Boston mayor: Colleges must guard against spread of virus. BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts reported 18 newly confirmed deaths linked to COVID-19 on Wednesday — bringing the total number of confirmed and probable deaths to 8,769 since the start of the pandemic. The state...
Join us tonight (Monday) for a WATD political forum from 7 to 8 p.m. This Primary Election race is for the 2nd Plymouth and Bristol District, which includes the city of Brockton, Halifax, Hanson, Hanover, Plympton, Whitman, and parts of East Bridgewater and Easton....
The 94-year-old driver that struck and killed a Marshfield man riding a bike on 3A in Scituate is facing charges in the crash. Louis Bournazos, of Marshfield is facing one count each of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, negligent operation of a motor...
Photo Credit: Mass.gov COVID-19 cases ticking up; RI visitors face quarantine order. BOSTON (AP) — The number of new COVID-19 cases has ticked up in Massachusetts. On Tuesday, the state reported more than 540 new confirmed and probable cases. Rhode Island has been...
Travelers face restrictions; 3 nursing homes get warnings. BOSTON (AP) — Thousands of travelers to Massachusetts have begun filling out forms required to help combat the spread of the coronavirus. On Saturday, the state began requiring visitors to comply with a new...
Teachers union calls for continued remote learning in fall. BOSTON (AP) — Another major teachers union in Massachusetts is calling for remote-only lessons to continue at least for the first few weeks of the new school year because of the rising levels of COVID-19...
Ruling renews fairness debate in Boston Marathon bomber case. An appeals court ruling overturning the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has raised familiar questions about whether he can receive fair trial in a city that remains traumatized by...
A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston issued the decision more than six months after arguments were heard in...
Pfizer executive targets end of year for COVID-19 vaccine. BOSTON (AP) — An executive at a Massachusetts facility helping create a potential vaccine for the coronavirus said the company hopes to have the treatment ready by the end of the year. Meg Ruesch is the...
Massachusetts House votes to extend legislative session. BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House has made the rare move of passing an order to suspend the Legislature’s own rules and extend the the legislative session scheduled to end Friday through January....
