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Police in Attleborough, Massachusetts, are investigating after a synagogue received a hoax bomb threat Saturday morning. According to Massachusetts State Police, an email bomb threat prompted response by their bomb squad as well as local police shortly before 10 a.m. The bomb squad conducted interior and exterior sweeps of the building and the area and found no items of concern….

A Massachusetts woman pled guilty Thursday to calling in a hoax bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital last year. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said 37-year-old Catherine Leavy of Westfield, Massachusetts, pled guilty to one count of making a false bomb threat and one count of intentionally conveying false or misleading information. The charges stem from a threat phoned on...

A western Massachusetts woman accused of threatening to bomb an apartment building in Boston’ Seaport District and shoot workers there appeared in court Tuesday. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday that 31-year-old Soledad Hernandez-Medina had been arraigned at the Central Division of Boston Municipal Court in a May 24 incident on Atlantic Avenue. Police responded shortly before noon…

A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to sending threats two years ago to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs when she was the secretary of state. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 38-year-old James Clark entered a guilty plea to one count of sending a communication containing a bomb threat to an election official. Prosecutors say Clark, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, sent...

Police are investigating a threat at a local bowling alley in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, this past Saturday night.

Tufts University received a bomb threat for the second straight day on Thursday, prompting school officials to postpone some exams and shift all remaining ones to a virtual format.

The Northeastern University employee who said he was injured when a package he was opening on the Boston campus exploded last month has been indicted by a federal grand jury on three charges. Jason Duhaime, 45, the former new technology manager and director of the university’s Immersive Media Lab, had previously been arrested on charges of “intentionally conveying false and…

Oliver Ames High School in Easton, Massachusetts, was evacuated Tuesday over a bomb threat, according to the police department. Police said they were called to the school around noon. The building was evacuated and investigators are searching the building for anything suspicious. All other Easton schools have been put under a stay in place order. Drivers are asked to avoid…

A federal grand jury issued a new indictment against a Massachusetts woman who has previously been charged with making a hoax bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital this August. Catherine Leavy of Westfield now faces charges of making a false bomb threat and of sharing false or misleading information that a bomb was heading to the renowned hospital, the...

Jason Duhaime ,45, was arrested this morning near home in Texas. He faces one count of intentionally conveying false information related to an explosive device and another count of making materially false statements to a federal law enforcement agent.

The high school and middle school in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, were placed in lockdown Tuesday morning as a result of a bomb threat at the high school, police said.

A bomb threat Thursday night at the university’s Boston campus caused a shelter-in-place and a bomb squad investigation.

Northeastern University is back to normal Friday morning, after a bomb threat Thursday night sparked a shelter-in-place order to go into effect. The bomb threat was called into Northeastern just nine days after a package exploded on campus. The Boston Police Department said this latest threat was called in just after 10:30 Thursday night. Police asked people to stay away…

Catherine Leavy of Westfield, Massachusetts, is set to have a detention hearing Friday at noon.

The woman arrested by the FBI in connection with a hoax bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital was released on conditions after a detention hearing on Friday. U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins identified the woman as Catherine Leavy of Westfield, Massachusetts, who is charged with one count of making a false telephonic bomb threat, in connection with a threat made...

A staff member at Northeastern University was hurt by an explosion that prompted an evacuation and a large law enforcement response.

The news that a person was hospitalized when a package delivered to a Northeastern University exploded Tuesday prompted other universities in the Boston area to issue alerts. Also Tuesday night, Boston police were investigating a suspicious device in the area of the Museum of Fine Arts, close to Northeastern. More details about that device weren’t immediately available. Boston University...

Authorities were investigating Tuesday night after a package delivered to the building exploded.

All students at Quincy High School have been evacuated because of a bomb threat called in Tuesday morning, police say. The threat was made anonymously at 8:02 a.m., Quincy police said. Police were investigating and working with Quincy Public Schools. Police dogs were at the school sweeping for explosives, officials said. Bomb threats are often baseless, but police take them…

A courthouse in Woburn has been given the all clear after a bomb squad completed a sweep of the building that was prompted by a bomb threat, Massachusetts State Police said. The bomb threat at Middlesex Superior Court Thursday morning prompted a response from Massachusetts State Police detectives and the agency’s Bomb Squad, which completed the sweep. As of...