The Latest Breaking News from Massachusetts

An alleged Brazilian people smuggler, profiled by Reuters last year, has been charged with human smuggling in the United States along with his brother and nephew, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts said on Tuesday.

Adam Howe, 34, from Massachusetts, was accused of killing 69-year-old Susan Howe and setting her body on fire at her Cape Cod front garden on September 30 at about 9.30pm

Nestled in the remote woods of Salem, Massachusetts, the Sanderson Sisters’ cottage from Hocus Pocus has been rebuilt close to where men and women accused of witchcraft were executed

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s efforts to cool down the economy are causing progressive criticism to heat up. He has been accused of wanting a “brutal” recession, trying to “throw millions of Americans out of work” and using “dangerous” rhetoric. And those are the comments of just one senator, Elizabeth…

Oregon is set to become the first state in the nation to cover certain climate change expenses under its Medicaid program

Last year, Massachusetts Democratic state Reps. Tommy Vitolo and Jeff Roy saw a newspaper story about two brothers in their state who had almost lost their home due to unpaid property taxes. That was followed by another article this year featuring a New Bedford woman, recovering from COVID-19, who slept…

Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission tapped former state treasurer Shannon O'Brien earlier this month to serve as its new chairperson, replacing interim chair Sarah Kim

Stoughton, Massachusetts, Police Chief Donna McNamarra said she will ask the Peace Officers Standards and Training Council to decertify three former officers after an investigation found they had inappropriate relationships with a teenage girl who was a member of the department's Explorers program. Matthew Farwell, his twin brother William Farwell,…

Florida governor Ron DeSantis transported asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in ‘appalling’ political stunt