Eight Democratic-led states on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging cuts U.S. President Donald Trump's administration made to grant funding for teacher preparation programs, a move they said was in keeping with Republican's efforts to eradicate diversity,

Massachusetts native and “The Office” star Steve Carell surprised hundreds of high school students impacted by the devastating California wildfires with free prom tickets.

According to the lawsuit – filed Thursday in a U.S. District Court in Massachusetts – the U.S. Department of Education in February notified grant recipients that it was terminating approximately $600 million in grants, effectively ending the Teacher Quality Partnership and the Supporting Effective Educator Development grant programs.

The Trump administration announced the cuts as part of a broader effort to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

California's green energy mandates undermine it with businesses. Regulations have spiked costs and the state has the second-highest electricity rates. Businesses may move elsewhere.

California Attorney General Secures Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump Administration’s NIH Funding Cuts

A man from California, arrested in 2023 in the bust of a high-end brothel network in Massachusetts and Virginia, has pleaded guilty to federal charges.

The Republican mayor of a California city, a Roman Catholic cardinal, Democratic governors from California and Massachusetts and grade-school students gathered in the same space last week to discuss the challenges society faces in dealing with climate change.

A California household needed to earn an annual income of $63,674 to $190,644 to be considered middle class in 2023, the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the SmartAsset found. That’s an increase of from 2022, when California middle-class households earned an annual income of $61,270 and $183,810.

For two weeks, donations came in through Big Y registers, collection containers, the myExpress checkout app, and on its website, with a total of $75,000 raised that will go directly to help people in the fire-impacted communities.

The Massachusetts attorney general has joined other states in challenging the Trump administration’s cuts to grant funding for nationwide K-12 teacher preparation programs.