Boston joins a small but growing number of school systems in Mass. and across the nation that have pushed high school start times later.  

The US Senate has backed a spending bill to keep the government open until Dec. 22. The measure now heads to President Trump. 

Al Franken said Thursday he would step down ?while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office.? 

Despite eight women making accusations that he groped or forcibly kissed them, Franken essentially waved it all away. 

In some cases, social workers didn?t know that children they were monitoring had been badly hurt, the state audit found. 

The Boston area could see as much as 6 inches of snowfall this weekend, the National Weather Service said Thursday. 

Sam Isaly, founder of biotech?s largest and most powerful biotech hedge fund, is stepping down following a barrage of sexual harassment allegations published by STAT. 

Former Mass. Senate President Stan Rosenberg took what he calls a ?leave of absence? from his post amid allegations against his husband. 

The GOP congressman from Arizona is resigning next month after revealing that he discussed surrogacy with two female staffers. 

The president will share the results of his appointment with the public. 

No sessions officially addressed it, but attendees and panelists ? including Meryl Streep and Gloria Steinem ? had plenty to say.  

If she could spend the holidays anywhere in the world, Melania Trump says she?d take her family to a deserted, tropical island.