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

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. 

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.  

Congressional Republicans are proposing a 1.4 percent tax at wealthy private schools with large endowments.  

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. 

A series of shootings in rural Northern California left four people and the shooter dead and several others wounded, including at least two children, authorities said.  

Without being forced to get coverage, fewer people would sign up for Medicaid or buy federally subsidized private insurance.  

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

School officials say a student on campus has been diagnosed with meningitis weeks after another student fell ill with a related illness.  

One rape victim said the review site?s decision to post its warning for only three months is ?a slap in the face.? 

State Treasurer Deb Goldberg issued a statement calling a Globe report Sunday ?troubling.? 

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. 

Jitters over President Trump?s proposals to beef up America?s atomic arsenal and his repeated Twitter threats about attacking North Korea have spread to Congress.