Between Friday and Monday, many trains between New Haven, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts and further to the north, will be replaced with buses.

After rupturing his Achilles, Russell Samora, of Great Barrington, set out to test his recovery and resolve. 368,000 steps later, he knew what he was made of.

Even with temperatures in the 30s, many attended the Veterans Day Parade in Springfield Tuesday morning. The parade made its way from Federal Street in Springfield to City Hall downtown.

The Friday night fire in Amherst, Massachusetts, that destroyed a four story building under construction and an adjacent 75-unit apartment complex still wasn't fully extinguished by Sunday afternoon. In all, 230 UMass students and two others lost their housing, their belongings— but officials said no one was injured.

U.S. Representative Richard Neal, D-Springfield, says he will be voting against a plan to reopen the federal government. The plan offers no guarantees of funding being restored for subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. That's something most Democrats had been holding out for.

The fallout from the federal government shutdown continues to chip away at federal funding for safety net programs designed to aid low-income Mass. residents.

In Amherst, Massachusetts, 232 people were displaced after a fire started Friday night in an apartment complex, used as off campus housing for many UMass students.

On Wednesday, city councilor Tracye Whitfield announced she had the votes to become its president for the next term. But, a colleague, Melvin Edwards, is calling that declaration into question.

The Federal Aviation Administration is cutting 10% of flights at many of the nation's busiest airports across the country starting Friday. This includes Logan International Airport in Boston, which could affect some Massachusetts residents.

After a contentious campaign, a ballot question, which would have overturned the city council's decision to develop the land, failed.