The investigation into one of the deadliest fires in Massachusetts in recent years will almost certainly look at the performance of the sprinkler system in the building, a fire protection engineer ...

A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more ...

A former employee said she never saw the staff perform fire drills. The local fire chief pushed back at claims that ...

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

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 ...

A state official documented 26 instances where staff members did not report specific emergency situations to the state within ...

Despite efforts by scores of firefighters – nearly half of whom were off duty at the time – and “every police officer in the ...

A man who was experiencing a mental health crisis was shot and killed by responding police officers during an hourslong ...

The owner of an assisted-living facility in Fall River where nine died in a fire also owns an adult foster care business in ...