11+ hour, 43+ min ago (570+ words) Inside the Patriots" locker room: Following his team"s most recent win, Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel took a blunt view of pursuing success in the NFL. Speaking to his players in the locker room, Vrabel alluded to the toll injuries had taken on Sunday. New England was forced to call on several backups, a notion that the team"s coach said would be inevitable. "We need everybody in here," Vrabel added. "If you guys didn"t understand that already, you saw that today. Everybody stepped up. I"m proud of the coaching staff. I"m proud of the players. "There are going to be some dirty games out there," he added of the imperfect display in Cincinnati. "And what we need to do is come together a little bit tighter, and fix the problems. It starts with me. That…...

8+ hour, 24+ min ago (212+ words) Morry Casso, 108, of Canton, MA and formerly Sharon and Roxbury, passed peacefully on November 16, 2025, after an incredible, long life well lived. Morry was a jokester and loved to make people smile. He told hundreds of stories, many in the first person, and the family never knew if he was joking or not. Like how his mother, a Russian Jewish immigrant, called him "Bubbeleh" so much that it wasn't until his first day of school, at the age of 5, that he learned his name was Morris. That was dad. A cancer survivor, at the time of his death, Morry was the oldest man in Massachusetts, its oldest living military veteran, and the 15th'oldest man in the United States. A funeral service at Schlossberg Family's Chapel in Canton, burial at the Crawford Street Memorial Park in West Roxbury, and shiva at locations…...

12+ hour, 34+ min ago (1056+ words) Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel stopped by WEEI on Monday morning for his weekly interview with "The Greg Hill Show," discussing a range of topics following his team's 26-20 win over the Bengals on Sunday. The victory extended New England's winning streak to nine in a row, with the team now 10-2, and leading the AFC East by multiple games over the 7-4 Bills. Vrabel acknowledged that it had not been his team's best day at the office, but that he admired their resolve. "Go down 10-0, proud of the way they battled back," he said of the Patriots. "And then there's always going to be some adversity, which I thought we stood up to. "Had a big drive there in the fourth to have to kick a field goal. Andy [Borregales] made a big kick to make it a six-point game to where…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago (393+ words) A Dorchester couple is facing manslaughter charges after their 5-week-old daughter died malnourished and with drugs in her system, weighing less than three pounds, prosecutors said. Raynell Reed, 31, and Gerard Winn, 52, were indicted on one count of manslaughter each by a Suffolk County grand jury on Friday and arraigned in court Monday. Both pleaded not guilty. "It's difficult to conceive of something more tragic than a child being born and then ignored to the extent it leads to death by malnourishment and sheer neglect," Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement. Reed and Winn were the parents of a 5-week-old infant, who was born Dec. 5, 2024 and died a month later in January, according to the Suffolk County DA's Office. The couple lived together on Cheney Street in Dorchester when Reed found out she was pregnant in September…...

7+ hour, 23+ min ago (224+ words) Eater has released their annual list of the 15 best new restaurants in America, and a Portland, Maine eatery is the only New England spot to make the cut. Luncheonette, a husband-and-wife-run restaurant that opened in June, celebrated the recognition on Instagram on Nov. 19. "We really love what we are doing at Luncheonette and are so happy that other people do, too," the owners wrote. Founded by Angela Lee and Alex LeBlanc, Luncheonette describes itself as a "scratch restaurant" where everything is made in-house using locally sourced ingredients where possible, according to the website. The restaurant operates out of a 100-plus-year old space at 147 Cumberland Ave., offering classic lunch options like sandwiches and salads alongside more adventurous dishes. Maine diners, Eater noted, have been especially drawn to dishes like vegetables dressed in gochujang and sesame, bibimbap fortified with za'atar tofu, and…...

13+ hour, 22+ min ago (355+ words) A Maine family was detained by federal immigration agents at the Canadian border last week, leaving empty seats at two Portland high schools. Two Portland Public School high schoolers, who attend Casco Bay and Deering high schools, were detained with their family in Vermont and transferred to Texas, Superintendent Ryan Scallon told families Friday. "To have students in class one week and then suddenly gone the next is traumatic. And to know that two young people are in a detention center when they could be in school is deeply upsetting," the district said in a statement. "The Portland Public Schools remains committed to serving all students, irrespective of immigration status, and we will not change." The Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection did not return a request for comment, but the Portland Press Herald reported that CBP…...

15+ hour, 33+ min ago (700+ words) CINCINNATI " Drake Maye is just 23 years old, and to us ain't-that-young-anymore folks, he doesn't even look that old when he's authentically aw-shucksing his way through a press conference. There is one time when he usually looks much older than his years: when he's at work on the football field. Maye completed 22 of 35 passes for 294 yards " a career-high in a game that was nowhere near his career-best " with a touchdown and an interception. The interception was instantly regrettable. On the second play of the second quarter, he airmailed a throw beyond tight end Hunter Henry into the waiting arms of Bengals safety Geno Stone, who returned it 32 yards for a touchdown and a 10-0 Cincinnati lead. "They had some good stuff, and I didn't do the right thing and get to the right looks," said Maye of the Bengals' defense. "I've got…...

6+ hour, 38+ min ago (517+ words) Accused of framing Karen Read for murder and now gearing up for a lengthy court battle, several witnesses from the high-profile case are appealing to the public for help clearing their names." "We stayed silent, trusting the justice system to correct the record and protect the witnesses who cooperated in good faith. It hasn't," says a new GiveSendGo campaign fundraising on behalf of the Albert, McCabe, and Higgins families. The campaign " which had raised more than $42,000 as of Monday afternoon " has a stated purpose of funding legal representation, challenging "false allegations in a court of law," and protecting the families from ongoing harassment." Read's criminal defense team previously alleged Higgins had motive to harm O'Keefe after Higgins exchanged flirty texts with Read, who then "ghosted" him shortly before her boyfriend died. Rather than call 911, Read claims the afterparty guests moved…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago (442+ words) Milton Williams has been worth the price that the Patriots paid this offseason to lure the former Eagles standout lineman to New England " with the 26-year-old Williams helping turn Mike Vrabel's defense into one of the stingiest in the league against the run." A young defensive lineman capable of both generating pressure up the middle and clogging up running lanes was one of the priorities for the Patriots last offseason as Eliot Wolf and Co. tried to shore up multiple holes across the depth chart. But, speaking on NBC Sports Boston's "Patriots Pregame Live" before New England's win over the Bengals, Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer said that New England's decision to hand Williams the largest contract in franchise history in March was actually a contingency plan." According to Breer, the Patriots' top offseason' target entering the spring was actually Bengals…...

14+ hour, 9+ min ago (197+ words) The Patriots continue to await more clarity on the injury to starting left tackle Will Campbell during Sunday's win over the Bengals, but a report on Monday morning indicated that the rookie's season may not be over. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Campbell is "believed to have suffered an MCL sprain and will an MRI on his knee." Rapoport added that Campbell could be headed for a stint on Injured Reserve (meaning he would miss at least four games), but that hope remains for a potential playoff return. "He's a candidate for Injured Reserve," wrote Rapoport, "with the hope he returns when it counts the most." Depending on the results of the MRI, it could be the closest thing possible to good news for the Patriots in the entire situation. Campbell was carted off the field during the…...