Whale oil was an essential fuel of the Industrial Revolution, used to lubricate machinery, soften fabric and light city ...

The Boston City Council president and city clerk are splitting acting mayor duties this week while Mayor Michelle Wu takes a family vacation in Maine.

James Florence Jr., of Plymouth, will spend nine years in federal prison for cyberstalking more than a dozen women, turning their lives into what the prosecutor called “waking nightmares.” ...

TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A brown bear attacked a woman as she hiked a popular trail in a hillside neighborhood in Anchorage, ...

A Worcester city councilor has pleaded not guilty to a charge that she assaulted a police officer while trying to block the arrest of a criminal illegal alien in a chaotic showdown with federal ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A review by Texas lawmakers into the catastrophic July 4 floods has no intention of second-guessing ...

More than 100 retired Massachusetts judges have signed a letter calling for “fair pay” for attorneys who take on indigent ...

Years after a Bay State superintendent candidate lost his job offer when he used the term “ladies” in an email to the School ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s antitrust watchdog has proposed labeling Google’s and Apple’s mobile ecosystems with “strategic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who had been fired by President Donald ...

The statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not say why his department was examining Harvard’s eligibility to take ...