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Many Massachusetts nursing homes fail to meet state staffing requirements, leading to poor care. Five years ago, state health officials set minimum staffing levels to help improve care. A New Bedford ...

The mayor's office also announced dates for new neighborhood meetings on a controversial center bus lane plan for Blue Hill Avenue ...

Summer camps are all about embracing the outdoors. But as climate change fuels dangerous heat and unhealthy air, the outdoors is becoming something camps must protect children from.

Though Adam and I were only three years apart, the gap felt wider because he had Down syndrome,” writes Alyson Pomerantz. “We didn’t fight, like other siblings, or confide our deepest secrets. One ...

We take a tour of the 117-year-old Kayem Foods to learn about the Polish immigrants who founded it in Chelsea.

Beacon Hill negotiators on Wednesday unveiled a compromise on the closely watched bill that would broaden protections against ...

First responders offered jurors a firsthand account Thursday of what they found after Lindsay Clancy killed her three ...

If you have a sunny apartment window, fire escape or small patio that gets a few hours of sunlight, you can grow herbs. You ...

A military expert says resuming strikes on Iran could force the U.S. military to "take more risks" because its missile supply is depleted.

While cyclosporiasis has dominated headlines this summer, there are other precautions you should take at picnics and barbeques to make sure your summer fun isn’t ruined by foodborne illness.

Texas floods faced a new threat in addition to water damage: runaway buoys. About 600 metal border buoys floated free in the water and recent flooding. Some hit the columns supporting the World Trade ...