Wildfire smoke harms more people in eastern U.S. than West, study shows

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Published
October 20, 2021

Wildfire smoke harms more people in eastern U.S. than West, study shows

In the East, the percent of annual asthma-related hospital visits tied to smoke was smaller than in the West, but due to larger population centers, the total number of asthma-related hospital visits tied to smoke was higher, a study found.
Published
October 19, 2021

Boston declares addiction, homelessness emergency

Officials hope to clear a 150-tent homeless camp by getting people into shelters and providing addiction services.
Published
October 19, 2021

Retired U.S. Rep. Bill Zeliff of New Hampshire, who probed Waco siege, dies at 85

The Republican led hearings into the government's deadly siege of the Branch Davidian compound in 1993. Cult leader David Koresh and nearly 80 of his followers died.
Published
October 14, 2021

Coast Guard: Shipwreck found in Atlantic off Boston is storied cutter Bear

The vessel spent over four decades patrolling and performing search and rescue in the Arctic and was the first in the U.S. government to be captained by a Black man.
Published
October 12, 2021

Alexander Hamilton letter at center of legal fight returned to Massachusetts

Written to a French general during the Revolutionary War, the letter was believed stolen from the state archives in the 1930s or '40s.
Published
October 8, 2021

Home confinement recommended for New Hampshire man in Jan. 6 siege

According to the documents, Thomas Gallagher of Bridgewater says he has felt 'immense shame and anxiety' for entering the Capitol and is offering to pay $500 restitution.
Published
September 28, 2021

Housing market so hot, burned house going for almost $400,000

The median sale price of single family homes in Massachusetts is $535,000-$552,000.
Published
September 23, 2021

Body found at New Hampshire waste station similar to Lewiston discovery at Casella

Maine police are investigating human remains at Casella Waste Systems plant on River Road.
Published
September 21, 2021

Boston train that rear-ended another was on ‘full power,’ investigators find

The report did not say if the controller had been turned to full power on purpose or accidentally.
Published
September 20, 2021

Cancer screenings in jeopardy after New Hampshire denies funding for women’s clinics

The Republican-majority Executive Council decided against extending contracts to Planned Parenthood and two other family planning services that also provide abortions, even though no public money funds abortions in the state.