BOSTON - The sons of the late Edward M. Kennedy have urged the governor to pick Paul G. Kirk Jr., the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, to

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood, will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday, his attorney says.

BOSTON - Massachusetts first lady Diane Patrick has decided to endorse Rep. Michael Capuano in the Senate special election.

BOSTON - The winner of the CBS reality TV show "Big Brother 9" accused of trying to sell a powerful prescription painkiller is again asking to be released on

The North Adams Transcript reports Friday that Alan Vigiard plans to pursue retirement benefits after pleading not guilty at his arraignment at Northern

A Maine teenager who was missing was found late last night trapped in her car at the bottom of a ravine. Police and members of the public had searched for Kourtney Thibeault, 17,

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed that two more Massachusetts residents died in the last week of H1N1 flu. One of those who died was a

A Scottish man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday after he was convicted of gouging out his ex-girlfriend's eye, tossing it over an eighth-floor

One person was killed Friday when a tour bus belonging to Miley Cyrus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star was not on board, Virginia State

BOSTON - The highest court in Massachusetts has upheld the conviction of a man serving a life sentence in the 2005 fatal shooting of two Springfield men.

A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave said she lost her insurance benefits after posting vacation photos on Facebook showing her at the beach, at a nightclub

BOSTON - Winter hasn't even arrived but the Boston Symphony Orchestra is already planning for summer.

HARWICH - Police have sealed off Cape Cod Regional Technical High School this morning following a student protest demonstration earlier today and arrested

American student Amanda Knox "coveted hatred" for the British roommate she is accused of murdering and "killed her to take revenge," a prosecutor told an

WASHINGTON - A leading auto organization is projecting a 1.4 percent increase in Thanksgiving travel this year, although fewer people will travel by air due to