Cardinal Sean O’Malley visits Haiti this week as part of an effort to assess the long-term needs of the Roman Catholic church in the earthquake-ravaged nation.

Federal and state agencies are holding a series of public meetings in the Worcester area about efforts to rid the region of the destructive Asian longhorned beetle.

A top Massachusetts Democrat said Saturday that one of Robert F. Kennedy’s grandsons is considering carrying on the family’s vaunted political tradition by running for the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Massachusetts Senate plans to take up a bill that would ban text-messaging while driving.

A legislative package aimed at helping cities and towns stabilize their finances includes a 20 percent hike in Massachusetts automobile inspection fees.

Patti Page sang about the “sand dunes and salty air” of Cape Cod in a song she recorded more than 50 years ago. Now she’s being honored with her own road on the Massachusetts vacation haven.

A central Pennsylvania judge has ordered a woman jailed on $1 million bond until her extradition hearing on charges that she abducted of her 13-month-old niece in Massachusetts.

Gov. Deval Patrick is leading Republican Charles Baker and independent Timothy Cahill in the latest public Massachusetts gubernatorial poll.

Patti Page, who once sang about the “sand dunes and salty air” and “quaint little villages here and there” of Cape Cod is being honored with her own road on the vacation haven.