A federal appeals court in New York has rejected challenges to a ban on assault weapons that Connecticut put in place after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

It adds that the mass fatalities capability “is long-standing” and has “existed in many forms while under HO (Home Office) ...

More beaches are closed on Friday than they were on Thursday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

(Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday dampened hopes for a mass release of prisoners that U.S.

A person was stabbed at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday, according to Mass State Police. Troopers at the airport responded to reports of a stabbing Friday morning.

Harvard research scientist Scott Delaney started website called Grant Witness that tracks all of this year's federal cuts. He joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about the back-and-forth over funding ...

Excavations have been underway since June, after workers found human remains while digging to build an electric crematorium.

He didn’t fire a shot at the Chiefs Super Bowl rally, but he’s headed to prison. Find out why prosecutors say Fedo A. Manning ...

An active shooter at Villanova University reported late afternoon Aug. 21 was a “cruel hoax,” a university official said less ...

This Mass. golf course just ranked the worst in America by MyGolfSpy due to its conditions and online reviews.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said the repainting of the crosswalk near the site of the Pulse mass shooting was done "without any ...

In the month after two mass overdoses in Baltimore’s Penn North, police have made more than 100 arrests. But drug activity ...