A Massachusetts judge has denied a motion to dismiss charges against a woman accused of failing to fill prescriptions to treat her autistic son's cancer. The Salem News reports that Salem Superior Court Judge John Lu released the decision Thursday. Lu says the evidence ...

WASHINGTON Emerging from a closed-door meeting of Democratic senators a day after losing his 60-seat majority to a stunning Republican electoral victory in Massachusetts, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faced questions for which he had no easy answers. Democrats reached no clear consensus Wednesday on a path forward on their landmark health care bill or, for that matter, the rest ...

Gay couples who sued New Jersey for the right to marry once before are taking their case back to court. Six couples plus the surviving partner from a seventh filed a motion Thursday claiming the state continues to discriminate against them even though it offers civil unions to ...

The Massachusetts unemployment rate held steady at 9.5 percent in February. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday there was a net jobs increase of 1,500, with private sector jobs up 3,000 in total. For the year ...