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Randolph police are investigating two armed robberies of food delivery people on Birchwood Road in the past week, said Randolph Police Chief William Pace.

For the first in more than six years, the monthly unemployment rate in Massachusetts is higher than the U.S. rate.

Target announced this morning that credit and debit card data used since Thanksgiving at the store may have been stolen, affecting about 40 million people. The Secret Service is investigating the security breach, as is Target. Customers who shopped there are urged to contact their credit card company. 

A sad homecoming is scheduled as the remains of Lance Cpl. Matthew Rodriguez return to Massachusetts.

State officials say the eastbound Storrow Drive tunnel in Boston has been closed due to what is described as minor flooding.

The numbers of sexual assaults on college campuses are “an epidemic” and the statistics do not include the number of sexual assaults that go unreported to school police or authorities, said Toni Troop, a spokeswoman for Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts coalition against sexual assault and domestic violence.

Author and collector Wayne G. Miller has donated a collection of historic Fore River Shipyard postcards and photographs to the Thomas Crane Public Library. The collection includes 47 photographs from 1904 to 1910, and 270 postcards.

South Shore police chiefs are urging revelers to plan ahead during the holiday season to prevent boozy celebrations from turning into alcohol-fueled tragedies.

A local program that delivers meals to residents in Brockton to their homes is looking to expand its reach.

A statewide coalition of corporate, private and public foundations has committed $13 million this year for more than 200 nonprofit organizations, including several in Quincy.