The regional branch of the EPA has lost more than 150 employees since the start of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the agency’s workforce, according to union leaders.

Massachusetts has one of the shortest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape, even when DNA could help prove the case.

The Market Basket Board voted unanimously late Tuesday to remove Arthur T. Demoulas as President and CEO of the beloved New England supermarket chain that has been caught up in a family feud over its ownership for years.

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio and the chair of Legislature's Cannabis Policy Committee made renewed calls to bring the Cannabis Control Commission under the purview of the governor and to overhaul it for "much needed accountability."

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a stop-work order on Aug. 22.

The practice of forcing people into treatment has gained national prominence in recent weeks after President Trump issued an executive order embracing the approach. In Boston's South End, fed up residents have called for similar moves.

The funding for Salem's port was among $679 million for projects across the country clawed back by the U.S. Department of Transportation, which called the efforts wasteful.

One scientist attributed the abundance of fireflies this season to a wet spring, creating an ideal damp environment for larvae survival.

In their 119-page complaint being filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 100 plaintiffs are seeking accountability from the Army, the Department of Defense and Keller Army Hospital for allegedly violating their own "policies, regulations and orders" intended to protect the public from soldiers with mental illness.

East Coast travel may get a little quicker. Amtrak debuted a faster new train called "NextGen Acela" Thursday that will be able to hit a top speed of 160mph. Amtrak's original high-speed Acela trains have a top speed of 150 mph.