Nearly 40 cats affected by near-record snowfall in Louisiana are arriving at the MSPCA at Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem on Saturday as part of an urgent rescue mission.

NORWOOD - As harrowing images of homes burning to the ground come in day after day from California, Massachusetts homeowners are understandably questioning whether they are prepared and properly insured should a catastrophe hit our coast.

In an interview aired Wednesday night, Trump said he may withhold aid to California until the state adjusts how it manages its scarce water resources. He falsely claimed that California’s fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in urban areas.

California is advising health care providers not to write down patients’ immigration status on bills and medical records and telling them they don’t have to assist federal agents in arrests. Some Massachusetts hospitals and clinics are posting privacy rights in emergency and waiting rooms in Spanish and other languages.

Across the country from the California wildfires, researchers in Massachusetts are working to recreate a smaller-scale version of the phenomenon in a lab where it can be studied. Fire whirl ...

Although the risk of devastating wildfires is much lower in Massachusetts than in California, the Bay State is still subject to natural disasters such as hurricanes and blizzards that can ...

On Saturday night, the Springfield Thunderbirds teamed up with the Springfield Fire Department to raise funds for fire crews battling wildfires in California, which has created hundreds of

California, a coalition of other states and the city of San Francisco have sued the Trump administration over President Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, calling it unconstitutional.

Stephen Paul Gale was arrested in Los Angeles last August after a dramatic police chase which was the ending to a monthslong nationwide manhunt.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and other Democrats have been criticized for using the partisan platform to fundraise for California wildfire recovery efforts.

California is one of 22 states and two cities that have quickly challenged Trump’s order to remove birthright citizenship for future children starting next month.

These dogs, affected by wildfires in California, will be flown to a nearby state, such as Delaware, before being brought to Massachusetts. The organization’s disaster relief efforts are ...