Massachusetts’ highest court has initiated an emergency protocol that could see many indigent criminal defendants in Middlesex and Suffolk county courts released from jail or their cases dropped.

The Suffolk County Superior Court in downtown Boston, shown Dec. 19. At a status conference for the Edgar Benjamin Healthcare ...

Netanyahu is about to head to Washington to seal yet another “deal” that promises, in his words, to “Make the Middle East ...

Nearly 150 new Florida laws went into effect July 1 and some of them make big changes you need to know. Here's the list.

Even after dropping 1,300 bills to focus on the budget, the Florida Legislature passed more than 100 new laws that start July ...

Days after the jury cleared Karen Read of murder and manslaughter, a state police union is fighting back against accusations that the investigation into John O’Keefe’s death was “compromised ...

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

Massachusetts State Police Col. Geoffrey Noble said that in the aftermath of the Karen Read case, the department will continue to work on improvements in oversight and accountability. On Wednesday ...

Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution on February 6, 1788, according to the Census Bureau. Originally, Maine was recognized as a part of the state of Massachusetts, until Maine was admitted ...

WBUR's Rachell Sanchez-Smith recently spoke to Alex Eberhardt, the head of Massachusetts' LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, to understand why the state missed the mark with its LGBTQ spending goals.

The 2024-25 Massachusetts high school sports season has concluded with the final spring state championships. Billerica and Wellesley led the way with four state championships each, followed by ...

Marcelo Gomes da Silva, the 18-year-old Massachusetts high school student who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on his way to volleyball practice last week, was granted bond on ...