Onshore spectators will have a bird’s-eye view of the start of the 40th Biennial Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race, which begins Sunday.   “These yachts are spectacular under sail,” said Vice Commodore ...

At the time of the shooting, Killian was out on bond for April charges related to another shooting On Wednesday, a judge granted Killian a $200,000 bond. On Thursday, Killian's $100,000 bond for the ...

Despite rising home prices throughout Massachusetts, some South Shore communities have experienced sales price declines.

Massachusetts parents remain concerned about their children’s education five years after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered classrooms, according to a new statewide poll. The poll, conducted by ...

A Falls Church man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for his attempt to carry out a mass shooting at a Haymarket church in 2023.

Here, some 85 years before that fateful day in Texas, Massachusetts approved the state’s constitution, becoming the first state to effectively abolish slavery.

A man in Virginia was sentenced to 25 years in prison for posting online threats and then traveling to a church with the intent to carry out a mass shooting.

Mass. State Police head responds to Karen Read murder trial verdict Col. Geoffrey Noble acknowledged the past three years have “challenged” State Police to reflect on their actions and bolster ...

Former Massachusetts state trooper Michael Proctor denied planting evidence during the investigation into the death of John O'Keefe in a 20/20 interview.

Halifax's auditor general says the city is not properly managing its winter operations, with no evidence to show how things are going. A report looking at the two winter seasons across 2022-23 and ...

A Massachusetts jury on Wednesday found Karen Read not guilty of murdering her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, in 2022, almost one year after another trial ended in a hung jury.