If we asked who the wealthiest person in the world was in the first half of the 19th century, many would likely think of ...

BOSTON - U.S. News & World Report came out with its rankings of the best ... A report earlier this year from WalletHub found ...

Several heavy-hitting Greater Boston districts earned top marks in new U.S. News elementary and middle school rankings.

On Nov. 19, 1978, police discovered Theresa Marcoux, 18 and Mark Harnish, 20, shot to death near Harnish's 1967 green Dodge ...

The Bee Gees had a smash hit with a song called 'Massachusetts,' but they weren't the only musical act to have a song with that title.

Climate change is accelerating in New England, with the region warming faster than any other part of the United States. The ...

THE STATE OF VETERANS SERVICES — When Jon Santiago was tapped to run the state’s new Office of Veterans Services, he was tasked with restoring the public’s faith in the state’s ability to provide for ...

In flipped seats, immigration was an effective cudgel as an influx of migrants squeezed the state's shelter system. Ken Sweezey, the Pembroke Republican who beat Democrat Rebecca Coletta to fill a ...

According to a new study by researchers from Harvard University, University of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), ...

A giant Norway spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is en route to New York City from its tiny Massachusetts hometown ...

MIT researchers are pioneering a new method for robot training that could create an all-purpose robot brain for all robot ...

Western Mass News went to a few local communities Trump won to hear his supporters’ thoughts on that after plenty of areas came out red in our blue state.