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Two students had to be hospitalized and one was physically restrained at a Massachusetts high school after police say several students ingested an e-cigarette pen.

A Virginia man authorities say pointed a gun at another driver during a road rage incident in Massachusetts has been sentenced to 2 years in jail. The Standard-Times reports that 56-year-old Michael Couture was scheduled to appear at a hearing Thursday to determine whether he is a danger to society, but minutes before the hearing pleaded guilty to charges including...

The Massachusetts fishing magnate known as “the Codfather” is already in prison after pleading guilty to criminal charges, but his troubles aren’t over.

A Massachusetts hospital has renamed its pediatric unit after a police officer killed in the line of duty earlier this year.

A former Massachusetts banker who pleaded guilty to taking “upskirt” videos of three women at his bank will not serve any jail time.

Two New Bedford men have been convicted of murder for shooting a man on New Year’s Eve in 2015.

Prosecutors say a Massachusetts man hit his dog in the head with a baseball bat because he was angry the animal ate his Burger King Whopper sandwich.

A playground is being named in honor of a Massachusetts police officer killed in the line of duty.

A judge has ruled that a lawsuit against a former Roman Catholic bishop in Massachusetts who allegedly failed to properly supervise a priest accused of molesting two altar boys can move forward.

The Coast Guard is investigating two sunken fishing boats in New Bedford harbor. The Coast Guard says the New Bedford Fire Department found the vessels tied together with a sheen around them early Monday. Firefighters placed a containment boom to mitigate pollution. The 65-foot Dinah Jane and 67-foot Nemesis are from New Bedford. The Standard-Times reports Carlos Rafael, a magnate…

Court records show a Massachusetts crewmember filed a lawsuit against the Misty Blue less than a month before the vessel sank off the coast of Nantucket.

The Plymouth County district attorney says no criminal charges will be filed in the fatal drowning of an 8-year-old boy in a boating accident in Wareham, Massachusetts.

Two men are facing charges in connection with the shooting death of a New Bedford, Massachusetts, teenager.

A teenager arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is being held without bail.