Adam Sennott

Beaches in Newburyport and Salisbury are reopen for swimming after water quality testing showed no elevated levels of bacteria from raw sewage spilled into the Merrimack River in Haverhill, Gov.

A driver was killed in a 3-vehicle crash on the Everett Turnpike in Nashua, N.H. that also sent a Massachusetts woman, another driver and several children to the hospital, New Hampshire State Police said.

A 68-year-old man died after suffering a medical emergency while hiking on Mount Major in Alton, N.H. Thursday afternoon, New Hampshire Fish and Game said.

BROCKTON — Rhythmic beats competed with the blare of honking cars and revving motorbikes as bumper-to-bumper traffic crawled out of downtown Brockton after Friday's nail-biting soccer match between Cape Verde and Argentina.

The Coast Guard suspended its search Saturday evening for a boater missing since late Friday when their vessel struck the north jetty of the Merrimack River in Salisbury, an official said.

A man was shot in Dorchester late Saturday night as the city closed out the July 4th celebration, according to Boston police.

Two firefighters were taken to the hospital after battling a fire that broke out at a home in Braintree early Sunday morning, the State Fire Marshal's office said.

Authorities recovered the body of a boater Monday evening who went missing after their vessel struck the north jetty of the Merrimack River in Salisbury on Friday night, the US Coast Guard said.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell and a group of 14 other attorneys general filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to block the US Department of Education

Firefighters are battling a six-alarm fire at a home in Ayer, the State Fire Marshal's office said Tuesday.