Massachusetts

Forty-one dolphins were rescued and 13 died in a recent week on Cape Cod, according to a local animal rescue group, which said the intense workload highlights an extraordinary year of strandings.

Four Massachusetts institutions are waiving tuition for families with annual household incomes under a certain amount. Brandeis University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are the latest schools to announce the move, joining all four University of Massachusetts’ campuses and College of the Holy Cross. The institutions will offer ...

A man died in a fire in Leominster, Massachusetts, overnight, according to fire officials. The Leominster Fire Department responded to a report of a fire in a condominium building on Meadow Pond Drive around 2 a.m. Firefighters arriving at the scene found a fire in the living room of one unit and a badly injured older adult inside. Firefighters rem...

The suspected gunman in a shooting over the weekend in Attleborough, Massachusetts, has been arrested, ending a search for the 33-year-old man who authorities considered armed and dangerous, according to the city’s police force. Jacob Lacourse, 33, was tracked down by investigators and taken into custody without incident on Tuesday, the Attle...

A 3-month-old stray kitten found with severe burns likely caused by hiding in the engine of a vehicle is now being cared for by the Animal Rescue League of Boston. The kitten, now named Cynthia, was rescued in late October after a good Samaritan spotted her in a grocery store parking lot in Dorchester. She was severely injured, with burns,......

A 73-year-old woman who was fatally attacked by her dog inside her home in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood on Monday afternoon is being remembered as a very generous and very loving person who loved animals. Police announced Tuesday morning that Jeriline Brady-McGinnis, of Roxbury, had died at a local hospital from injuries she sustained in the...

We’re finally expecting some much-needed rain in the forecast Thursday, but we remain dry Wednesday as Massachusetts continues to experience many brush fires statewide.

There were delays Wednesday morning on Route 128 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, where a pickup truck could be seen on its side. The overturned vehicle is on the northbound side of the expressway but traffic delays were visible in both directions. There was no immediate word on any injuries.

After unveiling new signage making visible the shift to new owner Brown University Health on Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Maura Healey toured Saint Anne’s Hospital and celebrated that Massachusetts did “something that no other state was able to do” as Steward Health Care collapsed. Saint Anne’s was one of eight Steward hospitals ...

A baseball card so rare that some doubted it even existed has been found in Danvers, Massachusetts. The story of how a Babe Ruth Boston Red Sox rookie card was found is a home run in itself. “Oh, this story is crazy,” said Jeff Gross, who collects vintage cards. Gross loves baseball cards and has the Newburyport home office to...

As the comments to any Massachusetts State Police social media post suggest, it is clear some taxpayers have lost patience with the lack of answers about the death of trainee Enrique Delgado-Garcia.

The Massachusetts State Police have disciplined the former head of a unit that investigated Karen Read, making him forfeit six days of accrued leave after an internal investigation. Col. Geoffrey Noble announced Tuesday evening that Det. Lt. Brian Tully, who formerly led the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office’s detective unit, wa...

Dubbing persistent debt the “original sin” saddling public transportation, a watchdog group called on Beacon Hill to make debt relief a central part of the next MBTA financial rescue plan. The MBTA Advisory Board, an independent group that represents Massachusetts cities and towns that help fund the T, took a deep dive through the histo...