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Two Massachusetts police officers rescued an 89-year-old woman from a burning building and are now being praised for their courageous actions.

A high school football coach was allegedly fired by a Massachusetts school district after objecting to his child’s racially-charged curriculum.

A Massachusetts climate official has resigned from his post after making controversial remarks during a Vermont Climate Council meeting last month, where he acknowledged 60 percent of emissions in his state come from average people and cited the need to “break” their will — a comment he acknowledged would not resonate well publicly. He has since apologized for his remarks, partially attributing them to his “inability to clearly communicate” during the meeting.

David Ismay, the undersecretary for climate change under Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s (R) administration, explained during a Vermont Climate Council meeting last month the majority of the Bay State’s emissions come from average people and there is “no bad guy left … to point the finger at, to turn the screws on, and you know, to break their will.” Rather, he told his fellow climate advocates, “We have to break your will,” a remark he admitted would not bode well publicly. 

Massachusetts plans on ending the sale of all gas-guzzling vehicles by 2035 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

As the rest of the world rang in the New Year, neighbors in Lowell, Massachusetts, helped a World War II veteran celebrate his 105th birthday.

The Massachusetts legislature overrode a veto from the state’s Republican governor to pass a law lowering to 16 the age girls may legally get an abortion without their parents’ consent.

Gov. Charlie Baker (R-MA) vetoed a bill that would expand abortion and allow 16-year-olds to have one without parental consent.

A research study by a Massachusetts research hospital suggests that the spread of coronavirus can be lessened or prevented on college campuses. The study claims that social distancing, mask-wearing, isolation, and testing can prevent the majority of cases.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) announced another wave of restrictions taking effect prior to New Year’s, including a ban on gatherings over ten, with the restriction extending to “private homes.”

Two members of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) were shot Friday morning as they sought to arrest the suspect allegedly behind the November 20, 2020, shooting of a Massachusetts State Trooper.

At least ten men have suffered from unprovoked attacks in the Boston, Massachusetts, suburb of Waltham since November 10 by an unidentified perpetrator, police said.

Massachusetts lawmakers passed an amendment to a budget bill that would remove the requirement for abortionists to attempt to save the life of a baby who survives abortion.

Massachusetts Democrats are pushing an abortion measure that would legalize abortion until birth and allow babies who survive abortion to be denied care.

A Massachusetts woman has been charged with assaulting a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran but claims she is the real victim in the incident.

A woman was arrested Saturday for allegedly shoving a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran holding a Trump sign in Douglas, Massachusetts.

Law enforcement is searching for a pair of women accused of recently assaulting a supporter of President Donald Trump in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Dozens of people came together to support the police at a “Back the Blue” rally in Mansfield, Massachusetts, on Sunday.

Roughly 18,000 ballots cast in Massachusetts’ primary election were rejected by officials, newly-released data shows.

Hundreds of protesters streamed through downtown Boston on Friday night, protesting a grand jury decision on a police officer-involved shooting of Breonna Taylor earlier this year.

A brief police pursuit on the Massachusetts Turnpike ended with the rescue of two kittens from a burning vehicle.

A 38-year-old lecturer at Boston University died in a tragic elevator accident this week. Professor Carrie O’Connor, who had previously taught French at MIT, Tufts, and Northeastern, had just started her second year of full-time teaching at Boston University. She reportedly became trapped between the elevator car and the first-floor door of her building.

A Massachusetts man installed an electric fence around the Trump 2020 sign in his front yard to keep potential thieves from stealing it.

An elderly woman’s home in Woburn, Massachusetts, is getting some much needed repairs thanks to a kindhearted electrician.

Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) suffered a historic loss Tuesday against incumbent Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) in the highly anticipated Senate primary race, marking the first loss for the family in a Massachusetts election since John F. Kennedy won his congressional race in 1946.

Massachusetts holds it primary elections on Tuesday. Incumbent progressive Sen. Ed Markey, whom Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) backed early, faces a challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy, whom House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently endorsed. In the House, incumbent Richard Neal faces a challenge from Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse. Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern. 

A Massachusetts community is supporting a couple after they were sent a nasty note shaming them for not painting their house.

A Sunday newspaper ad from the electrical workers’ union endorsing Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) in his bid for Senate botched the spelling of Worcester County, spelling it instead as it is famously mispronounced: “Worchester.”

At least two leaders within the College Democrats of Massachusetts have reportedly resigned after leaked documents revealed the students’ attempts to thwart the campaign of Mayor Alex Morse (D), who is challenging Rep. Richard Neal (D) in the state’s First Congressional District primary race.

Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley issued a statement reiterating the Catholic Church’s position on abortion after one of his priests came out as pro-choice on Facebook this week.

Polls revealed Sen. Ed Markey leading his challenger, Rep. Joe Kennedy III, by an average of nearly ten percent in the Massachusetts primary.

Two 18-year-old men from Hingham, Massachusetts, are accused of stealing a “thin blue line” flag from someone’s home and posting the act on social media.

Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) wrote a letter to the House of Representatives’ clerk on Friday stating he could not attend House proceedings because of the “ongoing public health emergency,” but then posted a photo of himself participating in early voting in his Senate primary in Massachusetts.

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) made renewed calls on Friday for amnesty for every illegal alien living in the United States and for abolishing enforcement of immigration laws.

Six states and Washington, DC, are suing the United States Postal Service (USPS) over upcoming operational changes, contending that the coming reforms impede the ability of states “to conduct free and fair elections.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced her endorsement on Thursday of Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) in his Senate primary race against incumbent Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), who has served with Pelosi in Congress for over 30 years.