In the 1620s, the first English settlers in Massachusetts had been dissenters from the Church of England: Puritans. More than 150 years later, on the eve of revolution, the colony retained its ...

Only Ronald Reagan has carried Massachusetts in the last baker's dozen of presidential elections. But inside this deep blue ...

The 17th century settlers of Massachusetts Bay Colony needed a variety of supplies to build the colony. They bought some ...

Drought conditions have reached significant or critical levels in much of Massachusetts, state officials said.

[4] In Britain, the number of capital offenses continually increased until the 1700’s when two hundred ... while others were less so. In Massachusetts Bay Colony the first execution was in ...

As of Thursday, the leaves on trees across most of the Bay State ... of Massachusetts’ natural landscapes,” DCR Commissioner ...

Vice President Kamala Harris has won the popular vote in Massachusetts for the 2024 election over former President Donald Trump, CBS News projects, and along with it the state's 11 electoral votes.

Even liberal Massachusetts, a bright blue spot on the red electoral college map, lurched right. Trump clinched a majority of the votes in dozens of Massachusetts towns where he fell short in 2020.

This measure, based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency, evaluates states on the number of days the Air Quality Index in counties was not rated “good.” U.S. News calculated a ...

Officials placed bans on Massachusetts as it faced over 100 brush fires in the last week and an enhanced brushfire risk. Over 120 brush fires have burned around 450 acres in the state in the last ...

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