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SALEM — A judge ruled Wednesday morning that an 18-year-old high school student accused of killing an older woman while she slept in her home in Danvers is not competent to stand trial, a determination prosecutors intend to challenge. Judge Randy S. Chapman made the determination after reviewing a...

A North Billerica man was arrested Tuesday night on 14 charges, including cocaine trafficking and malicious destruction of property, after the allegedly stolen white BMW he was driving crashed into a fence along Loop Road. According to the police report issued Wednesday morning, the Hopkinton Police Department received an alert...

Anyway, according to a study, out of the Top 250 Best Pizzeria Cities in the United States, Massachusetts has NINE of them!

A Boston woman won $1 million from a lottery ticket she bought at a Stop & Shop. Lisha Ellerbee, of Boston, won $1 million from the “$4,000,000 Bonus Money” scratch ticket game. The game costs $10 per ticket to play and was released in September 2024. There’s still...

A Roxbury pizza shop owner says thieves are placing orders for hundreds of dollars' worth of food, then waiting outside for the delivery, attacking the driver and stealing the food. The latest robbery was reported to Boston police Tuesday night. Investigators were told that three people in masks emerged from...

Mayor Wu’s recently-published budget proposal appears to eliminate dozens of capital projects from the city’s five-year capital plan, according to a comparison of this year’s fiscal year 2027 proposal with the current fiscal year 2026 enacted budget. In a few cases, projects have been removed from the...

New video captures the moment a car crashed into a gas station on the North Shore on Wednesday.

When Hunter pulled over, she noticed the car was on fire. Two other men stopped too, immediately jumping into action alongside Hunter. She says the woman was trapped in the driver’s seat so she ran back to her car to get a knife and cut her seatbelt off .

A stolen pickup truck appeared to get in the way of officers as they chased after a stolen car in Norwood, Massachusetts, early Monday morning, police said, warning residents about car theft. The incident took place after 2 a.m., when Norwood police received a report of a stolen car driving...

According to the Weymouth Health Department, beach weather is nearly here, and the department is urging residents to plan ahead for safe sun exposure this summer. In a recent reminder shared by the department, officials said the town is just ten days away from its annual Blum Van skin cancer screening event, a free community service designed to encourage early detection and preventative care...