Pelosi touts need for affordable childcare in Massachusetts

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WORCESTER, Mass. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured a Worcester childcare facility Thursday in a visit meant to highlight the importance of affordable childcare. ...

Court mulls if bail is too high in Yale student killing case

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HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with whether a $20 million bond set for a former researcher at the Massachusetts...

‘Varsity Blues’ trial promises fresh insights in old scandal

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BOSTON — The first trial in the “Operation Varsity Blues” college admissions bribery scandal will begin this week, with the potential to shed light...

Shark tourism grows on Cape Cod, 3 years after attacks

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CHATHAM, Mass. — There’s no ominous music, no telltale fin breaking the surface as the powerful silhouette of a great white shark glides alongside...

Maine nursing home to close; Vermont courts extend protocols

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A Maine nursing home on Deer Isle will close at the end of October, citing both the coronavirus pandemic and the recent struggle to...

COVID-19 cases rise in Massachusetts; Maine football upended

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The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts increased by more than 1,700 on Friday while the number of newly confirmed coronavirus deaths...

Cleanup and mourning continue after Ida soaks Northeast US

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The cleanup — and mourning — continued Friday as the Northeast U.S. recovered from record-breaking rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. ...

EXPLAINER: How Ida can be so deadly 1000 miles from landfall

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Natural and some man-made ingredients came together, causing the weakened but still soggy remnants of Hurricane Ida to devastate the Northeast more than 1,000...

EXPLAINER: How Ida can be so deadly 1000 miles from landfall

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Natural and some man-made ingredients came together, causing the weakened but still soggy remnants of Hurricane Ida to devastate the Northeast more than 1,000...

Massachusetts town says it can’t fire officer for Hitler pic

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A Massachusetts select board ruled that it does not have the authority or grounds to fire the police officer that kept...