Fall River

A Massachusetts grocery store owner says he’s cooperated with FBI agents who asked about his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot last week, and that he regrets going in the first place. Michael St. Pierre, of Swansea, told NBC affiliate WJAR that, after police used tear gas on the crowd, he threw the top of a flagpole at a...

The Massachusetts home where Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother were murdered with an ax in 1892 has been listed for sale.

A man is recovering after he was shot Friday night in Fall River, Massachusetts, authorities say. Police responded to a shooting at 227 Lawrence St. shortly after 10 p.m. Arriving officers found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound in the groin area, police said. Approximately 10 rounds were allegedly fired from a vehicle that fled the scene, according to…

The ex-chief of staff to a former Massachusetts mayor has pleaded guilty to extortion, bribery and other charges in a federal public corruption case.

A Massachusetts woman is facing charges of exploiting children in order to produce child pornography, federal prosecutors say. Nichole Cyr, 25, of Fall River, was indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this week on two counts of sexual exploitation of children, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston. According to the indictment, Cyr produced child pornography involving...

Authorities have identified the motorcyclist who died earlier this week when he crashed his vehicle on a bridge and was ejected into the Taunton River in Fall River, Massachusetts. Massachusetts State Police said the body of Gary Amaral, 35, of Fall River was found along the banks of the river Monday after the crash the previous day. Authorities suspect that…

The United States Coast Guard searched the Taunton River Monday for a missing Massachusetts motorcyclist believed to have crashed on a bridge before ending up in the water below. The 35-year-old man from Fall River, whose name has not yet been released, crashed his motorcycle on Veterans Memorial Bridge early Sunday morning, police said. Authorities suspect that the impact launched…

The search for a missing Massachusetts motorcyclist believed to have crashed on a Fall River bridge before ending up in the water below continued on Monday.

A search continues for the operator of a motorcycle believed to have been ejected into the Taunton River after a crash on the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Massachusetts. Massachusetts State Police said it was continuing to look for the victim, who they said was a 35-year-old Fall River man. On Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard said it had suspended...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court was scheduled to hear arguments Monday on a case out of Fall River that challenges a law that makes it illegal for people to ask for money on public roads.

Massachusetts officials are investigating the death of a 14-year-old with autism who was living along with one of his brothers in what they say were horrid conditions at a Fall River apartment that showed signs of rampant drug use. The boys’ father, 33-year-old John Almond, is facing neglect charges in connection with the surviving brother who was at the home,…

Authorities are investigating the death of 14-year-old David Almond, an autistic Fall River boy, who is said to have lived in squalid conditions, prosecutors said in court.

If you don’t like either presidential candidate this year, a Massachusetts dog could be your choice. Owners David and Marcee Finelli, of Fall River, told NBC affiliate WJAR that their 2-year-old goldendoodle is running as an independent. The Finellis have even made signs for their cute candidate, Oliver Winston Churchill Finelli, that sit outside their home. The couple said...

The trial of a former Massachusetts mayor and his chief of staff facing corruption charges is scheduled to start early next year. U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Woodlock at a hearing this week said he expects the trial of former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II and Gen Andrade to start Jan. 13, The Herald News reported. They are being…

Amazon.com is again hiring in Massachusetts. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant, already one of the largest employers in Massachusetts, is expecting to add more than 650 full-time and part-time jobs in the area, according to spokesperson Stephanie Cortez. She added that Amazon has hired for 15,500 full-time and part-time jobs in Massachusetts. The majority of the new positions will be based…

The 10-year-old girl who died after a three-car crash in Westport, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning has been identified by authorities as Anilda Ribeiro. Ribeiro and her 9-year-old sister were both rushed to the hospital after the second of two serious crashes within hours near the Rhode Island border. Ribeiro was pronounced dead at St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River early Monday...

A 10-year-old girl has died after a three-car crash in Westport, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning that sent a total of seven people to nearby hospitals, authorities said. It was the second of two serious crashes in the town on the Rhode Island border within hours. Around 2:15 a.m., Westport police received “several frantic 911 calls” about a crash at the…

A 10-year-old girl died and several other people including at least one other child were injured in a three-vehicle crash early Sunday morning in Westport, authorities said. The crash occurred just after 2 a.m. on Route 6 near the Route 88 interchange, according to a statement from the Bristol district attorney’s office.

Separate drug busts by Massachusetts authorities over a period of 48 hours last week resulted in the seizure of 6.5 kilograms of fentanyl, numerous pills, $13,000 in cash, a firearm and the arrests of at least five people, state police announced Monday. State police were joined by Homeland Security and Brockton and East Bridgewater police to announce what they called…

Separate drug busts by state and local police as well as Homeland Security dealt “crushing blows” to two major fentanyl trafficking organizations, authorities said Monday.