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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

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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...

A $200,000 lottery prize was claimed in a town on Cape Cod Monday. The prize came from the $30 game “$15,000,000 Magnificent Millions,” according to Massachusetts State Lottery’s website. The ticket was sold in Centerville at Store Route 28. The odds of winning the game’s $15 million...

Massachusetts drivers cross the King's Highway every day without realizing they're traveling on a road from 1650. This ancient route, commissioned by King Charles II, stretches 1,300 miles from Boston down to South Carolina.

A shelter-in-place order issued for the Harvard University area has been lifted after police took a suspect into custody following a search in Harvard Square.

Emergency surgery scuttled her Newport Folk stop, but she's back for shows at Tanglewood and Berklee this month. Had Norwell High School cheerleader Susan Tedeschi not missed her deep sea diving expedition, she wouldn’t be returning to Boston this month. Teen Tedeschi wanted to be a marine biologist. She...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — The Department of Homeland Security has issued a detainer for the man accused in the murder of a woman last Thursday in Framingham. According to ICE, a detainer was issued for Flavio Alcantara Dias on August 27. Alcantara Dias was charged with assault and battery causing...

After generations of keeping Hersey Farm private, the Hersey family opened its gates to the Hingham community on Aug. 15, welcoming local veterans for the first public event at the historic property. The event gave visitors a rare look at the farm’s collection of 18th- and 19th-century buildings, historic vehicles...