Firefighters who will go to work at 13 departments across Massachusetts are scheduled to graduate from the state firefighting academy this week. State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey and Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Director David Evans will present certificates of completion to members of the graduating class on Friday morning at the Department of Fire Services facility in Springfield. The graduates represent…

A woman is accused of defecating in the parking lot of a Massachusetts outdoor goods store nine times over the past several months after police said she was caught in the act Wednesday.

A new store opening at the Natick Mall in Massachusetts is offering Amazon customers the opportunity to shop in person.

The driver who died when his vehicle struck a tree in Rhode Island over the weekend has been identified by police as a Massachusetts resident. Police say the vehicle left a South Kingstown road at about 9 p.m. Saturday and hit a small tree and some shrubs.

The driver of a Tesla was caught on camera asleep at the wheel on the Massachusetts Turnpike.

A paramedic with a Massachusetts fire department is fostering the dog of a sick resident with a severe medical condition. The woman would not agree to receive treatment for her condition because she was concerned about Mia, her middle-aged Labrador retriever. That is when paramedic Michael Lopriore of the Chatham Fire Department decided to step in.

Thick plumes of smoke could be seen coming from an unforgiving eight-alarm fire Monday morning as the blaze sent three firefighters to a hospital and consumed several small businesses in Natick, Massachusetts. “It’s overwhelming to see this. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Michael Hickey, Chair of the Natick Board of Selectmen, said during a press conference. “This is the...

A massive inferno is ripping through a structure in Natick, Massachusetts, where several small businesses are.

In the nearly four years since the Pentagon announced it was opening all combat jobs to women, at least 30 have earned the Army Ranger tab, two have graduated Marine infantry school and three have passed the grueling initial assessment phase for Green Beret training. Their numbers are small, but their completion of some of the military’s most arduous physical...

Police in Natick, Massachusetts, are looking for a missing man who walked away from an elderly care facility. Natick Police said Friday night that 64-year-old Paul Yong walked away from a facility on West Central Street, but they did not say when he left.

Kenneth Rendell, founder of The International Museum of World War II in Natick, Massachusetts, talks about what was at stake during the D-Day invasion.

A man was arrested as police swarmed a house Wednesday in Natick, Massachusetts. Natick Police responded to a report of a barricaded subject on Pond Street. Officers and a SWAT team responded.

The U.S. Postal Service is reminding customers in communities along the Boston Marathon route that dozens of collection boxes are being temporarily shut down for the race.

A serious crash involving a pickup truck and a utility pole shut down a portion of Route 9 in Natick, Massachusetts Tuesday afternoon. Police said the crash, on the westbound side of the roadway, happened near Speen Street just after 4 p.m.

A serious crash involving a pickup truck and a utility pole shut down a portion of Route 9 westbound Tuesday afternoon in Natick, Massachusetts.

Online furniture seller Wayfair is expanding its physical presence, opening its first permanent mall store later this year. Online retailers like Wayfair have embraced physical stores as a way to boost sales and let shoppers touch and feel products. Online mattress seller Casper, for example, announced plans to open 200 stores in the next couple of years. And online clothing...

Police are searching for a gunman who opened fire at a Natick, Massachusetts hotel.

The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Natick has been evacuated while state and local officials search for a gunman who opened fire at the building.

An 18-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly yelling racial slurs and firing a paintball gun at Natick High School. Jacob Rodrigues of Fall River was arrested shortly after he allegedly drove through the front loop of campus in the afternoon while shouting threats and racial slurs, according to Natick police. The person, who Nolin said is not related to...