A top Senate Democrat expressed skepticism toward Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to boost state spending by 7.4% in fiscal year 2026 as Massachusetts faces constrained tax revenue growth and increased ...

The push from the Massachusetts GOP comes as national Republicans take aim at Boston, other major cities over immigration and law enforcement policies.

A new fund is providing up to $5,000 to Boston families who have an immediate family member who died from an opioid overdose.

The Waltham-based group MassResistance says it has drafted text for similar measures to be filed in other state legislatures, including in Iowa, Michigan, Montana, and Kansas.

The two aircraft plummeted into the icy Potomac River after colliding, killing everyone onboard the plane and helicopter, officials said Thursday.

An urgent search and rescue mission is underway on the Potomac River after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C. The passenger jet was carrying 64 people and ...

A team of US-based scientists have found "a probable causal connection" between a form of bacteria found in the human gut and the onset of depression.Carried out by a team from Harvard University and ...

Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...

The Associated Press is providing live video of the scene of the plane crash near Washington’s Reagan Airport: ...