Boston Globe: Local

A federal appeals court has rejected Maine's lawsuit demanding swift action from the federal government on its Aug.

A fourth sample in Rhode Island has tested positive for the mosquito-borne illness known as Eastern equine encephalitis.

Energy, the environment and other topics were on the table as the top three candidates for Maine's open U.S.

A Massachusetts woman says her brother was among the Americans killed in an attack on the U.S.

The admitted leader of the New England mob has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy in Rhode Island.

New Hampshire Liquor Commission leaders and the chief of liquor enforcement are clashing over the hiring of a beer industry lobbyist.

Census numbers show that slightly fewer Rhode Islanders lived in poverty last year than in 2010.

Rhode Island's attorney general and treasurer have set up a hotline for repots of disability pension fraud.

One of the state's most successful high school wrestling coaches has been sentenced to four months in jail on possession of child pornography charges.

Revelations by a chemist that she was in charge of quality control at a crime lab which was shut down by state police last month because of her alleged mishandling of drug samples could lead to large numbers of drug convictions being challenged, some defense attorneys say.