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There was a deadly accident early today on Route I-95 in Norwood on the Sharon line,, according to news reports. One woman was killed and two critically injured.

Howard is a Chihuahua that was rescued from a Texas kill shelter and brought to a Brockton shelter in October. Soon after his arrival, volunteers at the shelter noticed that the 1-year-old walked with a limp and held up his back leg, which had atrophied.

The new Quincy branch of the South Shore YMCA hopes to make people New Year’s fitness resolutions easier to keep. The state-of-the-art facility opened Dec. 23, more than three months after the old Y had to be closed. It has a vast array of equipment, programs and ways to motivate those for whom working out doesn’t come naturally.

Eight Weymouth bars and restaurants that police say were caught selling beer to underage patrons during a town-wide sting could have their licenses to sell alcohol suspended.

A former Hanover boy, critically injured in a zip-lining accident last Thursday in Easton, has sparked an outpouring of prayers both close to his old home and from as far away as Jerusalem.

News on Netflix prices, “Obamacare” and a light bulb change in 2014.

Thousands of people lined the streets in Abington Tuesday to honor Marine Sgt. Daniel Vasselian, 27, who was killed in Afghanistan two days before Christmas. Vasselian’s body returned home in a solemn procession Tuesday that included more than 200 law enforcement officers.

Thousands turned out in Abington Tuesday to show their support to fallen Marine Sergeant Daniel Vasselian.

Police officers and firefighters in Boston and around the South Shore lined overpasses to honor Marine Sgt. Daniel Vasselian, the Abington marine killed in action on Dec. 23.

Everyone who writes about cars gets asked, “What’s the best?” or “What should I buy?” Beats the heck out of me. But here’s what rose to the top among the 50-plus cars we drove in 2013, and what I’d be dickering on if I were shopping the holiday sales. What’s a year end without a year-end review?