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Cody Smeaton, a call firefighter for Westport, is currently deployed to Alaska. He joins a crew from DCR and MassWildlife fighting wildfires in the state's interior. A Westport firefighter is among a ...

Nearly 250 years ago, on the Fourth of July, U.S. delegates inked their signatures on one of America’s most paramount and historic documents – the Declaration of Independence. Since then, the date has ...

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Words of condolence and support came pouring out of the Bay State a day after the nation began to learn the details of an ...

Harvard University failed to protect Jewish students from harassment, the Trump administration concluded after an investigation, threatening to cut all federal funding from the ...

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Dangerously dry conditions have put fire departments across Massachusetts on high alert over the past couple of months, as the Commonwealth contends with an unprecedented number of brush fires.

The brush fires continue to burn in Massachusetts. A major brush fire erupted at Blue Hills Reservation on Monday night, and crews continued to battle the blaze Tuesday. In Braintree, a brush fire ...

Dangerously dry conditions have put fire departments across Massachusetts on high alert over the past couple of months, as the Commonwealth contends with an unprecedented number of brush fires.

Nearly all of Massachusetts is in a critical drought — one step away from an emergency — after months with little rainfall, the state announced Tuesday. The drought has led to brush fires ...