Massachusetts has long ranked among the states with the highest incomes in the nation, but at the town level, family incomes vary sharply. The latest census estimates show that the gap between the ...

Massachusetts is losing residents at a worrisome rate — as many as 33,000 over the one-year stretch from July 2024 to July 2025, according to fresh U.S. Census Bureau data. And the state ranks 46th in ...

The odyssey of The Talisman comes to an end here, almost a half century after its authors first met. Readers of Stephen King and Peter Straub have been hoping for a follow-up to that 1984 fantasy epic ...

A shift in official strategy at Boston's beleaguered "Mass. and Cass" neighborhood is pressuring people into addiction treatment, say health experts, who worry the new tactics will lead to more ...

Boston is dodging a major bullet in the weather forecast this weekend. We are avoiding a worst-case scenario as a storm will not track close enough to New England to deliver what could have been a ...

One dead and six missing as body and life boat from Lily Jean found after its disappearance from Gloucester port The search for survivors of a commercial fishing vessel that sank off the coast of ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Since 2006, guns have been used in an average of 25 mass killings per ...

Shooters often kill people who are, or presumably once were, close to them. 25 percent killed a parent, child or stepchild, and 23 percent killed a current or former romantic partner. Even some large ...

Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts, including 2,780 deaths in 2019 Air pollution remains a silent killer in ...

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Open congressional seats are like catnip to Massachusetts politicians. People who get elected in this state tend to stay in office for a long time, so the pent-up ambition bursts forth at the first ...

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