Scientists who study the ocean say the waters off New England had another warm year, though the pace of warming slowed ...

If you were to tell Rockport boys hoop fans that their team's star player, Josiah Whitley, didn't make a single 3-pointer in ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive ...

Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a ...

A state grant awarding Gloucester Public Schools $100,000 will continue funding mental health related programs and trainings as the district works to improve students well-being and recover from the l ...

Dozens of public schools are getting more state funding to help them expand mental health programs and services for struggling students.

Advocates are renewing a perennial push on Beacon Hill requiring makers of smartphones, laptop computers and other electronic gadgets to share diagnostic information, tools and parts with consumers ...

A chemical fire was extinguished within just a few moments Friday afternoon by an employee at a machine shop off Western Avenue, and no injuries were reported, fire ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts consumers are souring on Gov. Maura Healey's proposal to set a "candy tax" on sugary sweets, according to a new poll from a pro-business group.

Members of the state's all-Democrat congressional delegation are pitching a plan to offset any potential cuts in education funding being considered by the Trump administration.

These recent sightings are compiled by Sue McGrath of the Newburyport Birders. Report your sightings to Newburyport Birders at: [email protected] or 978-204-2976.

The Department of Transportation closed the westbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike for "emergency repairs" Friday morning, snarling traffic and diverting the primary westbound highway through ...