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A minor is in Boston police custody after being detained while trying to get on a plan in New York City because they were wanted in the burning of a police cruiser back in Boston this spring. The juvenile, police said, had a one-way ticket out of the country. Officials didn’t give his name or any identifying information about...

A fire early Monday morning at a Massachusetts church with a predominantly Black congregation is considered “highly suspicious” and is being investigated as a possible arson, authorities said. City, state and federal authorities are investigating the fire that heavily damaged the Martin Luther King Community Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Fire Commissioner Bernard Calvi said at a news conference. The fire…

The FBI is now investigating after Massachusetts’ secretary of state informed them of what appears to be a deliberate attack.

After two vehicles were set on fire in South Boston, arson dogs are searching the area for clues.

A second man has been charged in connection with the burning of a Providence police cruiser during a violent night in the city in early June, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Nicholas Scaglione, 30, of Cranston, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with attempted malicious destruction of a vehicle by fire, according to a statement from the office of Aaron Weisman,…

Firefighters in Denver say five people have been found dead in a house fire that authorities suspect was intentionally set

The Apple Fire continued to grow on Monday morning with officials confirming over 26,000 acres have been burned in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Boston police are investigating after a statue of the Virgin Mary was apparently set on fire outside of a church in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood. Police responded to a reported fire outside of St. Peter Parish on Bowdoin Street around 10 p.m. Saturday, where they found the burned statue. Fire investigators say it appears someone set fire to plastic...

The charred statue startled parishioners of St. Peter Parish on Sunday, with one man saying he was “very disturbed” by the incident.

Boston police responded to a reported fire outside of St. Peter’s Parish on Bowdoin Street around 10 p.m. Saturday, where they found the burned statue.

A Philadelphia woman has been charged by federal authorities with setting fire to two police cars during protests over the death of George Floyd.

A 15-year-old boy from Framingham, Massachusetts, has been arrested in connection to the burning of a Boston Police cruiser last Sunday night, authorities said.

A 15-year-old boy from Framingham, Massachusetts, has been arrested in connection to the burning of a Boston Police cruiser last Sunday night, authorities said Thursday. The vehicle went up in flames as unrest took hold in downtown Boston the night of Sunday, May 31, following a massive, peaceful protest over the death of George Floyd. Thursday evening, the Boston Police…

The FBI and Boston police are looking to identify two men seen who may have information about the vandalism and arson of a Boston police cruiser last Sunday night. Footage released by the agencies highlights the men, whose names aren’t yet known, near the cruiser, which went up in flames as unrest took hold in downtown Boston the night...

The FBI and Boston police are looking to identify two men seen who may have information about the vandalism and arson of a Boston police cruiser last Sunday night.

After hours of peaceful protests, a Boston police cruiser has been set on fire downtown.

Japanese police have arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he regained enough strength from his own severe burns to respond to the police investigation.

The Friday morning blaze at a multi-family home in Woburn, Massachusetts, was intentionally set, according to fire officials. Police are also looking for a person of interest in connection to the 3-alarm fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene just after 5 a.m. on Sturgis Street, where flames were ripping through the triple-decker home.

Police are investigating a series of suspected arson fires that happened overnight in Taunton, Massachusetts. Four fires were sparked along Weir Street and and a fifth fire broke out on Leonard Court. The first blaze that was reported at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday as a truck fire in the area of 69 Weir St., according to the Taunton Fire Department.

Police are investigating five suspicious fires that burned in Taunton, Massachusetts.