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Sunday, March 8

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We're tracking rain showers that will linger through the day today, but the good news is that we're warming up! Could we reach 70 degrees on Tuesday? Other news we're following includes a protest in Boston calling for an end to Iran's Islamic Republic, and authorities have identified the fisherman found in the water after the Yankee Rose capsized off Provincetown last week. Plus, did you know it's Mass Beer Week? I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker, and these are your headlines.

We’re warming up with a spring feel on the way across New England to start the week tomorrow and finally some sunshine.

After a damp start, showers taper off through Sunday with improving conditions by late morning and afternoon.

We’ll keep plenty of clouds around early, but slowly clearing by the evening.

Iranian Americans gathered Saturday at Copley Square in Boston, rallying in support of the people of Iran and calling for an end to the country’s Islamic Republic.

Dozens held flags and signs, saying they believe Iran should become a free and democratic nation. Some demonstrators thanked President Donald Trump and U.S. forces for their role in pressuring the Iranian regime. Others said they showed up to honor American troops and stand in solidarity with Iranians protesting back home.

“This is not a war. This is a rescue mission so we want to say to the world that sure everybody hates war but this is about human rights. This is a rescue for them,” one woman in attendance at the rally said.

The New England Patriots plane was chartered to evacuate Americans from the Middle East as the conflict in Iran continues to escalate, causing a massive disruption to global air transport.

Dylan Johnson, the assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Global Public Affairs, said the plane landed safely Friday morning at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C. — one of the many State Department charter flights brining Americans home.

An image posted by Johnson to X showed evacuees climbing aboard the Pats plane.

The man whose body was recovered from the water after a fishing vessel capsized and sank Thursday a couple nautical miles northeast of Race Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts, has been identified.

The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office said 37-year-old Angel Nieves, of New Bedford, was the crew member who was located and extracted from the water around 12:27 p.m. by a U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer and Massachusetts Environmental Police after the agencies responded to the overturned Yankee Rose.

Nieves was transported to MacMillian Pier in Provincetown, where first responders determined that Nieves was no longer viable for resuscitation, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

Calling all beer lovers…More than 200 small, independent breweries from all over the state are participating in Mass Beer Week, a celebration that highlights the craft beer community by bringing businesses together.

Gov. Maura Healey has officially proclaimed March 7-14 as Mass Beer Week in the Commonwealth, formally recognizing the vital role that local breweries play in the state’s economy, culture, tourism and communities.

“From Boston to the Berkshires, our craft breweries are anchors in their communities and significant contributors to our regional economies,” Healey said in a statement. “I’m proud to proclaim Mass Beer Week and encourage everyone to go celebrate at their local brewery safely and responsibly!”

A grand jury has indicted a Scituate man for allegedly killing a 27-year-old from Maine before leaving his body wrapped in blankets inside in a car in the parking lot of the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts, last August.

Christopher Caron, 42, previously pleaded not guilty to one count of murder in the death of Declan Perry, and was held without bail. Caron will be scheduled to appear for a hearing in superior court at a later date, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

Perry was a head chef at The Grill Room and Bar in Portland, Maine, where he lived. Investigators have said Caron and Perry texted on Aug. 12, 2025, about meeting up in Massachusetts to buy narcotics. Ten days later, on Aug. 22, Perry traveled to meet up with Caron, and the pair drove to Boston where they purchased fentanyl and cocaine before driving back to a residence Scituate, according to prosecutors.