GUNS

Authorities say a car pulled up alongside their vehicle Tuesday afternoon and opened fire, killing 20-year-old Jessiah Mercado and her four-month-old baby.

The new measures may survive challenges in state court, legal specialists say, but lawsuits could open the door to rollbacks of assault weapons bans nationally before the U.S. Supreme Court.

A spokesperson for Gov. Maura Healey said she will sign an emergency preamble for a law initially signed July 25, many provisions of which were set to take effect Oct. 23 without additional action.

Opponents of the new gun law in Massachusetts are deep into their campaign to get it repealed, but they have a lot of work ahead.

Under Massachusetts' new gun safety law, not all students who take current basic firearms courses may qualify for a license to carry.

Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign paid a visit to western Massachusetts this weekend, raised a bunch of Berkshire bucks and rallied the state's Democrats.

What do Americans have to say about election violence, after a gunman attempted to assassinate Donald Trump last weekend? The UMass Amherst Poll is about to do a national survey.

Bills dealing with the climate, and guns only have until July 31st to be dealt with by Mass. legislators. The end of formal sessions of the two-year General Court are just weeks away.

Each June, activists raise awareness of the effects of gun violence. One connected event, in Holyoke, was led by a survivor of a 1992 school shooting in Great Barrington.

Law enforcement officials say bullets have shattered the glass doors of two separate homes in Belchertown over the last nine months.