Massachusetts News

Braintree High School students captured three elite awards at the 2013 Massachusetts Science & Engineering Fair held at MIT, May 2-4th. Jacqueline Flynn, a sophomore presenting her first science fair project, was awarded 1st Place.

Billionaire Tom Steyer is gearing up to engage in the Massachusetts Senate race yet again, a potentially pivotal development that Steyer and his aides hope will boost the Democratic nominee, Rep.

This March 7, 2013 file photo shows Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., listening to a witness at Senate Banking Committee hearing on anti-money laundering on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Source: WBZ-TV BOSTON - Lt. Gov. Tim Murray will resign Wednesday. ... 'Sources close to Murray tell WBZ-TV Murray is poised to leave his office as early as today,' Keller said.

Coming out of the 2012 presidential election, women's role in determining its outcome-the so-called gender gap-was a dominant narrative.

Gov. Timothy Murray's unexpected announcement of resignation and what could be behind the move.

On Thursday, June 6, at 7 p.m., the Medfield State Hospital Mediation Committee and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will present the proposed approach to the environmental remediation for the former state hospital property.

Spring has sprung and homeowners across the state are gearing up for home improvement projects.

PGAs have long been associated with blurred vision, dryness, changes in eye color and other side effects.

The long-term rating on the bonds, 'AA+' with a Stable Rating Outlook, continues to reflect the full faith and credit guaranty of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Massachusetts transportation officials are planning a series of meetings to inform drivers about plans to switch to an all-electronic tolling system on the Tobin Bridge.

The following is from the Stoughton Public Schools Music Department: The Stoughton Public Schools Music Department hosted the 2013 MAJE Middle School Jazz Festival on Thursday, May 9 at Stoughton High School.

The driver of the truck that struck and killed visiting MIT scientist Kanako Miura as she rode her bicycle near Kenmore Square... Students and staff at MIT gathered Sunday evening for the second performance of UP: The Umbrella Project at Jack Barry Field.

A new measure of the heterogeneity - the variety of genetic mutations - of cells within a tumor appears to predict treatment outcomes of patients with the most common type of head and neck cancer.

Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey have agreed to their first debate in Massachusetts' contentious special U.S. Senate election.

Submitted by the Grafton Police Department. As motorists take to the roads this Memorial Day holiday, The Grafton Police Department is urging everyone to buckle up.

A former Arlington man charged with sexually molesting children at the town's Boys and Girls Club in the 1970s has a court appearance.

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley will host an energy summit to bring together experts in the field for discussions on ways to reduce energy costs and improve the state's competitiveness.

Carolyn Mugar told Clark University's 1,096 graduates Sunday to jump in and do what they can when something's wrong.

They make life-saving medicines and voice recognition software. They lease cellphone towers and produce industrial sensors.