February 26, 2016 Teen faces life sentence in killing of high school teacher A Massachusetts teenager convicted of raping and killing his high school math teacher faces a sentence of up to life in prison when a judge hands out his punishment.
February 26, 2016 Superintendent who checked on student inside home loses job A Massachusetts school superintendent who entered a student's home during a residency check and rummaged through her belongings is out of a job.
February 26, 2016 The Latest: Sentencing hearing begins in teacher slaying The Latest on the sentencing of a Massachusetts teacher convicted of raping and killing his high school math teacher (all times local): 10:30 a.m.
February 25, 2016 Prosecutors appeal new trial for man convicted of 1985 rape Prosecutors are appealing a judge's order granting a new trial to a man who spent three decades in prison for a Massachusetts rape conviction based in part on a strand of hair.
February 25, 2016 Harvard replaces 'house master' title with 'faculty dean' Faculty dorm leaders who were previously called house masters at Harvard will now be called faculty deans.
February 25, 2016 Man pleads not guilty to stealing bodies from cemetery A Connecticut man has pleaded not guilty to stealing human remains from a Massachusetts cemetery — crimes that authorities say were apparently related to Santeria religious practices.
February 25, 2016 Prosecutors want 50-year term for math teacher's teen killer Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence a Massachusetts teenager who raped and killed his math teacher to at least 50 years in prison.
February 25, 2016 Justina Pelletier's family to sue Boston hospital after long custody fight Relatives of Justina Pelletier, the girl removed from her parents' custody during a fight over her diagnosis, announced their plans Thursday to sue Boston Children's Hospital for malpractice and for violating her civil rights.
February 23, 2016 Goat in driver's seat milks attention, flashes hazard lights A goat caused a commotion over the weekend when it was spotted in the driver's seat of a vehicle in a Massachusetts parking lot, flashing its owner's lights.
February 22, 2016 Massachusetts plans rattlesnake colony on uninhabited island A plan by the state to establish a colony of venomous timber rattlesnakes on an off-limits island in Massachusetts' largest body of water has some rattled by visions of dangerous serpents slithering through the surrounding woods, attacking hikers, fishermen and hunters.
