An "extensive investigation" is underway in Fall River after a fire at an assisted living center claimed the lives of nine people.

Two MS-13 gang members, including the alleged leader of the Somerville clique, were sentenced to heavy stints in prison for crimes surrounding the 2010 murder of a 28-year-old man in Chelsea.

Members of a commission working on new regulations that would change the way assisted living facilities are run met on Tuesday and discussed how a fatal fire in Fall River could impact their efforts.

A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents, according to regulators’ most ...

Residents of the home have called the fire "not just a tragedy, it’s a travesty" and have pointed to numerous safety problems at Gabriel House, including staffing, concerns about elevators, lack of ...

The finance director for the city of Randleman has resigned. A reasoning for the resignation has not been made public.

A state official documented 26 instances where staff members did not report specific emergency situations to the state within ...

"I think the market here itself is just going to be better for a women’s basketball program," said Sun guard Saniya Rivers.

The leaders of three U.S. universities testified before a House of Representatives panel on Tuesday about what they have done ...

Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to ...

The owner of an assisted-living facility in Fall River where nine died in a fire also owns an adult foster care business in ...

A survivor of Sunday’s Massachusetts blaze claimed staff fled the burning building, leaving elderly residents to fend for ...