — Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced Monday, a radical shift in policy that aimed at making the church more inclusive while maintaining its strict ban on gay marriage.But while...

By JOE REEDY

Dean Spanos has decided he isn’t “All In” anymore on Brandon Staley and Tom Telesco leading the Los Angeles Chargers.The Chargers owner fired Staley as coach and Telesco as general manager Friday morning after one of the worst losses in franchise...

By JIMMY GOLEN

FOXBOROUGH — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick declined to discuss his future on Wednesday amid a report that owner Robert Kraft had already decided to fire the six-time Super Bowl champion after the season.Asked repeatedly whether he would be...

By JIMMY GOLEN

FOXBOROUGH — College football keeps changing.The Army-Navy game never does.In an era of booster collectives and transfer portals, the nation’s two oldest service academies will line up their triple-option offenses at the home of the New England...

By JIMMY GOLEN

FOXBOROUGH — At least the Los Angeles Chargers don’t have to worry about who should play quarterback.The New England Patriots are still trying to figure out who’ll be the starting signal caller Sunday against Justin Herbert and the Chargers. And...

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH

FRANKFURT, Germany — Despite the Patriots’ 2-7 record, coach Bill Belichick was in an unusually upbeat mood Friday and said he hoped his team could enjoy the experience of playing against the Indianapolis Colts in Germany. Belichick and the Patriots...

By RALPH D. RUSSO

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The Big Ten Conference banned Jim Harbaugh from coaching at Michigan’s three remaining regular-season games on Friday, defying a warning from the second-ranked Wolverines in an extraordinary confrontation over an alleged...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — Sam Howell passed for 325 yards and a touchdown and Jartavius Martin had a late interception to help the Washington Commanders hold on and beat the New England Patriots 20-17 on Sunday. It marked the first time in Howell’s career he...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

FOXBOROUGH — At the bottom of the AFC standings and in the throes of his worst start since his first season in New England, Bill Belichick and the Patriots could have easily been sellers at the trade deadline.They weren’t. “We’re getting ready for...

By DAVID BRANDT

PHOENIX — Nathan Eovaldi pitched six gutsy innings, Mitch Garver broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the seventh and the Texas Rangers are World Series champions for the first time in their 63-season franchise history after beating the Arizona...

By JAKE BLEIBERG, PATRICK WHITTLE, HOLLY RAMER and DAVID SHARP

LEWISTON, Maine — Police teams had already searched a recycling center in Maine twice before eventually finding the body of the man suspected of killing 18 people, authorities said Saturday.Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck...

By ALANIS THAMES

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been in a situation similar to Mac Jones’ current predicament.Miami made Tagovailoa the fifth overall pick in the 2020 draft after he led Alabama to a national title. But his NFL career...

By DAVID SHARP, ROBERT BUMSTED, HOLLY RAMER and MICHAEL BALSAMO

LEWISTON, Maine — Authorities searched forests, waterways and small towns Thursday for a U.S. Army reservist who they say killed 18 people and wounded 13 in a mass shooting at a bowling alley and a bar that sent panicked patrons scrambling under...

By DAVID SHARP

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The man identified as a person of interest in a mass killing in Maine is a firearms instructor trained by the military and was recently committed to a mental health facility, according to a state police bulletin.The police...

By JIMMY GOLEN

The Boston Red Sox have hired ex-pitcher Craig Breslow to run their baseball operations department, a team official said Wednesday.The official spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the hiring had not been announced...