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A woman fleeing police with a child in her vehicle hit three Foxborough, Massachusetts, police cruisers before being arrested on Thursday, officials said.

Aaron Leanhardt was a physics professor at the University of Michigan before he left academia for baseball.

Authorities are investigating after a man’s body was found floating in the Merrimack River on Wednesday night. The Essex District Attorney’s Office said Lawrence police received a call shortly after 6:30 p.m. from a resident of the 50 Island Streeet Apartments who has a view of the Merrimack River. The caller said they believed a person...

Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities argued Thursday that her case should be handled by the federal court in Massachusetts, while U.S. government attorneys said it should be dismissed and go before an immigration judge.

New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas announced Thursday morning that he will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jeanne Shaheen. “I’m running for Senate because our economy, our democracy, and our way of life are on the line, and New Hampshire deserves a Senator who is grounded in the people, places, and values of this state,” Papp...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will speak Thursday in celebration of what she called a “historic” court victory that will allow the renovation of White Stadium to continue.

Gov. Maura Healey said the bill includes “targeted investments that improve quality of life in Massachusetts” like supporting health care, child care and veteran benefits

Apps like GrubHub or Uber Eats are about to see stricter regulations in Boston.

Seven jurors have now been seated in the second murder trial of Karen Read, significant progress no one expected to be made after just two days of jury selection.

Federal and state returns must be filed by the April 15 deadline. If you’re dreading doing your taxes, you’re not alone.

Leaders at the local, state and federal level have been sounding off since the Trump administration announced plans to recover $2 billion in pandemic-era education funds

Boston has hired a company to modernize the scheduling of detail shifts at construction sites, and some of those shifts will be opened up to civilians under a new priority system

Amid news of the Trump Administration trying to cancel or limit research grants, MIT Lincoln Laboratory has just been awarded a $12.2 billion, five-year federal defense contract.

Maine State Police say they are investigating a shooting in Sabattus, near the Lisbon town line. Details were limited, but police say the shooting took place Wednesday at the intersection of Middle Road and King Road. There is no danger to the public, police said. Part of the road was closed, and police asked people to avoid the area. No…...