Two people are facing charges after a brawl broke out at an American Legion baseball game in Milford, Massachusetts Monday night.

The American Legion playoff game between East Springfield Post 420 and Milford Post 59 will resume Wednesday night after Monday’s game was suspended due to a fight.

More than 100 criminal cases have been dismissed in Massachusetts during a strike by some defense attorneys. For the past eight weeks, the majority of Massachusetts bar advocates, private attorneys who take court-appointed work paid for by the Commonwealth outside their typical private responsibilities,

“The case dismissals today, with many more expected in coming days and weeks, present a clear and continuing threat to public safety,” James Borghesani, a spokesperson for the Suffolk County district ...

The entrance to the Massachusetts State House in Boston was vandalized early Wednesday morning and the bomb squad was later called in.

The state fire marshal, Jon Davine, said the presence of medical oxygen contributed to the spread of the July 13 fire at Gabriel House in Fall River.

The Eastern equine encephalitis virus​, or EEE, has been identified in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the first time in 2025.