The 35-year deal with Applegreen announced last month calls for the renovation and operation of 18 service plazas across Massachusetts, including Lee, Ludlow, Blandford and Charlton, on the MassPike.

State transportation officials said they were “awaiting clarification” on the grant’s status from their federal counterparts.

The "big, beautiful bill" signed into law​ by President Trump last week will allow him to dramatically expand his immigration crackdown.

After being unable to be with his mother at a nursing home, George Arab is dedicating his life to help seniors find the caregivers that they need.

This isn’t just a Boston crisis — it’s a regional one,” Councilor John FitzGerald said. “Many of the individuals at Mass and Cass aren’t from Boston, yet it’s Boston taxpayers who are bearing the

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated what has been dubbed as the first “green” papal Mass. He used a new set of prayers imploring care for God’s creation in a sign he intends to emphasize environmental stewardship and climate justice for the world’s most vulnerable people.

Two paddleboarders accidentally got up close with a great white shark while 100 yards offshore of a Cape Cod beach. Margaret Bowles and Maddie Cronin "hightailed it out of there" once they notice the shark's fin poking out of the water.

A Massachusetts man who police say forcibly removed a woman from her car at a Dairy Queen is also accused of assaulting his relatives and taking his grandfather’s car without permission prior to the carjacking.