The Latest Breaking News from Massachusetts

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce executive action to confront climate change after a key senator blocked legislation, but he’s holding off for now on an emergency decree that would allow him to marshal sweeping powers — and billions of federal dollars — against global warming.

President Joe Biden will travel to Massachusetts on Wednesday to promote his efforts to combat climate change

The raccoons were saved from a home in the U.S town of Dedham, Massachusetts, this week.

State health officials reported 18 new monkeypox cases on Thursday, the highest one-week count yet as the outbreak spreads across the country.

With cannabis getting more popular by the day, the number of businesses turning to mainstream marketing techniques is growing. However, with cannabis still listed as a Schedule 1 substances under federal law, marijuana entrepreneurs who want to advertise their products experience severe restrictions.

In the series, which finally arrives in the UK, Elle Fanning stars as Michelle Carter, the teenager from Massachusetts who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2017 after sending texts encouraging her boyfriend to take his own life

The Massachusetts Secretary of State reported on July 7 that two ballot initiatives had filed a second round of signatures on July 6. 

From guidance issued Friday: It remains unlawful to carry a firearm in Massachusetts without a license…. Licensing authorities should continue to enforce the "prohibited person" and "suitability" provisions of the license-to-carry statute…. Licensing authorities should cease enforcement of the "good reason" provision of the license-to-carry statute in response to Bruen.…

A letter written by founding father Alexander Hamilton in 1780 and believed stolen from the Massachusetts state archives decades ago is being displayed publicly for the first time since it was returned to the state after a lengthy court battle