The Worcester Police Department requests public assistance to find missing 13-year-old Kayque Araujo, last seen wearing a green sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, and white shoes.

Boston Police officers are helping Roxbury residents attend a community cooking class at Northeastern University, reflecting a community policing approach focused on building relationships.

Boston Police E-5 CSOs visited Beethoven School to interact with young students and teach them about police work, reinforcing positive community relations.

CVS and Walgreens will dispense the abortion pill mifepristone in certain states following updated FDA guidelines, expanding abortion services accessibility.

A road rage incident in Boston involved an MBTA bus driver and a motorist, resulting in no injuries but with the motorist facing charges for property damage.

Springfield police and state authorities arrested nine individuals for drug trafficking and illegal weapons possession after executing search warrants last Friday.

A five-alarm fire in Chelsea, Massachusetts required a dramatic rescue of two firefighters, with no serious injuries reported among residents or firefighters.

A New York man was convicted by a Boston federal jury for sex trafficking of a minor and forced labor, facing a minimum of 15 years to life in prison.

A California woman was sentenced to 22 months in prison for her role in a fentanyl distribution scheme, after pleading guilty to distributing over 400 grams of the substance.

A car was impaled by a metal gate at an MBTA station in Ashland, MA, with no injuries reported. The cause is unknown, and more information is pending.

The Massachusetts Senate passed the "Healthy Youth Act" to update sex ed curriculum with lessons on gender identity, LGBTQ+ health, and consent, despite past failures in the House and opposition from conservative groups.

Rebecca Bartholomew of Hyannis was sentenced to three years in prison for her involvement in a fentanyl trafficking operation in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

MIT startup Lightmatter has raised $300 million to develop photonic technology for faster and more efficient computing chips, potentially transforming future data centers and AI models.