Thick black smoke rose over Brockton Saturday after a fire near Westgate Mall; officials had not confirmed injuries. Photos show plumes behind 65 Westgate Drive.

A Danvers mother says juvenile court failed her family after teens who beat her son last October were placed on probation until age 19. The attack left Christopher Anderson with broken ribs and lasting pain.

An outside review found former Cape Cod Community College President John Cox engaged in "inappropriate and unprofessional conduct," the college announced after his March retirement.

Video shows a USPS carrier pinned beneath a mail truck in Massachusetts as Good Samaritans rush in to help. Officials have not yet released details on the carrier’s condition.

Worcester police arrested a 17-year-old after an Auburn clerk reported a suspicious item; a search warrant at the suspect’s Worcester home uncovered a firearm and ammunition.

Aved Electronics moved into an ~80,000‑sq‑ft Lowell facility, plans a roughly $5M investment and says it will add 76 jobs while retaining 172 in Massachusetts. State tax credits and a city fee waiver support the move.

The state's top court allowed Attorney General Andrea Campbell's consumer‑protection suit against Meta to proceed. The decision keeps alive claims that Instagram and Facebook were engineered to hook minors.

A Ferry Street attack left a man and his Shih Tzu badly hurt; surveillance shows a woman leaving the scene and the victim is urging her to turn herself in. Police say the investigation is ongoing.

The SJC received a sealed special-master report after anonymous letters alleged an affair between a New Bedford judge and a Bristol County ADA. The finding and a status hearing Thursday could touch thousands of cases.

Bulfinch unveiled a plan to remake the former Muzi Ford parcel at 557 Highland Ave. into a 10‑acre mixed‑use project with up to 480 homes, medical offices and expanded parking, pending town votes.

Police and school staff responded after a student brought a pocketknife to Bourne High School. The knife was surrendered and no one was hurt; police are investigating.

A second-grader allegedly showed a gun at Mark G. Hoyle Elementary; Swansea police seized five unregistered firearms from a Market Street home and charged two residents.

Life Biosciences closed an $80M Series D to fund a first-in-human ER-100 trial and expand its partial epigenetic reprogramming pipeline.