The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority is looking into whether it has any control over the supply chains of one of its contractors, after an NBC News report revealed a Chinese company making MBTA subway cars was using a mineral sometimes mined by children.

A man has died after being found overnight in an industrial freezer at a fish processing plant in Braintree, Massachusetts, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. The man, in his 40s, was discovered in the spiral freezer at the Channel Fish Processing facility and transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, the district attorney...

Over the course of his 25 years as an NFL head coach, Bill Belichick has prepared his team for all kinds of quarterbacks and a myriad of offensive schemes. None of those past experiences were of much help this week to the six-time Super Bowl winner, whose unbeaten New England Patriots (8-0) face Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens (5-2)...

Unbeaten New England Patriots (8-0) face Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens (5-2) on Sunday night.

Two missing boys were found safe in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood Friday through the work of a single Massachusetts state trooper. One boy, a 7-year-old, had wandered from his home on Norfolk Street in Mattapan about 6:20 a.m.

A 7-year-old boy is home safe and sound after he went missing Friday morning in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.

A member of an outlaw motorcycle gang was arrested Wednesday for allegedly possessing an AR-15 style rifle not registered to him after federal authorities raided his East Bridgewater, Massachusetts home, according to authorities and court documents.

Bruce Sartwell was taken into custody at his home in East Bridgewater Wednesday morning. The 48-year-old, who goes by the nickname Monster, is the regional president of the Brockton/East Bridgewater Chapter of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.

Several students and a bus driver were injured Tuesday morning in Dartmouth, Massachusetts when another vehicle’s collision with a deer sent the animal crashing through the front window of a school bus. Dartmouth police said the bus was headed to Dartmouth Middle School on Chase Road around 7:12 a.m. when the incident occurred.

School bus driver Mark Jardin said the deer was still alive when it landed on his lap. He hurt his hand trying to wrestle it and will need surgery.

A Massachusetts lawmaker has introduced legislation that would make using the “b-word” to demean others illegal in the state. The bill, proposed by Rep. Daniel Hunt, would subject those who use the word “to accost, annoy, degrade or demean the other person” to penalties.

Students and faculty at Emerson College were mourning Wednesday, a day after a popular journalism professor was fatally struck by an MBTA Commuter Rail Train while riding his bicycle to work. Moses Shumow was riding his bicycle on a pedestrian “cut-through” lane at Beverly Depot station in Massachusetts Tuesday morning when he was struck by a train.

An Emerson College professor has died after being hit by an MBTA Commuter Rail train in Beverly, Massachusetts, while riding his bicycle Tuesday morning. Authorities said the victim was riding a bicycle when he was struck by an outbound train at Beverly Depot Station while riding on a pedestrian “cut-through” lane around 8:20 a.m. The man was taken to an...

A Massachusetts man is facing charges for allegedly assaulting a woman at the massage center where he worked, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said. Daniel Feener, 35, of Peabody was arraigned Tuesday in Woburn District Court on charges of rape and indecent assault and battery in connection with the alleged incident at Tai Chi Acupuncture & Wellness Center in North Reading.

A Massachusetts man is facing charges for allegedly assaulting a woman at the massage center in North Reading where he worked, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.

Two people have been arrested in connection with a shooting incident that prompted a SWAT response in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, according to police. Schericia T. Barber, 37, of Plymouth, is charged with two counts of carrying a firearm without a license, one count of possession of ammunition without an FID card and one count of having a large capacity...

No one is in custody and a manhunt is ongoing after gunfire rang out at a housing complex in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning. A second housing complex nearby was evacuated amid the search while area schools took precautionary measures. Plymouth’s police chief had said one person was in custody but later, at a Wednesday afternoon news conference, said that...

Gunshots at a Plymouth apartment complex have sparked a massive manhunt.