The first data from an experiment in a California city where needy people get $500 a month from the government shows they spend most of it on things such as food, clothing and utility bills.

A bill under consideration at the Massachusetts Statehouse is aimed at testing the idea of a universal basic income. The long-shot bill would create a pilot program that would include 100 residents in each of three economically diverse cities or towns. At least one of the communities would be located in a rural part of the state.

A bill under consideration at the Massachusetts Statehouse is aimed at testing the idea of a universal basic income. The long-shot bill would create a pilot program that would include 100 residents in each of three economically diverse cities or towns. At least one of the communities would be located in a rural part of the state.

A terminally ill boy whose Yemeni mother fought to visit him after being barred from entering the U.S. by the Trump administration’s travel ban has died in hospital in California, NBC News reported. Abdullah Hassan, 2, had suffered from a genetic brain condition and died at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said...

About 20 survivors gathered at Pearl Harbor on Friday to pay tribute to the thousands of men lost in the Japanese attack 77 years ago. They joined dignitaries, active duty troops and members of the public in observing a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the time the bombing began on Dec. 7, 1941. John Mathrusse was an 18-year-old seaman...

A two-way tow truck collision on California State Highway 99 on Friday caused a cattle trailer to overturn, letting loose around two dozen cows.

A mother and stepfather have been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a 10-year-old girl in Stockton Springs, Maine.

Nazeeb Gonzalez, 37, of Revere, is being held on $200,000 cash bail after his arraignment here in Chelsea District Court Thursday afternoon.

Police say one person was stabbed to death and two others were taken to the hospital with stab wounds after an early morning altercation outside a Massachusetts convenience store.

The New England Patriots have a new wide receiver, and Brandin Cooks is already getting a feel for this organization.

Jeremy Meeks, whose “dreamy” mugshot made him a viral sensation, is out of prison and ready to start his modeling career, Buzzfeed reported.

Altamont Corridor Expressway was back in service on Wednesday after a day off the tracks following the derailment in Sunol, California, that sent a train plunging down a ravine, injuring nine passengers.

A Union Pacific spokesman said Tuesday that a mudslide was most likely the cause of a commuter train derailment that injured nine people on board, sending one train car into a nearby creek.

A commuter train carrying passengers from the South Bay to the Central Valley derailed in Sunol Monday evening, injuring nine people, four of them seriously, police said. The leading car of Altamont Corridor Express train No. 10 plunged into Alameda Creek after ramming into a tree near 5500 Niles Canyon Road between 7:15 and 7:30 p.m., authorities said.

The family of a bank robbery hostage shot and killed in Stockton blamed police on Wednesday for the death and demanded the city take financial responsibility.