A movement to repeal a landmark firearms law that Beacon Hill Democrats and Gov. Maura Healey enacted last year is surging ahead, with gun rights advocates demanding lawmakers reverse course on ...

The pills were seized in Johnson, Warwick and at locations in Massachusetts, according to Rhode Island State Police.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers declared a State of Emergency Friday night, just hours before federal funding lapses for food assistance programs, impacting thousands of Wisconsinites.

Patrick A. Penn, deputy undersecretary for US Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, said in a letter to state leaders on October 24 that the Agriculture Department is "suspending all November 2025 ...

According to court records, an investigation into the packages originated in Kentucky, when postal workers and police there examined “suspicious packages” bound for Massachusetts.

A new proposal by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) to change the Charles River's water-quality classification is sparking controversy, with advocates warning it could undo decades of ...

The total impact on customer bills is not yet known, as DPU has still not issued decisions on the price of gas and delivery fee increases.

The impacts of [closing] would be — could be — catastrophic,” said Carl Howell, whose Lowell-area Head Start programs take care of about 550 kids.

In a possible shutdown reprieve for millions of families on the brink of losing food aid, two federal judges have ruled the ...

As the federal government shutdown stretches on, thousands of children in Massachusetts could lose access to early childhood care if federal funding<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

At the risk of sounding like your cranky doctor (or mother), we’ll remind you that obesity is a gateway to chronic disease.