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Caden Basir, 20, of West Boylston is accused of engaging in drag racing, donuts, “sliding” and other dangerous events around the Back Bay in April 2024.

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash involving a minivan and a motorcycle in Charlton on Tuesday.

Certain records from the tens of thousands of people with mental, intellectual and developmental disabilities who have lived at Massachusetts institutions could become public under a proposal included in Gov. Maura Healey's spending bill for the end of this fiscal year. This change is one that advocates have been...

A columnist at the Portland Press Herald didn't have kind words to say about the Market Basket lobster roll. Do you agree?. Market Basket can do no wrong in the eyes of many Bay Staters. The Massachusetts-based grocer is widely beloved for its low prices, friendly customer service, its prepared food section, even its...

In Massachusetts, food insecurity is at crisis levels: 37% of households reported struggling to afford food in 2024, up from 34% in 2023 and nearly double the 19% reported just five years earlier. But Bay Staters aren’t alone. American families are already stretched thin — and the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"...

NORTH SHORE — As the trash strike that has impacted more than a dozen Massachusetts communities drags into its eighth week, Gov. Maura Healey is publicly pressuring Republic Services to end the standoff — and expressing frustration over a lack of response from company leadership. In a sharply-worded...

Beginning on Friday, Quincy-based Stop & Shop will be rolling out lower everyday prices on items spanning nearly every department.

Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, is spreading in Gulf and East Coast waters during peak summer months. Louisiana and Florida have reported multiple deaths, while Massachusetts recently confirmed a case on Cape Cod. Experts warn climate change may be driving the bacteria northward as coastal waters warm....

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are on the hunt for a fleeing armed and dangerous suspect believed to have traveled to Connecticut in a black Audi after allegedly dragging a trooper in Massachusetts following a domestic incident in Vermont. Vermont...

Primary care physicians and the Senate's health care point person are questioning a proposed partnership between Mass General Brigham and CVS that the two companies say will address gaps in comprehensive primary care access.