Flash floods hit cities and towns south of Boston Thursday as historic rain brought traffic to a crawl and shut down part of ...

An historic amount of rain fell in parts of Massachusetts Thursday, unleashing floods in towns south of Boston.

WBZ TV's Anna Meiler reports from Quincy and Penny Kmitt reports from Braintree, Massachusetts.

From parades to concerts and fireworks, there will be lots of family-friendly activities to mark Independence Day on the ...

From Belchertown to Braintree, here are some quirky Massachusetts town names that provide a window into the state’s past.

A rendering of ZOM Living’s new proposal for housing at Braintree’s South Shore Plaza. The developer wants to build 325 apartments and new green space on parking lots behind the Plaza.

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BRAINTREE – If you dropped a time traveler from decades ago into Braintree today, would they recognize what they saw? One of the town's elementary schools is now a park, another serves as the ...

The proportion of foreign-born Massachusetts residents today is significantly lower than it was during the major waves of immigration from Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Massachusetts police are also investigating whether the assailant at the McDonald’s in Plymouth also stabbed four girls between ages 9 and 17 about an hour earlier at a movie theater in Braintree.

Four girls were stabbed in an "unprovoked" attack at a Braintree, Mass., theater and two adults were stabbed at a fast-food restaurant, police said.