Massachusetts

Authorities are investigating several reports of wallets being stolen from purses while people are shopping in stores.

Dozens of students at MIT, Tufts, and Emerson College have set up camp in solidarity with Columbia University students who were forcibly removed from their encampments last week. A coalition of student groups has set up a tent encampment on MIT’s campus, calling for the school to divest from any financial ties it has with Israel. “We ar...

Efforts are underway in a Cape Cod town to save a horse whose owner died after expressing she had wanted the animal buried with her. Barbara Collins of Sandwich, Massachusetts, had a dying wish to be buried with her beloved horse, Brady — named after longtime Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. After Collins’ death from stomach cancer, that wish ...

A man from western Massachusetts was arrested in New York state Tuesday on a murder charge after police responding to a call for a bad odor found a body inside the man’s apartment, authorities said. The investigation began when someone reported a foul odor coming from an apartment on Chapman Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Inside, police...

A serious crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston Tuesday afternoon was causing heavy traffic toward the city. Massachusetts State Police urged drivers to seek alternate routes around the crash on the highway in Brighton. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation characterized the crash as a rollover. An SUV was seen propped up on the be...

A 15-year-old driving a stolen car and his two adult passengers are facing charges after leading police on a chase on multiple Massachusetts highways Monday before crashing the car off Interstate 290 in Northborough, according to police. The driver, who was not identified due to his age, was released to his mother after the incident and was due for...

A man found dead Saturday night in Framingham, Massachusetts, behind the business he worked in an apparent homicide has been identified, authorities said Tuesday. Framingham police officers were called to a Shoppers World business on Worcester Road about 10 p.m., where they found a man dead in the trash area behind the building, Middlesex District ...

The full pink moon occurs Tuesday night and our weather will be perfect for viewing. The moonrise is at 7:34 p.m. for Boston and the moon is officially full at 7:49 p.m. That is the exact time the moon is positioned 180 degrees from the sun, though the moon appears full all night, and even for the next couple nights. …

Tuesday has started very similar to Monday, with cooler air for the morning, but that will turn with plenty of sun for the afternoon. High temperatures are in the 50s and 60s regionwide, with warmer air being favored across central Massachusetts. It’s a quintessential spring day in New England. Clouds roll in this evening ahead of a weak stor...

An unlicensed chiropractor inappropriately touched two women he was treating at his home in Somerville, Massachusetts, authorities said Tuesday. Jose Mendez was running the unlicensed business, apparently through word of mouth, out of his home on Cross Street, according to Somerville police and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. The 60...

The former Weymouth, Massachusetts, police officer who was charged with punching a man while he was in custody pleaded guilty to a federal charge on Tuesday, prosecutors announced. Justin Chappell resigned from the Weymouth Police Department after being notified he was facing termination for the incident, which occurred on July 2, 2022. Chappell wa...

Aidan Kearney, the controversial blogger known as “Turtleboy,” appeared in court Tuesday for a pre-trial hearing in connection with the murder case against Karen Read. Kearney has extensively covered the case in hundreds of blog posts, bringing heightened attention to Read’s claims that she is being framed for the killing of ...

If you filled your gas tank recently, you may have experienced some sticker shock, as gas prices are soaring. According to AAA Northeast, gas in Massachusetts is up 19 cents a gallon over the last week. Compared to one month ago, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is up 27 cents. AAA Northeast says the biggest…