Massachusetts

A Salem, Massachusetts, family is desperate for answers after their loved one was found dead in her Georgia home over the weekend. Police say 42-year-old Karina Moreno was killed by her boyfriend in her home near Atlanta over the weekend. He now faces murder charges. “She was one of the strongest people in our family,” said Kayla Benoit, Kari...

Federal prosecutors say they intend to introduce DNA evidence in their case against Matthew Farwell, a former Stoughton police detective accused of killing Sandra Birchmore. Farwell has been indicted on federal charges in the death of 23-year-old Birchmore, who was found dead in her Canton, Massachusetts, apartment in February 2021. She was three m...

A Massachusetts man is facing assault charges after he allegedly attacked employees and escaped from Tewksbury State Hospital, where he was being held on a criminal charge. Benjamin Hirtle, 27, of Hingham, was at the hospital because his bail had been revoked on a pending charge of enticing a minor. Tewksbury police say that on Thursday around 9:30...

MSPCA-Angell will waive adoption fees for dogs at all four of its shelters next week in an effort to make space for rescues arriving from hurricane-stricken areas down south. The organization has been working with three North Carolina shelters and other partners across the northeastern corridor to bring in supplies and offer medical care to pets an...

Coldplay is set to play Gillette Stadium next July, not once, but twice. Coldplay announced its 2025 North American tour dates earlier this week, including a scheduled show at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on July 15. After high ticket demand from fans, they added one more night in Massachusetts. The band will play in Foxborough on July 16 too. Th...

Firefighters responded to a fire in a supermarket located in a shopping plaza in Kingston, Massachusetts, on Friday morning. The Kingston Fire Department responded to an alarm activation at the Big Y Supermarket Plaza, also known as Kingsbury Square, at 182 Summer St., around 8 a.m. Friday. Upon arrival, they found smoke and fire conditions within ...

Tributes are continuing to pour in for for the matriarch of the Kennedy family. Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who raised their 11 children after he was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes and the family’s legacy for decades thereafter, died Thursday at the age of 96, just a few days after suffering a stroke&#82...

Boston police have arrested a man in connection with a deadly shooting at a Dorchester barbershop last month.

A man accused of trying to kidnap a teenage girl at the Boston Museum of Science last weekend appeared in court Friday morning, where it was revealed that he has an extensive criminal history. The details are quite disturbing. According to police, they have the suspect on camera going into the bathroom. The 15-year-old girl unknowingly went in afte...

A water main break flooded Tremont Street in Boston on the Roxbury-South End line overnight – spawning a sinkhole that swallowed an SUV. And believe it or not – the same exact thing happened in the same spot just last Tuesday to a transit van. “But the second time it’s like, ‘Wow, what’s going on?’” said Robert Morgan, whose car…...

A bill addressing the safety of pets at Massachusetts kennels was signed into law Thursday. Until now, the Bay State had no oversight for puppy day care and boarding facilities. The only requirement for anyone with more than four dogs was to obtain a kennel license. Gov. Maura Healey signed the legislation known as Ollie’s Law, which requires...

Police on Cape Cod are looking for a missing teenager last seen earlier this week. Authorities in Barnstable, Massachusetts, said Thursday that 15-year-old Ja’Aysia Kilburn had been missing since Monday. The Barnstable resident was last seen in the town’s Hyannis area, police said. Kilburn is described as being 5’2 and about 100 p...

This November, Massachusetts’ Ballot Question 5 asks voters whether tipped workers should receive a gradual wage increase until it reaches the state’s minimum wage, with tipping still permitted. The measure is drawing a no vote from Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, the state House Ways and Means Chairman who represents the North End, a neighborho...