Associated Press

NOAA said the closure was necessary to protect North Atlantic right whales from dangerous entanglement in fishing rope.

Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and was one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday at 82.

An SUV crashed through the front window of an Apple store Monday in Hingham, killing one person and injuring 16 others, authorities said.

The price of at-sea monitoring, and who must pay for it, is a longstanding source of tension between commercial fishermen and regulators

Massachusetts voters have approved an amendment to the state constitution that will increase taxes on those earning more than $1 million a year.

Massachusetts voters have voted against repealing a new law allowing immigrants who are in the country illegally to obtain state driver’s licenses.

Two closely watched ballot questions in Massachusetts — one that would create a tax aimed at millionaires and another that would repeal a law allowing those in the country illegally to obtain a state driver's license — remained too early to call early Wednesday.

Democrat Andrea Campbell has become the first Black woman in Massachusetts history to be elected attorney general.

State Treasurer Seth Magaziner won the congressional seat in Rhode Island being vacated by longtime U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, keeping it in Democratic control.

Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee has defeated Republican challenger Ashley Kalus to win his first full term in office.