Massachusetts

A new report says the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families mismanaged mental health care for children. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said her report found that DCF did not always obtain or renew court approval before children under its care were given antipsychotic medications. It also found the agency did not always document or update medications listed in children’s...

Through 22Mohawks’ Pups for Vets program, Millis WWII veteran and widower Edward Shropshire has a pet dog who gives him “somebody to love.”

Neighbors are speaking after an explosion rattled them early Wednesday morning.

Thanks to the Pups for Vets program and 22 Mohawks, Massachusetts WWII veteran Edward “Buddy” Shropshire has a friend to keep him from getting lonely: Puppy the Cavalier King Charles spaniel.

A new audit of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families mismanaged the mental health care needs for some of the children in its care.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is advising all religious institutions to increase security after a recent rise in arson cases targeting houses of worship. The ATF’s Boston Field Division said there are no specific threats, but referred to an increase in incidents in the past six months, including in the Massachusetts communities of Franklin and Kingston,...

Racist texts received by Stoughton high school students, Curry College students and others around the country say they’ve been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation,” a reference to the American slavery era. It’s left people shocked and in disbelief, and cybersecurity expert Justin Armstrong says the current digital infrastructure lets bad actors like these hide out.

Who gets to keep an engagement ring if a wedding is called off? That’s what the highest court in Massachusetts was asked to decide with a $70,000 ring at the center of the dispute. The court ultimately ruled Friday that an engagement ring must be returned to the person who purchased it, ending a six-decade state rule that required judges...

Shannon O’Brien has appealed her firing as chairwoman of the Cannabis Control Commission to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, arguing that the facts of her situation “were not properly found, and even taking them as true, fail to rise to the heightened grounds for removal.” Treasurer Deborah Goldberg fired O’Brien, herself a former state treasurer and Democratic Party nominee for...

A man died after crashing his motorcycle into a pickup truck in Norwell, Massachusetts, on Thursday, prosecutors said. Investigators believe the pickup, a Toyota Tacoma, was turning left into a business on Pond Street near one entrance to Accord Park Drive when the motorcycle being driven by Jacob Foss, a 28-year-old from Pembroke, hit its passenger-side door about 1:30 p.m.,…

A man accused of stabbing a teenage girl at a Cape Cod store on Thursday was held without bail following his arraignment on Friday, where a doctor recommended he be evaluated at Bridgewater State Hospital.

Police officers were justified in their use of force on a man who died in police custody last year after two of his adult relatives were stabbed at a home in Dedham, Massachusetts, according to the final report from the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office.

A home security camera captured a wild explosion and fire in a residential neighborhood in Woburn, Massachusetts, earlier this week. Woburn fire said they received a call around 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday for a burn complaint. Upon arrival, firefighters found heavy fire involving two cars and trees, with extension to nearby homes and power lines. The entire incident was captured…

A pedestrian was seriously injured and the dog she was walking killed when they were hit by a car in front of a church in Mashpee, Massachusetts, on Friday morning.

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Dry conditions and warm temperatures continue to fuel brush fires across Massachusetts.

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Schools are closed in two Massachusetts cities on Friday as teachers are out on strike.

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A pedestrian was seriously injured and the dog she was walking killed when they were hit by a car in front of a church in Mashpee, Massachusetts, on Friday morning. Mashpee police said they responded, along with Mashpee fire, to a report of a car versus pedestrian crash around 7:21 a.m. on Job’s Fishing Road. Arriving officers found a...

High school and college students in Massachusetts are among the people of color around the country who have been receiving racist texts following Election Day. Stoughton Public Schools said several students of color at Stoughton High School reported receiving a racist message on Thursday. The text referred to slavery and the recipient being “selected to pick cotton at the nearest…

Schools are closed in two Massachusetts cities on Friday as teachers go on strike. Teachers in Beverly and Gloucester plan to picket as they continue to negotiate a new contract. Well, they’ve been in negotiations without a contract since February – and have reached an impasse. So instead of being in the classrooms today, teachers will be picketing outside these…

A nationwide investigation is underway into a series of racist spam text messages sent to people in the days after this week’s election. Some students in Massachusetts reported receiving the texts.

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