Perejitei “Pere” Bekewe ’21, Ph.D., aspired to learn about agriculture and return home to Nigeria to share his expertise with ...

Police investigators, with the help of the Massachusetts State Police Fusion Center and the FBI, determined that the source of the threat was not a student in Newburyport schools. Investigators ...

A Massachusetts State Police recruit died after suffering a medical emergency during a training exercise, the department said. Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, was participating in a “defensive ...

Massachusetts is closing another correctional facility, in the latest change to the state’s prison system amid its declining population. The Massachusetts Department of Correction announced ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus can cause a "rare but severe illness." The threat of Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus has prompted several Massachusetts towns to implement targeted mosquito ...

Both counties have areas at high or critical risk for infection. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has approved the start of spraying for mosquitos in communities across Massachusetts ...

CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire's attorney general says residents who cross state lines with their guns should not be subject to "felony convictions and imprisonment" for violating Massachusetts law.

BOSTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Massachusetts' highest court on Tuesday struck down a state ban on carrying switchblades, saying a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring modern gun restrictions ...

A Massachusetts town has closed its municipal parks and fields to nighttime visitors amid a heightened risk of a potentially deadly type of mosquito-borne encephalitis, according to town officials.

A Massachusetts town is closing its public parks and fields at night after a horse tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but lethal mosquito-borne disease. Eastern equine ...

The bus service controversy comes as Massachusetts recently funded buses for students from the more than 200 migrant families that moved into their community, though local Superintendent of ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) states that swimming in the water at these closed beaches poses a threat of illness due to high levels of bacteria. Symptoms can range from ...