Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international ...

What successful strategies did community colleges use to maintain or improve their enrollment figures during COVID-19?

More than 150 recipients of the Nobel and World Food prizes released an open letter Tuesday calling for a dramatic increase ...

One was convicted in 1970 and was initially sentenced to die in prison. Because he was a "youthful offender," he's now ...

Rewards and financial incentives are successful methods to help people quit smoking, according to a new Cochrane review co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health and health policy ...

In a 2024 report submitted by the Federal Housing Agency to Congress, the agency found that between 2023 and 2024, family ...

Mass Audubon has protected the birds and facilitated their comeback through science-based conservation, education, wildlife ...

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Martin Somerville had 26 points in UMass-Lowell’s 70-62 victory against NJIT on Saturday.

With several Massachusetts municipalities opting out of the civil service and many more considering that route, something had ...

Discover how industry, natural resources, educational opportunities, and metropolitan proximity shape the seven states with ...

Health care providers and patients in the 17 communities once served by the Nashoba Valley Medical Center continue to deal with its closure. To capture the personal impacts of the loss, the Harvard ...

Homelessness declined 2.8% to 1,090 people in the county from the previous survey two years before, according to official ...