A 19-year-old woman says she was held against her will after she was hired for a dog sitting job in Southbridge.

A Massachusetts man is accused of kidnapping a dog sitter who escaped his home, police say. /iStockphoto A Massachusetts man is charged with kidnapping a woman who accepted a dog walking job and went to his house,

A Massachusetts man has been charged with kidnapping a woman who showed up at his home because she was hired to watch dogs. It happened at a home in Southbridge on Friday night around 8:10 p.m., according to local police.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey wants Republic Services to cut a deal and end a 17-day-long trash collectors strike​.

Greater Boston communities at the center of the ongoing sanitation worker strike are taking Republic Services to court, seeking immediate relief as trash piles mount, attracting rats and giving