Massachusetts

Authorities in Brookline, Massachusetts are looking for a man in connection to a package theft. Brookline Police say the theft took place on Park Street on October 17. According to authorities, the man was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, and black boots, carrying a white and blue plastic bag. If you have any information about this man, call Brookline…

The Lynn Fire Department said as of 6 p.m. on Saturday, that the fire had grown to over 200 acres, doubling its size in less than 24 hours.

The fire is burning deep into the ground, causing trees to fall because their roots are being weakened by the fire.

One family is displaced after the fire on Milner Street Saturday.

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A massive fire in Lynn sent smoke swirling through the air Saturday, impacting air quality in the area. Other smaller brush fires are burning throughout the state.

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A family is unable to return home after a house fire in Waltham, Massachusetts, on Saturday. The fire chief said firefighters arrived around 3:15 p.m. and found heavy fire inside the Milner Street home. Crews were able to contain the flames, stopping them from spreading to neighboring homes in the tight neighborhood. Fire officials are now reminding residents to be…

Firefighters continue to beat back flames at brush fires across the state. At Lynn Woods Saturday, some 400 acres were burning, creating haze across the area.

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Fire officials warned that smoke will be persistent throughout Lynn on Saturday.

Aerial footage showed lines of fire in the trees that looked like interlocking rings.

A Massachusetts man was found guilty of money laundering charges Friday. Federal prosecutors say Trung Nguyen, a 48-year-old Danvers man, converted over $1 million in cash into Bitcoin, including $250,000 on behalf of a man who identified himself as a methamphetamine dealer, and hundreds of thousands more for scammers. Nguyen ran National Vending, LLC, from 2017 to 2020, purposely failing…

Days after Massachusetts voters embraced Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s mission to audit the Legislature, the Methuen Democrat formally notified top Beacon Hill leaders that her office is reviving its recent probe and seeking missing information. DiZoglio, in a letter to House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka on Friday, said her office intends to conduct a “performance audit”...

Drought levels have reached the “critical” stage in parts of Massachusetts. Restrictions on water use are now recommended in some of the most populated regions. “I think Mother Nature itself is very angry,” one man said while walking around the Cambridge Reservoir. Parts of Middlesex, Worcester and Essex counties are experiencing critical drought conditions. Levels in the rest of the…

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.”

Teachers in Marblehead voted Friday to authorize a strike beginning next week.

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.