Massachusetts

A single mom of four from Northboro, Massachusetts, got the news she had dreamed of since she was a child: an acceptance letter to law school at Northeastern University. But a glitch caused that dream to come crashing down.

The Post Malone concert scheduled for Saturday night at TD Garden has been postponed “due to unforeseen circumstances,” the Boston entertainment venue said. The rapper posted a statement to his Twitter account confirming the news and apologizing to his fans. Post said he felt “so good” when he performed for a packed TD Garden crowd Friday night, but then he…

A wayward seal showed up in Shoe Pond in the city of Beverly, Massachusetts, earlier this month after evidently traveling there by river and drainage pipe.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s office said it is supporting officials on the island after learning of the situation.

Massachusetts State Police said they have found human remains in Lee, Massachusetts, believed to be those of a New York teacher reported missing earlier this year. On Thursday night, a civilian discovered the partial remains in a heavily wooded area near Fox Drive in Lee. Lee and state police responded to the scene, and have since located additional remains. Investigators…

A father and son held on for their lives by clinging to a cooler and lifebuoy while stranded off the coast of Boston Wednesday evening. Officers Stephen Merrick and Garret Boyle of the Boston Police Harbor Unit responded to the 911 call at 6:30 p.m. “We’re so weak, I can’t even move. Help him up, please,” the son said...

Two people had to hang onto a floating cooler after their boat sank in Boston Harbor.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with breaking and entering after he allegedly entered a woman’s SUV while drunk and high on marijuana and then fell asleep on the floor of the back seat.

A group of civic leaders, activists and historians hope the lack of recognition in her case ended Sunday in a quiet Massachusetts town with the unveiling of a bronze statue of the woman who chose the name Elizabeth Freeman when she shed the chains of slavery 241 years ago to the day.

Republicans have found success in Democratic strongholds such as Maryland and Massachusetts when they have fielded moderate candidates who could appeal to voters in both parties. With Democrats facing political headwinds this year, Republicans had hoped that strategy could pay off yet again. But Republican voters have nominated loyalists of former President Donald Trump in several Democratic states, including Maryland...

A vehicle ended up on the second floor of a mall in Braintree, Massachusetts.

In video posted to social media, police and firefighters appeared to be walking alongside an SUV as it backed up on the second floor of a mall in Braintree, Massachusetts.

A delegation of American lawmakers has arrived in Taiwan just 12 days after a visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that angered China.

Actor Ezra Miller is facing a felony burglary charge in Vermont, police said Monday. The troubled 29-year-old movie star, listed as a resident of Stamford, Vermont, is accused of stealing several bottles of alcohol from a home in that town on May 1. The homeowners were not present at the time, Vermont State Police said. The star of the upcoming…

The U.S. Coast Guard said the Norwegian Pearl came into contact with the Gabby G, a fishing vessel, early Saturday morning before continuing on to Bermuda.

COVID super dodgers, people who have never been infected with COVID-19, are becoming an even more exclusive club now that the BA.5 omicron subvariant has taken over.

Plymouth Harbormaster Chad Hunter told NBC10 Boston the close encounter occurred around 10 a.m. off the coast of White Horse Beach.

The 19-foot vessel sustained light damage to its bow but was shockingly still seaworthy.

A paddleboarder who got up close and personal with a whale off the coast of Plymouth, Massachusetts, caught video of the massive animal bumping into a boat, apparently delighting everyone on the water.

As nearly a third of the U.S. faces heat advisories, President Joe Biden spoke from Massachusetts on Wednesday to pledge executive action to combat the climate crisis. However, he stopped short of declaring a federal emergency on climate.