Hearing set on regulations for ride-sharing companies

BOSTON — Fans and critics of popular ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft will get a chance to weigh in on proposed regulations that could govern how the firms operate in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval Patrick wants to give the state Department of Public...

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US mission in Havana to become embassy amid thaw

HAVANA — A half-century after Washington severed relations with Cuba, the United States' seven-story mission looms over Havana's seaside Malecon boulevard as the largest diplomatic outpost in the country. Cuban guards stand at close intervals on the...

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Hospital closes, leaves emergency room open

QUINCY — An emergency room is all that remains of a 124-year-old hospital in Quincy. After reaching an agreement with state regulators, Quincy Medical Center officially closed its doors at midnight, replaced on Saturday by the 24-hour satellite emergency...

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Can Mass. casinos compete?

The state's gaming czar says local casinos are ready to weather mounting competitive pressures in New York and Connecticut in 2015, as his commission gears up to regulate its first gambling facility in Plainville and grapples with uncertainty over whether...

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Market Basket ends 4 percent discount

BOSTON — The 4 percent discount that Market Basket shoppers enjoyed on most purchases for the past year is coming to an end. The New England supermarket chain introduced the discount in January in response to high energy costs and cutbacks in the federal...

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Mass. skiing awaits cold

Massachusetts ski areas are awaiting this week's forecasted return of colder weather to make more snow and kick the season up a notch. Wachusett Mountain Ski Area in Princeton, which opened Nov. 21, had one of its strongest and earliest launches in...

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Short-sellers get last-minute gift with debt relief extension

WASHINGTON — For David Foster of Chicago, it was a stunning and welcome early Christmas present for him, his wife and three young children. The Senate's 11th-hour extension of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act through Dec. 31 will save Foster,...

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Farmers brace for labor shortage under new policy

FRESNO, Calif. — Farmers already scrambling to find workers in California — the nation's leading grower of fruits, vegetables and nuts — fear an even greater labor shortage under President Barack Obama's executive action to block some 5 million people...

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SpaceX plans lots of launches, and then a Mars mission

Once the launchpad for Apollo and space shuttle flights, NASA's Launch Complex 39A is now in the hands of SpaceX and its enigmatic billionaire leader, Elon Musk. With a 20-year lease, the privately held Hawthorne, Calif.,-based company is rebuilding...

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Congress likely to make key decisions on drones

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is on the verge of proposing long-awaited rules for commercial drone operations in U.S. skies, but key decisions on how much access to grant drones are likely to come from Congress next year. Federal Aviation Administration...

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