BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought by three students who attended a Massachusetts college that abruptly closed.

BOSTON (AP) — Police say they've taken a man into custody for vandalizing a memorial to Vietnam War veterans in Boston ahead of the Memorial Day holiday.

BOSTON (AP) — A vandalized memorial to Vietnam War veterans in Boston has been restored ahead of the Memorial Day holiday.

The Boston Globe reports volunteers on Friday helped clean up the...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts cardiologist has been found guilty of using his cellphone to photograph a woman in a ladies' room at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in...

BOSTON (AP) — A proposed $42.7 billion state budget is headed to the Massachusetts Senate floor for debate.

Lawmakers on Tuesday are scheduled to begin consideration of hundreds of...

NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — With tick season here, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is hosting a public forum on how to avoid Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.

BOSTON (AP) — University of Massachusetts officials lashed out Tuesday at a proposal by a Senate panel to temporarily freeze tuition and fees charged by the five-campus system, saying it could...

BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the state budget proposal released Tuesday by a key Senate panel (all times local):

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University of Massachusetts officials say a Senate committee's...

BOSTON (AP) — A panel discussion about Palestinian rights at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst will be allowed to move ahead following a challenge by a group of Jewish students at the...

BOSTON (AP) — A group of Jewish students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is asking a judge to order a panel discussion about Palestinian human rights off campus because it is...

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker will deliver the keynote commencement speech next month at the University of Massachusetts' flagship campus in Amherst.

HAVERHILL, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on the search of a New Hampshire home in relation to the 2004 disappearance of a college student (all times local):

BOSTON (AP) — The president of the University of Massachusetts system says administration officials plan to create an online college for adult learners.

BOSTON (AP) — University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan is expected to discuss the school's coming opportunities and challenges at his annual State of the University address.

BOSTON (AP) — The University of Massachusetts has approved a $235 million deal to lease the site of the former Bayside Expo Center in Boston to a private developer.

UMass officials on Thursday described the selection of Accordia Partners as the first major step toward redeveloping the 20-acre waterfront site that sits next to the UMass-Boston campus.

Accordia plans to build a mixed-use "urban innovation" project that will include commercial space and housing.

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Authorities have made an arrest in the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old man near a Massachusetts college campus.

A spokeswoman for the Middlesex district attorney says the victim was stabbed just after 7 p.m. Monday near the University of Massachusetts Lowell's East Campus.

BOSTON (AP) — Students who attended a Massachusetts college that abruptly shut its doors filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against the school and former administrators and trustees, alleging they were victims of fraud, misrepresentation and invasion of privacy.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A 7-year-old boy is the newest recruit to the Brown University men's basketball team.

Christian Berardi, of North Providence, officially signed his "letter of intent" with the Brown Bears on Tuesday. Berardi has an immune disease called eosinophilic esophagitis, and he met the team through the nonprofit organization Team Impact.

Berardi is welcome to attend all games and practices, and he went trick-or-treating with the players on Halloween.

BOSTON (AP) — The University of Massachusetts Boston is promising to fix a litany of problems at the longtime commuter school's first on-campus dormitory.

The Boston Globe reports that the college's interim chancellor informed students via email Sunday that their complaints recounted in the newspaper would be addressed.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts says flyers from a white nationalist hate group have again appeared on its Amherst campus as part of an attempt to recruit college men.

University officials say flyers and stickers from the group Identity Evropa were found on campus property on Wednesday.

In a statement, UMass says it "denounces these acts of hate and intimidation" and that university police are investigating.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts Amherst has created a vineyard for students so they can obtain firsthand experience in growing grapes.

The school says the vineyard will be a part of the UMass Stockbridge School program, which is devoted to agricultural education. Funding for the project was provided by an initial grant of $3,000 from the Amherst campus's Sustainability Innovation Engagement Fund.

BOSTON (AP) — Leaders of the state's public university system are pledging to continue their policy of allowing transgender students, faculty, staff members and guests to use restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity even if Massachusetts voters opt to repeal a 2016 transgender rights law.

BOSTON (AP) — Poverty experts are gathering in Boston for a national conference aimed at examining solutions to help America's low-income families.

The biennial Disrupting the Poverty Cycle Conference opens Thursday at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. It runs through Friday.

The conference is organized by Economic Mobility Pathways, a nonprofit group that works to help women and their families escape poverty.

NEW SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts state trooper was recovering Saturday in a state hospital from multiple stab wounds following a multi-state pursuit of a driver involved in a New Hampshire crash.

Police said that driver, an 18-year-old New Hampshire man, was shot during the incident and also taken to the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester for treatment. Both men underwent surgery Friday evening and were listed in stable condition.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts Amherst is launching a new scholarship in honor of a local civil rights activist.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union says it is representing a black employee of the University of Massachusetts who was reported to police while walking to work.

The ACLU announced Wednesday it was representing UMass-Amherst employee Reg Andrade.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island public radio station is changing its name now that it has expanded into southeastern Massachusetts.

Rhode Island Public Radio will be known as The Public's Radio starting Friday. Its new website, thepublicsradio.org, launches 12:01 a.m. Friday.

The station previously bought the rights to a University of Massachusetts Dartmouth frequency and moved a transmitter to Tiverton.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — A fraternity at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been indicted about a year after a student suffered alcohol poisoning.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Police say a woman was killed after crashing into a pickup truck that was towing a car carrier near Worcester.

The woman and two passengers became trapped in the car after the crash early Saturday morning on Route 290 eastbound. They were extracted by rescuers from the Worcester Fire Department.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $3 million grant to help faculty of color in science, technology, engineering and math.

UMass on Wednesday announced the National Science Foundation's ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant. University officials say the program will focus on spurring research collaboration, fostering an inclusive environment through mentoring and promoting group decision making.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — A longtime employee of the University of Massachusetts Amherst who says he was questioned by plainclothes officers after someone called police to report an "agitated" black male on campus said he was clearly a victim of racial profiling.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts is planning to build new housing for 1,000 undergraduate students at its Amherst campus.

The project would be developed on what is now a series of parking lots, and would also include the rebuilding of an apartment complex on the other side of the campus.

The North Village complex that stands on the spot now was built in 1971, and many of the apartments are considered un-rentable due to their poor condition.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Police have arrested a Massachusetts college student who they say assaulted three paramedics and a police officer.

Authorities say the assault happened Saturday night when paramedics were trying to treat the University of Massachusetts Amherst student.

Amherst Fire Chief Tim Nelson says the student removed the straps holding him to a stretcher and punched a paramedic in the back of a head.

BOSTON (AP) — A college friend of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) has been released from prison and handed over to federal immigration officials, who plan to deport him to his native Kazakhstan (kah-zahk-STAHN').

A spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Dias Kadyrbayev (DY'-us kah-dur-BY'-ehv) was transferred by the federal Bureau of Prisons to ICE custody in Texas on Wednesday and faces "imminent" deportation.

BOSTON (AP) — State officials say more people than ever before are buckling up on the road, but Massachusetts remains below the national average for seat belt usage.

The most recent study conducted for the state by the University of Massachusetts Traffic Safety Research Program determined nearly 82 percent of drivers and front-seat passengers used seat belts, up from nearly 74 percent a year ago.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Add police officers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to the list of people unhappy with the school's $75 million purchase of the former Mount Ida College campus.

BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say a Massachusetts graduate student and former employee of a district attorney's office has died during a school-sponsored trip to Ecuador.

Officials say University of Massachusetts Boston student Fatima Breton died Sunday. The cause of Breton's death wasn't immediately available, by officials say she was hiking when she suffered a medical emergency.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — University of Massachusetts trustees have voted to increase tuition rates by 2.5 percent for the 2018-2019 school year for in-state undergraduate students.

Officials say Friday's move will result in an average $351 increase per student and an average tuition of $14,363 for in-state students at UMass's four undergraduate campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts-Amherst is ending a campus speech policy that a libertarian group alleged was unconstitutionally restrictive.

A school spokeswoman said Tuesday the nearly 30-year-old rule has been rescinded because it was rarely enforced and could be misinterpreted as a limitation on free speech.

The rule said protests and rallies using electronic amplification could occur only from noon to 1 p.m. on one side of the school's student union.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a New Hampshire man has died in a fall from the 16th story of an academic building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

A spokeswoman for the Northwestern district attorney says campus and state police responded to the Lederle Graduate Research Center at about 5:25 p.m. Tuesday.

There they found the body of a 25-year-old Hampton, New Hampshire, man.

BOSTON (AP) — A harbor barrier to protect Boston from rising seas and increased flooding due to climate change could cost nearly $12 billion and take more than 30 years to complete, according to a new analysis from the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

BOSTON (AP) — Gaining admission to the University of Massachusetts' flagship campus in Amherst is, on average, more difficult for Massachusetts residents than for those who live outside the state, a new report suggests.

The Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based think tank which released the study on Tuesday, said it challenges the widely-accepted belief that nonresident applicants are held to more rigorous academic standards than their Massachusetts counterparts.

BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on a study looking at admissions standards at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (all times local):

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A University of Massachusetts spokesman is responding to a new report suggesting that gaining admission to the UMass flagship campus in Amherst is more difficult for Massachusetts residents than it is for those who live outside the state.