John Deaton, who ran against Elizabeth Warren in the Massachusetts Senate race, talks about the state of politics on the national and local level,

No one was injured in a two-alarm house fire in Peabody, Massachusetts Sunday morning. The cire started in a home on Ellsworth Street at around 7 a.m. Firefighters struggled with frozen hydrants in an attempt to put out the fire,

A coalition pushing a 2026 ballot question that would repeal a gun law Gov. Maura Healey signed last year raised more than $136,000 in four months but drew roughly a third of its cash from a gun manufacturer that fled Massachusetts in 2023,

The son of the former Massachusetts state inspector general has been busted for alleged child pornography, according to the feds.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 7,760 in the week ending January 18, down from 9,908 the week before, the Labor Department said.

Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.

As of a month ago, much of the state was still in a severe drought, with other regions in moderate droughts at the time.

Nearly 40 cats affected by near-record snowfall in Louisiana are arriving at the MSPCA at Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem on Saturday as part of an urgent rescue mission.

Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the prescription painkiller.

Gov. Maura Healey filed a $62B FY26 budget proposal that attempts to address slower revenue growth during the post-pandemic era by relying on a voter-approved surtax to buoy spending decisions and

BOSTON – Temperatures will warm up slightly on Sunday, but as the week approaches there is a chance for more snow in the coming days. After a frigid stretch, Sunday's weather brings a brief reprieve with temperatures climbing about 10 degrees higher than they were on Saturday.