It’s up to each federal agency to determine how it handles a shutdown, but there would be disruptions in many services.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. rose this week to its highest level since late November, reflecting a recent uptick in the bond yields that lenders use as a guide to price home ...

AVIGNON, France (AP) — A court in France on Thursday sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The shooter who killed a student and teacher at a religious school in Wisconsin brought two guns to the school and was in contact with a man in California who authorities say was ...

The latest eatery to open in the city is already getting a lot of buzz from locals who are enjoying the mix of Italian and Greek offerings. A ribbon-cutting was held on Dec. 11 at ...

Hungry for housing production, public officials are eyeing the massive, mostly state-owned Joint Base Cape Cod, which includes parts of the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee and Sandwich. The ...

A new report suggests Massachusetts employers have become increasingly sanguine about their prospects in anticipation of the incoming Trump administration’s economic policies. The survey by the ...

FITCHBURG — I recently pulled a couple extra city shifts doing a ride-along with some of the finest from the Fitchburg Police ...

If it sounds like an unusual application of a terrorism law, it’s not the first time the statute has been applied to a case that wasn’t about cross-border extremism or a plot to kill masses of ...

The city of Fitchburg added more state funding to its redevelopment coffers during a ceremony Tuesday in Downtown Lowell. A $25,000 MassDevelopment grant will be used to create a downtown ...

The North Middlesex Regional hockey team skated to its first win of the 2024-25  season on Wednesday evening, picking up a 5-0 victory over Roy Conference foe Grafton inside the ...

Federal prosecutors in the kickback case of Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson say they have so much evidence to process — including a database of more than a million files — that they are ...