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It’s the end of an era in New England.
Bill Belichick is parting ways with the New England Patriots after 24 seasons and six Super Bowl championships as head coach.
Here’s what we know: It was announced Thursday that Belichick and the New England Patriots have parted ways.
Belichick and Patriots owner Robert Kraft have been meeting since the beginning of this week to discuss how both sides want to move forward after the coach’s long history with the Pats.
Belichick had one year left on his contract.
More about Belichick: 24 Memories from the Belichick Era Comments: Bill Belichick is a Legend and a Legacy This Wasn’t a Surprising Decision: This News Followed Coach to the End The team’s miserable 4-13 season was the worst in the organization’s history, confirming speculation.
Despite this, Belichick remains the second winningest head coach in NFL history, trailing former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula with just 14.
Belichick led the Patriots to six Super Bowl championships, most recently in 2018.
What’s next for the Pats and Belichick?
Regarding Belichick’s coaching career, interest from seven other NFL teams with head coaching vacancies (one of which is the Atlanta Falcons, according to ESPN) is expected to collect.
The Walgreens in Roxbury will close on January 15, making it the drugstore chain’s fourth store to close in a predominantly black and Latino neighborhood in Boston.
In the past two years, Walgreens has closed stores in Mattapan, Hyde Park and Lower Roxbury.
The recent closure of 416 Warren Street has raised concerns about health care access and equity for communities of color across the city.
4,444 4,444 Protesters demonstrated outside Walgreens on Tuesday, demanding that the drug store, located next to a dialysis center, continue to accept customers in the Roxbury area.

“For Walgreens, this is just business, but for us, it’s a matter of life and death,” protester Reverend Mineard Culpepper told WCVB.
Last June, Walgreens announced plans to close hundreds of stores across the United States.
Reached for comment, Walgreens told WBUR, “Patients of the pharmacy at this location do not need to take any action.
” A spokesperson said the customer’s prescription file is located at 1890 Columbus Avenue (Columbus & Bray).
He said he would be automatically transferred to a Walgreens located in .
The Old Warren Street location is about a 6-minute drive, 17-minute bus ride, or 21-minute walk.
Unfortunately, according to Boston.com, 44% of Roxbury residents do not own a car.
Zoom out: Boston City Council members voiced concerns about creating “pharmacy deserts” in neighborhoods in 2022, but that solution failed.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives yesterday unanimously passed a bill that would strengthen protections for people who may be victims of revenge porn and other image-based sexual assaults.
The proposed bill would also add protections against coercive control and domestic violence, extend the statute of limitations for some domestic crimes, and revise state law regarding teen sexting.
But banning revenge porn — a form of digital abuse that involves sharing sexually explicit images or videos without a person’s consent — is a big step for Massachusetts.
The state is currently only one of two states that do not ban revenge porn.

What changes are planned?This bill would impose penalties on adults who distribute revenge porn under existing criminal harassment laws.
If convicted of distributing explicit images of another adult without the consent of both parties, the person can be sentenced to two and a half years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both.
This law