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BOSTON — Two men were arrested Wednesday night following a violent altercation with police officers outside MGM Music Hall that left one officer hospitalized. The incident began at about 9:50 p.m. Oct. 1 when security personnel at the venue on Lansdowne Street requested police assistance to remove a patron from the...

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A famous Italian sandwich shop has opened a location in Boston.

Thanks to police in Massachusetts and a business, local children received a much-needed lift. According to Massachusetts State Police, this week, as part of the Department’s Excellence Initiative, students from New Bedford, Fall River and Brockton received refurbished laptops to allow them to better keep up with...

Salem is preparing for more than a million visitors this month for their annual Haunted Happenings, even as the federal government shutdown creates some unexpected obstacles.

Parking complaints are soaring in Boston’s Seaport district as the neighborhood experiences a dynamic transformation.

On this Oct 13, 2025, we honor the horrific events that happened 350 years ago on one of our own Boston Harbor Islands. Massachusetts Pilgrims forcefully relocated hundreds of Native civilians to Deer Island, stranding them there without access to food, water, or medicine at the time. Nearly all of the population...

Framingham police have arrested a man in connection with an armed robbery at a grocery store earlier this week.

Massachusetts is the latest state hit by Starbucks’ sweeping round of closures, with dozens of locations shutting their doors across Greater Boston, Cambridge, and the MetroWest suburbs.

There’s a moment when you bite into the perfect pancake that time seems to stand still – that magical instant happens regularly at Deluxe Town Diner in Watertown, Massachusetts, where breakfast isn’t just a meal, it’s practically a religious experience. The classic stainless steel exterior of...