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Linda Dorcena Forry, the only black member of the Massachusetts Senate will be stepping down, her office confirms.

Prom for students of one Massachusetts high school might come with a new twist this year.

Students in one Massachusetts community are reading and riding bikes as a way to make reading fun and engaging.

A Lawrence, Massachusetts, school is examining its policy on placing children in so-called “time-out rooms” after an irate mother pulled her daughter from the school over the controversial practice.

A man and woman in Massachusetts are defending their free-standing pole-mounted solar array from neighbors who can’t stand the sight of it.

AAA predicts more than 2 million New Englanders are going to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and drivers and road crews are preparing for the volume.

AAA predicts more than 2 million New Englanders are going to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and drivers and road crews are preparing for the volume.

Massachusetts State Police Deputy Superintendent Francis Hughes is stepping down after Col. Richard McKeon retired in the wake of claims that troopers were forced to alter arrest reports

When it comes to freshly-seared steaks, not everyone would associate Massachusetts with the best there is to offer, but a new list from Thrillist says the state has one of the best steakhouses in the country.

The Retailers Association of Massachusetts is on a mission to reduce the sales tax to 5 percent, where it was for decades before 2009. Any decrease would have consequences for state programs.

Massachusetts Treasurer Deb Goldberg is hoping to return more than 46,000 properties – from forgotten savings accounts to the contents of unattended safe deposit boxes – to their rightful owners.

A 22-year-old recent Oberlin College graduate and jazz drummer from Maine will face murder charges Monday in the slayings of four adults found at a Massachusetts home.

It seems increasingly unlikely that the state’s top elected officials will meet a deadline for assembling the agency that will regulate marijuana in Massachusetts.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper died unexpectedly Monday after suffering a medical emergency.

A Massachusetts hospital group says one of its doctors was struck by a bus while on vacation with his family in Canada and killed.

A Massachusetts city is going all out in an effort to lure the Pawtucket Red Sox from Rhode Island.

A Massachusetts mayor and gubernatorial candidate has suffered minor injuries after a bike crash.

A Massachusetts police department says they are in the process of disposing close to 400 firearms accumulated over the years.

“Hank’s Tanks,” comprised of students from Natick, Massachusetts, are hoping to win a national STEM showdown with the robot they built.

Massachusetts and New Hampshire have been named as the first and second best states in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report.