New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is taking action to support health care workers in Massachusetts and New York amid the coronavirus crisis. Kraft purchased more than 1.7 million N95 masks and used the Patriots’ team plane to fly the critical supplies from China to Boston overnight in order to help hospitals in both states combat the ongoing, nationwide shortage…

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted shutdowns of schools, businesses and events across the U.S. Here are how some states are responding to the outbreak.

Eleven veterans are dead after an outbreak of coronavirus at a facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts, according to NBC affiliate WWLP.

Massachusetts native and actor/director John Krasinski has started a new chapter of his career, as a news anchor on “Some Good News.” Krasinski on Sunday launched “Some Good News,” a new YouTube series he created focusing entirely on good news. In preparation, the star took to Twitter on Wednesday asking people for stories that made them feel good to...

Two rare, endangered blue whales were spotted by researchers in New England waters, about 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod earlier this month. Researchers Orla O’Brien and Amy Warren from the New England Aquarium surveyed the vast Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument to document the region’s biodiversity and count the number of animals living and feeding in...

The Baypath Humane Society in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, takes a specialized approach to helping each pet find the right home. Volunteer Kim Melanson says it’s not about a pet’s physical appearance, it’s about their personality and the shelter works hard to match each dog or cat with the right family.

Kaylee Greer has found a way to do what she loves — and be successful. The 33-year-old North Reading, Massachusetts, native is an internationally acclaimed canine photographer, traveling the world photographing dogs for private and commercial clients.

On a JetBlue flight Thursday from Florida to Worcester, Massachusetts, Michele and Steven Burt’s French Bulldog, Darcy, had trouble breathing.

Baby, a 15-year-old cat who was adopted after being a hospice resident at a Massachusetts animal shelter, is loving life and no longer needs medication after Bjarna O’Brien welcomed her into her family.

A viral social media challenge is raising major safety concerns.

Troy and Andrew Chauppetta, 24-year-olds with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, qualified to play power soccer with Team USA in the 2021 World Cup in Australia.

The community of Whitman is waking up to tragic news this morning: a chain reaction crash in Florida has claimed the life of a five-year-old girl from Whitman and two other women from the same family.

Clear the Shelters, the fifth annual pet adoption drive sponsored by NBC and Telemundo stations, culminated Saturday with more than 2,000 shelters participating in dozens of communities across the country. Animals lovers nationwide lined up early for a chance to find the purrfect pet to take home. Shelters in Florida, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina, Missouri, New York and...

Five years after the Humane Society’s first report, it continues to find horrendous conditions across the country — emaciated dogs with open, festering wounds, rats feces in food, and puppies with mange. Its “Horrible Hundred” is not meant to be comprehensive, but to expose conditions prevalent among disreputable dog breeders and brokers.

At least one Lamborghini has been stolen from a car dealership in Wayland, Massachusetts Tuesday morning.

Plymouth Rock was spray-painted with a message Monday as one or more vandals struck the historic site in Plymouth, Massachusetts, an act that the head of the local tourism board called “sad and unsettling.” The rock, which commemorates the 1620 arrival of the Mayflower carrying Pilgrims, was found tagged with red graffiti. The other objects found defaced by Monday morning…

One January morning two years ago, hackers seized control of the Bedford Police Department’s electronic records. They were holding them hostage, and time was ticking; the longer the town waited to pay up, the higher the ransom demand would climb.

Fred Clay spent 38 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. After being released, he is looking to educate others. Clay was wrongfully convicted in the 1979 murder of a cab driver in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood. Wednesday, the AMC Boston Common showcased much more than a film. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins joined Clay for a public…

Chipotle was hit with a $1.3 million fine over more than 13,000 child labor violations at its Massachusetts restaurants, the state’s attorney general announced Monday.

An 11-year-old girl abducted in Springfield was found safe and her alleged kidnapper arrested Wednesday evening after an Amber Alert was issued amid an hourslong search, Massachusetts State Police said.