One person is dead following a crash Thursday morning in Ware. Mary Carey, spokesperson for the Northwestern District Attorney’s office, said that one man died after he was struck by a garbage truck around 9:30 a.m. on Church Street.

Between 11% and 18% of injured workers in 15 states do not return to work within a year of their accident, a range that is in line with previous studies, according to reports released Tuesday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

A former employee of Insys Therapeutics Inc pleaded guilty on Monday to having conspired to defraud insurers into paying for an expensive fentanyl-based drug that is at the heart of an investigation into the company.

If you want some idea of the complex interconnections of the packaged food industry, just try to figure out how one seemingly innocuous ingredient could lead to massive recalls of millions of units of everything from fish sticks to meatballs to chicken fingers.

A morning break-in and fire has temporarily closed the Regal Beagle bar at 567 Main St. in Indian Orchard, as investigators from the Springfield Bomb and Arson Squad and State Police troopers attached to the State Fire Marshal's Office comb through the debris.

A car smashed into a 7-Eleven in Fairhaven Wednesday morning. Police said an elderly woman mistook the brake pedal for the gas pedal.

Three people were killed and 10 others were hospitalized from what is believed to be an accidental car crash at an auto auction in Massachusetts, officials said.

Three triple-decker houses and the rear of a fourth were damaged by flames early Sunday morning. More than 80 firefighters responded to the flames on Marie Street across from Ronan Park in Dorchester around 4 a.m. Two were injured.

A woman is recovering at the hospital thanks to her son who saved her by running into her burning home. It was a family effort that began with the family dog.

The claim costs and other metrics of 18 state workers’ compensation systems are analyzed in depth in a new series of studies, CompScope™ Benchmarks, 17th Edition, released by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).

Leading travel insurance trends aren’t just focused on hurricanes and illness anymore. A considerable number of traveler inquiries are now seeking to make certain that they are protected against losses from terrorism, too.

Meet a victim of the nation’s opioid addiction scourge: the American worker. A number of U.S. states are taking steps through their workers compensation systems to stem the overprescribing of the powerful painkillers to workers injured on the job, while helping those who became hooked to avoid potentially deadly consequences.

In November, the ride-sharing companies agreed to let the state run its own background checks as part of a deal that would let Lyft and Uber drivers service Logan Airport. More than 70,000 drivers applied for the checks. The results of the state’s first screening were announced on Wednesday, and more than 10% of applicants did not pass.

A 20-year-old Brookline man was killed in a crash early Sunday morning on Route 90 eastbound at exit 22 in Boston. His 2013 Audi A8 was traveling on Route 90 at approximately 2:15 a.m. when the vehicle went airborne and struck the ceiling of the tunnel, ripping down wires and cables.

A contractor in Salem was killed Tuesday afternoon when he came in contact with a live wire and was electrocuted. Around 3 p.m. the 59-year-old man was painting window sills on the side of a firehouse in a metal lift when the accident happened.