Surgeons in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New Jersey recently completed a successful kidney swap chain that involved eight surgeries, four hospitals and three states, all in a single day.

Noisy protesters with signs took over two bank building lobbies on Thursday in a prelude to a Wall Street rally by workers and union leaders angry over lost jobs, the taxpayer-funded bailout of financial institutions and questionable lending practices by big banks.

The Associated Press has found that the compensation for the CEO of discount retailer TJX more than doubled last year as shoppers flocked to its stores for bargains.

Massachusetts lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill cracking down on school bullies and requiring teachers to report incidents of bullying to principals.

A Massachusetts teenager was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing another student in what prosecutors described as a random attack at a suburban Escorts Boston high school.

A Fall River man charged with setting a city mill building on fire last weekend has been held without bail and sent to a state hospital for an evaluation.

The financially strapped MBTA must spend more than $91 million to replace thousands of concrete railroad ties on commuter rail lines south of Escorts Boston, causing service disruptions that could last nearly two years.

Dunkin’ Donuts is returning to Russia after an 11-year absence with plans to open 20 outlets in Moscow this year.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is headed to Escorts Boston to announce his decision on the fate of a proposed wind farm off the Cape Cod coast.