The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 159,000 new cases of colorectal cancer in the U.S. this year. While rates have dropped overall due to screening, cases in people under age 50 are rising.

City officials plan to expand Boston After Dark, a series of teen-focused events aimed at creating safe places for youth on Friday nights.

Local officials are reminding people to stay vigilant about safety and staying cool.

Local leaders said that restricting access to mifepristone should never have been a matter for courts to decide in the first place.

The gunman was shot by a Massachusetts State Police officer and a former Marine, and was in a Boston hospital on Monday evening.

A ruling is imminent in a case that could limit the abortion drug’s availability nationwide.

Prevention methods have been the same for a long time. But one thing’s changed in the last few decades in Massachusetts: More ticks, and more diseases.

This is the third measles case in Massachusetts this year, including a Greater Boston resident.

“We have more work to do,” said Daniel Fitzgerald, the American Lung Association’s director of advocacy for Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Rodney Marshall, who is nicknamed “The Iceman” for his cool demeanor under pressure, first joined the Boston Fire Department in 1991.