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Gov. Charlie Baker has unveiled the first steps his administration plans to take in fighting heroin and prescription drug abuse and addiction.
Firefighters rescued a man from a Revere marsh after he tried to retrieve his two dogs from an ice floe Thursday morning, officials say.
Falling ice caused a gas line explosion Thursday morning at a Duxbury Alzheimer's facility.
More than 50 people were arrested at last year's Blarney Blowout, a series of parties on and off campus. Less than half were UMass students.
The attorney general is collecting testimonials from same-sex married couples that she may include in a friend of the court brief to be sent to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Tickets in North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas have matched all six numbers to split a $564.1 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said Thursday.
It's the first weekly increase in prices locally since early September.
The governor said public safety is goal No. 1.
See which communities in Massachusetts have announced parking bans and snow emergencies.
Flames could be seen through the roof of a Malden apartment fire that reached two alarms on Saturday.
Two police officers heard a man screaming for help and pulled him from a burning home on Saturday morning.
A federal judge on Friday rejected a third request from lawyers for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect to move his trial outside Massachusetts.
New Hampshire Fish and Game officers say a Billerica firefighter on a snowmobile died after crashing into a tree in the North Country.
Investigators are looking for information about a crash on Sunday that killed a pregnant woman's 5-month-old unborn baby and injured her and her boyfriend.
Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday that overhauling the MassHealth program will be an early priority as he looks ahead to crafting his budget proposal for the new fiscal year.
While home sales may have dipped 1 percent in Massachusetts and 3 percent nationally last year, there are several communities in the state that are doing well.
Peter Castillo, of Salem, is expected to be arraigned on first-degree murder charges Tuesday in the death of a 22-year-old U.S. Army veteran.
Massachusetts gas prices continue to drop, but not at the double-digit rate they had been in recent weeks.
WBZ-TV meteorologists said it won't get above freezing for a week and more snow is in the forecast.
The travel ban for the entire state of Massachusetts will be lifted at 12 a.m. Wednesday.
A New Bedford man already under arrest in connection with a shooting last week near a cellphone store is now facing a murder charge.
It's full steam ahead for Foxboro and Greater Boston as officials and businesses prepare for a preview of what's to come ahead of the World Cup.
A JetBlue flight returned safely to T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island after hitting a coyote on the runway Tuesday morning.
Stephen Paul Gale, accused of raping two women in a Framingham store in 1989, was found guilty of all charges Tuesday.
A New Hampshire lawmaker wants to raise money by making out-of-staters pay more to visit parks
Police in Westminster, Massachusetts shot and killed a man they said was armed with a knife Monday, investigators said.
The criminal trial for Kelsey Fitzsimmons resumed Tuesday with the North Andover police officer who shot her returning for cross-examination.
A JetBlue flight returned safely to T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island after hitting a coyote on the runway Tuesday morning.
Stephen Paul Gale, accused of raping two women in a Framingham store in 1989, was found guilty of all charges Tuesday.
A New Hampshire lawmaker wants to raise money by making out-of-staters pay more to visit parks
Police in Westminster, Massachusetts shot and killed a man they said was armed with a knife Monday, investigators said.
Boston's cold and snowy winter might have an effect on this year's pollen allergy season.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Two Massachusetts residents have been diagnosed with measles, the Department of Public Health confirmed Friday.
There's a new drug that can help early morning shift workers stay awake and alert, a study out of Boston found.
As millions of Americans struggle with paying for health care, doctors and health experts discuss how medical care is being eroded by insurers denying necessary tests and treatment, making it "more difficult to be healthy in the United States."
Frankie Rodenbaugh died just days after his babysitter allegedly left him in a car, strapped in his seat for hours with no food or water.
A woman went to visit her mother's grave at St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury and was surprised to see the headstone was moved.
In the last four years there were 168 threats made against trial court judges in Massachusetts, according to state records.
A former staff member at a Massachusetts residential program for children living with autism is accused of breaking a teenage student's arm.
The ads for the Find Mass Money website in Massachusetts make it seem easy. But one couple struggled to get their $11,000.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
O'Connor's Restaurant & Bar, a well-known Irish pub in Worcester, Massachusetts for decades, is closing for good right before St. Patrick's Day.
Gillette is making a $1 billion investment in a new Boston headquarters.
The restaurants at View Boston are closing this spring.
Uno Pizzeria and Not Your Average Joe's are closing more restaurants in Massachusetts.
Kowloon is expected to draw big crowds to Revere, Massachusetts when it opens a new tiki bar.
Just steps from the water's edge along Lake Winnipesaukee, a spectacular estate mixes modern architecture with breathtaking views.
An innovative craft winery located in downtown Meredith, New Hampshire, Hermit Woods is taking a different approach to winemaking.
Located on the water's edge along New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Mill Falls blends elegant luxury with spectacular vistas.
Kohler Store by Supply New England and an interior designer showcases how beauty and functionality can breathe new life into a project.
James Beard-nominated pastry chef and co-founder of Bakey in Boston gives insight on how to make his world-famous babka.
The New England Patriots will have a new backup for quarterback Drake Maye this upcoming season.
The loss snapped the Celtics' four-game winning streak and left them just a half-game ahead of the New York Knicks in second place in the Eastern Conference.
The Fleet said there 6,164 people in attendance at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, the largest regular-season attendance in franchise history.
Defenseman Nikita Zadorov broke a tie at 9:42 of the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Saturday night in an Eastern Conference wild-card showdown.
Boston Legacy lost their first-ever away game 3-0 to the Houston Dash on Saturday.
Researchers spotted the season's first North Atlantic right whale mothers and calves in Cape Cod Bay.
Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been spotted not far off the coast of Massachusetts.
The MSPCA-Angell is looking to find homes for 163 rats that were surrendered in Massachusetts.
Cape Cod beaches are covered with chunks of ice amid an abnormally cold winter in Massachusetts.
Snowmobilers came to the rescue of a moose that was buried up to its neck in snow off a New England trail on Tuesday.