A fire at a casket company factory raged for hours Friday. More than 200 Boston area firefighters were on the scene. Some abutters in Orient Heights were evacuated from their homes because of heavy smoke conditions. 

Two people were shot Friday at a home in Alton, N.H. Officials said Lizette Eckert, 50, was found dead at the scene, and James Eckert, 48, is at a Portsmouth hospital in critical condition. 

As children, Steven Em?s parents escaped the bloody Khmer Rouge. On Friday they watched their son achieve a long-pursued dream: success at UMass Medical School. 

Even incremental legislation that aims to make it easier for towns to change their own zoning has proved to be a challenge. 

The president issued the first veto of his two-year term on Friday. 

The Senate president told the state?s largest employer group that she wants input as her team tackles the big issues. 

The protest was part of a coordinated strike that inspired rallies throughout Massachusetts and in more than 100 countries, from the South Pacific to the edge of the Arctic Circle. 

Bill McGlashan took socially responsible impact investing to the next level with the $2 billion Rise Fund. Now he?s lost his job for allegedly paying $300,000 in bribes to get his son into college. 

The glazed doughnut was fastened to the tiny arms of the tyrannosaur by the folks at Kane?s Donuts, who recently opened a second location nearby.