Mike Pescaro

Do you have a hard time saying goodbye to your dog in the morning? There’s some good news if the answer to that question is yes. More and more companies in and around Boston are letting their workers bring their four legged friends to the office. Harpoon Brewery is one of the first to hop on this new perk for...

A 12-year-old student in Worcester, Massachusetts, has been suspended for hugging a gym teacher. The foster mother of the Forest Grove Middle School student is asking for change after the boy was suspended for 10 days and given a record of physical assault of a teacher.

NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown, just signed by the New England Patriots, is accused of raping his former trainer in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Florida. In the lawsuit, Britney Taylor alleges Brown forced her onto a bed and raped her while she shouted for him to stop, leaving her traumatized.

Tech executive Andrew Yang has made his universal basic income plan a central focus of his campaign. Back in December, a New Hampshire family was chosen among many applicants to test out his theory, with the Democratic presidential candidate personally footing the bill. Jodie Fassi and her husband, Chuck, learned they would be getting $1,000 every month throughout 2019 with...

It was late at night and a group of Jewish teenagers were on a walk around the Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Massachusetts. Boston College Police Officer Carl Mascioli was on patrol on May 17, the night that the four teens saved a man with an anti-Semitic tattoo in Chestnut Hill.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali will face a criminal assault charge in Massachusetts. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Batali was expected to be arraigned Friday in Boston Municipal Court on a charge of indecent assault and battery. The charge stems from an incident at a restaurant in Boston’s Back Bay on March 31, 2017, the DA’s office said.

A time capsule complete with computer artifacts was opened up at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wednesday. It was part of a celebration, after Bernard Fabrot, a self-taught programmer from Belgium, solved a cryptographic puzzle at MIT 15 years ahead of schedule.

A self-driving shuttle got pulled over by police on its first day carrying passengers on a new Rhode Island route. Providence Police Chief Hugh Clements says an officer pulled over the odd-looking autonomous vehicle because he had never seen one before.

As runners lined up to pick up their bibs for the Boston Marathon, many were thinking about the race they’ve prepared so long for.

For the first time in decades, the New England Patriots will have male cheerleaders on the sidelines this season. Two men were selected to be on the squad for the upcoming season. “Walking (into tryouts), I knew people were going to look at me — one, because I am over 6 feet tall, and two, because I am a male,”...

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft now says he wants his misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution charge tried by a jury, not a judge. Kraft’s attorneys filed a court notice Tuesday also waiving his arraignment, which had been scheduled for Thursday. His lawyers also reiterated his not guilty plea, which he made last month.

Robert Kraft issued his first statement on Saturday since being charged with soliciting prostitution last month, and Pats fans are not holding this one against him. The New England Patriots owner says he’s been wanting to get this off his chest for the past month, and he finally got to do so in a statement released Saturday.

A father of three appears to have killed his wife and his children, then taken his own life and set fire to the family home in rural western Massachusetts, the area’s top prosecutor said. Luke Karpinski and Justine Wilbur, both 41, along with their 7-year-old twins and a 3-year-old child, were found dead in their Sheffield home after the Wednesday...

As Frankie Hernandez drove home from work Friday, he encountered the wild scene of a road rage incident on the Massachusetts Turnpike and knew he had to do something.

Starting Tuesday, adults will be able to purchase marijuana legally at two stores in Massachusetts. At 4:20 p.m. on Friday, the Cannabis Control Commission announced that it had given the OK for retail sales to begin at the state’s first two pot shops — Cultivate in Leicester and New England Treatment Access in Northampton — in three calendar days. Both...

Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford said she was on a Delta Air Lines flight into Boston Tuesday night when she noticed that a passenger next to her was in distress. Stanford, who is an African American physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, said she was helping the passenger when her medical credentials were questioned by several flight attendants, even after she showed...

Slain gangster James “Whitey” Bulger was transferred to the prison where he ended up getting beaten to death this week because he had disciplinary problems at a Florida prison, a federal law enforcement official said Thursday. The 89-year-old was beaten to death Tuesday within hours of arriving at a federal prison in West Virginia.

Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger was wrapped in a blanket and put in bed with his head on the pillow to make it look like he was sleeping after being choked and fatally beaten with a “lock-in-the-sock” inside his cell, multiple law enforcement officials briefed on the case tell NBC News. NBC Investigations reported Wednesday about the apparent use...

Federal law enforcement officials believe Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger was killed with a “lock-in-the-sock” inside his cell, multiple law enforcement officials briefed on the case tell NBC News. The “lock-in-the-sock” involves placing a prison lock inside an inmate’s sock and hitting the victim repeatedly.

Chris Heaton has resigned as head coach of the diving team at Harvard University following accusations of sexual misconduct, the school confirmed in a statement.