Massachusetts

The Massachusetts National Guard has been activated to help fight a wildfire that’s been burning for a month in Rockport, officials announced Thursday, as more of the state plunged into severe drought. The Briarwood Fire has been burning above- and underground across 19 acres, according to Gov. Charlie Baker’s office. His order activating the guard allows up to 30 Massachusetts…

Boston Children’s Hospital is warning staff of increased threats of violence over the surgical care it offers to transgender youth.

The DCR’s updated plan released Wednesday night states “rolling detours” will only last a few days, as opposed to two weeks of moving closures.

The new plan, announced during a community meeting Wednesday night at Josiah Quincy Elementary involves, involves adding two more bus options to service Chinatown and Tufts Medical Center.

Breakheart Reservation in Saugus was closed Wednesday afternoon due to an active wildfire, the Massachusetts Department of Conversation and Recreation said.

Erika Moon says her 4-year-old son Isaak, who she says has autism spectrum disorder and is nonverbal, was in his room playing Wednesday afternoon just before she heard a loud boom.

It’s another busy week for firefighters dealing with brush fires in Massachusetts. There are five separate fires spreading in the Breakheart Reservation, and three or four more are burning in the nearby Lynn Woods. Breakheart was shut down completely Wednesday afternoon and visitors were turned away at the front entrance. Intermittent closures of the reservation are expected for the...

Boston police have arrested a man who they allege attempted to rape a woman in broad daylight Tuesday in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Eric Davis, 67, of Dorchester, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon and is facing charges of assault with intent to rape, indecent assault and battery, and assault and battery (victim over 65 years of age), Boston…

When the Orange Line shuts down in two days, tens of thousands of riders will rely on shuttle buses to get around. The MBTA recently released what those routes are going to look like, and NBC10 Boston decided to test drive some of them in advance of the shutdown. Starting at Oak Grove station in Malden, Massachusetts, we could not…

The MBTA says it is working with Boston officials to add a Silver Line bus stop in Chinatown after the neighborhood was omitted from a plan for shuttle buses to replace Orange Line service during the monthlong shutdown.

The hospital became the target of activists in recent weeks who made a variety of false claims about its treatment of young transgender people.

The MBTA’s shutdown of the Orange Line begins Friday.

A constellation of elected officials from Congress down to the local level have gained little traction so far with their calls for the MBTA to halt charging fares across the entire system when the Orange Line and part of the Green Line go offline for extended periods. With the list of prominent public figures backing a fare-free period growing, both…

This is all happening under changing leadership at the district. Incoming superintendent Mary Skipper has fulltime start date at Boston Public Schools on Sept. 26. Right now, she’s still involved in Somerville.

Those who use the T are already bracing for the inevitable headaches that are coming once the Orange Line shuts down in just a few days, but those riders who use the Chinatown stop are now trying to figure out what else they’re going to do because shuttles won’t be an option at the transit station either. The MBTA’s...

Those stops are Tuffs Medical Center, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, and State.

Sometimes technology can be tricky, and that was the case for Boston resident Dorothy Kennedy. “When it comes to emails and shopping, that’s all I use it for,” Kennedy said regarding her computer use. The 92- year-old Kennedy jokes that she’s technologically challenged, but she was computer savvy enough to create an account on a website called thredUP, which...

One person was killed in a fiery crash in Westford, Massachusetts, that resulted in part of Route 110 being closed in both directions Tuesday night. Westford police confirmed that the sole occupant of the car died in the Littleton Road crash, which also resulted in a vehicle fire. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation encouraged drivers to seek an alternate route…

“Buzz” the Pomeranian was found during the July heat wave abandoned in a crate on the side of Bussey Street in Dedham. Since, he’s been in the care of the Animal Rescue League’s Dedham Animal Care and Adoption Center, which announced Tuesday that Buzz has found his new home.

Dorothy Kennedy has $212 from thredUP after contacting NBC10 Boston Responds for tech help.