According to Ring camera video provided to WBZ by the family, Palacio-Morales was arrested by ICE agents outside of his Lowell, Massachusetts home on September 8. His sister-in-law, Maria Pino, told WBZ that ICE told Palacio-Morales that he was wanted for a 2007 criminal charge and for missing an immigration hearing.

A smaller percentage of Massachusetts schools made significant progress towards, met, or exceeded their own goals in 2025, state officials said Monday as they released “sobering” results from the latest round of MCAS testing.

Attorney General William Tong is showing support for state lawmakers who aim to force Massachusetts to minimize its dumping of untreated sewage into the Connecticut River, but the federal government's oversight of those discharges poses significant obstacles.

Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a bill to establish a pilot program for the regulated therapeutic use of psychedelics. And two committees have separately held hearings to discuss additional psilocybin-related measures.

The Trump administration is cutting millions of dollars in public safety funding in Massachusetts. State officials are now responding and condemning the decision.

"I’m proud of all we have accomplished as a team, building a Commonwealth that is safer, more prepared, and more resilient."

The McLean County Sheriff’s Office announced that "McLean County Jane Doe," discovered on Feb. 2, 1982, along U.S. Route 136 between LeRoy and Bellflower, has been identified as 39-year-old Linda Cecilia Haddad. Investigators determined at the time that she died by suicide.

The commission sent two data requests to the state’s seven operators earlier this year, and the results showed that in total, operators limit 0.64% of bettors. Of those, 12.7% are limited to 1% of “the default” and 82.4% are limited to 49% or less of the default. The default is the stake factor of a bettor who has not had their limit altered.