BOSTON (AP) — World record holder and two-time Olympic gold medalist Eliud Kipchoge will make his Boston Marathon debut in 2023 along with reigning women's world champion Gotytom Gebreslase and six former Boston winners returning 10 years after two bombs exploded at the finish line.

BOSTON (AP) — A 76-year-old man accused of performing lewd acts and touching a 21-year-old woman's leg without her consent on a Boston-bound flight earlier this year has pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors said.

MARSHFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Authorities in Massachusetts are looking for a 27-year-old man they say was involved in the killings of a married couple in a community south of Boston, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

BOSTON (AP) — Human remains found at a Boston apartment building earlier this month are those of four infants, police said.

BOSTON (AP) — The family of a man who was badly hurt when an SUV crashed into an Apple store in Massachusetts, killing one person and injuring 20, sued the company, the driver and the property owners Tuesday in one of the first lawsuits filed over the crash.

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the extortion and fraud convictions of a once-celebrated young Massachusetts mayor who was found guilty of extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from marijuana businesses.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Environmental groups are once again at odds with politicians and fishermen in New England in the wake of a decision by high-end retail giant Whole Foods to stop selling Maine lobster.

BOSTON (AP) — A long-forgotten, and somewhat unsettling, statue of Mickey Mouse with giant lobster claws for hands has found its way back to Boston.

NANTUCKET (AP) — President Joe Biden 's family tradition of spending the Thanksgiving holiday on Nantucket may take on a more serious tone this year.

FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — Crews were searching Monday for a missing hiker in northern New Hampshire.

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A college student died while more than two dozen other passengers and the driver were injured when a bus returning from a hockey game struck a tree in suburban Boston, authorities said.

HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — Several people were injured when a pickup truck crashed into a New Hampshire restaurant and the driver is facing a driving under the influence charge, police said.

BOSTON (AP) — A collection of touching and sometimes prescient personal letters written by a young Bob Dylan to a high school girlfriend has been sold at auction to a renowned Portuguese bookshop for nearly $670,000.

BOSTON (AP) — Authorities have found what appears to be two sets of human remains in a Boston condominium building, including the remains of a "possible fetus or infant" discovered in a freezer.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The stepmother of a New Hampshire girl who vanished in 2019 at age 5 and is presumed dead plans to plead guilty to unrelated perjury charges and agree to cooperate with prosecutors, who charged her husband with second-degree murder in the child's death, according to a…

BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an investigation into whether the police department in Massachusetts' second-largest city routinely uses excessive force or discriminates against residents based on race or gender.

BOSTON (AP) — The former leader of a Massachusetts Native American tribe convicted of accepting bribes including exercise equipment and a weekend stay at a luxury hotel from an architectural firm working with the tribe to build a casino has been sentenced to three years in prison.

A food poisoning outbreak tied to deli meat and cheese has sickened 16 people, including one who died, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.

BOSTON (AP) — Democrat Andrea Campbell has become the first Black woman in Massachusetts history to be elected attorney general.

BOSTON (AP) — Two closely watched ballot questions in Massachusetts — one that would create a tax aimed at millionaires and another that would repeal a law allowing those in the country illegally to obtain a state driver's license — remained too early to call early Wednesday.

BOSTON (AP) — The city of Boston has agreed to pay more than $2.1 million to the Christian legal organization that backed a court challenge after the city refused to fly a Christian flag outside City Hall, a case that made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

BOSTON (AP) — Two of the most closely watched contests to be decided by voters in Massachusetts are ballot questions — one that would create a tax aimed at millionaires and another that would repeal a law allowing those in the country illegally to obtain a state driver's license.

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who admitted to lying on his application for federal coronavirus business stimulus funds and using some of the $400,000 he received to pay his mortgage has been sentenced to 15 months in prison, federal prosecutors said.

BOSTON (AP) — The former president of the Massachusetts State Police troopers' union and a lobbyist have been convicted by a federal jury of using union funds to benefit themselves.

BOSTON (AP) — A Rhode Island man who authorities say forced multiple women with drug dependencies into prostitution and used violence and starvation to control them has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

BOSTON (AP) — Beacon Hill lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping $3.7 billion spending bill, but decided to put off talk for now about permanent tax cuts that they had flirted with earlier in the year.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters are facing the choice of returning the governor's office to Democratic hands while also weighing ballot questions including one that would raise taxes on individuals earning more than a million dollars.

BOSTON (AP) — The general manager of Boston's troubled public transit system, who shepherded the agency through the pandemic when ridership plummeted and has faced calls to resign during a federal safety review, announced Tuesday that he will step down early next year.

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Monday to engaging in sexual activity with a teenage boy and paying the victim with vaping pods and candy, according to the office of Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government has outlined a strategy to try to protect an endangered species of whale while also developing offshore wind power off the East Coast.

BOSTON (AP) — Police and school officials in Boston are trying to figure out how a 7-year-old child managed to bring a loaded gun to a city school.

MALDEN, Mass. (AP) — The state education department is investigating a complaint that claims the rights of children with disabilities in the Boston Public Schools are being violated because the district's bus system is in "disarray," Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley said Tuesday.

(The Center Square) – A new study shows power demand in New England has experienced an 11.4% drop from 2008 to 2020 but could cost ratepayers billions of dollars to incorporate zero-emissions electricity.

The Biden Administration and House Republicans recently reached a bi-partisan deal to raise the debt ceiling. To reach the compromise, and keep the United States from a catastrophic debt default, the White House agreed to a series of spending cuts to social safety net programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps. (Here […]

(The Center Square) – Ensuring the United States works to solidify a rapid response to combat future pandemics is the focus of a new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

(The Center Square) – A new economic development strategy to connect skilled workers and employers is taking shape in Massachusetts.

(The Center Square) – Expanding nutrition learning opportunities for Massachusetts students is the focus of a new investment.

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(The Center Square) – New Hampshire has leapfrogged Massachusetts in a new report focusing on property taxes, with one public policy group calling out the state’s top elected officials.

(The Center Square) – Life science companies in Massachusetts will benefit from new tax incentive rewards to spur job creation.

The United States has the most dynamic economy in the world. Where it once was symbolized by the automotive and steel industries, the American economy is now the world’s technology colossus. But the U.S. economy is more than that. It is a unique sum of the parts of 50 states whose identities are often tied […]

(The Center Square) – Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a joint amicus brief alongside 21 other attorneys general to support the federal government’s prohibition of handguns and ammunition to those 21 and older.

(The Center Square) – A new veterans council is being established in Massachusetts through an executive order.

The big picture: Dr. Lindsay Boik-Price says: "You can prevent most strokes! "

U.S. firearm sales have surged in recent years, a trend that has coincided with a steep increase in gun violence. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a record number of Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2021. While law-abiding citizens with no intention of engaging in criminal activity account for the vast […]

(The Center Square) – A new leadership team is taking shape in the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants.

(The Center Square) – Rural affairs will be the focus of a new position on Gov. Maura Healey’s staff.

Nine out of 10 U.S. counties suffered a federally-declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a recent report. Disasters such as flooding, wildfires, hurricanes, winter storms, or other extreme weather events affected nearly every part of the country. This means most U.S. residents are potentially in the path of natural disasters, which are […]

(The Center Square) – A federal investigation into a Massachusetts state attorney should serve as a wake-up call for those in high government positions, one public policy group said.

(The Center Square) – Massachusetts is the biggest loser in New England for tax revenue collections in the third quarter of fiscal year 2023.

(The Center Square) – As Massachusetts takes steps toward minimizing the presence of PFAS chemicals in the environment, a recently introduced bill offering protections to farmers is under review.

Spanning nearly 3.8 million square miles, the United States is one of the largest countries in the world by total landmass. From the Smokey Mountains to the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains to the Great Lakes, it is also one of the most geographically diverse. Not all states in the Lower 48 are equally […]

(The Center Square) - A new study shows that wealth is leaving Massachusetts at an alarming rate.

(The Center Square) – A new poll shows Massachusetts residents don’t want any changes made to Chapter 62F.

Home sales surged in the United States in the early months of the pandemic. From the first quarter of 2020 to the second, the homeownership rate in the U.S. climbed from 65.3% to 67.9% – the largest quarterly increase since record keeping began in the mid 1960s. And while owning a home offers several advantages […]

(The Center Square) – While project promoters in cities such as Nashville, Tennessee, and Tempe, Arizona, continue to push the narrative that professional sports stadiums with surrounding developments are economic stimulators, a new report shows professional sports stadiums and the surrounding developments do not bring the promised returns.

(The Center Square) – A new report shows Massachusetts electric customers are losing millions of dollars each year.

(The Center Square) – Using words such as “horrifying,” Debra Bingham implored a legislative panel on Monday to act swiftly on proposed changes to the embattled Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Deciding where to go college is the first major life decision many Americans make. And while there are many factors to weigh when selecting a school – including cost and distance from home – many of the 16.6 million American college students today chose to enroll in the best school they could get into. It […]

Before formally entering World War II in December 1941, the United States established itself as “the arsenal of democracy,” supplying overseas allies with weapons to confront the fascist threat posed by the Axis powers. By war’s end, the U.S. not only produced nearly two-thirds of Allied military equipment, but it also mobilized over 16.3 million […]

(The Center Square) – A Massachusetts city said Tuesday it would take applications for a guaranteed-income program, which is being lauded as the first in the country to take in all the lower-income families that qualify and not require a lottery.

(The Center Square) – Bringing the fourth and largest offshore wind project to Massachusetts is the focus of a new request for proposal filed Tuesday by the governor.

(The Center Square) – A blighted former mill site in Attleboro is being converted into housing.

(The Center Square) – Taxpayers fled Massachusetts in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to IRS migration data released on Thursday, costing the Bay State billions of dollars in tax revenue.

(The Center Square) — Making investments in families is the focus of the fiscal year 2024 budget passed by the House of Representatives.

(The Center Square) – An August 2022 arbitrator ruling between the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and its union has been made public.

Most Americans are woefully underprepared for retirement. Based on analysis of Federal Reserve data by the accounting firm PwC, the typical American between the ages of 55 and 64 has just $120,000 in a retirement savings account. Though the vast majority of retirees supplement their savings with Social Security income, the average monthly Social Security […]

(The Center Square) – A new study of public-school enrollment changes reveals that Massachusetts could have a decline over the next several years.