Massachusetts Sun

10/13/2022

Patrice Bergeron, Taylor Hall and Hampus Lindholm rounded out Boston's scoring, while Linus Ullmark made 33 saves.

David Pastrnak and David Krejci accounted for seven points as the Boston Bruins opened the season with a 5-2 win over the host Washington Capitals on Wednesday

10/13/2022

During a meeting last week, the commission set a date for starting in-person sports betting in late January at casinos, and mobile sports betting in early March.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has approved in-person sports betting in the state, to begin in late January with the Super Bowl

10/13/2022

GE said the lay-offs are part of the restructuring of the company, due to falling demand.

General Electric has announced that it will lay-off workers at its wind power generation unit, which manufactures wind generating equipment

12/07/2021

One in 10 young adults in the U.S. ages 18 to 25 experiences homelessness at some point during a year. The figure rises to 83% among Black youth compared to white youth, and 120% for LGBTQ youth compared to those who identify as heterosexual.

The holidays can be a tough time for many young people who have aged out of foster care or don't have a stable home situation, and Massachusetts is making a new effort to help.One in 10 ...

12/07/2021

Boston College will meet East Carolina (7-5, 5-3 American Athletic Conference) in the Military Bowl on Dec. 27 to finish the season.

Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec said Monday that he will return to the Eagles for the 2022 season.

10/21/2021

The research was led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Broad Institute. The findings appear in the journal Nature Communications.

Two new studies indicate that immunotherapy may benefit people with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMD), a rare but serious complication of cancer that has spre

10/21/2021

John Flattery - president of the American Postal Workers Union in Central Massachusetts - said the U.S. Postal Service has long built trust with Americans, and these changes are a step in the wrong direction. "Let's go back to the post office we grew up with. Let's make it better, not worse," said Flattery. "And they just go on the other way. I mean, now he's just saying, you know, we want to ensure timely delivery. So we're going to just change the definition of what timely is to make it worse."

Post offices across Massachusetts and the nation are implementing service changes in an effort by the agency to cut costs, but labor leaders say the move could have major repercussions ...

10/21/2021

Cam Atkinson scored two goals to lift the host Philadelphia Flyers past the Boston Bruins 6-3 on Wednesday. Joel Farabee and Sean Couturier added a goal and an assist apiece for the Flyers, who won their second in a row.

Cam Atkinson scored two goals to lift the host Philadelphia Flyers past the Boston Bruins 6-3 on Wednesday.

10/21/2021

Among the positions to be filled by Amazon for the holidays include picking, scanning, and packing items at warehouses and loading boxes onto trucks. Amazon reported record-breaking sales during the pandemic, as the public spent more time at home and increased their online purchases.

Amazon has announced that it will hire 150,000 temporary workers in the United States for the holiday season, a 50 percent increase over the 2020 holiday period

10/21/2021

Evan Fournier scored a career-high 32 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 56.1 seconds left in the second overtime Wednesday night for the host New York Knicks, who squandered an 11-point lead late in the fourth quarter before edging the Boston Celtics 138-134 in an entertaining season openerfor both teams.

Evan Fournier scored a career-high 32 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 56.1 seconds left in the second overtime Wednesday night for the host New York

08/11/2021

Coca-Cola announced plans to close a Massachusetts bottling plant in summer 2023, leaving its 319 employees without work

02/28/2021

Massachusetts restaurants will no longer be required to limit their seating capacities beginning March 1.