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Toddler dies after being hit by delivery vehicle near Boston

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CHELSEA, Mass. — A toddler is dead after being struck by a delivery vehicle near Boston. ...

Boston Pride, longtime LGBTQ parade organizer, shuts down

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BOSTON — The longtime organizer of Boston’s Pride Parade is shutting down after 50 years. ...

House fire leaves one dead in Massachusetts

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SAUGUS, Mass. — One person has died and another was critically injured after a house fire Saturday morning in Saugus. ...

Dig at Pilgrim and Native American memorial sparks intrigue

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Archaeologists combing a hill near Plymouth Rock where a park will be built in tribute to the Pilgrims and their Native American predecessors have...

Tropical storm kills 1 in Florida, hurts 10 at Georgia base

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Tropical Storm Elsa carved a destructive and soaking path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida...

2 more men arrested during Massachusetts standoff arraigned

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MEDFORD, Mass. — Two more people charged in connection with an armed standoff along a Massachusetts highway last weekend were arraigned on Wednesday under...

Unending grief of COVID-19 deaths causing problems for some

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Kelly Brown's 74-year-old father got sick first with COVID-19, followed by her 71-year-old mom just two days later. John and Judy Trzebiatowski died of...

US lobster fisheries anxious over upcoming whale protections

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PORTLAND, Maine — The profitable U.S. lobster fishery will soon have to contend with new rules designed to protect an endangered species of whale,...

Massachusetts police ID suspects in armed highway standoff

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WAKEFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts State Police have identified eight of the 11 males who were arrested following an hourslong armed standoff that partially...

Orchestra set to start in fall; CT virus rules up for a vote

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PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Symphony Orchestra isn’t playing at the Fourth of July extravaganza on the city’s East End beach, but it is...