Ironically, congressional sponsors of the McCarran-Walter Act were at odds with the White House when the law was enacted in 1952. They overrode a veto by President Harry S. Truman, who thought the law ...

A gorgeous hike in the summer months, the peak of Mt. Wachusett is 2,006 ft., making it the tallest mountain in Worcester ...

Flames roared through an assisted-living residence in Massachusetts, killing nine people, injuring 30 others and trapping ...

A Massachusetts firefighters union says inadequate staffing hindered the response to a fire at an assisted-living facility ...

President Donald Trump arrived in Texas on Friday to survey the damage caused by flash flooding and to meet with local ...

Videos shot by the family show how quickly the cottage filled with water and how they had to flee to the attic and then the ...

As survivors begin recovery efforts, state and local emergency responders continue to search for missing people in several ...

• Wednesdays, dance instruction from the waltz and salsa to the two- and 10-step and everything in between, with Debbie Bair at Twisp River Tap House, ages 12 and up, 5:15 for beginners, 6:30-8:30 p.m ...

HUNT, Texas (AP) — Crews used backhoes and their bare hands Wednesday to dig through piles of debris that stretched for miles in the search for more than 160 people believed to be missing in the flash ...