Massachusetts

Sword-wielding Massachusetts man arrested over threats to Trump, FBI says

Andrew Emerald was charged in an eight-count indictment over a string of threatening posts, including one in which he vowed to travel to Mar-a-Lago if Trump was not dead by 2026.

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 26, 2026.
KASH PATEL is applauded by his partner Alexis Wilkins after being sworn in as FBI director by US Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington, DC, US, February 21, 2025.

FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend receives threatening email, Massachusetts man arrested

An empty classroom

Boston-area Jewish day school to close after 25 years, saying its model is ‘no longer sustainable’

A DELTA Air Lines plane prepares to take off during a winter storm at Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, New York, US, December 26, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations


Boston: Palestinian terrorist flag waved at Israeli dance troupe protest

During a Friday protest in Boston against the Israeli Vertigo Dance Company, pro-Palestinian activists prominently displayed the flag of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

 Screenshot of Party for Socialism & Liberation Boston and the Boston Coalition for Palestine

Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for multi-billion dollar FTX fraud

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years for fraud involving $8 billion US dollars, marking his dramatic downfall from billionaire status.

 am Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, U.S., August 11, 2023.

First pig-to-human kidney transplant performed in Boston

a 62-year-old man received a pig kidney at Massachusetts General Hospital. This landmark surgery represents a significant step forward in addressing the chronic shortage of organs for transplant.

Doctor lifting pig's kidney for transplant

Massachusetts police investigating string of vandalism targeting pro-Israel homes as hate crimes

Most of the reported incidents in the heavily Jewish Boston suburb over the past month involve the defacement or removal of pro-Israel signs from lawns or fences.

 A man walks past graffiti reading 'Free Palestine', amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Dublin, Ireland, November 15, 2023.

Feds charge Massachusetts man for calls threatening Jews with ‘genocide’

"If you can kill their children we can kill yours,” Reardon, of Millis, Massachusetts, allegedly said.

 FBI headquarters building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2018.

Catholic students asked to behave 'consistent with their biological sex'

The controversial new policy enforces students using their pronouns assigned at birth and their birth names and forbids same-sex relationships.

 AN EMPTY classroom in an east Jerusalem school, closed in protest at ‘Israeli censorship’ of PA-autorized school textbooks, last year.

Mysterious ice block falls from space, destroys US family's home

It is believed the ice block may have fallen from an aircraft flying above the home.

 Illustrative image of a large chunk of ice.

Antisemitic rice bag incident shakes small Massachusetts town

The police believe the antisemitic rice bag incident was the work of the neo-Nazi extremist group the Goyim Defense League.

 A bag of rice (illustrative).

Barack Obama's White House personal chef found dead in Massachusetts lake

Tafari Campbell, 45, was the subject of a two-day search after a paddle boarder was seen struggling and going under the water in Edgartown Great Pond.

 Lighthouse Beach, Edgartown, Marthas Vineyard Island in the Dukes County, Massachusetts.

Iran may be behind BDS ‘hit list’ targeting Boston Jews - report

According to an exclusive interview, an ex-Israeli counter-terrorism advisor to prime ministers says Hezbollah has a list of targets.

 The BDS Boston Mapping Project  highlights people and movements that the BDS group identified as pro-Israel, including Jewish community organizations, religious organizations, and even Jewish schools.