The current bird flu outbreak in Massachusetts is the largest the state has ever seen. Here's why officials believe it has become so widespread and what residents should do to protect themselves (and their pets).

A “radiant” mother, soon-to-be-married pilot and teenage skaters are among those killed in the horror crash between a passenger plane and army helicopter in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. All 64 people aboard the American Airlines jet and three aboard the Army Black Hawk helicopter are believed dead,

Several Massachusetts professional sports teams offered up prayers and held moments of silence Thursday in remembrance of the 67 people killed in a mid-air plane crash over Washington, D.C., Wednesday evening.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board praised Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren for grilling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on making money from drug company lawsuits during his confirmation hearing.

State officials said former Gov. Charlie Baker's administration used federal funds to pay jobless claims when it should have used state money.

Ryan Michael English, 24, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, told Capitol Police officers he would "like to turn himself in" on Monday, telling them he wanted to kill Scott Bessent, who was recently confirmed as the United States secretary of the treasury.

Recovery efforts continue near Washington, D.C. after a military helicopter collided mid-air with an American Airlines flight Wednesday night.

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers and two renowned skating coaches were identified as victims of a fatal crash involving American Airlines Flight 5342.

Evgenia Shishkova and her husband Vadim Naumov were from Russia but lived in Norwood, Massachusetts, close to where they coached.

Fourteen members of the U.S. Figure Skating team, six of whom are affiliated with the Skating Club of Boston, were on the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River.

Ice skating legends Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding have given emotional responses to the devastating deaths of fellow figure skaters in the Washington DC plane crash.

Vadim Naumov, a coach at the Skating Club of Boston, was among the victims of a plane crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. Naumov was traveling with his wife, Evgenia Shishkova, as well as two athletes from the club and their mothers.