Coca‑Cola will close its Northampton bottling plant and issue notices affecting roughly 175 workers, a move that renews questions about the city’s jobs and utility revenues.

The MIAA's Tournament Management Committee narrowly approved a Super Eight football plan 10-9 and sent the reduced playoff format and a Division 1A bracket to the board for an August vote.

A Springfield man was arrested after shots were fired near Belmont Avenue on Tuesday; police say they found a handgun and about 14 grams of crack at the scene.

Several people were hospitalized after a head-on collision on Route 28 in Falmouth; investigators also responded to an earlier Bourne crash.

Sean O’Brien won reelection Tuesday at the Teamsters convention in Las Vegas, promising rank‑and‑file wins and eyeing big fights with UPS and Amazon.

A 16-year-old was shot in Lowell and taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening arm wound. Detectives are investigating and canvassing Lawrence Street.

The FDA says ZOLL Medical’s Chelmsford facility failed to meet device quality and reporting rules. The company has fifteen business days to outline fixes or face enforcement.

A Webster woman was arrested after police say she attacked her boyfriend with a hammer and had allegedly stabbed him a week earlier; she was arraigned in Dudley District Court.

A McCall Middle School teacher was arraigned June 12 on a felony possession of child pornography charge; the district says there is no evidence students were involved.

Tishman Speyer will manage leasing and property operations at a roughly 490,000‑SF South End life‑sciences campus that includes 321 Harrison and 1000 Washington.

Procter & Gamble promoted 30-year veteran Juliana Azevedo to lead Gillette’s grooming business, naming her the brand’s first female CEO.

Four people — three of them juveniles — were arrested after a stolen car crashed on Lower Broadway in Everett. Police recovered firearms and say the case is under investigation.

Seven people were arrested by the Boston Police Human Trafficking Unit on June 13 in an undercover prostitution sting; police are seeking tips and evidence.