Massachusetts

Uber and Lyft are in the news because more than 8,000 potential drivers were banned in Massachusetts after background checks turned up convictions for violent felonies and sex-crimes, uncontested court charges, driver’s license suspensions and traffic violations. Uber and Lyft usually run their own background, and those typically go back seven years. But to get […]

Marshmallow Fluff's creme product remains a holiday classic.

MIT's admissions notifications are going out at a thoroughly appropriate hour.

As cod fish disappear, we look at how the fishing industry might adapt

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is rolling up its sleeves to get closer to the community.

Cod fishermen off Massachusetts catch few cod these days. Their allowed limits have been slashed because cod are fished out. What does take their hooks is dogfish -- lots of dogfish.

With U.S. Sen. John Kerry on the short list to become Secretary of State, Massachusetts could be in line for its third U.S. Senate election in just more than two years. It's meant big bucks spent in advertising.