The bill now heads to president’s desk for signing.

A pit bull has become a four-legged hero credited with saving a family of four after a house fire started in New Jersey.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a long-awaited bill that makes it illegal to hold a cellphone while driving in the Bay State. Here’s what to know about the law that has been years in the making:

The much-anticipated hands-free driving law takes effect in Massachusetts this week. Here’s what’s in it.

Democrats bid to win support from Republicans in the Senate for witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial was already a tough challenge. Democrats have warned they will live to regret not delving deeper into the evidence of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. One of the managers, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, even told them it was “treacherous” to vote...

Maine State Police say a body has been found in a home that was destroyed by fire in Fort Fairfield. Spokesman Steve McCausland says investigators found the body in the basement Monday night and believe it’s the 90-year-old homeowner, Dawn Findlen, who lived in the home alone. Fire investigators say the cause of the blaze is undetermined due to...

Sue O’Connell explains what will happen when the Senate receives the articles of impeachment from the House.

Republican congressman and ally to President Donald Trump Mark Meadows says he won’t seek reelection but that his work with the Trump administration “is only beginning.” In a statement Thursday, the North Carolina congressman says he struggled with the decision and came to it after discussion with his family. His announcement comes just a day after the U.S. House voted...

The first line of President Donald Trump’s obituary has been written. While Trump is all but certain to avoid removal from office, a portion of his legacy took shape Wednesday when he joined only two other presidents in the exclusive and infamous club of those who have been impeached. The two articles of impeachment approved by the House of Representatives...

A Worcester, Massachusetts, fire lieutenant died early Wednesday as he and his crew attempted to save a baby and others from a raging fire. Chief Michael Lavoie said in a press conference that Lt. Jason Menard, a father of three, succumbed to his injuries after his “heroic efforts” to save people in the four-alarm fire at 7 Stockholm Street.

A driver was hospitalized after her car slammed into a home in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Utah officials say a possible dropped phone resulted in a typo that overvalued a home for almost $1 billion. And taxpayers may have to pay for the mistake. The Deseret News reports a house built in 1978 in an unincorporated area of the county was recorded in 2019 tax rolls with a value of more than $987 million. That’s an…

Republicans aim to use the House drive toward impeaching President Donald Trump to whittle down Democrats’ majority by dislodging vulnerable incumbents from swing districts loaded with moderate voters. It could work, especially in Democratic-held districts Trump carried in 2016 with throngs of independent voters who polls shows are closely divided over his removal. Or it could flop, in an era...

China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump’s signing two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong, summoning the U.S. ambassador to protest and warning the move would undermine cooperation with Washington. Hong Kong, a former British colony that was granted semi-autonomy when China took control in 1997, has been rocked by six months of sometimes violent pro-democracy...

Gov. Charlie Baker has made the hands-free law official in Massachusetts.

House Speaker Robert DeLeo is forming a special committee to investigate claims of inappropriate conduct against Rep. from Dedham

China on Thursday demanded President Donald Trump veto legislation aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong and renewed a threat to take “strong countermeasures” if the bills become law. Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act undermined both China’s interests and those of the U.S. in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. “We urge...

President Donald Trump asked a foreign country to investigate a political rival as he enters his reelection campaign. That has been established almost beyond doubt. But Republicans and Democrats agree on little else as they engage in on only the fourth impeachment inquiry in the nation’s history. Here are key takeaways from two weeks of hearings.

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union implicates President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Vice President Pence, saying all were aware of campaign to pressure Ukraine into announcing Biden investigation.

The final testimony of an extraordinary week of impeachment hearings came from a former White House national security adviser who wrote the book on Vladimir Putin — literally — and a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine who overheard a pivotal conversation between President Donald Trump and EU ambassador Gordon Sondland.