Massachusetts

TAUNTON, Mass. (WJAR) — Wild birds in Taunton, Mansfield, and other southeastern Massachusetts towns have been dying, and local and state authorities believe bird flu may be to blame. At Taunton's Lake Sabbatia, animal control teamed up with city firefighters to dispose of more...

Massachusetts is home to the #1 city in America for the young and wealthy to live in 2025. While many cities in the Bay State and across the country can accommodate young and wealthy professionals, one trumps all others this year. GoBankingRates recently released a list of the...

Is your choice of electric supplier going away? It was supposed to on January 1. My electric bill is very high and I didn't even realize I had a choice to shop around. The attorney general as of this month is continuing to fight to end deregulation when it comes to energy...

BOSTON – One of the leaders of a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy operating in and around the South Shore area of Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to multiple federal drug offenses in federal court in Boston. According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice,...

Massachusetts residents aren't immune from home break-ins and burglaries. I know this from personal experience. When I was a kid my family and I went on vacation for about a week and when we returned home we found a broken window between our porch and laundry room as someone...

BOSTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Salvadoran national in Boston on January 22 who had been charged with raping a Massachusetts resident, authorities said. Jose Garcia-Salmeron,…

Big Y Foods' annual "Sack Hunger" campaign raised enough money to provide one million meals to four regional food banks.

A gloomy, rainy Friday in Massachusetts is on track to see some snowfall, with some localized totals between 3 and 4 inches. What have been hours of rain and drizzle should be met with colder air moving to southern New England, with a chance for rain to become snow near or...

Winter has settled in on the SouthCoast, and nothing chases away the chill quite like a hot, homemade bowl of soup. Only In Massachusetts, a website dedicated to uncovering the Bay State’s hidden gems, recently spotlighted a local favorite right here in New Bedford. Known for...

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio on Friday announced an audit of the state’s Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA). The audit will look into the agency’s “financial integrity” after the revelation that the state, under the Baker administration, mistakenly used federal...