Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to escape an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, which caught ...

Residents of the home have called the fire "not just a tragedy, it’s a travesty" and have pointed to numerous safety problems at Gabriel House, including staffing, concerns about elevators, lack of ...

Members of a commission working on new regulations that would change the way assisted living facilities are run met on Tuesday and discussed how a fatal fire in Fall River could impact their efforts.

A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents, according to regulators’ most ...

A state official documented 26 instances where staff members did not report specific emergency situations to the state within ...

Bay State health officials are reporting the first confirmed case of West Nile virus in an animal this year, as people are ...

Two MS-13 gang members, including the alleged leader of the Somerville clique, were sentenced to heavy stints in prison for crimes surrounding the 2010 murder of a 28-year-old man in Chelsea.