Looking for something fun to do in Massachusetts this weekend? Here are five suggestions.Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Concert Boston Arts Festival Mapparium JP Music Festival Coast to the Cure ...

BOSTON — Nearly 60 beaches in Massachusetts are closed to swimmers on Friday ahead of Labor Day weekend due to bacteria concerns. As of Friday afternoon, there were 56 beaches, lakes, and ponds closed ...

Massachusetts Republicans will pick their nominee to challenge Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday, but only two of the blue state’s nine House incumbents will face challengers in November.

Chinese comedian and director Jia Ling, who made headlines for losing 50kg in six months to play a boxer in her film YOLO last year, appears to have put some of the weight back on. The 42-year-old was ...

Residents of Worcester County have been placed under a “critical risk level” by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health this week after a man in his eighties was infected there earlier ...

A nearly 70-year-old ban on carrying switchblades in Massachusetts was reversed by the state’s highest court on Tuesday after they determined that the knives are considered “arms” and ...

A Massachusetts town is closing its public parks and fields at night after a horse tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but lethal mosquito-borne disease. Eastern equine ...

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Massachusetts plans to begin spraying for mosquitoes in more than a dozen communities on Tuesday amid a critical risk for the rare but deadly Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus. Ten ...

TODD GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING KATIE. PLYMOUTH IS ONE OF 13 COMMUNITIES HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE RISK FOR TRIPLE E IS HIGH ENOUGH THAT THE STATE DEEMS IT’S APPROPRIATE TO TAKE ACTION ...

Aerial and truck-mounted ground spraying for mosquitoes will begin on Tuesday evening, according to the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and Department of Public Health.

The Department of Public Health is moving on multiple fronts to address the elevated risks of mosquito-borne illnesses this year, including spraying pesticides from trucks in southern Worcester County ...