Massachusetts

A Massachusetts woman who sent her suicidal boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself was jailed Monday on an involuntary manslaughter conviction nearly five years after he died in a truck filled with toxic gas.

The parents of a 3-year-old Massachusetts boy say their son was left alone on a school bus for several hours before he was found.

The Massachusetts tribe whose ancestors shared a Thanksgiving meal with the Pilgrims nearly 400 years ago is reclaiming its long lost language.

The cousin of a man charged with trying to kidnap a 1-year-old girl from a Massachusetts laundromat says the suspect has mental health issues and is not a danger to anyone.

Authorities say a 7-year-old boy was apparently attacked and killed by two pit bulls in Massachusetts.

A Massachusetts college's newest varsity athlete is a 10-year-old chronically ill boy who is being recruited more for his spirit than his slap shot.

An elite boarding school in Massachusetts says more ex-students have come forward to report they were victims of sexual misconduct by a former teacher.

A man charged with grabbing three teenage girls walking to school in Worcester has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.

A Massachusetts pharmacist who oversaw the rooms where tainted drugs that caused a deadly meningitis outbreak were made is heading to trial.

Lawyers representing 750 drunk-driving defendants in Massachusetts say the state withheld evidence that might show breathalyzer results were flawed.