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For the 13th straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Among cities and towns with at least 100 cases in total, these 10 communities have the highest percentages of positive cases in the last 14 days: Community Number of Cases Number of People…

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker announces new testing sites in communities who have seen high rates of coronavirus cases in recent weeks.

Debby Clish credits divine intervention for saving her life after a large tree branch crashed through her windshield and totaled her car Wednesday afternoon.  The East Bridgewater resident was driving on Pearl Street in Brockton, Massachusetts, as storms rolled through the area around 4 o’clock.  She said she didn’t see the limb fall, but knew to move out of...

A tree branch crashed through a woman’s windshield while she was driving, but the woman escaped unhurt. She told us what happened.

For the 12th straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rates of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through July 1. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

A body was found Tuesday afternoon at a park in Brockton, Massachusetts. Police responded shortly after 4:15 p.m. to D.W. Field Park, where a body was found floating in a pond. The Brockton Police Department is investigating, as are Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office. No further information was immediately available.

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For the 11th straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rates of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through June 24. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

For the 10th straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rates of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through June 17. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

A total of 17,617 tests were conducted statewide at 52 free, pop-up testing sites set up on June 17 and 18.

A 9-year-old boy has died following a fall from the ninth floor of an apartment building in Brockton, Massachusetts. The incident occurred Sunday morning around 9:25 a.m., when Brockton police responded to a call from a member of the boy’s family at the Belair Towers in the city. First responders to the scene found an unresponsive boy, who was...

Gov. Charlie Baker is urging people who attended a protest in the last two weeks to get tested for COVID-19.

For the ninth straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rate of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through June 10. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

While Massachusetts’ coronavirus case numbers are trending down and businesses are reopening in Phase 3, Gov. Charlie Baker is still telling residents to be cautious.

Authorities in Massachusetts on Tuesday found a missing 8-year-old girl from Brockton, who apparently left her home the previous night. Grace Adorno was reported missing at 8 p.m. Monday. Family members said she left their apartment on Ames Street upset after a “dispute at home.” Brockton police said they found Grace “safe and unharmed” after receiving a call around noon…

Brockton police say 8-year-old Grace Adorno, who was reported missing Monday night, was found safe and unharmed after sleeping under a tarp on a family friend’s porch.

Grace Adorno was reported missing at 8 p.m. Monday.

For the eighth straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town. Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rate of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through June 3. Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts…

After a chaotic night of police and crowds clashing violently in Brockton, Massachusetts, came a peaceful protest in honor of George Floyd. While on Tuesday, fireworks exploded near officers, who deployed pepper spray and threw tear gas canisters at a large group of people, community members and police could be seen hugging in the streets Wednesday. Protesters spoke with officers…

Community members and police officers hugged in the streets in Brockton during a peaceful demonstration for George Floyd.