PUBLIC SAFETY

Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal assembled a panel this week to highlight importance of Consumer Product Safety Commission, which he says is under attack by the Trump administration.

The cause of the Gabriel House fire that killed 10 assisted living residents in Fall River this month is officially "undetermined" because investigators cannot yet say whether the fatal fire was started by the electrical or mechanical failure of an oxygen machine in a resident's room, or instead by the improper disposal of smoking materials in that room, the state fire marshal said Tuesday.

A similar bill passed the house in 2022, but was not taken up by the Senate. And there's another push on Beacon Hill to restrict how the technology is used by law enforcement.

For the first time since 1985, parts of the Connecticut River near Hatfield and Holyoke will not have channel markers informing boaters of possible dangers.

Search efforts continue for people still missing after Friday's floods, as questions swirl over what went wrong. Here's what we know so far.

Consumer fireworks are completely illegal in Massachusetts. Those caught in possession could face fines and confiscation.

The Hampden District Attorney's investigates fatal or potentially fatal crashes. So far in 2025, it has responded to 42 major incidents, including 28 which resulted in death.

On May 12 Khloe Rosario Quiñones was struck by a vehicle on Newland Street, a roadway off of Plainfield Street in Springfield, which is a busy main artery.

La nueva jefa de la policía de Holyoke Community College Jacqueline Robles realizó su juramento al cargo durante una ceremonia el lunes, con miembros de la audiencia alzando banderas de Puerto Rico y celebrando.

The crew was repairing guardrails on an exit ramp in West Springfield early Friday morning when they were struck by a vehicle.