Two Cottage Farm mansions in Brookline closed in early June for about $10 million and $8.7 million, ranking among the week's top luxury sales in Massachusetts.

Cambridge's one‑year push to put every eighth‑grader in Algebra I left more than 60% of students needing to repeat the course in high school.

A man was critically wounded in a Dorchester shooting on Fayston Street; homicide detectives are investigating and police are seeking tips.

A Springfield traffic stop ended with a loaded Glock, 124 bags of heroin and drug-distribution charges for a 26-year-old.

American flags were ripped from the Donovan Memorial Bridge in Yarmouth on Friday; police are investigating and the community has already replaced the display.

A transformer at a substation on NextEra's Seabrook Station property caught fire July 3; officials say it was extinguished with no injuries and no impact to the reactor.

A Dorchester teen now faces added assault and weapons counts after a May shooting on Milton Avenue that wounded a teenage girl, police say.

A man was stabbed near Noyes Avenue in Brockton Monday; police arrested a suspect and the victim was taken to Boston Medical Center.

A townwide outage left Marblehead without power amid an extreme heat warning; crews worked into the night and Brown School opened as an emergency cooling center.

A State Police trooper was dragged during a traffic stop that turned into a high-speed pursuit across the Bourne Bridge; the driver was arrested in Falmouth and the trooper treated for minor injuries.

Federal court filings name a Queens woman as the dispatcher behind a network of residential brothels in Allston and Brighton; investigators say phone data and supermarket video helped lead to her arrest.

Federal safety officials say about 1.72 million Cuisinart grill brushes may shed metal bristles, posing an ingestion risk; Conair will offer refunds.

A $16M campaign at Cooley Dickinson has closed, funding a roughly 40% expansion of the Emergency Department along with new behavioral‑health rooms and a 'You Are Welcome Here' plaque.