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A senior Justice Department official told NBC News Monday the Biden administration would begin removing most Senate-confirmed U.S. attorneys appointed during the Trump administration

A professor and researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is facing federal charges for allegedly failing to disclose his ties to the Chinese government to the U.S. Department of Energy. Gang Chen, 56, of Cambridge, was arrested Thursday morning on charges that he abused his position as a professor at MIT to commit wire fraud, failed to file a…

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is facing federal charges for allegedly failing to disclose his ties to the Chinese government to the U.S. Department of Energy.

A New Hampshire man is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to kill six members of Congress last month if they did not “get behind Donald Trump.” Ryder Winegar, 33, of Amherst, was arrested on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire. He was scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate judge on...

Federal authorities on Friday arrested two former Massachusetts State Police troopers for allegedly collecting thousands of dollars in overtime pay for hours not worked and destroying evidence in a scheme dating back to 2015. Former MSP Lieutenant Daniel Griffin and former Sergeant William W. Robertson had been charged conspiracy, federal programs embezzlement and wire fraud in connection with the scheme,…

Two former Massachusetts State Police troopers are being charged in connection to an overtime scheme dating back to 2015.

Two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were arrested Friay by federal authorites for allegedly collecting thousands of dollars in overtime pay for hours not worked and destroying evidence in a scheme dating back to 2015.

Nine current and retired Boston police officers have been charged in connection with committing over $200,000 in overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s evidence warehouse, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the officers collectively embezzled over $200,000 in overtime pay between May of 2016 and February of 2019. They are all scheduled to make initial court…

Nine current and retired Boston police officers have been charged in connection with committing over $200,000 in overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s evidence warehouse, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Dozens of members of a notorious Boston-based gang are facing charges after a sweeping investigation involving, federal, state and local authorities. U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling on Tuesday announced charges against 32 members of the Boston-based “NOB” gang, including violent crimes in aid of racketeering and drug trafficking. NOB refers to Norton, Onley and Barry streets in Boston’s Dorchester...

Thirty-one people are being charged federally after the culmination of a gang investigation in Boston.

Dozens of members of the Boston-based ‘NOB’ gang are facing a litany of crimes including shootings, beatings, prostitution and drug dealing, U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling announced Tuesday.

Columbia Gas, the utility behind the deadly 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions, will pay a $53 million fine and be sold by its parent company, NiSource, after agreeing to plead guilty in connection with the disaster, authorities announced Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said in a press conference that Columbia Gas had agreed to plead guilty to felony violation of…

Columbia Gas will pay a $53 million criminal fine for breaking a federal pipeline safety law and plead guilty to causing a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts that killed one person and damaged dozens of homes, federal officials announced Wednesday.

Columbia Gas, the utility behind the deadly 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions, will pay a $53 million fine and be sold by its parent company, NiSource.

A Massachusetts police officer has been arrested on child pornography charges by Rhode Island State Police.

Federal prosecutors announced a major drug and gun bust in Lawrence, Massachusetts, after an investigation that took years.

Hingham Town Engineer Roger Fernandes resigned Friday after an investigation launched by the town found he was paid for private consulting work in Quincy during his regular business hours in Hingham.