June 30, 2018 Reporter resigns after false tweet that Maryland shooting suspect had MAGA hat A reporter in Springfield, Mass., resigned from his job Friday after posting a Twitter message falsely stating that Maryland shooting suspect Jarrod Ramos had brought a "Make America Great Again" hat to the office of the Capital Gazette.
June 27, 2018 University ends restrictive campus speech policy after student group's lawsuit The University of Massachusetts-Amherst changed a restrictive campus speech policy that a libertarian student group called “unconstitutional,” putting an end to a months-long legal battle.
June 26, 2018 A new supervolcano is brewing under Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire Something unexpected has been gradually making itself known to geologists in the United States. A huge mass of molten rock is creeping upwards beneath the nation’s north eastern states.
June 24, 2018 Massachusetts jogger fights off would-be kidnapper in surveillance footage A female jogger in Massachusetts managed to fight off an attempted kidnapper who allegedly sexually assaulted her as he tried to drag the woman into his car early Sunday morning.
June 22, 2018 Overloaded pickup full of furniture has police asking 'What Could Go Wrong?' Massachusetts State Police pulled over a GMC Sonoma pickup this week with a 10-foot-high pile of desks, carts, cabinets and chairs in its bed that would either impress a Jenga master, or give one nightmares.
June 20, 2018 Woodchucks stole veterans' flags from Massachusetts cemetery, cops say The theft of American flags from veterans' grave sites was by woodchucks, according to Massachusetts police.
June 19, 2018 Northeastern distancing itself from professor who said women have right to ‘hate men’ because they’ve ‘done us wrong’ A feminist professor at Northeastern University wrote a controversial column that some are calling “hate speech.”
June 19, 2018 Child scales 'un-climbable' pool ladder in viral video A Massachusetts family has captured a viral video Monday of their toddler climbing what is supposed to be a gate stopping children from getting into a pool.
June 16, 2018 Fisherman hooks unexploded Vietnam War device in Massachusetts pond A man fishing in a Massachusetts pond – which once served as a test site for explosive devices during the Vietnam War – unintentionally hooked an unexploded device last week, The Patriot Ledger reported.
June 16, 2018 Student, 11, allegedly takes a screwdriver to teacher's throat A student at a Massachusetts middle school was arrested after allegedly attacking a teacher with a screwdriver during class Wednesday, authorities said Friday.