The weekend death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from an apparent heroin overdose is focusing renewed attention on a dangerous drug that seems to be making a resurgence.
The most recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention find that the number of recorded heroin overdose deaths nearly doubled in the decade between 2000 and 2010.
Massachusetts House and Senate lawmakers are kicking off their annual budget deliberations with a hearing on Gov. Deval Patrick’s $36.2 billion spending plan for the 2015 fiscal year.
House and Senate Ways and Means committees will hear testimony from members of the Patrick administration and other top Beacon Hill officials at Tuesday’s hearing, including state Treasurer Steve Grossman and Attorney General Martha Coakley
A New Bedford man charged in the shooting of a Narcotics Detective last month, has been found to be a danger to the community.
A spokesperson for the District Attorney's office tells WBSM News, Nathan Manuel-Jackson was ordered held without bail, following a dangerousness hearing Monday in New Bedford District Court
Joan Adams Mondale, wife of former Vice President Walter Mondale, has died at the age of 83. Mrs. Mondale was moved into a hospice facility over the weekend from her home in Minneapolis.
Former Vice President Mondale in a statement says, "We are grateful for the expressions of love and support we have received
