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The grace period for Massachusetts’ distracted driving law has officially ended, meaning drivers caught using their phones while driving can now be fined. Massachusetts’ law prohibiting the use of any electronic device, including mobile telephones, went into effect on Feb. 23. Under the law, drivers cannot read, write or hold a device unless it is in hands-free mode. Since February,…

Did you receive an alert saying your SIM card has been activated on a new device? Your phone may have been hijacked by a scammer, and here’s what you can do to prevent that from happening.

The law, which was signed by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker in November and brings Massachusetts in line with every other New England state, takes effect Sunday.

A traveling thief who allegedly targeted weddings and other events to steal cell phones, purses, laptops and other items was captured Thursday at San Francisco International Airport, police said.

Gov. Charlie Baker has made the hands-free law official in Massachusetts.

It’s “excruciating.” It smells like a “locker room.” And what happens there is supposed to stay there. When history is written about President Donald Trump’s presidency, a key chapter in the House’s drive to impeach him will be set in a spy-proof bunker tucked beneath a spiral staircase just to the east of the U.S. Capitol. There, three House committees...

House Democrats announced they’ll hold the first public hearings next week in their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

Teachers in Dedham are going into the weekend on strike.

Groups of kids and teenagers have been assaulting and robbing people in Boston s Jamaica Plain neighborhood

Families who have lost loved ones to distracted driving are demanding change.

Distraught students and parents shouted at a Southern California school district leader and demanded answers during a vigil Wednesday night for a Moreno Valley middle school student who died after suffering severe injuries in a confrontation on campus.

A six-woman smokescreen shorted a Maryland Verizon store of $24,000 in phones, police say.

A McKinney man says he’s mastered the art of turning robocalls into thousands of dollars — legally. Now, he wants to show you how to cash in on illegal calls.

A veteran FBI agent who wrote derogatory text messages about Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Tuesday charging that the bureau caved to “unrelenting pressure” from the president when it fired him. The suit from Peter Strzok also alleges he was unfairly punished for expressing his political opinions, and that the Justice Department violated his privacy when it shared hundreds of...

As the country gets ready to mark Saturday’s 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, New Englanders are sharing their excitement—including a former astronaut in New Hampshire. At the Dartmouth Center for Space Flight Research, housed on the campus of the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, Dr. Jay Buckey can say he’s been where few others...

For the second time this week, someone has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an EMT in South Boston....
aFor the second time this week, someone has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an EMT in South Boston. Donna A. Taylor, 37, of Boston, is facing charges of assault and battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after she allegedly pushed an emergency medical...

For the second time this week, someone has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an EMT in South Boston....
aFor the second time this week, someone has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an EMT in South Boston. Donna A. Taylor, 37, of Boston, is facing charges of assault and battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after she allegedly pushed an emergency medical...

A man being arrested by Massachusetts State Police on drug and weapons charges made an unusual declaration as he was being led to a cruiser in handcuffs on Tuesday. “Baby I’m going to jail!” 33-year-old Jonathan Casiano of Springfield allegedly shouted as he was moved by state police troopers. Police later observed that one of the cell phones in Casiano’s...

It’s been 15 years since ‘Friends’ ended, and fans are ready to get the gang back together. While the cast has been bombarded with reunion questions for years, the stars have yet to give a firm answer.

Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio said they forged a “cinematic bond” making Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” while Tarantino bristled at the suggestion at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday that Margot Robbie’s Sharon Tate isn’t primary enough in the film.