Massachusetts

Minute Man National Historical Park, Walden Pond and other historic places near Concord, Massachusetts, are threatened by the planned expansion of a private airfield, according to a major preservation group. The National Trust for Historic Preservation on Wednesday named the group of landmark sites, which also include Louisa May Alcott’s Orch...

We’re on the back edge of cloudy-skies and rain, but the sea breeze means another day of cooler conditions in the 50s at the coast. The afternoon will features sun, which helps areas across MetroWest and Middlesex County, touch the upper 50s and near 60°. Wednesday night will be muggy at times and Thursday will start with areas of fog…....

Court is not in session Wednesday, meaning there will be no testimony in the high-profile Karen Read murder trial. Testimony is scheduled to resume on Thursday at 9 a.m. Read is charged with second-degree murder in the 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. He was found in the snow outside fellow Boston Police O...

The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office says it will announce a major breakthrough in an unsolved 1989 homicide in Warwick, Massachusetts, at a press conference Thursday morning. The press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday. The district attorney’s office did not release additional details about the case, saying only that ...

A man wanted in connection with a shooting inside of a western Massachusetts high school turned himself in to police, according to NBC affiliate WWLP. Chantz Dudley, of Harford, Connecticut, turned himself in on Tuesday on two outstanding firearm warrants, Springfield police said. Dudley, 20, is accused of forcing himself into the High School of Sc...

A vehicle crashed into a home in Worcester, Massachusetts, Tuesday night after the driver was shot, according to authorities. Officers responded to Paine Street just after 9 p.m. for a report of a vehicle that struck a house, Worcester police said. When officers arrived, they found the driver, only identified as a man, suffering from a gunshot woun...

A group of antiwar protesters rallied at Boston’s Emerson College Wednesday afternoon. The pro-Palestinian protest near Boston Common has been peaceful. The group of dozens of people marched through Boylston Place Alley, a public way on the Emerson Campus, where more than 100 people were arrested last week as Boston police broke up an encampm...

We’re starting off quieter Wednesday morning. Just a few light showers passed through earlier. Now, we’re stuck in the clouds — again. The sun will slowly chew away at the cloud cover this afternoon. I’m not seeing true clearing, but more of a “cloud thinning.” Temperatures will be kept in check by the stubborn east/no...

On the second day of the high-profile murder trial against Karen Read, her defense attorney raised questions about the investigation when a police officer took the stand. Read is charged with second-degree murder in the 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. He was found in the snow outside fellow Boston Police Offic...

Lindsay Demers holds a PhD. and a role as assistant professor of medicine at Boston University. As the director of the Education Evaluation Core, she studies the effectiveness of education interventions in medical schools. Then she needed to stage her own workplace intervention. She says things started to change in 2021 and 2022 when she disclosed ...

Over 30 Harvard University students have been put on notice that disciplinary action is imminent against pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment on Harvard Yard. Harvard University sent an email asking students to appear before their disciplinary committee, according to Violet Barron, a sophomore. “We’re talking here th...

Towns across Massachusetts are working to come into compliance with the MBTA Communities Law, which requires municipalities to rezone for more housing near transit stops. Areas like Wakefield and Marshfield have both faced pushback over zoning plans, others like Rockport have seen citizens file lawsuits to block proposed changes. Massachusetts Atto...

An Andover, Massachusetts, man faced a judge today, pleading not guilty in the deadly hit-and-run of a 62-year-old Army veteran. Martin Quinlan pleaded not guilty in the crash that killed 62-year-old Methuen resident Pamela O’Neil on Sunday. The 29-year-old is accused of slamming into the former paratrooper with a motorcycle on his birthday, before...