Efforts to curb plastic waste in the United States are accelerating, with a growing number of cities and municipalities enacting bans on the sale of single-use plastic water bottles. These localized ...

The WBZ Weather Team is highlighting Thursday night and Saturday as NEXT Weather Alert days. Not because there are any major ...

The drought situation in Massachusetts is getting better. The Drought Management Task Force in Massachusetts downgraded the western, central, southeast and Connecticut Valley regions of Massachusetts ...

With a peninsula coming out of its side like a fishing hook, Massachusetts is easy to distinguish when viewed from space. Once one of the original 13 colonies before the founding of the United States, ...

Related: Who Were the Three Massachusetts Women Who Died in Belize? The families released a statement following the official findings. We have said since the beginning of this investigation that their ...

Ma Yang, a 37-year-old Hmong-American ... Yang claims to have never been to Laos or known anyone from the small landlocked Southeast Asian country, nestled between Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam ...

Vietnam is stepping up inspections of particular children’s toys over concerns that imagery on the model’s face resembles a map China uses to stake competing territorial claims in the South ...

"We can finally say, after 67 years, we have here a South Coast Rail." First commuter rail to bring train travel back to Southeastern Mass. opens ...

It connects a large part of southeastern Massachusetts with South Station in Boston for the first time in 65 years. Taunton, Fall River and New Bedford were the only big cities within 50 miles of ...

The Fall River/New Bedford MBTA Commuter Rail line began service Monday morning, connecting southeast Massachusetts communities to Boston for the first time in 65 years. The rail — which goes to ...

EASTON — Southeastern teacher Jennifer McNally has received national recognition for her work in skilled trades education. According to a community announcement, McNally, who teaches cabinetry ...