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Here are some steps you can take to ensure your finances are in order in an emergency.

From wills to advanced directives, these legal moves can help protect LGBTQ+ families in the event of a serious illness or death.

Trying to be a good, law-abiding citizen in Massachusetts? It may be harder than you think. We found and rated some of Massachusetts’ weirdest laws, ones that could easily be broken.

Feel like cussing at a sports game? Spitting on the sidewalk? These weird laws are still on the books in Massachusetts and, along with Boston College law professor Dan Farbman, we looked into why.

Myanmar’s ousted leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint have not been given their full “pre-trial rights,” according to a lawyer representing both of them.

Aside from the price tag of divorce, other parts of the process can unexpectedly end up costing one spouse if not handled properly.

If you are considering divorce or are already in the midst of it, be aware that division-of-asset mistakes can result in unanticipated taxes.

A final settlement has been reached in the DJ Henry case.

A North Texas wedding photographer has been awarded a $1.08 million defamation verdict against a married couple whom the jury found posted false statements in a social media campaign after being unhappy about a surprise fee.

Constance Wannamaker wanted to scream and cry at the same time. The Texas immigration attorney had just heard what should have been great news: Her client, a 21-year-old Guatemalan woman, was getting released from the El Paso Processing Center after weeks in detention. But that’s just a sliver of the story.

The former administrative assistant for a Massachusetts police department is facing larceny charges after an audit determined about $5,200 in cash payments for firearms licenses was missing.

New Hampshire state police say a driver has been accused of traveling at 120 miles an hour on Interstate 95.

Police allege a Worcester boxer knocked a man unconscious outside a local restaurant. Khiary Gray was arraigned on numerous charges included assault and battery and unarmed robbery on Nov. 22. Officer Trevis Coleman alleges that Gray and several others knocked a man to the ground and then robbed him while he was unconscious.

John Bolton’s attorney suggested Tuesday that a court order directing former White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before Congress has no bearing on whether his client and another ex-national security official he represents will testify. The statement from attorney Charles Cooper aimed to blunt public speculation that the judge’s order in the McGahn case could influence the actions of...

In his first message from prison, the 81-year-old told NBC10’s Erin Coleman that he is a victim of “entrapment” carried out by a “low-life District Attorney” and “corrupt Judge.”

A 32-year-old man has been arraigned on charges he killed a Massachusetts woman and buried her body behind a vacant home in Rhode Island.

A lawyer for former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has objected to the judge’s selection of a white woman as the jury forewoman in his double-murder trial.

A Massachusetts doctor has pleaded guilty to illegally prescribing opioid medications for no legitimate medical purpose.

Kevin Spacey, who was accused of groping a former Boston television anchor’s 18-year-old son at a Nantucket restaurant in 2016, was not required to attend the hearing in Nantucket District Court.

Jamie Forbes came forward decades after he says his former teacher at Milton Academy attacked him as a teen. Now that the case against Reynold Buono has been dropped, he worries that he revealed his darkest secret for nothing.