Abbey Niezgoda

A former college exam proctor has pleaded guilty for his role in the sweeping college admissions scheme. Igor Dvorskiy, accused of accepting bribes to rig test scores, changed his plea during an appearance Wednesday in federal court in Boston. He was allegedly paid $200,000 to allow cheating on college entrance exams over a span of about two years. He agreed...

When protesters disrupted President Donald Trump’s rally in New Hampshire Thursday night, he took notice and sent some derision of his own, mocking one man in the group for a “serious weight problem.” But the target of Trump’s insults was actually a supporter of the president’s, not a protester, and Trump called him and thanked him for his support later...

Someone has taken their tools to the Old Town Road in Wellesley, Massachusetts, this spring and ridden off with a street sign — three times, officials said. The road shares its name with the hit single by Lil Nas X. “Old Town Road” by the Georgia rapper has been at the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart for 18 weeks,...

An elusive black bear was finally cornered and safely removed after leading police and wildlife officials on a chase through a quiet Massachusetts neighborhood on Friday morning. Officials received a call Friday morning for a bear sighting in Arlington, and local police joined the Massachusetts Environmental Police in scouring the town for it.

A teenager charged with killing and beheading his high school classmate has been found guilty of first-degree murder. Jurors found 18-year-old Mathew Borges guilty of first-degree murder with premeditation and extreme atrocity/cruelty. The charge carries a minimum sentence of 25 to 30 years to life. Because he was just 15 years old at the time of the crime, he will...

A 14-year-old Massachusetts boy who was mauled to death by dogs on Thursday night has been identified. Authorities said Ryan Hazel, of Rehoboth, was found dead at a property at 2477 Maple Swamp Rd. in Dighton by police responding to a 911 call for a pack of dogs attacking a human shortly before 8 p.m.

It may be the oldest ballpark in the league, but there are some new features at Fenway this season.

It has been almost a year since the voice of a singing grocer in Watertown, Massachusetts, went viral. Guilherme “Gilly” Assuncao has come a long way since he got his start in the produce section, and it is giving him a lot to be thankful for this season. Assuncao, 24, is originally from Brazil and started working as a dishwasher...

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced that they have identified the killer in the 1969 cold case murder of Jane Britton as serial rapist Michael Sumpter, who died in 2001 at the age of 54 from cancer. “The mystery has finally been solved,” Ryan said Tuesday afternoon, saying investigators linked Sumpter’s DNA to the remaining evidence samples in the case.

A Massachusetts mayor who was first elected at age 23 was arrested Thursday and charged with defrauding investors in a company he formed out of more than $230,000 and using the funds to enhance his political career and pay for a lavish lifestyle, federal prosecutors said. Jasiel Correia faces nine counts of wire fraud and four counts of filing false...

A worker has died after he got stuck in a piece of machinery used to cut metal at a Sharon, Massachusetts, business on Thursday morning.

A Massachusetts man has done the unthinkable and won a total of nine $100,000 grand prizes on tickets he purchased for Monday night’s Mass Cash drawing. Robert Lundstedt of Brockton played the same numbers on nine lottery tickets. “I wasn’t too surprise,” he joked to NBC10 Boston in an exclusive interview.

Eight-year-old Dakota Matthews of Plainville is on a mission to visit every police department in Massachusetts.

A belting baritone is wowing crowds at a Watertown, Massachusetts, market this season and much to his employer’s surprise, the singing star was behind the store’s counter the whole time.

A Massachusetts pharmacist charged in a deadly meningitis outbreak has been cleared of murder in connection with a 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people.

Over 500 police officers are gathering on Boston Common in advance of the controversial “Boston Free Speech” rally happening at noon on Saturday.

In preparation for a free speech rally taking place in downtown Boston on Saturday morning, police are securing the Common area.

It is a known way to relieve pain in people, and now the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island, is one of the first in the country to try acupuncture on a giraffe.

Aaron Hernandez, who is serving life in prison for the murder of Odin Lloyd, was found not guilty of the murders of Safiro Furtado and Daniel de Abreu.

The defense has rested its case in the double-murder trial of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez.