Charlie Baker

Hospital signage and safety legislation pitched as a response to the tragic 2016 death of Laura Levis became law in Massachusetts on Friday, with Gov. Charlie Baker signing it in a ceremony at the State House. Under the law, the Department of Public Health will implement statewide standards requiring hospitals to improve lighting, signage, wayfinding and monitoring, aiming to ensure…

A man has been charged with breaking into and entering the home of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker last week and is now forbidden from contacting the Baker family or going near the Swampscott residence, prosecutors said Tuesday.

An independent investigation into the deadly coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home released Wednesday said the facility’s leadership team made “substantial errors” in responding to the outbreak that resulted in the deaths of at least 76 veterans and the infection of an additional 84 veterans and over 80 staff members. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker hired former federal prosecutor Mark…

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is taking action to support health care workers in Massachusetts and New York amid the coronavirus crisis. Kraft purchased more than 1.7 million N95 masks and used the Patriots’ team plane to fly the critical supplies from China to Boston overnight in order to help hospitals in both states combat the ongoing, nationwide shortage…

A man who recently traveled to Wuhan, China has been diagnosed as the first Massachusetts resident with coronavirus, and the eighth case confirmed in the U.S.

The governor of Vermont Thursday became the nation’s first Republican chief executive to publicly back the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Gov. Phil Scott said he would not prejudge what Congress should do from here, but called it critical for the nation to get the facts on what happened.

An outbreak of vaping illnesses. A surge in teens using electronic cigarettes. They’re often spoken of in the same urgent breath, but it’s not clear how — or even if — they are connected.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday declared a public health emergency in the state “due to severe lung disease associated with the use of e-cigarettes and marijuana-infused products.” He ordered a four-month ban on selling vaping-related products, both in person and online, which the state Public Health Council quickly approved. Baker wants to better study the growing alternative to smoking...

Residents who evacuated the Orient Heights area of East Boston were allowed to return to their homes Friday night after firefighters spent hours battling a massive 9-alarm fire.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been spotted in a Tom Brady jersey. But his choice of attire was for charity. Newsom served lunch Wednesday at a Sacramento food kitchen in the jersey of the New England Patriots quarterback. It was the result of his losing Super Bowl wager against Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker.

The New England Patriots closed the door on the Los Angeles Rams with a late fourth quarter interception, leading to a 13-3 victory that gave the team its record-tying sixth Super Bowl.

There’s no evidence to suggest the gas explosions that rocked communities north of Boston were intentional, a federal investigator said Saturday. As federal officials opened their investigation into Thursday’s disaster, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt said that there doesn’t appeal to be “anything nefarious, anything suspicious, anything intentional.” He said investigators will be working to develop a timeline...

Massachusetts has sued the maker of OxyContin over the deadly opioid crisis and has become the first state to also target the company’s executives.

Boston is marking the fifth anniversary of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings with solemn remembrances and charitable acts.

Governor Charlie Baker and Tom Brady got new haircuts at the annual “Saving by Shaving” event in support of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute on Thursday.

The governors of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts announced a friendly wager Wednesday ahead of the Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles.

Less than three months after President Donald Trump declared the U.S. opioid crisis a public health emergency, the nation’s governors are calling on his administration and Congress to provide more money and coordination for the fight against the drugs, which are killing more than 90 Americans a day. The list of more than two dozen recommendations made Thursday by the...

The White House has asked Congress to approve more than a billion dollars in emergency funding to combat the nation’s growing opioid addiction crisis. The Obama administration also announced that it’s loosening restrictions on a drug called buprenorphine used to ease addicts’ cravings.

Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg changed course Monday and agreed to relinquish his responsibilities as Senate leader during an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations involving his husband.

Massachusetts has become the first state to adopt a ban on bump stocks since the mass shooting a Las Vegas music festival.