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Not only do IUDs prevent pregnancy, they may lower the risk of ovarian cancer in the women who use them.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/study-women-who-use-iuds-may-have-lower-risk-of-ovarian-cancer/

A massage therapist at Tai Chi Acupuncture & Wellness Center in North Reading has been accused of assaulting a client. Police fear there may be more victims.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/north-reading-massage-therapist-rape-police-more-victims-daniel-feender-tai-chi-acupuncture-wellness-center/

A firefighter in Haverhill was injured Thursday morning responding to a fire caused by a downed power line.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/haverhill-firefighter-injured-power-line-fire-state-street/

It was one of many trees across Massachusetts toppled by a record-setting October storm.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/beverly-storm-tree-home-sleeping-couple-injured-brimbal/

Amazon is taking over a vacant space in Revere once occupied by the Necco candy company.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/former-necco-plant-revere-amazon-delivery-station/

While the equation may be that simple for a football team, it's obviously a bit more complex for the player involved. And when that player is 38 years old with a family of seven children, getting...

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/ben-watson-explains-how-children-helped-him-learn-during-week-away-from-patriots/

The poll reports that 73% of Bay State voters approve of the job Baker is doing.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/charlie-baker-gina-raimondo-most-popular-governors-poll/

New York Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley says he will play Monday night against the New England Patriots barring any setbacks at practice this week.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/jets-c-j-mosley-playing-monday-night-vs-patriots/

An accountant has been convicted by a federal grand jury of conspiring with a former state senator to defraud the IRS.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/accountant-convicted-helping-state-senator-brian-joyce-defraud-irs/

Boston police have arrested one underage suspect in connection with repeated assaults and robberies police have been investigating in Jamaica Plain.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/boston-police-catch-youths-jamaica-plain-assaults/

More than 200,000 customers lost electricity across Massachusetts early Thursday morning after strong wind and heavy rain brought down power lines and trees overnight.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/massachusetts-power-outages-school-closings-list/

Another Massachusetts Friendly's is going out of business.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/stoneham-friendlys-closing-restaurant-november/

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has announced a new program to help municipalities bolster their cybersecurity.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/gov-charlie-baker-announces-new-cybersecurity-program/

Prosecutors say a man who fled Massachusetts 16 years ago and was arrested in Maine this summer will be arraigned in connection with a pair of unsolved rapes from the 1990s.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/bridgewater-man-implicated-in-unsolved-1990s-rapes-to-be-arraigned-ivan-keith/

Stephen Colbert is staying on CBS for years to come.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/stephen-colbert-the-late-show-cbs-contract-extension-deal/

A former Massachusetts high school math teacher has been sentenced on federal child pornography charges.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/former-massachusetts-math-teacher-prison-child-porn-warren-anderson-narragansett-regional-high-school/

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has announced a new program to help ease child care costs in the city.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/child-day-care-grants-businesses-boston-mayor-marty-walsh/

WWE's second talent draft locks in rosters, assigning Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins to RAW, and Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar to SmackDown.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/wwe-talent-draft-raw-smackdown-becky-lynch-seth-rollins-roman-reigns-brock-lesnar/

Two cruise ships made their way into Ipswich Bay to wait out the weather off the coast of Gloucester Thursday.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/storm-strands-two-cruise-ships-gloucester-coast-norwegian-dawn-seven-seas-navigator/

Tom Brady may be down one weapon when he and the Patriots take the field on Monday night against the Jets.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/josh-gordon-absent-from-patriots-thursday-practice/

Boston recorded a peak wind gust of 70 mph during the historically strong October storm.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/wind-logan-airport-boston-storm-southwest-plane-jetbridge/

Here are the top 15, according to the National Weather Service.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/boston-massachusetts-weather-highest-winds-gust-speed-list-october-storm/

A tractor-trailer overturned after hitting some power lines in Ashland Thursday morning, trapping the driver inside until the power could be shut off.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/tractor-trailer-overturns-ashland-driver-trapped-downed-power-lines-route-126-butterfield-drive/

The government agency’s Climate Prediction Center released its latest winter outlook on Thursday.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/noaa-winter-weather-prediction-climate-outlook-new-england/

The Rams appear determined to tie their own hand behind their back while competing in the NFL. It is a bold strategy.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/week-7-nfl-picks-rams-first-round-picks-jalen-ramsey/

Emergency crews were busy throughout the night as reports of fallen trees came fast.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/massachusetts-storm-wind-damage-trees-roads/

A man has been sentenced to at least 47 ½ years in prison for killing a woman last year in Exeter, New Hampshire.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/new-hampshire-man-gets-over-47-years-in-prison-for-womans-murder-derek-webber-carol-felides/

Stephen King and Bangor go way back.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/stephen-king-bangor-maine-home-personal-archives-writers-in-residence/

Thousands of homes and businesses lost power in the overnight storm in Falmouth.  One homeowner also lost a trampoline.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/trampoline-through-fence-photos-falmouth-massachusetts-wind-storm/

If you haven’t been following Dan Roche’s weekly Fantasy Football advice, now would be a good time to jump aboard. Rochie is pretty good at this.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/rochies-fantasy-4-pack-nfl-week-7/

An intensifying coastal storm bombed out overnight and brought flooding rain and damaging winds to the area.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/bomb-cyclone-low-pressure-record-storm-october-boston-wbz-weather/

The start to Ben Watson's Patriots reunion did not go how either side likely anticipated. But after a rocky beginning, it seems as though both sides have benefited slightly.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/patriots-save-1-million-in-salary-cap-space-with-ben-watson-re-signing/

The storm that hit Massachusetts in the early hours of October 17 left a trail of downed trees and utility lines which led to widespread damage and power outages.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/photo-galleries/2019/10/17/october-17-storm-damage/

Demaryius Thomas did not appreciate the way his time in New England ended.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/jets-demaryius-thomas-disrespected-insulted-by-patriots-bill-belichick-antonio-brown/

Tests of 168 baby foods from major manufacturers in the US found toxic heavy metals are likely in the food you are feeding your infant.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/baby-food-toxic-metal-lead-arsenic/

While gusts won’t be as extreme Thursday, there will still be the threat for damage.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/boston-weather-forecast-wind-damage-power-outages-wbz-tv/

Thursday afternoon, vendors for the Head of the Charles Regatta will begin moving onto the site as preparations continue.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/16/head-of-the-charles-regatta-boston-storm-preparations/

The lawyer for a bus driver who had been charged with locking a passenger in the vehicle's luggage compartment says the criminal case has been dropped.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/16/charges-dropped-against-peter-pan-bus-driver-locked-passenger-case/

Scientists are experimenting in Boston Harbor to see if they can detect microplastics in the water.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/16/microplastics-boston-harbor-new-technology-epa-draper-laboratory-marine-fisheries/

Jean Paul LaPierre said he was on his way to run the Chicago Marathon on Sunday when he jumped into action.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/10/16/weymouth-man-jean-paul-lapierre-chicago-train-robber-mararathon/