Francis Hughes?s departure follows disclosures that a state trooper was ordered to remove information from an arrest report about a judge?s daughter. 

Governor Baker?s proposals include an effort to ensure higher-quality addiction treatment and a provision to allow doctors to commit unwilling patients to 72 hours in a treatment facility. 

The bill, which heads to Governor Baker?s desk, would shield state residents from changes to federal law regarding contraceptive coverage. 

It took one day of deliberations for the jury to find that Jackie Lawson had not been pushed out of the Boston fund company for alleging accounting fraud. 

The bill cracks down on opioid trafficking, and it is aimed at reducing recidivism by paring back mandatory-minimum sentences and making it easier for some convicts to obtain employment and housing. 

??Mom it?s all over now,?? Kevin Neal?s mother said he told her in their final conversation. ??I have done everything I could do and I am fighting against everyone who lives in this area.?? 

The state police investigator looking into allegations that a 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by another student at Phillips Exeter Academy was overruled by prosecutors. 

Taking the pulpit at a Baptist revival at a south Alabama church, Republican Roy Moore quoted lengthy Bible passages and made only passing reference to the allegations against him of sexual misconduct with teenagers. 

With Republican Roy Moore in a political spiral ahead of the Dec. 12 special election, Democrats are dusting off the playbook on how they could actually win in the Deep South. 

?While I never would underestimate an adversary,? Dunford said, ?I don?t think North Korea is among the most developed offensive cyber threat that we have.?