Prison assaults rise at Shirley, drop at Walpole
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts officials say assaults at the Walpole prison have dropped just as they've spiked at the maximum-security facility in Shirley, which now houses some of Walpole's former inmates....

Transgender inmate renews electrolysis request
BOSTON (AP) -- A convicted killer who is seeking a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation is again asking a judge to approve electrolysis treatments....

Vt. man who struck deer hit by 2 cars in NH
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire state police say a man who hit a large deer with his vehicle on a highway tried to warn oncoming traffic about the crash before he was struck by two cars and seriously injured....

Mass. elderly driver bill stalls on Beacon Hill
BOSTON (AP) -- A bill that would require Massachusetts drivers age 75 or older to pass cognitive and physical exams every time they renew their licenses has stalled on Beacon Hill, and now a key lawmaker says the bill should eliminate age-based tests....