Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts and is likely present even in places where there has not been a confirmed positive, state environmental and health officials said Wednesday.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell and prosecutors from other states planned to sue President Donald Trump after his administration issued a directive to pause the distribution of federal funding.

According to the executive order, the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, co-chaired by the secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense, will assess FEMA’s effectiveness over the past four years, comparing its responses to state and private sector efforts of disaster relief.

For her first official trip back to the Bay Area since being sworn into the 119th Congress, Rep. Lateefah Simon was hoping to discuss health care innovations at local hospitals. But the Trump administration’s illegal freeze on all federal grants Monday recast the purpose of Simon’s visit.

Nearly 40 cats affected by near-record snowfall in Louisiana are arriving at the MSPCA at Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem on Saturday as part of an urgent rescue mission.

Paul Guilbeault’s miniature pinscher Damian went missing in 2017 while the local photographer and his family were in the middle of a cross-country move from Massachusetts to Arizona.

The freeze on federal funding and grants has wide-ranging implications and impacts everything from funding for child care, university research and roads and bridges.

The Trump administration's freeze on federal loans and grants is being challenged in court on multiple fronts.

Massachusetts AG sues to block Trump's order ending birthright citizenship, claiming constitutional violation.

Massachusetts has quickly become a flashpoint for immigration enforcement, first with Fox hyping arrests in Boston. And now Republican Rep. James Comer, of Kentucky, has asked Mayor Michelle Wu to testify about the city’s policies on working with federal agents.

The devastating Los Angeles fires have been a grim reminder of America’s homeowners insurance crisis as climate change intensifies potential property damage and insurers scramble to price rising risk.

Massachusetts is joining in legal action as President Trump's administration begins a review of spending that could freeze trillions of government dollars.