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The second confirmed human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis of the season has been detected in Massachusetts, officials said.

An elusive black bear was finally cornered and safely removed after leading police and wildlife officials on a chase through a quiet Massachusetts neighborhood on Friday morning. Officials received a call Friday morning for a bear sighting in Arlington, and local police joined the Massachusetts Environmental Police in scouring the town for it.

A Massachusetts utility has received more than $10 million in federal funding to expand fiber-optic broadband internet access to thousands of households in rural western parts of the state. Westfield Gas & Electric will receive the funding over the next decade and distribute it to participating towns. The goal is to provide speeds of 1 gigabit per second to about…

Skies remain mostly clear overnight with a low temperature in the teens north and 20s south, the breeze remains from the northwest about 15 to 20 mph creating a colder wind chill factor. For the weekend, all eyes are on a major storm impacting much of the western United States, with snow in the hills all the way to southern...

The four largest food banks in Massachusetts are scheduled to meet to discuss how to respond to the partial federal government shutdown.

Monday the Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced the new exit sign system, based on mileage that will be rolled out over the next few years. The project will begin in late summer next year and be complete by 2022.

Reacting to an NBC10 Boston investigation about a Tesla driver who said he fell asleep at the wheel for 14 miles, Sen. Edward Markey is calling for answers.

A change is coming to exits on Massachusetts highways. A federal mandate is requiring states to number their exits based on mileage, according to Jacquelyn Goddard, the communications director for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

A man’s Tesla, in autopilot at the time, safely navigated while he slept, but he says it could have ended up much differently.

There have been a bunch of bobcat sightings in Westford, Massachusetts, in recent days. The animals were spotted on Boston Road, Patten Lane and Vineyard Road.

Several people have reported seeing bobcats in Westford.

A rapidly developing storm is bringing a slug of torrential rain and powerful winds to New England overnight, knocking out power to some just before midnight with damaging winds expected hours later. Heavy rain began to fall at night, strong east-southeast winds gusting 50-60 mph along the coastline. Inland, expect gusts 30-50 mph.

Clear skies Wednesday morning allowed temperatures to drop into the 30s in many locations, but by this afternoon, highs rebound into the 60s. Our weather will drastically change over the next 12 hours, hence the First Alert for most of New England. Clouds will increase Wednesday afternoon as conditions begin to worsen from west to east. The evening commute in...

Two western Massachusetts teenagers are recovering after being found unresponsive in a home with high levels of carbon monoxide. Great Barrington fire officials say the teens were found Saturday and brought to a hospital. They are expected to make full recoveries.

Despite the nor’easter that impacted much of coastal New England, the storm’s powerful winds left the trees across northern New England untouched.

Using NBC10 Boston’s augmented reality technology, meteorologist Pete Bouchard breaks down why the leaves’ colors change when autumn comes and when you can expect the fall foliage to peak in your part of New England.

A steady wind off the water will keep our temperatures quite cool Thursday, with highs only in the 50s. Most of the day will be dry, just primarily cloudy, except for a few showers in Connecticut. A few of those spotty showers will eventually lift into parts of western and central Massachusetts, particularly during the mid to late afternoon.