Berkshire District Attorney found that the fatal shooting of a 64-year old man in Hancock, Massachusetts was self defense and the DA's office will not be filing criminal charges.

The shutdown wouldn't impact care provided at VA healthcare facilities or mail delivery by the U.S. Postal Service but would affect operations at Westover Air Reserve Base.

The Community Care Clinic in Springfield has clinicians, psychiatrists and social workers that speak English, Spanish, Arabic, Somali, Farsi, Amharic, Swahili, French and Portuguese.

A Mexican restaurant in Greenfield, Massachusetts, is trying something new. Once a week, it's only serving Haitian food made by a chef who recently migrated to the U.S.

Three candidates for mayor in Pittsfield, Berkshire County's biggest community, competed in a preliminary election Tuesday.

In September and October, the region has three preliminary elections for mayor. In the November general election, there are seven contested mayoral races.

La gobernadora Maura Healey reflexiona sobre el trabajo del Consejo de Empoderamiento Latino, una orden para mejorar el acceso al idioma en todo el gobierno estatal que firmó recientemente y cómo los trabajadores agrícolas inmigrantes impulsan la economía de Massachusetts.

Muchos empleadores utilizan verificaciones de antecedentes, conocidas como CORI, antes de ofrecerle a alguien un trabajo. Y en los informes no sólo aparecen condenas, sino también casos que fueron despedidos.