Police dogs across Massachusetts get a boost from this nonprofit

Massachusetts Vest-A-Dog, a nonprofit celebrating its 25th anniversary, provides essential equipment to police K-9 units. The nonprofit participates in community events like First Responder's Day and hosts an annual golf tournament to raise funds. …

Feeling the pinch: Stress on EMS across Massachusetts is at an all-time high

Massachusetts Among Only 14 States With Annual Auto Inspections

If you want to drive a car in Massachusetts, you must pay the state $35 every year for an updated inspection sticker, and then you pray there is nothing wrong that might force you to spring for costly repairs. Oh, the joys of living in the People's …

Pressley, Markey welcome Rümeysa Öztürk back to Massachusetts

  Lawmakers joined Öztürk, her legal team, and ACLU of Massachusetts at Logan Airport in her first public appearance since March abduction in Somerville Saturday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) welcomed Tufts PhD …

If so many people are leaving Massachusetts, why aren’t housing costs going down?

Nearly everyone agrees that perhaps the biggest threat to Massachusetts’ economy is that people — and particularly young people — are moving away because housing is so expensive here. But if so many people are moving away, why don‘t housing prices go down? …

Massachusetts man pleads guilty to trying to open plane door mid-flight and attacking flight attendant

A man accused of attacking a flight attendant and attempting to open a plane door during a flight from Los Angeles to Boston has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Francisco Severo Torres, 34, agreed to a plea deal that would see him be sentenced to time …

Powerful Senator Wants Cell Phones Banned in Massachusetts Schools

The powerful president of the Massachusetts State Senate is the latest to lend her voice to a growing movement that seeks to silence student cell phones in public school classrooms. Sen. Karen Spilka said there is evidence that cell phone usage during …

Massachusetts Attorney General Files Amicus Brief Calling for Release of HMS Researcher

{image id=1359457 align=left size=large byline=true caption=Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell speaks at a watch party held by the Massachusetts Democratic Party during the November 2022 elections. Campbell on Monday filed an amicus brief …

New England Aquarium reports first white shark of season in Massachusetts

(WJAR) — The New England Aquarium is urging residents to be aware of their surroundings after the first white shark of the season has been spotted in Massachusetts waters. Aquarium officials confirmed someone saw the shark off Nantucket on Sunday. …

ICE Raid Leaves 12-Year-Old All Alone on Massachusetts Sidewalk

A 12-year-old boy was left alone on a sidewalk in Waltham, Massachusetts after immigration agents detained the adult he was with. According to WBZ-TV, a CBS affiliate in Boston, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen leaving the boy by …