Four out-of-towners recently urged the Hopkinton School Committee to reconsider its policy allowing some Sikh students to carry ceremonial knives in school.
A Massachusetts girls’ cross-country team with a transgender runner enters the 2026 season ranked No. 3 in the state after winning its first sectional title last year.
Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer called her a “darn good mother” during closing arguments in her trial for killing her three young children.
More Massachusetts voters support banning transgender athletes from school sports teams that don’t match their sex than oppose such a policy, a new UMass Amherst/WCVB poll found.
Worcester Red Sox outfielder Braiden Ward is chasing a Red Sox Triple-A stolen base record, but for the past four offseasons he has worked as a middle school and high school substitute teacher.
A parent is calling attention to a large LGBTQ Pride mural on a wall at King Philip Regional Middle School in Norfolk.
Ed Flynn wants an independent probe after Boston voters received wrong primary ballots at a site with a history of similar errors.
The Rochester district says a person it called an “independent decision-maker” found no Title IX violation. The girl’s parents say the school failed to protect her.
Massachusetts Democrat Alan Silvia criticized the state’s new late-term abortion law on Newsmax after lawmakers lifted the old rules after 24 weeks.
Worcester Red Sox infielder Tsung-Che Cheng tells NewBostonPost about Boston’s 15-game winning streak, Chien-Ming Wang and life in Taiwan.
Norfolk County district attorney candidate Jim Barakat says he would not have brought the murder case against Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother charged with killing her three children.
Eight Anthropic employees gave state Rep. Mark Cusack nearly $7,000 as lawmakers continue work on an AI bill he sponsored and the company backs.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu wants to identify and contact private property owners who may rent parking spaces to ICE, though she acknowledges the city cannot block them from doing so.
The Healey administration plans to use an $8.5 million state fund to keep paying for gender-transition treatments for minors after the federal government cuts off Medicaid and CHIP money.
Trevor Story says he hopes to return to the Boston Red Sox soon and help guide the team’s young infielders during the playoff race.
A court found probable cause to charge Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues with assault and battery over his alleged unwanted touching of a teenage girl.
Bill O’Reilly says he wants Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey put in federal prison for signing a law allowing elective abortions throughout pregnancy.
Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña faces federal fraud and money-laundering charges over $1.5 million in COVID-19 loans. His lawyer then crashed into a parked car outside court.
