The Latest Breaking News from Massachusetts

Red Sox trade pitcher Sean Newcomb of Brockton, Massachusetts to Athletics. Newcomb is returning to the Athletics.

The Cougars appear primed to play a college basketball juggernaut.

The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Massachusetts student who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school proclaiming there are only two genders

The track is one of two new songs the Massachusetts band have added to their setlist since recording their next album

If they’re in your area, you’ll know it from their loud droning, chirping and buzzing sounds. Cicadas from Brood XIV – one of the largest groups of cicadas that emerge from underground on a 13-year or 17-year cycle – are surfacing in May and June 2025 across 12 states. This…

Feeling happy isn’t just about personal choices—it’s also about where you live. The happiest states in America consistently rank high in well-being, community, and quality of life. If you’ve ever wondered why some places just seem to have happier people, you’re not alone. From access to nature to strong social…

But the ruling suggests prostitution clients could be convicted of sex trafficking in other circumstances.

A man living in Massachusetts who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained in April after smashing the window of a car he was riding in with a hammer has been released

A federal judge has ordered the transfer of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher facing deportation from Louisiana, where she was detained by immigration authorities, to Massachusetts, where she has been charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos

Neighbors in Worcester, Massachusetts, banded together to thwart ICE deportation operation

A lawyer for a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos has asked that she be brought back to Massachusetts, three months after she was taken to a Louisiana immigration detention center