A DOJ memo has raised questions about whether the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts — the top federal law enforcement official in the state — might prosecute local officials for not adhering to the...

Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky has asked Wu to appear before a House committee next month, as it investigates 'sanctuary' communities and whether they are preventing federal immigration...

Newly released state data show a slew of alleged criminal activity at the shelters, and federal authorities are pursuing the case of a man charged with gun and drug crimes at an emergency shelter in...

Kerry Murphy Healey, lieutenant governor in the Romney administration, serves on the board of Apollo Global, the New York private equity firm battling the state over the fate of Steward's hospitals.

More than a quarter of young Americans have cut ties with one of their parents. Sometimes on the advice of therapists, who say families are traumatizing. But some families say they’re the ones being...

A Michigan-based, for-profit health care company that specializes in distressed hospitals made a bid to buy all of Steward’s Massachusetts hospitals out of bankruptcy, but the bid was rejected as not...

The researchers are using stem cell technology to create what they call "mini brains" and test how psychoactive substances may affect humans. They're hoping to answer profound questions about what...

Despite being named Massachusetts' top federal prosecutor amid controversy, the state's acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said the office has bounced back and he's grateful to be at the helm.

The lawmakers criticized the growth of for-profit health care and said they have questions about who profited from business deals involving Steward hospitals, and how the company became bogged down...

The state Parole Board said its special officers participated in the arrests of 358 offenders in 2022. Of those, 206 were not parolees. Some lawmakers raised questions about the practice, and the...

Many in the health care industry were unwilling to speak on the record about de la Torre, but in a dozen interviews, some blamed the company's flagging finances on greed. And some are taking partic...

Steward Health Care said Friday it has secured financing to keep its nine Massachusetts hospitals open. However, the company indicated it will consider transferring ownership of one or more of its...

While the fate of Steward Health Care's nine hospitals in Massachusetts remains in doubt, lawmakers and others are discussing the precarious state of the medical system. Many are pointing fingers at...

The for-profit Steward network — one of the state's biggest hospital operators — is in grave financial distress and may be on the brink of failure, according to health care leaders and state offici...

The ripples of financial difficulties at Steward have been felt by its employees, vendors, state officials and patients for years, but the state is now scrambling to prepare for what could become a...

More than 590 families are on the waitlist for the Massachusetts family shelter system. Recently created overflow sites have space for fewer than half of them. One homeless advocate called the...

The state is closing the oldest running men's prison in Massachusetts because of a steep decline in the number of men in state custody, the Department of Correction announced Wednesday.

In a statement, the federal lawmakers say they are asking Steward to brief them on the company's "financial position, the status of their Massachusetts facilities, and their plans to ensure the...

Lawyers for John Doe #1-13 objected to documents about their alleged crimes being made public and said they were "private citizens who face adverse and embarrassing collateral consequences if their...