Massachusetts opioid overdose deaths down 36% in 2024

Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to provisional CDC data. In 2024, Massachusetts had 1,340 confirmed opioid-related overdose deaths, down 764 from 2023, the federal...

Massachusetts Bill Would Expose ICE Agents Amid Rise In Violent Threats

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents face increasing threats of violence, a Massachusetts lawmaker wants to make them more easily identifiable. Massachusetts State Representative James Hawkins on Monday introduced a bill that would...

Massachusetts' average price for gallon of gas dips slightly

State gas prices slightly declined for the second consecutive week and reached an average of $3.01 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, down from last week's price of $3.02 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The...

Massachusetts police officer shot by colleagues victim of ‘campaign to criminalize her’: Lawyer

An attorney for the off-duty Massachusetts police officer shot and injured by colleagues who were serving her a restraining order says his client remains in “grave condition” and has fallen victim to an “appalling campaign to criminalize her.”...

Massachusetts DL Marcus Almada commits to UCLA, discusses decision

UCLA was the first official visit defensive lineman Marcus Almada made. The Bruins established themselves as the program to beat in early May and none were able to. The vibe inside UCLA's program, the attention the coaching staff gave and the...

Bulletin Board: Westford’s Maddie Smith wins 92nd Massachusetts Girls Junior Amateur Championship

Westford’s Maddie Smith captured the title at the 92nd Massachusetts Girls Junior Amateur Golf Championship on Thursday at Crumpin-Fox Club in Bernardston. PHOTO BY DAVID COLT/MASS GOLF The semifinals and championship match of the 92nd...

Ryan Downes, Patrick Kilcoyne to meet in Massachusetts Amateur final

Ryan Downes and Patrick Kilcoyne will meet Friday with the 117th Massachusetts Amateur Championship on the line. The pair advanced with quarterfinal and semifinal match play victories Thursday at GreatHorse in Hampden. Downes, a GreatHorse member...

Patrick Kilcoyne and 2023 champion Ryan Downes reach Massachusetts Amateur final

Patrick Kilcoyne and 2023 champion Ryan Downes advanced Thursday to the 36-hole final of the 117th Massachusetts Amateur on Friday at GreatHorse in Hampden. Downes, a sophomore at Vanderbilt who is from Longmeadow and plays out of GreatHorse,...

Town-by-town reports: Highest rainfall totals in Massachusetts

WEYMOUTH, Mass. — An unrelenting summer storm brought a deluge of rain to eastern Massachusetts on Thursday, leading to flash flooding during the morning commute. Many areas were drenched by several inches of rain, highways and roads left...

Two Powerball tickets sold in Massachusetts have each won $1 million

BOSTON — Check your tickets. Two $1 million winning tickets were sold in Massachusetts for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, lottery officials said Thursday. One of the winning tickets was sold at Market Basket at 130 Water St. in Fitchburg. The...

More workers in Massachusetts are looking for work

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 7,115 in the week ending July 5, up from...

Illegal immigrant in Massachusetts who stole ID of dead child and worked as firefighter sentenced to prison

A Vietnamese man living here illegally who stole the identity of a dead child, using it to work as a firefighter and paramedic, has been sentenced to federal prison. Truong Nguyen, 50, who has been living in Braintree, was sentenced in Boston...

Will high impact flooding events in Massachusetts become more common?

Massachusetts Turnpike service plazas: What to know about the $750M renovation

LUDLOW — Irish company Applegreen has released a design concept for the Massachusetts Turnpike plazas in Ludlow — a barn-like stone-and-timber look, similar to what it wants to do elsewhere on the western portions of the pike. Renovations that...

Tibetans in Massachusetts celebrate 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday

A couple hundred Tibetans put on traditional clothes and gathered at the Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies in Medford, Massachusetts, on Sunday morning. They were there to celebrate the 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday. Tenzin Gyatso,...

Massachusetts Town Crowned America’s 8th Best to Visit in 2025

One of the many great aspects of Massachusetts is if you don't want to take a week-long vacation and instead want to make a weekend or day trip to a town or small city, there are plenty to choose from in the Bay State. America's 8th Best Town to...

Massachusetts lawmaker introduces bill banning ICE officers from wearing face masks

A Massachusetts state Democrat on Wednesday introduced a bill to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from wearing face masks, which the agency has defended as a way to protect officials from getting doxxed.An increasing number of...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Ruling: Noncompetition Agreement Act Does Not Apply to Forfeiture Clauses

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently clarified the scope of the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (MNAA). In Susan Miele v. Foundation Medicine, Inc., the SJC held the MNAA does not apply where a forfeiture clause is...

Karen Read asks Massachusetts court to throw out wrongful death lawsuit

After her not-guilty verdict, Karen Read was asked if she had 'any words for the O'Keefe family.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Karen Read, cleared last month of murder charges in the death of her former boyfriend, Boston Police...

Flash floods possible as heavy rain pours onto Massachusetts Thursday morning

Massachusetts is expected to see what forecasters are deeming very heavy rainfall Thursday morning, prompting a flood watch to be issued for much of the state. As much as 4 inches of rain could fall over Eastern Massachusetts, Connecticut and...