About 100 firefighters are on the scene of the fire at New England Casket Co., officials said. Some residents living nearby in Orient Heights are being evacuated. 

The president issued the first veto of his two-year term on Friday. 

Greater Boston?s first recreational marijuana shop received approval from the state Friday to open its doors to the public next week. 

The fire that killed Worcester firefighter Christopher Roy in December was intentionally set, and a 21-year-old man now faces arson and second-degree murder charges, prosecutors said.  

Speaking during a morning news conference, Stoughton police Chief Donna McNamara identified the suspects as Paul Mitchell, 45, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Stanley Mitchell, 28, also of Florida.  

Bill McGlashan took socially responsible impact investing to the next level with the $2 billion Rise Fund. Now he?s lost his job for allegedly paying $300,000 in bribes to get his son into college.  

The state Department of Motor Vehicles announced Wednesday residents will have the option to select ??other?? as their gender as part of their new computer license system. 

An 11-year-old child is in custody after two people were shot inside a home Friday morning in Alton, N.H., according to multiple reports. 

Here are the first rankings of the 2020 candidates, ordered by their likelihood of winning the first-in-the-nation primary if it were held today. 

The glazed doughnut was fastened to the tiny arms of the tyrannosaur by the folks at Kane?s Donuts, who recently opened a second location nearby. 

Wait a second, eggs are bad again? A new study finds that the beloved egg, which recently had regained its reputation, may not be all that it?s cracked up to be.