Santiago, a 43-year-old Democrat from Boston’s South End, is an emergency room doctor and a major in the US Army Reserve. He told the Globe he plans to return to his shifts at Boston Medical Center and pursue new opportunities related to mentoring, teaching, and studying public health — all areas “I feel so passionately about.”

The lead investigator in the Karen Read case is claiming state police knew of the text messages that led to his firing months before he was disciplined.

A person was stabbed at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday, according to Mass State Police. Troopers at the airport responded to reports of a stabbing Friday morning.

Orlando officials on Thursday denounced the overnight removal by Florida transportation workers of a rainbow-colored crosswalk outside the Pulse

A gathering in Providence of public health officials from eight states this week could lead to a new regional collaboration positioned to supplant the Trump administration’s oversight of some major public health services.

“It’s called electric resistance,” Rigney, the founder of Somerville-based Cala Systems, told MassLive in a recent interview. “It’s basically a toaster for water. You’re just taking electricity, running it through an element and generating heat. This is really expensive.”

A Massachusetts casino player turned $50 into thousands by winning a jackpot prize playing at a slot machine this month. The bet was made on the game “Buffalo Link” at Encore Boston Harbor on Aug. 5. The jackpot was worth $29,886.23.

In the month after two mass overdoses in Baltimore’s Penn North, police have made more than 100 arrests. But drug activity persists.

Orlando officials on Thursday condemned the state’s overnight removal of a rainbow crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub – a commemoration of the 49 people killed at the LGBTQ-friendly nightclub in 2016.

A third suspect was arrested in connection with the mass shooting in Philadelphia's Grays Ferry neighborhood that left three people dead and nine others wounded in July.