Hollywood star Lori Loughlin and 15 other defendants were indicted on new charges Tuesday in the nationwide college admissions cheating scandal that exploded into the headlines last month. 

In the state?s overwhelmed state child protection system, youngsters are bounced from one emergency foster home to another because there aren?t enough safe havens for all of them.  

Democrats scolded the attorney general over his handling of the report, saying they were concerned that his summary portrayed the findings in an overly favorable way for President Trump. 

The infant?s parents called 911 to report that the baby was not breathing. Rescue crews arrived within three minutes, but the child ultimately could not be saved.  

The Rev. Peter Gori was removed from ministry and put on leave ?effective immediately,? Archdiocese officials said.  

About 30 lawmakers from north of Boston say the upcoming fare hike should be delayed because of construction on the Tobin Bridge. 

The secretary of Health and Human Services and the administrator of Medicare and Medicaid assailed the Affordable Care Act as a failure. 

Black and brown communities across the country are celebrating slain rapper and activist Nipsey Hussle. 

?This ordinance gives the bike plan teeth,? said Sam Feigenbaum, a volunteer with Cambridge Bicycle Safety. 

A black bear is believed to have killed a horse in its Western Massachusetts stall last week and then dragged the carcass into the yard, where it was eaten by coyotes, the horse?s owner said. 

Questions over Boston?s marijuana zoning rules will remain unanswered this week. 

A proposed task force would help police and prosecutors with leads on unlicensed sellers.