• Storm clouds loom over Jamaica Pond

  "It was mostly sunny with some innocent clouds in Jamaica Plain and then suddenly these dramatic dark storm clouds moved in over Jamaica Pond. They looked like something from the movie "Independence Day" when the alien space ships enter Earth's atmosphere. The rain that followed was pretty intense ...

• Heavy rain T-storm watch until 9 p.m.

  Hub commuters tonight should expect to be a little more cautious on the roads as thunderstorms and heavy rain hit the Boston area, officials said.Most of Massachusetts is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m., said National Weather Service Meteorologist Alan Dunham, with the exception of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard."Be prepared for suddenly reduced visibility ...

• NTSB urges backup to protect track crews

  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an ‘‘urgent safety recommendation’’ after a Metro-North track foreman was struck and killed by a passenger train last month in ...

• Man sentenced in $730K embezzlement

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A Connecticut man who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $730,000 from a Washington law firm has been sentenced to 18 months in ...

• Marchand draws line between dirty and tough player

  BOSTON (AP) - Brad Marchand is known in Boston as the ‘‘Little Ball of Hate,’’ a nickname that captures his stature - he’s listed at 5-foot-9 - and his tendency to get on the nerves of opposing ...

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