A former county treasurer pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of embezzlement, money laundering and tax evasion after stealing more than $38 million in county funds to renovate her ranches, buy 20 cars and pay for personal expenses.

As two North Shore teachers strikes drag on, the one in Beverly on Monday tied a recent one in Newton as the longest in modern Massachusetts history. The Beverly strike has stretched on for 11 days, and negotiations have become increasingly contentious as students there and in Marblehead missed another day of school while,