WFXT-TV (Boston, MA)

WFXT is a Fox-affiliated TV station operating on virtual channel 25 and UHF digital channel 34, based in Boston, Massachusetts. The station is part of the Cox Media Group, which is headquartered in Atlanta. WFXT's studio facility is situated on Fox Drive in Dedham, close to the Boston-Providence Turnpike, while its transmitter can be found on Cabot Street in Needham. This station is one of six television stations in Boston that can be accessed in Canada through Bell Satellite TV and EastLink cable services. Notably, WFXT holds the distinction of being the largest Fox affiliate by market size that is not directly owned by the network, even though it has been under Fox's ownership twice, from 1987 to 1990 and again from 1995 to 2014.

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Man charged with arson after authorities say he sparked New Jersey Pine Barrens blaze

5 hours ago | boston25news.com | Bruce Shipkowski

CHATSWORTH, N.J. — (AP) — A man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey's Pine Barrens, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting the air quality in the New York City area, authorities said Thursday.
Testimony in Karen Read’s retrial continues with friend of John O’Keefe expected back on stand

1 day ago | boston25news.com | Ryan Breslin

DEDHAM, Mass. — Witness testimony in Karen Read’s retrial enters its second day on Wednesday with Kerry Roberts, a close friend of Read’s Boston police officer boyfriend, expected back on the stand. The first witnesses called by the prosecution took the stand on Tuesday following opening statements. Kerry Roberts, a friend of John O’Keefe, and Timothy Nuttall, one of the first responders who arrived at 34 Fairview Road in Canton on January 29, 2022, both gave testimony.
Orders to leave the country - some for US citizen - sow confusion among immigrants

1 day ago | boston25news.com | Valerie Gonzalez |Gisela Salomon

McALLEN, Texas — (AP) — Hubert Montoya burst out laughing when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security emailed to say he should leave the country immediately or risk consequences of being deported. He is a U.S. citizen. “I just thought it was absurd,” the Austin, Texas, immigration attorney said. It was an apparent glitch in the Trump administration's dismantling of another Biden-era policy that allowed people to live and work in the country temporarily.
Day 2 of witness testimony continues in Karen Read retrial

1 day ago | boston25news.com | Ryan Breslin

DEDHAM, Mass. — Day two of witness testimony continues on Wednesday in the Karen Read retrial. The first witnesses took the stand on Tuesday following opening statements. Kerry Roberts, a friend of John O’Keefe, and Timothy Nuttall, one of the first responders who arrived at 34 Fairview Road in Canton on January 29, 2022, both gave testimony. Read is accused of striking her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, with her SUV in 2022 and leaving him to die alone in the snow outside of a house party in Canton.
Fatal crash or framed for murder? Karen Read’s retrial begins with fiery opening statements

2 days ago | boston25news.com | Ryan Breslin

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP/Boston 25) — The second murder trial of Karen Read, whose case has sparked a national debate on police accountability and won her legions of devoted fans, began with opening statements Tuesday, more than three years after the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.
Sharks drew crowds who swam with them off Israel's coast - until one man disappeared

2 days ago | boston25news.com | Ariel Schalit |Tia Goldenberg

HADERA, Israel — (AP) — Israeli police on Tuesday scoured the Mediterranean coast for a swimmer they fear may have been attacked by a shark in an area that has long seen close encounters between marine predators and beachgoers who sometimes seek them out. A shiver of endangered dusky and sandbar sharks has been swimming close to the area for years, attracting onlookers who approach the sharks, drawing pleas from conservation groups for authorities to separate people from the wild animal.
Live video, updates: Opening statements in Karen Read’s retrial

2 days ago | boston25news.com | Ryan Breslin

DEDHAM, Mass. — Opening statements in Karen Read’s second murder trial over the death of her police officer boyfriend are slated to take place Tuesday in Dedham’s Norfolk Superior Court. Boston 25 will stream the statements LIVE starting at 9 a.m.After nine men and nine women were seated for the jury, Read told reporters that she is “anxious but ready” for opening statements. Over 600 prospective jurors were screened during jury selection. “I’ve been ready.
The rites and rituals following the death of a pope, his funeral and burial, explained

3 days ago | boston25news.com | Ray Villeda

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification of death and public display of his body for the faithful to pay their respects, followed by the funeral and burial.
Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff who ministered with charm and humility, dies at 88

3 days ago | boston25news.com | Ryan Breslin

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives over climate change and critiques of capitalism, died Monday. He was 88. Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.
US and Iran say talks over Tehran's nuclear program make progress and set plans for more

4 days ago | boston25news.com | Matthew Lee |Jon Gambrell

ROME — (AP) — Iran and the United States plan to meet over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program again next week, after both sides said they made progress in their talks Saturday in Rome. A U.S. official confirmed that at a point during the negotiations in Rome, President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke face to face. Before they meet again in Oman on April 26, Araghchi said technical-level talks would be held in the coming days.