8+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1130+ words) Massachusetts started 2025 scrambling for a replacement to the voter-overturned MCAS graduation standard, and after months of looking for new standards, a first look at a replacement began to take shape as the year came to a close. Voters threw out…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (566+ words) An out-of-state adult visitor who spent time in the region earlier this month has been diagnosed with measles, according to health officials who are warning the public of possible exposures in multiple locations. The visitor arrived at Boston Logan airport…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (348+ words) A Quincy man faces murder charges after being found with stab wounds and a deceased woman in an apartment Saturday night, the Norfolk DA announced Sunday. At about 11 p.m. Saturday night, Quincy Police received a 911 call and were dispatched to an…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (458+ words) The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority board has signed a $500,000 severance agreement with CEO Marcel Vernon as a state committee launches an investigation into bombshell allegations of corruption. The agreement, already signed by both Vernon and the Board of Directors, comes…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago  (646+ words) A Quincy man may spend 25 years of his life behind bars after pleading guilty to robbing a bank last year " a crime that netted him less than $1,000. Glenn Legere, 46, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Boston to armed bank…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (389+ words) A new lawsuit takes aim at the city of Cambridge's inclusionary zoning ordinance, with plaintiffs arguing that it unlawfully requires real estate developers to surrender their constitutional land use rights. The Pioneer New England Legal Foundation filed the suit in…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (676+ words) MEDFORD " David, meet Goliath. No. 1 seed Catholic Memorial flexed its proverbial muscle, defeating previously undefeated Winchester, 49-0, at Hormel Stadium to advance to the Division 2 state championship. The prevailing thought entering the game was that fourth-seeded Winchester would struggle with the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (573+ words) Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation are condemning President Donald Trump for accusing half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition, "punishable by DEATH," with Sen. Ed Markey trying to fundraise off the "dangerous" rhetoric. The delegation is sounding off on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (379+ words) A former jail librarian has been indicted for allegedly helping smuggle drugs into the Bristol County jail in Dartmouth by soaking papers with K-2 synthetic fake weed, the sheriff announced today. Ginger Hook, 46 of New Bedford, was charged along with four…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (565+ words) Leading Massachusetts Republican lawmakers are joining the choir of calls for Gov. Maura Healey to provide "full transparency" on the hiring of her cocaine-busted aide, who was previously charged in connection with a shooting. House Minority Leader Bradley Jones and…...