A fourth grader needs your help. She’s a finalist in a nationwide contest to name NASA’s Mars Rover. The space agency plans to send the rover to Mars this summer so it can explore the red plant.

David Tticchi has spent years talking to children in Massachusetts about his blindness. Understanding Our Differences works with students with disabilities.

It’s unclear what prompted a person to shoot at SWAT team members in Hingham.

Reports of an active shooter drew police to a Hingham shipyard Saturday morning.

Cambridge residents in the neighborhood known as The Port were left without power late Friday night, after four utility poles fell down on Washington Street.

Utility poles in Cambridge snapped Friday night, leaving the area of Washington Street without power.

A bus driver says road rage led to someone shooting his vehicle with a BB gun Friday in Boston. Darrell Walker was on his route when the incident happened just before 7 p.m. near the TD Garden. He had just dropped off 18 people at North Station and was heading back to the Seaport District. “These guys come out of…

A bus driver in Boston says a road rage incident took a dangerous turn when a suspect shot the vehicle with a BB gun.

A man is facing charges in connection with a vandalism spree this week that left American flags, statues and gravestones badly damaged at a cemetery and memorial park in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Photos shared by Stoughton police show a damaged statue at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery as well as American flags with circles cut out of them. Police said an off-duty officer…

A 40-year-old man was killed and two other men were injured Thursday afternoon in a head-on car crash in Rockland, Massachusetts. The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said the crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. in a residential neighborhood on Route 123 when a Nissan hatchback and Mercedes sedan collided head-on. Aerial footage from NBC10 Boston’s SkyRanger Helicopter showed...

Students and staff at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester were set to remember Grace Rett, the rowing star killed in a tragic crash in Florida last week, during a memorial service at the school, Friday. The school said the service would be held Friday afternoon ” to help the Holy Cross community remember” Rett, who died just…

At least one person was injured overnight when a car plowed into a Sandwich, Massachusetts home.

At least one person was injured Friday when a car crashed into a Cape Cod home overnight. The incident was reported on Liberty Street, where the vehicle could be seen against the side of the home. Footage at the scene showed multiple firefighters responding to the crash. At least one person was seen being taken from the site in a…

Hyannis firefighters made an unusual rescue Thursday when they freed a pet cat that was trapped in a hole in a wall. Crews said the cat’s owners tried to lure the pet from the space but soon noticed she wasn’t able to turn around in the tight space. Pictures of the rescue effort show the cat, named Phoebe, wedged...

A viral challenge circulating on the social media app TikTok has Massachusetts firefighters issuing an alert. It’s called the “outlet challenge,” and it involves partially inserting the plug of a cellphone charger into an outlet, then sliding a penny down the wall onto the exposed prongs.

Hundreds of Department of Public Works employees showed their support Thursday for a city public works employee who was killed on the job in Lawrence last week. Crews from Lawrence, Wayland, Newton and Natick were among several lining Pleasant Valley Street in Methuen for a procession from the funeral home to the church in honor of Marcos Ruiz-Rodriguez. Ruiz-Rodriguez, 52,…

A Massachusetts grandmother is facing up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing Social Security benefits, but Shirley Daley claims she didn’t know the money belonged to the government. Daley, of Shirley, who has six children and 12 grandchildren, says, “They want to punish you. They don’t want to get to the bottom of how this…

Michelle Carter, the woman convicted of manslaughter for urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in text messages was released from a Massachusetts jail Thursday.

Eighty-four-year-old Shirley Daley, of Shirley, should be enjoying retirement with her six children and 12 grandchildren. Instead she’s facing up to 10 years in federal prison.

Two teenagers were rescued Thursday after falling through ice in Taunton, Massachusetts. The two 14-year-old boys were spotted in the Taunton River around 2 p.m. Good Samaritans and first responders teamed up to save them. Kevin Boss, a 54-year-old Taunton man, said one of the teens was trying to swim to the shore while the other was struggling to stay…