The Latest Breaking News from Massachusetts

The federal government taxes unemployment benefits. But is unemployment taxable in your state?

Can you name the Boston Celtics' most prolific postseason 3-point shooters? Better yet, can you do it in order?

State police say at least three people, including a person riding a bus, have been shot in the western Massachusetts city of Holyoke following a fight on a downtown street

The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island plan to procure offshore wind energy together

Massachusetts police report shooting with multiple victims in Holyoke

The shooting occured hours after the city announced its ShotSpotter system had detected more than 100 gunfire incidents since March

Massachusetts has 184,000 people on a waiting list for the state's 41,500 subsidized apartments. But an investigation by WBUR and ProPublica found nearly 2,300 of those state-funded apartments are vacant. Almost 1,800 of the apartments have been vacant for more than 60 days. And about 730 units have been empty…

For the third year, the United States will officially observe Columbus Day alongside Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 9, 2023.

A 95-year-old painter and his family who were threatened with eviction from their dune shack at the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts have won a reprieve