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CAMBRIDGE – He was born in Cambridge in 1940 and grew up in North Andover, but actor Sam Waterston’s Massachusetts family roots are deep. His great-grandfather bought a house in Buzzards Bay right after the Civil War, and he has cousins whose ancestors go all the way back to the Mayflower landing in Plymouth in 1620.

BOSTON – According to a release from her office, in her third State of the Commonwealth Address, Governor Maura Healey will announce several new initiatives to lower costs, including immediately reducing electricity bills by 25 percent and gas bills by 10 percent for every Massachusetts residential utility customer...

A Massachusetts man and woman have been arrested and charged in connection with a scheme to defraud banks in the state, the U.S. Attorney said. William Shaw, 67, of Boston, was indicted on four counts of bank fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley said in a statement on...

BOSTON — The husband of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children, is suing his wife's medical providers, claiming they overmedicated her while she was suffering from postpartum depression. Lindsay Clancy was indicted on three counts each of murder and strangulation in the 2023...

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio released an audit of non-disclosure agreements and confidentiality clauses across state agencies, and she says it reveals major concerns about these restrictive clauses in the Bay State.

The Boston 25 weather team is tracking the upcoming snow totals for this weekend’s storm.

Fan favorite Trader Joe's announces plans for it's newest location in Massachusetts

The former owner of two restaurants in Massachusetts has been sentenced to federal prison for filing false tax returns and failing to report more than $3.5 million to the IRS. Remigijus Mikelenas, 55, of Gilford, New Hampshire, formerly of Canton, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, followed by one year...

A Hopkinton man will appear in Framingham District Court in February for a pretrial hearing about an alleged assault that occurred in Ashland earlier this month. Jadaius Figueroa, 23, was arrested after an incident that occurred at 330 Pond Street in Ashland on Jan. 9. Figueroa is charged with one count of assault...

Nearly a year after he accused Marathon School assistant principal Eric Mitchell of assaulting him in a Plainville casino, West Bridgewater resident Bryan Gallagher recently told the Hopkinton Independent his side of the story. Gallagher claimed he was protecting a young man from repeated harassment by Mitchell when...