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LAWRENCE —A Dracut man is being held without bail after allegedly shooting a man in a McDonald's parking lot in Methuen last Friday night.

LOWELL —The Megan House Foundation has a new permanent executive director who hopes to be around for a long time.

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BOSTON - Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday afternoon that his administration would cooperate with a new legislative inquiry into why the Registry of Motor Vehicles failed to process notices of thousands of out-of-state driving violations that should

BOSTON With the state budget now more than a week late, the governor and House speaker on Monday dismissed a credit rating agency bulletin that deemed the late budget "a sign of governance weakness" in Massachusetts.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Conservative party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as Greece's new prime minister Monday, a day after his resounding win over left-wing Alexis Tsipras, who led the country through the tumultuous final years of its international bailouts.

BOSTON - A full week after the fiscal 2020 budget was due, Massachusetts lawmakers remain in wait-and-see mode, with many of them not even on Beacon Hill.

BOSTON - The chances of a citizenship question making its way onto next year's Census forms appear low to Secretary of State William Galvin, who oversees the count for Massachusetts.

TYNGSBORO — The body of a 65-year-old Tyngsboro man, reported missing to police about 12:15 p.m.

Safety CampaignTEWKSBURY —The Tewksbury Police Department will be launching its billboard campaign, The Parents Who Host, Lose the Most.