december

Massachusetts added 5,600 jobs in December

Are you mailing out gifts this year? Then you'll need to have these dates handy so you don't miss Christmas!

Boston (AP) - Lawyers for a Massachusetts woman charged with involuntary manslaughter for sending her boyfriend text messages encouraging him to take his own life have asked a judge to suppress statements she made to police. The Boston Globe reports the request was among almost two dozen motions filed by lawyers for 19-year-old Michelle Carter at Friday's court appearance...

A 21-year-old man is the recipient of the worlds first successful penis transplant. South African doctors performed the nine-hour surgery last December.  The unnamed patient had his organ amputated during a botched circumcision three years ago...

A U.S. Navy lieutenant commander has been sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting his wife in Newport last December. A Providence Superior Court judge sentenced Jason Wenzel on Wednesday and also ordered him to undergo domestic violence counseling and a mental health evaluation...

A parole board has again declined to release John Lennon's killer. It's the eighth time 59-year-old Mark David Chapman has been denied parole. New York corrections officials announced the decision Friday. They say a three-member board denied Chapman's parole after a hearing Wednesday...

State officials say the unemployment rate in Massachusetts dropped slightly last month while the state added more than 10,000 private sector jobs.       The office of Labor and Workforce Development said the state's unemployment rate stood at 7 percent, down from 7.1 pe...

Thinking about a new car?  This could be the best time to buy!  December is a month that you may just be able to get the best deal on a new car.