More than 100 criminal cases have been dismissed in Massachusetts during a strike by some defense attorneys. For the past eight weeks, the majority of Massachusetts bar advocates, private attorneys who take court-appointed work paid for by the Commonwealth outside their typical private responsibilities,

More than 120 defendants in Massachusetts have had their charges — ranging from assault to drug possession — dropped after public defenders refused to take new cases over a long-running pay dispute

The Eastern equine encephalitis virus​, or EEE, has been identified in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the first time in 2025.

A mosquito sample in Western Massachusetts has been found carrying Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, the first detection of the year.

Video from the scene also showed white paint splattered on a concrete pillar and State House steps. The word “Divest” appears to be written in black spray paint on other pillars.

Someone threw white paint at the entrance to the State House in Boston early Wednesday. WBZ-TV Paula Ebben reports.

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — The cause of a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility that left 10 people dead remains undetermined for now as officials investigate whether smoking materials and an issue with a medical oxygen machine may have been factors, officials said Tuesday.

The Massachusetts State Fire Marshal revealed the possible causes of the fire that killed 10 people at an assisted living facility in Fall River.

An investigation into the source of the fatal fire at a Massachusetts assisted living facility last week classified the cause as "undetermined," though officials believe it was an accidental ignition

The wife of disgraced Astronomer CEO Andy Byron is reportedly lying low at the couple’s $2.4 million mansion in Maine. It's not often that one sees a member of the president's cabinet hiking in Phoenix on an otherwise average weekend day,