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A new school year is underway. Kids are getting new notebooks and backpacks — and also sharing what no parent wants their child to come home with: head lice. Joanna Shu, founder and CEO of Cartwheel, created Nit Happens, a natural, pesticide-free lice treatment designed to give families an alternative.

On Tuesday, Bostonians continued the time-honored, often-loathed tradition of seeing a majority of the city move in and out of their residences on the same day.

BOSTON (WHDH) - In the race for Suffolk County District Attorney, incumbent Kevin Hayden clinched another four-year term as the county’s top law enforcement official. He earned nearly 50 percent of the vote to beat challengers Linda Champion and former U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins. (Copyright (c) 2026 Sunbeam Televisi

A celebrity-approved smash burger chain based in New York City is continuing its expansion throughout the Boston area. 7th Street Burger is opening two locations in Cambridge’s Harvard Square and Saugus, according to the company’s website and confirmed to MassLive by a spokesperson. The address for the Harvard...

The Muffin House Café officially opened its seventh Massachusetts location bringing its widely acclaimed baked goods and rapidly expanding business to Canton. The new bakery opened Aug. 21 in a renovated former Dunkin’ building at 22 Washington St. in Canton. The Muffin House celebrated the long-awaited first day...

Following a contentious battle, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden has won the Democratic primary, according to the Associated Press. Hayden was up against Linda Champion, an attorney backed by the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association who ran for the seat in 2018; as well as Rachael Rollins, the county’s fo

A man who has been charged after the death of a Massachusetts woman is allegedly in the country illegally. According to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Framingham Chief of Police Lester Baker, on Thursday at just after 12:15 p.m., Framingham Police received a 911 call from a residence on Waverly Street repo

Get our free local reporting delivered straight to your inbox. No noise, no spam — just clear, independent coverage of Marblehead. Sign up for our once-a-week newsletter. Polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday across the 39 cities and towns of Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District, ending a Democratic primary that will dec

Closing arguments for Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins are scheduled to begin on Wednesday.

Live public comment at Somerville School Committee meetings is on hold until there’s a way to mute or cut off speakers who might go too far legally, chair Emily Ackman said at the body’s Monday meeting. The issue is not new – mayor Jake Wilson said there was...