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About 1,300 casino employees represented by two unions had walked off the job Sept. 4. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
A father asked the School Committee for a written plan to get children to school safely; district leaders said attendance had not dropped.
Trenton Touch, 18, is accused of posting Instagram messages threatening to kill Donald Trump and to shoot up a school, federal prosecutors said.
Hiram Martinez, 41, was convicted of first-degree murder in the June 2023 shooting that killed James Brown and wounded a second man on School Street, the Hampden district attorney's office said.
Nearly 400 religious, public safety and community leaders met at Gillette Stadium for the eighth annual seminar on protecting houses of worship, according to the Massachusetts State Police.
The U.S. attorney's office said it reached $133 million in settlements, including a $46 million deal with Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, and forfeited more than $35 million tied to crimes.
Families gathered at Castle Island in South Boston on Oct. 10 for fire safety lessons and a demonstration by the Boston Fire Department's Aerial Drill Team, the city said.
Frank Yakimowsky was flown to a Rhode Island hospital and died several hours later. Officials have not said whether the motorcycle's driver will be charged.
A converted hotel now houses 99 older adults who have been chronically homeless, and construction has begun on 93 income-restricted homes for buyers, according to the Mayor's Office of Housing.
Montaña Urbana Homes, near the Green Street MBTA station, offers one-bedroom units for residents earning up to 60% of the area median income, plus on-site services.
Investigators traced the May blaze that killed Robert "Bobby" Kilduff Jr. to batteries stored in plastic toolboxes on a third-floor porch, fire officials said.
Groups such as North Shore Pride or residents could propose designs, but the board would have to approve them as the town's own speech.
The resolution passed unanimously as councilors invoked Boston's Rita Hester, whose death led to the observance, and criticized the Trump administration's treatment of transgender service members.
Worcester police said officers saw Jodi Barria, 52, sell drugs twice on Oread Street and later found 52 bags of fentanyl and 28 bags of crack cocaine on her.
Danis Piron Lara, 51, admitted using a Puerto Rico man's identity to collect MassHealth and SNAP benefits over two decades, federal prosecutors in Boston said.
The interim chief financial officer told city councilors he can't certify that money will be there for new raises as reserves run low and state help is uncertain.
Reuben Taylor, who led the city's Municipal Protective Services, admitted obtaining a forgiven $20,804 Paycheck Protection Program loan by falsely claiming to be an auto mechanic, federal prosecutors said.
The Boston congresswoman, reelected without opposition, urged the new Democratic majority to reject incrementalism and be ready to act on day one.
Hours after winning a third term, the Massachusetts senator signaled that tech executives will be a top oversight target once Democrats take over the Senate in January.
The city's Department of Supplier Diversity said hundreds of business owners, entrepreneurs and contractors took part in workshops and networking events aimed at opening up city contracting.
Moshe Levi, 61, of Carrollton, Texas, admitted to conspiring to impersonate out-of-state owners of vacant land in Massachusetts and three other states, sell their properties and launder the money, federal prosecutors said.
Prosecutors say Cesar Fernando Guerrero-Casado, a Dominican national previously convicted of unlawful reentry, came back into the country after being removed in 2015.
Federal prosecutors say Jaden Zion Andre, 23, mailed a synthetic opioid hidden in a snack bag to a Pennsylvania woman who was found dead days later in October 2025.
The Associated Press called the race for the Democrat moments after polls closed. Her Republican opponent, a former medical device executive, had put millions of his own money into the campaign.