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Elisabeth Foley was swimming in the ocean off the Florida coast with her family when a shark suddenly appeared right next to her. “I saw this incredibly large dark mass that looked like a torpedo,” she said. The next thing she knew, she was bitten between her legs. She punched the shark, but it grabbed her left hand. “This is…

A former Mansfield resident lost her hand in a shark attack, and she is fighting with her insurance company over a prosthetic that could change her life.

A man from Lowell, Massachusetts, is being held on $1 million bail on charges of raping a girl starting when she was 5 years old. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday that 38-year-old Maynor Francisco Hernandez-Rodas, a Guatemalan national, is facing four counts of aggravated child rape, three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under…

Authorities are searching for a man they say crashed a car in Randolph, Massachusetts, while fleeing from police in neighboring Stoughton. The crash happened Wednesday near the North Randolph Fire Station. The man fled on foot, and Randolph police searched the area, but did not find him. Around 6:40 p.m., police responded to the area of Canton Street and Marion…

A large fire that burned through a Wareham, Massachusetts, strip mall this weekend likely started with lithium-ion batteries, fire officials said, sharing video of the blaze erupting.

A North Shore staple is changing hands after more than seven decades.

Some residents of a senior living complex are spicing it up in a 2025 calendar.

Kelly’s Roast Beef, a staple on the North Shore for 73 years, has been sold to a private equity firm owned by a Massachusetts native. “I think anybody who has grown up in Revere or the neighboring communities knows about Kelly’s,” Revere resident Aaron Seigal said. “I’ve been coming here over 50 years,” Revere resident Roger Ciampoli added. The...

A Williams College student died Tuesday after a ski accident at Jiminy Peak in Hancock, Massachusetts, a day earlier, according to authorities. The Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office said someone called 911 shortly after 2:30 p.m. Monday and told dispatch that a skier had gone over an embankment on the left side of Cutter Trail while descending the mountain. Ski…

The former director of elder services for Quincy, Massachusetts, embezzled thousands of dollars from the city through “personal indulgences” like 153 lbs. of steak tips and using city funds as a “personal slush fund,” federal officials said Wednesday.

The state’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the controversial MBTA Communities Act as a constitutional law that the attorney general has the power to enforce with legal action, but also ruled that existing guidelines are “unenforceable” because the Healey administration failed to roll them out properly....

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The state’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the controversial MBTA Communities Act as a constitutional law that the attorney general has the power to enforce with legal action, but also ruled that existing guidelines are “unenforceable” because the Healey administration failed to roll them out properly. The lawsuit was originally brought by the attorney general after voters in Milton,...

Comments made by President-elect Donald Trump regarding whale safety in Massachusetts are drawing criticism from some animal experts. Trump made serious claims that Mass. is responsible for killing several of the mammals in recent months during a Mar-a-Lago news conference in which he appeared to attack renewable energy. He called it “garbage” and made clear that he wants to ban…

The man arrested on drug and weapons offenses after an AR-15 and $1 million in drugs were found at a Massachusetts-run emergency shelter is now facing federal charges. Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, 28, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl and one count of being an undocumented immigrant…

The comments were made at a Mar-a-Lago press conference.

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Hundreds of pages of notes and more than 2,500 images from the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office are now in possession of defense attorneys for Brian Walshe. His wife, Ana Walshe, was reported missing in January of 2023. Prosecutors say Brian killed Ana in their home in Cohasset, Massachusetts, on New Year’s Day, dismembering her body and discarding her remains…

Defense attorneys for Brian Walshe are looking into how embattled Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor investigated the death of Ana Walshe.

A teenager is recovering after she was attacked inside a high school classroom in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Disturbing videos taken inside Chelsea High School Tuesday morning show the incident taking place. “I was mostly scared for my safety,” said the victim. In the videos, a girl can be seen throwing a chair at another girl, then attacking her with her hands…

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has ordered an inspection of all state-run emergency shelters following an incident last month where a man was arrested after an AR-15 rifle and $1 million in drugs were found in a search of a Revere hotel that serves as a shelter site.

A man has admitted fatally stabbing his former girlfriend, with whom he shared two daughters, and fleeing Massachusetts, prosecutors said.