A federal appeals court on Thursday restored a U.S. agency rule restricting lobster and Jonah crab fishing off the Massachusetts coast to protect endangered whales, rejecting a claim that the agency did not deserve deference under a recent landmark Supreme Court case.

The figure skating community in Massachusetts is lending support to each other after a plane crash near Washington, D.C. left six members of their community​ dead.

Two young figure skaters and their mothers died when an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Washington D.C. Wednesday.

Whether to add fluoride to tap water is a local decision left to municipalities. About 62% of Massachusetts residents live in a town with fluoridated drinking water. Many who don't have fluoridated water have well water instead.

Mayor Michelle Wu along with Boston Teacher's Union and other city and state leaders presented the Curley K-8 School's Sugeily Santos, as the 2025 School Counselor of the Year.

Lexington attorney David Smerling, 74, faces charges of embezzling $2.5 million from companies, involving wire fraud and money laundering, per U.S. Attorney's Office.

Federal aid is a major source of revenue for states. According to Pew Charitable Trusts, federal grants represented 36.4% of total revenue for state governments in fiscal year 2022.

Evgenia Shishkova and her husband Vadim Naumov were from Russia but lived in Norwood, Massachusetts, close to where they coached.

Many areas saw just a light dusting of snow Tuesday night into Wednesday, while part of Franklin County was hit with six inches.

After snow fell across Massachusetts overnight, some school districts canceled classes or delayed the start of school on Tuesday.

Fourteen members of the U.S. Figure Skating team, six of whom are affiliated with the Skating Club of Boston, were on the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River.

A Lynn, Massachusetts, teen was arrested following a domestic dispute, and shortly after placed in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, police said.