Massachusetts

Church officials painted over the angels in 1912 with thick coats of white paint, part of an austere renovation that restorationists are trying to reverse.

A former bank teller is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 from customer accounts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Federal authorities have arrested two Iranian men in connection with a fatal drone strike in Jordan that killed three U.S. service members and injured dozens more.

Edward Watson, 65, of Mattapan, was arrested Monday morning in connection with the 1992 killing of Michele Miller.

Two people have been charged with animal cruelty after police say they “brutally” killed a pet rabbit during a party in Massachusetts.

The flooding that shut down an important highway tunnel in Boston Wednesday night was a dramatic but rare occurrence, Massachusetts’ top highway official said in an update on what happened.

Police in Fall River, Massachusetts, say a man was arrested Tuesday night after fleeing from officers and getting stuck in a chimney.

An intense storm in Boston Wednesday caused flooding that shut down a highway tunnel in the city and knocked out power for tens of thousands.

The 41-page report also found that the police department used excessive force, including the unjustified uses of tasers and police dogs and strikes to the head.

Lesley Albert helped plant a tree in her yard nearly 60 years ago. It will now stand in Rockefeller Center in her honor. Here’s the heartwarming story of how it happened.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA announced a new tour on Tuesday morning, including a May 12 date at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Their “Grand National Tour” includes 19 stops in all, beginning in Minneapolis on April 19, and including other major cities like Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Seattle, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit and Toronto. Tickets go on...

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers AC/DC announced a new stadium tour Monday that will include a stop in May 2025 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The Grammy-award winning rockers will perform in 13 stadiums across the U.S., including a stop at Gillette on May 4, 2025. It’s the band’s first tour in nine years. Tickets go on sale...

The Newbury Fire Department responded just after midnight to the serious motor vehicle crash on I-95 northbound near Exit 81 and found two passenger cars had crashed head-on.

An Amber Alert has been canceled after three children were found safe following their alleged parental kidnapping from Stoughton, Massachusetts.

New England is no stranger to seeing snowstorms much earlier than the official start of winter! Here are some of the biggest early storms.

The 24-date tour kicks off in Noblesville, Indiana, on July 8, and will end at the Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California, on August 19.

A fire raged through a huge abandoned mill building along the river in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and investigators are calling it suspicious. Area fire departments worked to get the situation under control amid towering flames coming from the structure. The fire broke out early Monday morning. “I saw huge fire here and I was just like ‘Oh my god!’” said Johnny...

Video shows a scaffolding plank falling inches from a person walking into Boston’s South Station last week.

Authorities announced an arrest Wednesday in a nearly 46-year-old double murder in western Massachusetts. Timothy Scott Joley, 71, of Clearwater, Florida, was arrested for the 1978 murders of Theresa Marcoux and Mark Harnish, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said at a news conference. The bodies of Marcoux, 18, of East Longmeadow, and Harnish, 20, of South Dennis, were found outside...

Heavy flames and thick smoke roared through two triple-deckers on Union Street in Southbridge early Wednesday morning, threatening to catch a third on fire. “I started knocking on everybody’s door, knocking on the windows, get out, get out there’s fire, fire, fire!” said a neighbor who helped others escape. The fire was first reported at 3:25 a.m. Thankfully, the smoke alarms...