“You can’t teach planning today without grappling with how policy actually unfolds within communities,” says Professor Phillip Thompson.

Mayor Domenic Sarno and Chief Development Officer Tim Sheehan announced that the city of Springfield has been awarded more than $5.8 million in federal and state funding to address lead paint hazards.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting…

Jaylen Brown is in his 10th NBA season — and he keeps getting better.

The Boston Celtics star is averaging career highs across the board in points (28.8), rebounds (7.0), and assists (5.3) per game while improving his shooting percentage…

Three Massachusetts state troopers, including Sgt. Jennifer Penton and Troopers Edwin Rodriguez, David Montanez, appeared in court in Worcester Thursday afternoon, in connection to the…

President Trump announced Thursday he has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. “Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year. Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a…

A 3-month-old puppy with megaesophagus is in need of a foster or adopter to help manage his care.

A multi-agency police search involving ground units and a state police aircraft ended with one suspect taken into custody in Whitman.

A Salisbury woman was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for killing her boyfriend back in 2022. Judy Church, 67, was convicted of first-degree murder…

The North Andover Police Department is investigating after an “unauthorized user” posted a comment Wednesday related to the Kelsey Fitzsimmons case on behalf of the department, using the department’s official Facebook page.

Police Chief Charles Gray said a preliminary investigation has…

High-definition video and data sent from the lunar vicinity to Earth will demonstrate the first use of laser communications on a crewed mission.

Gas is nearly $6 a gallon in California but it’s $3.27 in Oklahoma. Here’s why prices vary so much by state.

A Bristol man is facing charges after allegedly slashing a bystander with a boxcutter during an assault Wednesday evening.

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that addresses mail-in voting and the verification of voter eligibility.

BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi oil fields once alive with the buzz of workers are nearly deserted. Ports that pulsed with the churn of cargo…

A brief stint of late Spring sent temps soaring into the 70s early yesterday afternoon for many. However, like the day before, the abrupt change…

The recent saga of warm early afternoons (in the 70s) with a mid-afternoon crash (to the 40s) hits a snag today.

Chilly northeast winds, rain, and plenty of clouds will seal our fate in the upper 30s to low 40s…

President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will keep hitting Iran “very hard” in the next two or three weeks and bring the country “back to the Stone Ages,” even as he touted the success of U.S. operations and argued that…

The man injured Tuesday in a fiery crash at a New Hampshire toll booth has been identified as actor Eugene Mirman, well known for his voice role as Gene Belcher on “Bob’s Burgers.”

New Hampshire State Police responded to the single-vehicle…

The Senate made a unanimous move to support Bay State farming on Wednesday.

Federal, state, and local officials met in Springfield on Wednesday to discuss the future of Compass Rail and interstate rail projects across Massachusetts.

Advocates of all ages want to “Raise the Age” in Massachusetts–that means adult criminal offenders under age 21 would be processed through the juvenile justice system.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has released the findings of an independent investigation into a fatal crash involving a state police sergeant in Woburn in…

Hershey said Wednesday it will use classic recipes for all Reese’s products starting next year, a change that comes after the grandson of Reese’s founder criticized…

HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa put Houston on top with a three-run homer and Christian Vázquez added a solo shot to lead the Astros to…

President Donald Trump is set to address the nation Wednesday evening about the war against Iran, a pivotal moment at home and abroad as he seeks to amass extraordinary power to prosecute the military operation and his second-term agenda.

Trump started…

A second person has died after a house fire in Troy, New Hampshire, early Tuesday morning, officials said on Wednesday.

Madalyn K. Jalava, 24, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition after the fire at her home, and later…

A Massachusetts water and sewer contractor was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor for dozens of safety violations after a deadly trench collapse in Yarmouth late last year.

On Nov. 18, 2025, workers from Revoli Construction Co. Inc. were removing soil…

By quickly generating aesthetically accurate previews of fabricated objects, the VisiPrint system could make prototyping faster and less wasteful.

Computational biologist Sergei Kotelnikov is working to develop new methods in protein modeling as part of the School of Science Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship.