March 16, 2021 Massachusetts detects Brazilian coronavirus variant in Cape Cod woman Massachusetts officials have identified a case of the P.1 coronavirus variant in a Cape Cod woman who first tested positive for the illness in February.
March 16, 2021 Schools weigh whether to seat students closer together amid pandemic U.S. guidelines that say students should be kept 6 feet apart in schools are receiving new scrutiny from federal health experts, state governments and education officials working to return as many children as possible to the classroom.
March 11, 2021 ‘Hero’ dog gets help for Massachusetts man who fell through ice Passersby saved a man who fell into a pond thanks to a dog's barks.
March 10, 2021 NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole in early universe Astronomers at NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence of a particle jet coming from a supermassive black hole in the early universe.
March 10, 2021 Fingerprint analysis matches suspect to 30-year-old cold case murder in Massachusetts: investigators Massachusetts authorities said this week they have identified at least one of the suspects involved in the 30-year-old cold case murder of a professional gambler, according to reports.
March 9, 2021 FBI arrests Massachusetts man accused of attacking cop during Capitol riot A Massachusetts man who allegedly punched police officers and at least one member of the crowd during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been arrested, the FBI announced Tuesday.
March 9, 2021 Boston Marathon bomber asks Biden AG pick Merrick Garland for leniency, might receive stimulus check Convicted Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev recently revised his $250,000 lawsuit against the federal government, appealing to incoming U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to grant him additional privileges while incarcerated at a maximum-security prison in Colorado.
March 9, 2021 Meteor seen over New England, Canada explodes with force of 440 lbs of TNT A meteor flashed through the night sky in New England on Sunday, releasing the energy of around 440 pounds of TNT.
March 8, 2021 Hundreds of nurses at Massachusetts hospital go on strike Hundreds of nurses at a Massachusetts hospital walked off the job on Monday morning after failing to reach an agreement with management over staffing levels.
March 5, 2021 Who is NASA astronaut Kate Rubins? NASA flight engineer Kathleen "Kate" Rubins set out on her fourth career spacewalk on Friday, in an effort to ready the International Space Station (ISS) for solar array upgrades.
