Heat, haze and hazardous rip currents hit Massachusetts on Wednesday

Massachusetts is set to sizzle Wednesday as temps soar, skies haze over from wildfire smoke and dangerous rip currents churn off the southern coast. A high rip current risk was in effect for beaches on Nantucket from the National Weather Service until 2 p. …

GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive

GREEN TYRANNY: Massachusetts senator wants to limit how many miles residents can drive Massachusetts Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem introduced Bill S2246, which sets vehicle miles traveled (VMT) reduction targets by 2030, enforced through fines and …

Georgia woman wins two million dollars from lottery ticket her father bought in Massachusetts and plans to buy a house ...

It started off like any ordinary day—a dad stopped by a local market and picked up a lottery ticket. But what came next was anything but ordinary. That simple ticket ended up changing his daughter’s life forever. Vanesa Menijvar Acosta, a Georgia resident, …

Massachusetts man convicted for assaulting Turlock hotel clerk

A Stanislaus County jury convicted a Massachusetts man for sexually assaulting a woman working as a clerk at a Turlock hotel. District Attorney Jeff Laugero announced on Tuesday that Osman Mukhammadiyev, 32, of Massachusetts, was convicted by jury of …

Massachusetts Misses Healey’s LGBT Business Spending Goals

Two years ago, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced an initiative "aimed at expanding opportunities for diverse and small businesses to provide goods and services to state agencies and local governments." The administration updated the …

The NCAA’s House settlement will change college sports forever. Here’s how it could affect Massachusetts schools.

The football powerhouses in the Big Ten and SEC — and their massive television deals — have prompted much of the seismic shift in college athletics that resulted in this settlement. But the changes are felt throughout the NCAA, including in Massachusetts. …

Lakeville resident wins $1 million in Massachusetts lottery ticket

Lakeville resident David Strickland is the first $1 million prize winner in the Massachusetts State Lottery's new "$25,000,000 Mega Money" instant scratch ticket. Strickland chose to receive his winnings in one lump cash sum, taking home $650 …

Colleen Ritzer's mother speaks at first victims conference in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Could Have Fewer Drivers On The Road Real Soon

I remember when I used to say, "I can't wait to get my license so I can drive my grandmother in a convertible." Although I had the chance to drive her around before she passed away, it wasn't in a convertible. But that's okay; we …

UFC fighter teaching women self-defense in Massachusetts