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The Revere man who was convicted of murdering his wife, Vanessa MacCormack, will spend the rest of his life in prison after an emotional sentencing in which he denied ever hurting her.

A Massachusetts man was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of his wife, a beloved Lynn teacher, though he maintained at the Monday hearing that he was innocent. Andrew MacCormack, 31, was found guilty last month of strangling, beating and stabbing 30-year-old Vanessa MacCormack on Sept. 23, 2017.

A Methuen, Massachusetts, mother is facing a motor vehicle homicide charge after her 6-year-old boy was killed in a motor vehicle accident in 2016.

A Massachusetts man has been found guilty of first degree murder in the death of his wife, a beloved Lynn teacher, in their Revere home two years ago. Andrew MacCormack was accused of strangling, beating and stabbing 30-year-old Vanessa MacCormack on Sept. 23, 2017. The victim was found with a trash bag over her head when her body was discovered,...

Andrew MacCormack was found guilty in the 2017 killing of his wife, Vanessa, a second grade teacher at a school in Lynn, Mass.

The trial of a man accused of killing his wife, a beloved Massachusetts teacher, two years ago came to a close Wednesday, leaving a jury to decide if she was slain by a profligate husband, as prosecutors claimed, or if the evidence didn’t tie the man to the killing, as his defense lawyers said. A jury in Boston is deliberating...

“You are the embodiment of evil,” Judge James C. Babler told Jake Patterson before sentencing him to life without parole for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents, “and the public can only be safe if you are incarcerated until you die.” Watch Judge Babler’s full statement in the player above.

Federal police officers arrested a Silver Spring, Maryland, woman suspected of attempting to steal sensitive medical specimens and equipment from the clinical center of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda.

A plastic surgeon’s medical license has been suspended in Massachusetts following his New York arrest on a slew of weapons charges. After police stopped 47-year-old Matthew Bonanno of Westchester County to investigate a report that he threatened his estranged wife and family, they say they found a huge cache of weapons in his car, including assault rifles, body armor, a...

A 47-year-old plastic surgeon from Westchester County allegedly had a huge weapons cache in his car, one including assault rifles, body armor, a ballistic helmet, knives and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition, among other weapons, when police stopped him as they investigated a report he had threatened his estranged wife and family.

A Pennsylvania man was arrested after a multistate manhunt ended in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Three days earlier, police say he killed his own father. Here’s what we know about the suspect.

The former Harvard University Extension School student who was arrested in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for allegedly killing his father in Philadelphia pleaded not guilty on a fugitive of justice charge, Wednesday. Sohan Panjrolia, 31, was arrested near Harvard Square on Tuesday after prompting a multistate manhunt. The suspect is accused of fatally shooting his father in front of his mother on...

Amber Portwood is accused of wielding a machete while attacking her boyfriend Andrew Glennon during a confrontation that led to her arrest last week. On July 5, the 29-year-old “Teen Mom” star was arrested after allegedly assaulting her boyfriend in their Indiana home while he was holding their 1-year-old son, James. She was charged with three felonies: domestic battery, domestic...

Former USC campus gynecologist George Tyndall, who is charged with sexually assaulting 16 patients, had his nearly $2.1 million bail reduced to $1.6 million Tuesday, despite his attorneys asking that the amount be set as low as $350,000.

Former USC campus gynecologist George Tyndall, who is charged with sexually assaulting 16 patients, had his nearly $2.1 million bail reduced to $1.6 million Tuesday, despite his attorneys asking that the amount be set as low as $350,000.

A Massachusetts magician has been indicted on charges he allegedly indecently assaulted two juveniles who attended his magic classes, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office. A grand jury returned indictments Wednesday against David Hussey, 53, of Weymouth. He was charged with four counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14. The longtime...

A Wisconsin man was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents in a case that mystified authorities until the girl made a daring escape from the remote cabin where she was held for 88 days.

New video shows a fight between two groups of Bruins fans.

The detention hearing for the Massachusetts man indicted with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 23-year-old woman continued Thursday. Victor Pena, 38, of Charlestown was indicted last month on one count of kidnapping and 10 counts of aggravated rape in connection to a woman who disappeared after a night out at a Boston bar in January. The judge ordered Pena held...

The man who was indicted for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 23-year-old woman in January was back in court Wednesday for a detention hearing. Victor Pena, 38, of Charlestown, Massachusetts was indicted by a grand jury on one count of kidnapping and 10 counts of aggravated rape. Attorneys completed producing evidence on Wednesday and will be back in court for...