Two Massachusetts schools are now closed for the school year as a result of the swine flu.

Two Chrysler dealerships in Southern New England are appealing a bankruptcy judge’s order terminating their franchises.

The Boston Globe and its largest labor union are scheduled to resume contract negotiations.

A Fall River man is facing carjacking and shoplifting charges.

Gas prices in Rhode Island have gone up for the 10th consecutive week.

Struggling Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka has been placed on the 15-day disabled list.

The Boston Red Sox are going from the diamond to the display case.

Philip Markoff pleads not guilty to charges he lured a woman to a hotel and then shot her to death.

A man visiting his friend at a gas station is shot and killed during an attempted robbery.

A man and a child are killed in a two-vehicle crash in Attleboro.

Gov. Deval Patrick is going to be sitting down with his top political supporters as he weighs some of his biggest political decisions and readies for a re-election campaign next year.

Gov. Deval Patrick threatens to veto the budget passed by state lawmakers.

The unemployment rate goes up even as Massachusetts adds jobs.

Attleboro can open its pools this summer thanks to a generous donor.

Two New Bedford emergency medical technicians accused of violating protocol learn their punishments.