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Cries for peace came from the streets of Fall River Monday evening as hundreds of parishioners from churches across the Fall River Diocese took part in the 40th annual Procession for Peace.

A Newton elementary school canceled classes for the day after two people were overcome by carbon monoxide. The fire department says a school custodian and a contractor checking the heating system were overcome by fumes in the Franklin Elementary School's boiler room at about 7:30 a...

Gas prices in Massachusetts are leveling off, and remain the same as a week ago. AAA Northeast's latest price survey released Monday found self-serve, regular selling for an average of $2.14 per gallon, the same as last week. That price is still 13 cents lower than a month ago and $1...

Revenues were down slightly last month at Massachusetts' lone casino. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission reported this week that the Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville generated more than $15 million in gross gambling revenues in August...

Biologists with the New England Aquarium are investigating what may have caused a rarely-seen deep water whale to wash up on a Massachusetts beach. The carcass of the 17-foot female, weighing almost a ton, was found Friday on Jones Beach in Plymouth...

A federal investigator says there was internal damage to the engine of a small plane that crashed into a Massachusetts home and burned, killing three people on board. National Transportation Safety Board investigator Doug Brazy said at a briefing Wednesday investigators found a hole in the engine's crankcase but don't know the cause...

An alert firefighter from the Cape Cod town of Dennis is being credited with saving the life of an 85-year-old woman who had fallen in the snow last night. Firefighter Geoffrey Mulholland was on the second floor of the Dennis fire headquarters around 9 p...

State officials hope to leverage private-sector funding to help reduce the number of chronically homeless people in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval Patrick plans to unveil the initiative on Monday. Known as Social Impact Bonds or Pay for Success contracts, they rely on upfront funding from private capital investments and charitable donations...

Hundreds of Catholics gathered outside St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River Monday night for a Columbus Day tradition.

UPDATE:  Unidentified woman arrested in connection with the bodies of three infants found Thursday in a house in Blackstone, Mass.  Authorities say the woman will appear in court on Friday. Original Post:  Massachusetts prosecutor says the bodies of three infants have been found in a filthy house Iin Blackstone where four other children were taken away by authorities last month...