Arson has been ruled out as the cause of a fire that gutted a Colonial-era inn in Groton last week, and fire investigators say the real cause may never be known. Town Manager Mark Haddad says lightning has also been …
The driver of a van carrying special needs adults that crashed into a garbage truck near Boston, injuring him and 12 others, has been charged with of driving under the influence of drugs. Police in Newton, Mass., say 51-year-old Addis …
A former Boston firefighter is set to go on trial on fraud charges for participating in a bodybuilding contest after claiming he was permanently disabled. Albert Arroyo has pleaded not guilty to mail fraud for what prosecutors say was an …
Massachusetts officials say a murky state-run swimming pool where a woman’s body went unnoticed for two days should not have opened the day she drowned. Edward Lambert, commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, said Wednesday that three employees …
A federal judge in Boston has dismissed a lawsuit against Facebook filed by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Harvard classmates of CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The Winklevoss twins’ claim that Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook from them got the full Hollywood …
A union lawyer for two health inspectors who issued a permit for a murky Massachusetts public swimming pool where a woman’s body lay unnoticed for days says they had no authority to close the state-operated facility. Jaime DiPaolo-Kenny spoke Tuesday …
The mother of a Peabody boy who suffered severe injuries when he was struck in the head by a baseball during a Little League practice in 2007 has filed suit against the organization, two officers and a coach. The lawsuit …
The financial toll from tornadoes that ravaged Springfield and several smaller Massachusetts communities has risen to an estimated $175 million. The state’s Division of Insurance estimated Wednesday that residents and businesses have filed 9,500 insurance claims for damage caused by …
A prosecutor is seeking criminal complaints against acting Holyoke fire chief William Moran for making a “fictitious” call to his own department. Hampden District Attorney Mark Mastroianni said Moran told a dispatcher on June 15 to send a fire truck …
Volunteers have been spreading out across Springfield neighborhoods to record damage to historic structures in the path of this month’s tornadoes. The Springfield Preservation Trust and Preservation Massachusetts recruited the volunteers recently to visit the South End and Maple High …