New Boston celebrated a new, federally funded fire station that town leaders say will back up the nearby Space Force site. The modern station adds living quarters, an EOC and hazmat capacity.

A Suffolk Superior Court judge narrowed Marie-Armel Theodat's lawsuit, tossing the Boston Herald while allowing discrimination and hostile-work-environment claims against the BWSC to proceed.

Holyoke’s City Council voted 9–4 to ban AI data centers above 12 MW, blocking a proposed 20‑MW project and sharpening a statewide debate over water, power and local control.

FAA is investigating a near miss at Boston Logan after a Delta jet executed a go‑around while an American Airlines flight began takeoff from an intersecting runway. No injuries were reported.

A roughly 12‑foot white shark breached within about 150 feet of Long Point Beach in Provincetown as Sharktivity and researchers logged multiple Cape Cod sightings.

A five‑alarm fire ripped through a large building on Wilcox Street early Saturday; ladder trucks were on scene and officials reported no injuries.

Boston police say a person was found dead Friday near 100 Malcolm X Boulevard in Roxbury; homicide detectives are investigating and asking the public to call with tips.

Lawmakers approved a hot‑work safety bill that creates a public violations database, raises training standards and increases penalties after the 2014 Back Bay blaze.

A 39-year-old Arlington man was arrested after students reported he exposed himself near Arlington High on June 12. Police say investigators later identified the vehicle and its owner.

A tornado warning briefly covered parts of central Massachusetts Thursday as the NWS tracked a storm near Paxton; watches remained in effect across the region.

A former Emmanuel College admissions director was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after prosecutors said he solicited an underage applicant and cyberstalked students.

Federal prosecutors charged 15 people in Boston in a sweep alleging $1.4M stolen from SNAP, MassHealth and Social Security. U.S. Attorney Leah Foley will brief reporters this morning.

Trillium has opened a downtown outdoor beer garden at Winthrop Center Park, pouring flagship IPAs alongside Neapolitan pizza and weekly events through October.