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Bringing perimenopause and menopause out of the shadows so this stage of a woman’s life can get the research and awareness it deserves. That is the goal of legislation filed on Beacon Hill.

QUINCY, MASS. (WHDH) - An SUV slammed into a Wendy’s restaurant in Quincy Monday afternoon, tearing down a fence and damaging the side of the brick building, according to officials. The driver told 7NEWS he was doing a food delivery from Popeyes next door around 4 p.m. when he...

Proposition 2 ½ is considered a “bedrock” of budget cycles throughout Massachusetts cities and towns, due to the limit it places on how much property tax revenue they can collect, as one research group put it earlier this year. But Boston Mayor Michelle Wu yesterday took a...

Somerville police are looking for a suspect after a girl reported an unknown man touched her arm and tried to kiss her on the cheek. The incident happened near North Street and Powder House Boulevard, according to the police department. Police described the suspect as a thin white male, approximately...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston is potentially changing which city jobs will require criminal background checks. On Monday night the city council discussed expanding background checks for positions that require employees to interact with the public and children. Last month, city worker Nasiru Ibrahim was pulled over by police...

This Saturday, nature lovers of all ages will gather at the Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary in Mattapan for Mass Audubon's Rockin' with Raptors Festival. The free event, scheduled for Saturday, September 27th, from noon to 3:00 pm, promises an afternoon filled with wildlife encounters, educational...

Earlier yesterday, a tragic collision in Lynn resulted in the death of a man after his vehicle struck an MBTA bus. The crash occurred at around 4:30 a.m. on the Route 107 Bridge on Western Avenue, as reported by Boston 25 News. A 2016 Honda Civic, operated by a 41-year-old man, crossed the double yellow line and...

The powerful underboss in the New England Mafia pleaded guilty in 2009 to attempting to bribe an official in a bid to secure a lucrative “Big Dig” contract.

L.L Bean is opening its 12th location in Massachusetts.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is threatening to withhold federal transportation funding from the Boston and Chicago transit systems if the agencies don’t take additional actions to improve the safety of passengers and transit workers, reports David Shepardson for Reuters. “The U.S. Transportation Department...