PUBLIC SAFETY

With less than three weeks before the new fiscal year begins, negotiators are continuing talks on a compromise budget using elements of the different spending plans passed by the state House and Senate.

Educators and others who work with children are continuing to grapple with the shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 elementary school students and two teachers dead.

The event, which was designed to celebrate "the yearning for peace," would have featured Karim Wasfi, known as the cellist of Baghdad, and Jehann El-Bisi, a western Massachusetts poet and painter.

Some drinking water tests have shown elevated levels of haloacetic acid. While state officials say the water is safe, one group of residents aren't convinced.

The Springfield City Council sued Mayor Domenic Sarno after he refused to implement an ordinance bringing back a five-member police commission to oversee the department.

On a 120-36 vote, the Massachusetts House advanced the bill to the Senate after hours of debate that divided representatives on whether the legislation promotes safe driving in the state or undermines legal immigration.

States all over the country are seeing the same pattern: Traffic fatalities increased in the wake of pandemic lockdowns, even though fewer cars were on the road.

Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, dealt with a bomb threat Friday morning.

Some western New England rabbis describe their constant concern about the risk of anti-Semitic attacks on their congregations, such as the weekend hostage taking in Fort Worth, Texas.

Some western New England rabbis describe their constant concern about the risk of anti-Semitic attacks on their congregations, such as the weekend hostage taking in Fort Worth, Texas.