Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts and is likely present even in places where there has not been a confirmed positive, state environmental and health officials said Wednesday.

Georgia is the nation's largest poultry producing state. Last week, bird flu was found for the first time in a commercial poultry plant in the state.

Meanwhile, by the end of May, Greif will permanently close its containerboard and URB mill in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The company says a combination of high operating costs and need for “significant capital investment” were the determining factors in the decision to shut the mill.

Cicadas will be returning in 2025, and this time there will be a brood in Massachusetts. "In 2025, 17-year periodical cicadas, also known as Brood XIV, will emerge in parts of the United States," The Nature Conservancy states on its website.

Forty-six Democrats crossed party lines in voting to pass a bill requiring undocumented immigrants arrested for violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial.

ACC releases dates for conference matchups, non-conference schedule begins with road matchup against Deion Sanders and Colorado Aug. 30.

An American Eagle plane takes off at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., 30 January, 2025.

A New England-based convenience store chain, Nouria Energy Retail Inc., recently acquired Enmarket, expanding into the Southeastern US. Committing to smooth transition and customer experience improvements.

ICE agents and their partners in federal and local law enforcement ramped up targeted raids over the weekend, seeking known "criminal aliens" accused of U.S. crimes.

When Kevin Jiang was killed on Feb. 6, 2021, no one had any idea why he may have been targeted. But detectives would soon discover that someone had a secret plot to kill him.

Six members of a figure skating club from Massachusetts, including two teenagers, are among those who died aboard the doomed American Airlines flight that crashed into an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington,

The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in dairy cattle and heightened pandemic risks.