Massachusetts

Danielle Collins has joined fellow American Madison Keys in the Australian Open semifinals...

It could have been a wake of sorts, the final State of the Commonwealth speech by Gov. Charlie Baker. Instead, it was a victory lap....

Jayson Tatum (36 points), Jaylen Brown (30 points, 10 rebounds) and the rest of the starters were able to watch the fourth quarter....

The Red Sox acquired Ortiz after the Twins released him in 2002, and the rest is history....

More solar panels could be going up along busy stretches of Massachusetts highway in an effort to produce more clean energy....

New Zealand will reduce coronavirus isolation periods and change the definition of contacts as it battles an outbreak of the more infectious Omicron variant....

BOSTON -- Gov. Charlie Baker reflected on his tenure as chief executive in his annual speech on Tuesday, and vowed to work with the Legislature to help the state recover from the pandemic as he approaches his final months in......

"We have stymied their intent to gerrymander their way to a House majority."...

Jacob Abraham, 28, who was charged with murdering his grandmother at her Nashua home in November, died in hospice care Monday after suffering a medical event while in custody, officials said Tuesday....

Just 40% of fully vaccinated Americans have received a booster dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

For the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman has spoken out publicly about his experiences during the attack, where his actions were credited with saving countless lives....

The Justice Department is investigating the fake slates of electors that falsely declared Donald Trump the victor of the 2020 election in seven swing states that Joe Biden had, in fact, won, a top agency official said Tuesday....

The traffic cones mark a temporary bike lane on the Mass. Ave. bridge....

The U.S. government plans to capture more wild horses on federal lands this year than ever before....

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday she will seek reelection, ending speculation that she would retire as Democrats face the threat of losing control of Congress in the 2022 midterms....

Leonard Brown, 64, was driving his 2010 Audi Q5 on Route 28, when the debris fell on his SUV. The post Concrete falls from I-93 overpass, smashing into windshield appeared first on Boston.com ....

SOMERVILLE, MASS. (WHDH) A man staying in Boston while his wife is being treated at an area hospital narrowly escaped serious injury when a......

Poles quickly became the college scouting coordinator under Phil Emery, who was the Chiefs college scouting director before the Bears hired him as their GM in 2012.. During a nearly 13- year stay with the Chiefs, Poles worked with a wide variety of coache...

The governor plans to file several tax breaks in the budget he'll present to the legislature....

The Chicago Bears announced they have hired Ryan Poles, the Kansas City Chiefs executive director of player personnel, as their new general manager. Poles was at Halas Hall for his second interview Tuesday, and by noon NFL Network and ESPN first reported ...

On Twitter, Dr. Sarah Bernstein shared a selfie and a message: due to a heart condition, she was at higher risk for serious complications from COVID-19. She invited others to share a photo and their own story "so we can show people what chronic illnes...

Gov. Charlie Baker delivered his eighth and final State of the Commonwealth address Tuesday....

Both halves of Wu's raft of mandates continue in effect without enforcement but with controversy, as she answers questions about when the proof-of-vax requirement for businesses might go down the road, and the rule around whether city workers have to ...

A dog was stuck under the seat of his owner's vehicle early Tuesday morning....

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is returning a 17th century painting to the heirs of a Jewish collector....

Federal regulators are suing to block a Lockheed Martin acquisition that it says would limit competition among companies that supply missiles to the Pentagon...

Gov Charlie Baker, opting not to seek a third term, delivered his final State of the Commonwealth speech on Tuesday night, highlighting the work of his administration over the last [...] The post Read: Gov. Charlie Baker's final State of the Commonwea...

"I want to make sure we're not sending an unintended signal to the field that these subjects don't matter or that all of the sciences don't matter..."...

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"I love you my brother." The post 'Well deserved': Barry Bonds, former players congratulate David Ortiz on Hall of Fame vote appeared first on Boston.com ....

Roger Clemens was not elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his tenth and final season on the balllot....

New York's indoor mask mandate will remain in effect after an appeals court judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a lower-court ruling from a day before that had abruptly struck down the policy and created confusion across schools and businesses....

Former Boston pitchers Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling and Jonathan Papelbon are all now off the Baseball Hall of Fame writers' ballot going forward....

"Our last words to each other were 'I love you.' That part was simple; never in doubt. They loved me so. I loved them so."...

Read the full text of Governor Charlie Baker's final State of the Commonwealth speech, as prepared for delivery....

BOSTON (AP) — After a harrowing two years battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts has emerged stronger as it looks forward to new challenges, Gov. Charlie......

New England's grid has its own glaring weakness, one that comes up every winter: an overreliance on natural gas....

"If we've tried to do anything over the past seven years, we've tried to build trust. Others can debate whether we've succeeded or not. I believe we have. And I believe it shows in the work we've done during good times and difficult on...

The low temperature that morning was -9 degrees....

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Even with thousands of COVID-19 infections being officially reported every day in Massachusetts, that data likely underestimates the prevalence of the virus, as countless positive rapid tests go unreported....

Here is the final vote tally from the 2022 Baseball Writers Association of America balloting for the 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame election. David Ortiz was the only player elected [...] The post See the final vote totals for the 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame e...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will be joining the Harvard Kennedy School next week. Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf said Tuesday that the Democrat will serve as a professor of the practice of public leadership and as co-director of...

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle has broken the NHL record by playing in his 965th consecutive game...

The U.S. government plans to capture more wild horses on federal lands this year than ever before...

The new commission aimed at protecting the public from police officers who have crossed the line is facing delays with many key jobs remaining unfilled....

Boston's kicking in $40 million to create 718 new housing units, Mayor Michelle Wu announced....

Former President Donald Trump is holding off on making a new endorsement in Pennsylvania's closely watched Republican primary for U.S. Senate...

"While we knew this time would come someday, that inevitability does nothing to stem the deep sadness we feel at losing a legend," Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Raymond B. King wrote on Facebook....

A new federal study confirms, the current surge of COVID-19 has caused fewer severe cases in the U.S. than previous surges....