Scientists who study a critically endangered species of whale that lives off New England said encouraging early signs suggest the animals could have a strong season for feeding and breeding. The North Atlantic right whale is one of the rarest whale species in the world and it is thought to ...
BOSTON (AP) — A judge has pledged to waive mounting fines against striking teachers in three Massachusetts communities for Friday if they agree to return to the classroom by Monday. Classrooms remained shuttered in Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead — three communities north of Boston — ...
An unprecedentedly bad year for beached dolphins on Cape Cod might have to do with warming waters changing the availability of the animals' food, said scientists hoping to curb the strandings. Cape Cod, the Massachusetts peninsula beloved by beach tourists and seafood lovers, has a long ...
BOSTON (AP) — The highest court in Massachusetts has overturned the 2021 murder conviction of a Rhode Island man sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole after he was convicted of renting an SUV that was used as the getaway car in a fatal Boston shooting. The Supreme ...
A Philadelphia jury awarded $11 million on Wednesday to a man whose holstered Sig Sauer pistol went off while he was going down the stairs, causing a serious leg injury — the second major verdict this year against the embattled gun manufacturer over its P320 model. After a three-week trial, ...
BOSTON (AP) — The owner of a trucking company was sentenced Thursday to two months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for lying to investigators after one of his trucks was accused of causing a crash that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire. Dunyadar Gasanov, 39, ...
