Massachusetts House Democrats trampled Republican-driven efforts Thursday to expand the information covered in background checks for state-run shelter applicants and reduce the amount of funding ...

An illegal immigrant who operated a now “dismantled” fentanyl mill in Lawrence “faces deportation,” the Drug Enforcement ...

Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s new training ship, the Patriot State, is heading to St. Thomas this week after stops in ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal workers by offering them financial incentives.

Jimmy Poirier, an Eagle Scout from Andover, Massachusetts, has joined an elite club. He earned all 139 merit badges.

The level of food insecurity is rising locally and has now surpassed the record numbers we saw during the height of the pandemic.

Gov. Maura Healey released a “comprehensive housing plan” Thursday morning, outlining strategies to lower costs and build 220 ...

Two experienced hikers were rescued after an hourslong ordeal in which they became stranded in waist-deep snow and whiteout ...

ICE agents arrested a man who was convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend while her five-year-old son was in the room.

The action comes a day after President Trump signed an order limiting transgender athletes from participating in girls and women’s sports.

Gov. Maura Healey unveiled her ambitious plan Thursday to bring more affordable housing to Massachusetts, a plan some brokers ...

The computer firm’s hybrid and remote workers — including those based out of the Hopkinton and Franklin offices — are ...