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.

Bay State health officials are reporting the first confirmed case of West Nile virus in an animal this year, as people are ...

Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to escape an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, which caught ...

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.

Hundreds of passengers aboard the Blue Line were evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a train became stuck beneath the Boston Harbor, between the Maverick and Aquarium stations, officials said. Over the ...